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Q. Mactieorl ROSA
eOuple of weeks &it, this'
eittltitntl In a burst of irreSpOnsi.
bilitY, Misted its gesotle readers,
for the statement was made that
wee .t40 late time fox the
Lt!,difentuibts to quest -for golden
doubloons. But read tell iere
• the.18th century story.
On April. ZYth i171§„Lord Arch&
bald Hami1l-0-n, the GoverhierNot
• jent a "IVlek____t SecreP'
cOninitinicatieit to Their WOrl• thr
ships The , Lords of Adrairalty
in Whitehall.- "By late advtees
..) . ,
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.4.01)1 Har,4114, 1 atti teld the Gail. decked- in the jewels of her choos. ' sitin.Waues :47011:ta,Ageertn04: lilac Nyta, Ws ist11_05e0roke
Ions frOMVera Cruz were dayly ing
expeeted there..who are Said to - After mature considerationand a Treasure Fleet to exit. Spain
have en board great Treasure '' a search of the back files, Their would employ two fleets loading
for Old Spath." • • Lordships decided that the tGall, at Vera, Cruz and Caft4ena.re•
The, War at the Spanish Sue. tens' were • bringlog Philip's spectively, Thus wOUld the bue.
cession was over andTheir Lord. marriage settlement and that my caneers andPrivateershe eluded.
ships, deciding to oh,serve the LOrd Hamilton ought to have his The two fleets would MeetAt
niceties of diplornaey, did nothing head exatnined; a resolution being' Havana and Sail thence as an
in o response. . armada for Seville.
passed to that effect. "„°'
Philip ,the, Fifth of:Sliailt Was Fortunately or unfortunately, The Cartagena fleet 'arrived
..tinae. His preepective bride; up soinethink ...much bigge_k ... n and gielch.coin from the Colombian
Warming to merry, for the eecond Lord HamiltOn'S spieshad tur4ed ,at Havana first, loadetiwith silver
Elizabetta Farnesse, Duchess'of h Marriage °Settlement. The War- mints; gold jewellery from the
Palma. :Sire had decicled.,to_go_ihad cancelled ,the sailing of the , Peruvian mines arid 166 cheas
ordered bY Philip for -his bride
to be. TheSe . Included suck -
trinkets as a -heart built 4pf
130 matched pearls; 74 carat
emerald ring; a paii. Of earrings,
each of 14 carat pearls and a
rosary, the beadS bei,eg the size
" Of.inarbles. Theee, in eight cases,
were stowed in Ubilla's cabin,
• The Plate Fleet finally hove
anchor oi0July 24 a.nd was soon
embraced "16,%•, the Gulf Streatri and
,a fair wind which' eaabled the
arnlada to mike six knots. Whte
Ubilla led, the reaewaslaken bv
c: evet=e27-'111"r7"-SerIbild
-"Ttigir war -We' marriage cert;, F,FrOIT''ryitig—'°11re annual trib=b1-effielitldrTfOlti7'7014-Srlir—nt
eniOny,°but stipulated fel' no con::ute of the New World, amounting Bolivia, The Vera Cruz fleet,
summation until she had heeti to $360,000,000 a year; But now . commanded by Captain General
„. Juclu Esteban -1,1billa, Satling in The sea 'was running a heavy but
the 'Hampton, COurt', a captured sileot swell. The next day was go
English :man 02* war, had 1,200 dark that the PoOplanterns were
chests of silver coin in the_gabin lit and by Afternoon a '70 knot
Veneath the captain's while the tnoreaste:r siirang up.' '•• By night.
holds were stuffed with goldbUllo fail it had increased to 100 knots,
ion and silver ingots. Ubilla's Cargo, began to shift; seamm were "
delay was cauged by the late injured and the 'Hampton Court'
arrival of the pack.mule trains lost her mizzen mast. Then the
frOM Acapulco, with silks, awesome saund ef breakers on
ivories and lovel bl. h the co 'al reefs Was Th
• 100,Cannon floatIng
- forms, was Washed clear of its
hull and eaSt Up on the F1or'4• 9.
.I.ines,' 10,0 yards from tin/. water's
edge. More than 1,000 men had
-beeFnranCtc°101vgalton, the senior Sur.,
vivo; sent a repaired lifeboat
to Felt AugUstin, 40 miles up
coast., With a chaplain and one
seatnen . Salmon followed In a
sepond boat..into which he had
'loaded all, the treasure he found
littered over the beach. A few
miles up -the. coat he capsized
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By Ju 29 they were becalmed.
comman(yi.. •' •
'Ontario .-:Development .Corporation
. .
.Stutlifing. Abandoned Base.
Ontario Development CorpOr.
