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Long wait for funds, Some of the 4,000 people waiting for their family benefit cheques stand in line yesterday outside a government office on Parliame(...)
Long wait for funds, Some of the 4,000 people waiting for their family benefit cheques stand in line yesterday outside a government office on Parliame(...)

Long wait for funds, Some of the 4,000 people waiting for their family benefit cheques stand in line yesterday outside a government office on Parliame(...)

Date8/29/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Long wait for funds; Some of the 4;000 people waiting for their family benefit cheques stand in line yesterday outside a government office on Parliament St. The cheques were not mailed as usual because the government feared they would be caught in the current postal dispute; but many of those in line had to wait three hours for their funds.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0018503F
      Direct mail: Thousands spent hours yesterday waiting in line to collect family and disability benefit cheques that aren't being sent in the mail due to the postal dispute
      Direct mail: Thousands spent hours yesterday waiting in line to collect family and disability benefit cheques that aren't being sent in the mail due to the postal dispute
      Combs, Erin
      6/29/1987
      Hot Wait: Yen Ho Szuto, 67, shades his face from sun as he and other seniors line up for hours yesterday for pension cheques
      Hot Wait: Yen Ho Szuto, 67, shades his face from sun as he and other seniors line up for hours yesterday for pension cheques
      Beaty, Keith
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      The Jobless line up for Unemployment Insurance cheques today in Moss Park Armory, one of two places where the cheques are being distributed while mail(...)
      Barkley, Harold
      4/22/1974
      Over the top, Cheques for $7,500 are presented to the Star Santa Claus Fund by John James of Dominion Stores (right)
      Over the top, Cheques for $7,500 are presented to the Star Santa Claus Fund by John James of Dominion Stores (right)
      Goode, Jeff
      12/26/1980
      Sending a message: More than 4,000 disabled people and supporters pack Queen's Pack yesterday to protest against massive Ontario government cutbacks that are expected to hit at some care services
      Sending a message: More than 4,000 disabled people and supporters pack Queen's Pack yesterday to protest against massive Ontario government cutbacks that are expected to hit at some care services
      Power, Peter
      11/26/1992
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      Their cupboards are bare and several hundred striking civic workers line up at tables at the City Hall foyer to collect pay cheques for the six days t(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      4/20/1972
      Mail dispute forces jobless to line up for own cheques
      Mail dispute forces jobless to line up for own cheques
      Ross, Fred
      5/27/1970
      Robbery Scene: Armed robbers got away with about $7 million in cash and cheques Sunday from the offices of National Armoured Ltd
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      Millar, Cal
      11/30/1992
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      Loek, Dick
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      Wet wait: Raincoats, umbrellas and hoods offered some refuge from the heavy rains that made waiting in line a dreary experience for AMC job applicants at Wonderland yesterday
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      Faught, Ken
      9/29/1986
      Recovered Goods: Peel Regional Police Inspector Alf Thomas displays some of the stolen property recovered, including a suitcase full of counterfeit travellers cheques, in an undercover operation
      Recovered Goods: Peel Regional Police Inspector Alf Thomas displays some of the stolen property recovered, including a suitcase full of counterfeit travellers cheques, in an undercover operation
      Stuparyk, Michael
      7/16/1991
      Benevolent funds benefit from war relics' show
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      Eaton, Robert Young, 1875-1956
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