Doing some desultory research in the Google newspaper archive, I found several pieces in the July 24, 1941 paper that fit together interestingly. The dominant theme in this edition, as in others at the time, is the progress of the world war, so most of the local news without military application is on secondary pages inside.
Part 1 (4 cascading headers first, under “News and Features for Women”)
BICYCLING GROWING IN GENERAL FAVOR
Local Dealers Note Demand Exceeds Supply Owing to War Conditions
SOME PARTS IMPORTED
Secondhand Models Are Not Available in Sufficient Quantities As More Take to Cycling
By Harriet Hill
More and more Montreal citizens have taken to pedalling. Go down any country road and the bicycle squad is in action. Visit any suburban community and the bicycles are out – in force. More and more begin to appear on city streets… etc.
The story is mostly about how wartime metal shortages have meant shortages of bikes and parts.
Part 2 on a page with mostly local news
At top, this piece:
HIGHWAY PROGRAM AROUND MONTREAL PROVES IMPRESSIVE
Hon. T.D. Bouchard Takes Royal Automobile Club Party on Tour of Work
$7,000,000 TO BE SPENT
Transisland, Cote de Liesse, N.Y. State Border and Ile Perrot Roads Among Those Inspected
Rapid progress is being made on the province’s program of highway development… etc.
But on the same page:
CYCLING IS BANNED ON TWO NEW ROADS
Forbidden on Transisland Boulevard, Ile Perrot Highway
Prohibition of bicycle traffic on the new Transisland boulevard and on the new road from Ste Anne de Bellevue to Vaudreuil has been ordered by the Provincial Ministry of Roads […] The ban had been decided on in order to prevent accidents and to ensure smooth movement of traffic on the new highways.
Part 3
Tiny paragraph at bottom of page: Inquest will be held today into the death of Real Gagne, 9, of 1800 Wolfe street […] injured Friday last when struck by a car at Amherst and Robin streets.
Another tiny paragraph: Bicyclist, 85, dies of injuries (Text is somewhat damaged, incident with a car took place in Boucherville)
And another: Truck Breaks Boy’s Leg
And another: Young Cyclist Injured (another truck accident)
Also, here’s a faintly entertaining bit of perennial news from the same edition:
UNIFORMITY URGED IN HISTORY BOOKS
Perrier Says One Volume for All Schools Would Help National Unity
SHOCKED BY SITUATION
Admits He’s Seen English Texts Which Start at 1759 and French Histories That Stop There
[…]
I’m not clear what Transisland Boulevard was. It’s obviously not the Snowdon residential street by the same name, but whether it means the road that became the Decarie autoroute or the Met, I don’t know.
Daniel 16:47 on 2019-12-27 Permalink
Might be slightly off topic, but the STM might consider sending a contingent to the U.K. to find out how they’re getting bus schedule information to the public next year: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/passengers-to-plan-journeys-down-to-the-minute-as-big-data-revitalises-countrys-bus-use
Spi 19:32 on 2019-12-27 Permalink
Why would they need to send people to the UK, just cross the bridge to Laval. They’ve been doing GPS tracking and up to the minute ETA on mobile and at bus stops for years now. The scale might not be the same but I don’t think that’s the problem at this point.
JaneyB 11:59 on 2019-12-28 Permalink
STM is a long-time client of the international transport logistics company ‘Giro’, a leader in the field, created and based right here in Mtl. STM’s problems must be about something other than GPS tracking.