• ation has launched a feasibility
stedy- to see if CFB Centrelia
• near •Exeter can be used as an
industrial park. -
Treastry Minister Charles
MacNaughton and Economics and
Development Minister Stanley J.
Randall 'laid today in a joint
statement that the ODC study will
also consider other uses for the
700.a.Cre property.
The base is being rapidly de.
activated and all military per.
sonnet will be withdrawn bySept.
seeker, 19.67, The mperty was
recently turned over to the Crown
Assets Disposal Corporation in
.Ottawa.
Centralia Lir Force Base has
more than 50 buildings andwork.
shops-, 'end 362 houses. It was
formerly used as a flying sahool
Lor training air forcepilots. When
was in full operation there
were about 2,500 .military per.
sonnet arid sorne 300 civilian
employees on the base.
&
• Mr. •MacNaughtosa i d
arrangements with the federal
• government allow a three to four.
•month- period for the detailed
feasibility study. The Treasury
Board has approved an 'eipendi.
ture of $25,000 forethis purpose.
.Mr. MacNaughton said as soon
as the Ontario government
o became aware the base wouldbe.• .
deactivated, consideration was •
eriren•for its possible use for gov.
ernment purposes. At the seine
• time, contracts -*ere mth
ade-wi
the ,Crewn Assets DisposalCor.
•
poratiOn in Ottawa, Which had
• taken-it-over,-Lmritir-a-liew to
• .obtaining an option 9 the pro-
perty. While these ne.gotiations
for an option were continuing,
the Ontario Development Corpor.
ation Was authorized to engage
a, firni of consultaets to prepare
a conbrehensive and detailed
report .on potential uses for the
- base. The' firm •of Stevenson and'
Kellogg was engaged and the -
studies were commenced evenhe.
fore formal • cempletion of
negotiations • with the • Crown
Assets Disposal Corporation:
The.feasibility study, will show
triere "is a reasonable basis
• for -establishing; an industrial
park at Centralia. The Ontario
•. 'Department of Agriculture and
Food is also condidering using
. of -the e o agri
had sent experts from theOntario
Development Corporation' to
study first-hand de -activated
military air bases in the United States.Thyereported that many
abandoned fi are being.
used for civil' n and private fly-
ing operations. At one of these
bases the number Cif private
Planes using its • faCilitiee
4. increased: to 130 from 17 over a
two-year period. An increasing
use is being made of these bases
by business executives
The study is expected to be
completed by early spring.
3' tie and w iteheard. e
K'arig Hsi porcelain from China. lifeboats were cet adrift and the
• In the first week of priests walled • their “Hail
the two fleets joined up at Havana Mary's".
bill because there had- been no • ,The crafty Frenchman, Dare,
r!late Fleet fOr three yeaes, a in the 'Griffin' hal not follovied
perfect mountain o!ca,spsfawaited the fleet. He stood out to sea
the-rn there, augmente weekly by and was able' fo weather the
more bullion from .the Mexico storm so tharby 3 a m his s
City -mint„ It became necessary the only ship of the Viiole ;eel -'
to charter angther vessel; the. left afloat. "
•
Recalls.. Kinrig'i Talk French cargo ship„. colninanded The 'Ha.mpton Court! struck at
bSt Ihe crafty Frenchman, Antoine 2.30 'dm' on July - 31 and trbilla
Dare, whom, it was„luet possible and 223 -Of his crew were pounded
• had tipped off Governor Hamilton to death on the reefs. Echeverez's
In •War's* Da rk Da' ys But there waA still another • war galleoo met a similar fate
, • delay, caused by the late arrival- and he, with 124 crew. were
The January- meeting of the Rod Johnston. These items were • of the sumptuous wedding gifts drowned: One of the two Navioe, .
carried unanimously.
The President: Mrs. A. En.
right, gave a brief summary of
the Presbyterial meeti ng held
iji Clinton. Mrs Pollock is the
new Apresident, Mrs. R. Dyke,
`Secretary, and reports for the
year ' were encoureging.—The— --
Synodical meeting will be held
in St. Andrew S Presbyterian
Church, Stratford in April.
• The scripture lesson was read
by Mrs. A. Taylor, and Mrs.
Enright gave an interesting intro-
duction. to the Study book, which
told of the days When Canada
was -a-wilderness otcupied only
by the Indians.. .
• Mrs. Enright closed the meet*
ing *WW1 prayer, and during the
' social half hour we were pleased
to weldune a eniber.
afternoon WMS of Knox Pres.
biterian Church was heldJan.17:
Mrs: H. Rivers presided and
•.'opened .the meeting with a portion
of the Poem used on Christine's
Day, 1939, by the late King George
Vl in his speech in the_dark days ;
of war. .
