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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1965-01-21, Page 4o r I oe r` - month; or so the Editor >~ �o a m. h. .. du. has kindly atgre ti• to ;a sureeaS,e Qf the "Green Thutiib" in favor f. Anomia 1 4,4r- - vi choice o.t subject, more in con,'sno �ance with the ``Biue.'>Elh( umlh" of winter. Casting around; for a 'story .which might servs to retain a ffew of the readers of this .four - 1 year-old co �ttmn,,it „struek me that ;tilgh(ways should(Ihave an appeal, as a starter, if only .because a certain road machinery firm has been, •a God: send to Goderidh for °a number of years now. Furthermore, having served an eight-year ap- prentircesiilip - in road leo nstruc- tion in so i e ,of the woolier parts of Asia, I was highly in- trigued to come upon an illus ti'ated 'article on the progress of 3000 •,,riles 'of highways which start in the Middle. East ' and end, the one in. Vietnam, 1lte other in Malaysia, all organ- ized under ' the aegis of the United Nations Economic Coom- ... mission for Asia and the Far y-. Ea_ t, (E.C.A.F.E.) - • Old men may forget. but trac- ing the route oaf the A-1 high- way through 'Teheran to Kabul �n Afgiani,tan do_wn., the. Kh . t.o PP ah a_%va r 'anrl.-4ahore,. across` -"India to Calcutta and I)acca, on to Imphal -in Burma Campaign cati,ntry• south on the road , "where the flyin'•fislhes play" to Bangkok, and finally to the warn oily waters of ' )n, tracing all this, I have to cc)nifess to a considerable sen- ,at.iort of nostalgia. Those areas, -.veil known, ,which :the first route omits are •picked up by the A-2 highiway Which takes a -outherly route from Iran, fol - 1 )tips the Old--- North Western ,Itaitway.-from Duzdap to: -Quetta, ih By G. MecLEOD ROSS,, .a ,i }irt__i Bolan to 'the Sind Desert 'and later, after shooting north to Kat- mancitl ,in .Nepal, exits again ,K 1.inafacin arid- Darjeeling before so'uthling :to Rango n, Kuala Lurri ur tb end, pro tem, at. Singapo . Few . could re-, s'ist such a ,call; few ,.but would not' ,envy the mission of the news reporter `sent to vheck on the progress of sudh an under- 'takiln�g and photograph along the -way ' sueh wildness, such beauty, all in the footsteps of inen with namesTike'Alexander, Tamerl•ane,,.._Akhbar and Shah Johan. Rbad Costs Obviously the specification c)f such' an undertaking is Tow while in many instances' it means establishing• continuity by means of bridges, missnng iinlcs and tunnels. The stand- ard can be ganged From a rough estimate of $88,000 per mile. (Cam•pares with estimat es for roads in t)he - Nor`th West Ter- ritorie of Canada of $50,000 per mile,) Only 16''q of Iranian road is metalled; but that coun-. ti y is upending" $93 million oyet ;even years. Atghaniisltan is puttiig in 28`T of its national budget and is -_being. g.i's.te..d ley. Ati):erican_ and. 'Russian engin- eers. However the Commis-. cion_ has, bitten off. more than a contiuous ribbon of high- way, for it is also. faced with ensuring better customs and pa.=:port facilities, easier Ihealth rc zulations, gas stations, road maps and motels, or should we say caravanserai because the pictorial road signs still differ- entiate between. the auto route and that .for camels, mules, yaks and the .rest of Nbah's Ark; I. th nk- b.ack-..La_ the, early: Venti:es..., Win --,thy ra Pgwin�diaihs arrive.., (an 'tecl,g 's Fort Sandeman, their camels .laden', with carets " and gerrf Alie-- olein h a- wh.e t,'wo.,WQ.tiid �nld�t Ilio good officers of - Sha iba�t „i<ha.n; The Assistant Pbai:.tijcal Quer ?hob, to . ind'u'ce thenim .to7. sell ,to' us aria forego their 'preference. for the (further . 2000 -mile trek, simply because the fatter utas their antidote for !boredom. The reins report, says: "Twenty p 'p 'Y years ago the Afglhan Govern- ment !began the awesome task of zigzagging the road from Kabul, through the deep gorges towards, the Khyber Pass." Ac- tually „it was forty years ago that L.. C. B. Deed,' a Royal Engineer officer, was sent to Kabul to select a route on which the Germans worked after World, War I. Deed had just completed 50 miles of road fit .far- .military trucks(. in un- mapped country to supply a new Brigade post at Razmak from the Tochi valley. It was built with `local labour,' most of it hostile Wazirs sand Ma�h- suds, through some of the worst' tangis-gorges, and `hills' up to 8000 feet, of that barren North Wes_!t Fr_o_ ntier of Pakistan. `;Bargaining I • retain•ivid` re�coll action of • the protracted bargaining and jirgas-meetings, betnveen the long_sufferin�g Deed and the assembled maliks, whose mouths dripped sald�ia through cruel lips whenever the bag of sibier upees wa.s bi'oaohed. I sense again' the stench of goat from their fILtty ..mutton -fat greasy clothing as ' a never 'ending stream of Pathans assemlbled, all with an, ureas -petition, of some sort;- more ammo for a khassadar•:who- said: he had. fired 4llltn.