A 101-year-old message has been discovered by workers removing the base of a former statue in front of the Manitoba legislature.
Workers have been removing, piece by piece, the large base that held a statue of Queen Victoria. The statue was toppled last year by protesters. Its head was removed and thrown in the nearby Assiniboine River. The base is being removed to make way for a replacement.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“It says, on account of the Prohibition, we are unable to adhere to the custom of depositing a bottle of brandy under the stone, for which we are extremely sorry, I believe is what it says,” Reg Helwer, minister responsible for government services, said Wednesday as he tried to make out the wording on the worn dispatch.Article content
The note is signed by a stonecutter, other workers and a bureaucrat — the province’s deputy minister of public works at the time.Helwer said it’s not the first time an item from Manitoba’s early days as a province has been discovered unexpectedly. “Apparently there are things of that nature around the legislature. As we move stones, we do discover things like this,” he said.
“To me, it’s a very neat story, especially with the age of the building, just recently celebrating a hundred years not long ago.”Share this article in your social network
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