Transport and Harbour’s Department traffic notice
–Closure of East Coast railway
(Daily Chronicle: June 21, 1972) THE Management of the Transport and Harbour’s Department wishes to notify the general public that the final phasing out of the East Coast Passenger Train services will take effect from Saturday, July 1,1972  as all passenger trains between Georgetown and Buxton will cease to operate after Friday, June 30, 1972.
Special Goods Train Services will continue to be operated between Georgetown and Burma for the purpose of transporting the dismantled railway track.
Holders of unexpired Contract Tickets are asked to submit such tickets  to the Traffic Manager, Head Office, for the consideration of any refund to which they may be  entitled.
A.B. Adams
Traffic Manager
Transport & Harbours Department Head Office
Main Street, Georgetown
June 19, 1972.

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Farewell train ride June 30
(Daily Chronicle: June 14, 1972)
THE trains will roll no more in Georgetown and along the East Coast Demerara from this month-end.
As the last stage of the phasing out of this stretch of railway is implemented on June 30, a colourful chapter in the country’s history will come to an end.
Then the long, green, swollen “snakes” crawling across Georgetown under billowing smoke will move no more, and the sharp hooting of the whistle will be silent,  no longer to wake the sleeping Capital.
To some people, it will be a sad passing of a familiar part of the nation’s life. Yet, to others, it will be sad, because they have never quite had the time to take a train ride.
But if you are one of the sentimental ones, or you have never had a train ride, or taken  your children for a train ride, the Transport and Harbours Department, in a splendid gesture, has arranged a special trip on Saturday afternoons.
A train will leave the Georgetown Station at 4:30pm for Buxton, returning at 6pm. And the special fare for this ride is 50 cents for adults, and 25 cents for children.
The special Saturday afternoon “Farewell Ride” began last week, and will continue for the next two weeks.
“It is a gesture that the Department is making to those people who never had a chance to ride on the trains, and those who want to take that final ride before the trains stop running,” T&HD General Manager, Winston Griffith said.

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Giant benab
(Daily Chronicle: June 19, 1972)
THE giant benab being built by a team of Wai Wais is nearing completion. It is to be used as a Delegate’s Lounge for the Foreign Ministers Conference in August.
Proper paths connecting the benab with the Community Development  Department, located in the same grounds, are also being completed.
On Saturday, Captain Elka and the Wai Wais of Konashen were praised by Mr. S. S. Ramphal, Attorney-General and Minister of State for External Affairs, “for the quiet efficiency with which they have carried out their work through some of the worst weather we have ever encountered in the City.”

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Two donkeys for sale
(Daily Chronicle: June 14, 1972)
WANT to buy two donkeys?
Well then, contact Town Clerk, Elmo Mayers. He has two on his hands, with instructions from City Councillors to get rid of them at any reasonable price.
The donkeys became redundant, so to speak, when the Council scrapped its old methods of catching stray dogs, and acquired a motor vehicle for this purpose.
For the past two weeks, advertisements have been appearing, offering the donkeys and the dog cart for sale.
But while offers have been received for the cart, no one seems to be interested in the donkeys.
“What should I do?” Town Clerk Mayers asked Councillors on Monday.
He was told: “Try and get a fair price.”
(Clifford Stanley can be reached to discuss any of the foregoing articles at cliffantony@gmail.com or cell phone # 657 2043)