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Friday 14 September 2012

DAVID CHRISTIAN-EDWARDS

The Bonn newsroom didn’t just drink beer. One German colleague who preferred cider used to have crates of it delivered to the newsroom for his personal use. ■

Anniversaries

April

Paul Julius Reuter starts news and price service with pigeons

Paul Julius Reuter started his first news and stock price information service between Brussels and Aachen, Germany on 28 April 1850. He used 45 trained carrier pigeons provided by an Aachen brewer, baker and pigeon breeder.

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The Reuter Society

The Baron's Briefings

Library

Haunts

Event

Short Lunch Club meeting May 14

Wednesday 14 May 2025 2:30 PM – 7:30 PM

The next meeting of the Short Lunch Club will be from 2.30pm on Wednesday May 14 in the snug at The Harrow in Whitefriars St, EC4 8JJ.

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