Delving into the past
This week, we went back to September 7, 1990, to find the stories making headlines.
This week, we went back to September 7, 1990, to find the stories making headlines.
• Who is the friendliest person you know?
In this edition, the Springs and Brakpan Advertiser (as it was known then) ran a competition to find the friendliest person readers knew.
Readers were encouraged to write letters about the person, describing all their best qualities.
The winning letter would be published in the paper and the author would receive a R25 prize.
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• Patrick goes up in a helicopter
Patrick Dowling had one of his dreams come true when he got to ride in a helicopter.
The youngster who had a brain tumour and was battling cancer had just two wishes.
The first was to ride in a helicopter and the other was to meet his singing idol Bles Bridges.
Rotarians rallied around Patrick and helped make his dream come true, but Bridges declined to meet Patrick, saying he preferred not to meet people who were battling cancer.
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• Birds die in their thousands
A gang poisoned over 100 guinea fowl and other birds in a farm Droogfontein.
This was the third mass killing of birds on the farm over the previous three years.
They gang killed the birds by scattering poisoned mealies in the area where the guinea fowl live, and hoped to eat the dead birds.
The farmers were very upset with the killing of the birds which they said ate the insects which could destroy their crops and harmful weeds.
The gang of four faced charges of poisoning of game and possession of dead game, despite the knowledge that the game was not lawfully hunted.
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