, Mrs. A. Enright read ajetter
from Miss Edith Taylor in
appreciation of the In Memoriam
certificate sent to herinmerpory
<, of her mother, Mrs. T. Ward.
law Taylor; a faithfulyorker, and
honorarit president for many
years. A thank -you letter was
-also read from Miss MacMtirchy
-Ivfrs. L. Diggen reported two
- letters written. •
-Extratts frOm letters written..
laaeivnite were interegt.
'Mg. One told of being in,Church .
with her mother on Christmas
Day when a man Came who had
walked eight miles to ask the
nurse to come le, his wife who
was expecting a Vaby, go they left
tile Cher eN,-and"vrent -hr-the---jeem'
in time for, the Christmas baby,
. thOugh they were toO poor to have
any .clothes for it.
Another letter told of the won-
derful help they had received
frofn the contrihrif inn fresto.«
• Blesting boxes early in 1966
wnen the famine was so bad that
• many" were starvina Another
letter told of meeting' Rev.
• Mackay , in Jhansi, wno had a
generator given to hirn, but was
unable to use it,. so gave it to
Ida. While she wak away, Rev.
and Mrs. Howard were in Merdha,
and offered to install electric
light -in the bungalOw. The Bless.
ing box money we sent with Mrs.
White, .paid for the, materials,
and the electwillJp
granthe workers, and Mrs
research purposes.
"The study -..beirig undertaken
by ODC will seek to establish
whether or not existinpfacilities
can reasonably be adiPted for
•-business and commerctal, pur.
pose -s h. -rid -the effect that Such a
project might have ort thelocal
economy," Mr .Ra.'odall said.
He Said a ntunber of enquiries
• nave ,already been received• for.
the rental of_hattgarS_And ether
btillaings at -the base. However,
• experience in bothCanadhand the
United States has shown con-
clusively that there are Wide
• variations -to the -potential uses
of stich bases, depending upon
• location, size, age of structures,
. cost of maintenance, and a va\r.
iety Of other factors, said M.
Randall.
. He said that. only last week he
White,provided a picnic for all
the children.
^4V(ention was mak of our Cen.
tennial .project; to provide a gift
for the. girl WhO is 5tudying
medicine in Ludihana Hoepitar.
' through the Bursary provided
from the Memorial Trust Fund
' of Knox Church. Mrs. R.Dyke
reported $36.50 received to date
and contributionswilIhe received
until June.
. Recommendations ,were -re-
ceived " from an executive
Meeting. (0 that Mrs. A. Taylor
• be appointed honorary president;
(2) that. $10 be given to the
Explorers. -group for necessary
• expenses.. • .(3) That • a Life
Membership committee be
appointed to assist Miss I. Math.
Ise -IV -to consist of Mrs. G. Schee.
f, Mrs. A. Taylor, and Mrs..
Cot, Martinez, the fort ,corn.
mender • at Augustfri, senrsoine
infantry to the Scene and then
closed the fort app *hes and
proceiided t6 shoot any man found •
with coin on his ,persen. This
decimated the 'survivors still
more. ,• ""
The Spanish 'authorities soon
organized a 'salvage operation,
'which was placed under theSerg-
eant Major of the city of Havana,
Solozario by name. He locatedthe
wrecks in five firthetts of water
and vis.ed a rude form of
divine ell with large wine casks.
Howeve sharks and barracuda
wej out in force, feeding on the
/tic ,als for 2,000 in6,1, for he
thr e.rri nth voyaee to -Spain.
The w re therefore few, vol.
trate or diving, so Solozarno
rounded up the wnole Seminal
Indian tribe. To each -he, tied
stone and, loitered him in his
cask, down to the •wreck of the
'Hampton Court'. If the Indians
could fill their basket with ccins
etc. before ,they either drowned
or were.eaten by the sharks, they
were battled to the .surface It
ts .'easy tO See hOW the W1101Q
tribe was thus ifItted out, whilst
rthe:otrearisungrRerhaps. 74.1e third 0,ft
By, 1719 salvage OperatiOns
ceuld no longer cope with sharki.
Oarraeuda. er bneettneirS,, for
the-golikliews .had become public
property and the Black Boger
was flying in the breeze. Sixty
years later, the English arta
t
, •
grapiiiik; Bernard Rorne,ne, w▪ as
coxinnissioned to compile a map.
Published in 11751 it reexics the
s$pot viherethellagehiP, fiRimpt.)4
Cogti sat*.
Fs) r' the next 250 „years the
catastrophe smou1derekappr4,
ently dead and forgotten au
ttme. Then, qUite by chanCe,, the
whole burst into flame,, with the
results which will be narrated
next week
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