+;.. . o o., teetiog E'Aun+ 5.0,ixen. ,torn:.(0a�4X e ha t le esnn u w ,asps � tx > a �n�the"`�o ut1t . ethe r kr va'ey, (lgaf��1us toe" its I r fvM� vt a er noxk their 11 u�i to th s i .�. g ma ki ci$m4ng rook . cutting where only sweet earth prevail- ed; naaljks musterirug .but�,�two mean- and -a 'boy 'wanting to `cam- tract for .an ,;inordinately.- tong - gc} -�a dima�l --wart ACQommodation (ctr'. th labor; These' continuous par- leys in ,the temporary -hut which i served--as-an--office,ce--pr eclud any worll, on reportLs, or, estim- ates, while at the other ` end of the ]gine was. Siunla: R'afusing estimates; .demanding long �ex- planations; ,modifying specific- ations. to reduce cost already incurred at the behest of the Political' officer to keep .the tribesmen and .aces ,t the quiet1� intruding road. Never in my life save I seen a man so im- portuned by all and sundry; I I decided on ,the spot that no one,. other than Deed could have put the road through. So while our - reporter of today .tells us about such i�naniunates as ,the map and the U.N.; cus- toms and gas; motels and. pass- ports, I, suspect that the 'e -4s 44 , herea' 04004,. ?►, , pie. u 'nations *hen : � - ��xa. �� a ,'latext,� Centred on the Z11404.: vd o t s c ' . � u b 4 >a a � a n�. �_ �..x .,�..Ta... r..._�- .�. _ ... ,..: � ry , �y ante . o�.e istri ti � r.� . o;r _., O S � �a� 'ohovskak' s• Wrtnes se sr Did aMtuordae7adu }Dixon?More than .5QR persons nblc1��ireententitled eedk ivee 0 e,d r Ile was murdered in cold blood Plandect, the Watch ewer - So- d vtded it there to 0fe •fine day when, .as was euscie'tJ's tw,o-hQur color Milan, "Pro- 4tay?" , to Alx .audience of 571 toniaxy, this khassadar „oar(' claiming Everlasting Geed News persons, • Mr, Seaglione. said, was elsewhere -but he is me- around- 411e• Wo d? , as tt "mss '` he-igrea: terPli litl- advances 2neumlb red, still b "a bend ;in shown- ° duan ,the Saturday of our 2oth centmzhave lare e the map, Which ryas evening praguam of•" Jelin al 's: ly Iblin d :dour in�d to the sig- PProdiuced after the event.has, Witnesses circuit 'assembly held nif eaico sof Bible prophecy as a spot; malted; "Dixon's" Car-, on the Weekendd in the( Wang- it alppue$, to our day, " Desp'ite. ner." rh,aan Pistryot..Uigh Schpol., (this indifference however, there Ix ntt -Wt-poo;-Yo ltttte-vbn ° hide- rl+m mnted-Tou -the• s-ann rigenk;;azeec ior'Aunder= So mph eourage,. so J�ittle craft, - serious r climax our generation standing,1bi# .propbeey as So !much devotion, so little love. is fa�ein'g, it also demonstrated Joan"f eternal:destiny cleipends that''unity can exist among pen- on. ritr' ;Mr' Straglione-continued 40th ANNIVERSARY • Mr, and Mrs. Ret;. Ferguson, London, Mr. and• Mrs.- James Ferguson, Waterloo and lir. and. Mrs. Jim'Olson, Toronto, sur- prised -111'61f parents, Mr. and 'Nims. :Harold Ferguson, Bruce street with '&40th anniversary party on Saturday:night. Those attending were !her brothers and sisters, Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter Alton oaf Lucknow, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Raynard of Gode- rich, Mr. and ;Mrs. Nelson Ray- nard of Lucknow and Mrs. Cecil Mullin of Listowel. INGO at LEG1ON HALL Saturday, January 23 at 8:30 p.m. 15 GAMES -- $1,00 • The prizefor sac regular game_ will_bc $12.00 4 Sbare Tote -Wealth., ackp.Qt combined.._ JACK -00T- OP 'S100.0 b IN 57 CALLS SPONSORED BY CANADjA„11 LEGION BRANCH 109 -No One Under:: 16 Permi.ttecI -Te Play by 'Titer()are arnaz ink 'n!ber at th !bhe prgp.eeies 5 °��n, �u�liti*!eti int . ptrrday, and, spore to 'hi f01u1ille{l n this genera:, ton. 1r1rnd:erstand;<ng t1esd i Irhecie -oxie, . loteba'oh . ?Qx tells the end .godless inu n- abriobs gra _ d peace ye � rid i. *en Of on cart'.. ..�cr o: ;mss (494c- .4411 h, aid 5i)p, ?meals were'se ' _ ; ` "ng. tlip thxd da, 'event. the l�u�►an an was •th . a aiy 1 i e long bachelor 'to .she resi dent ai; the RS, ngbrnMemoriaIs Quality Service Cemetery Lettering PHONE WINGHAM 357-1910 or WRITE BOX 158 JOHN MALI& --- WINGHAM Registrations for September Kindergarten classes are now being. received. 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