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Fifty miners at the Doiratar.
ttt �Sali>.1kI•ane...,, hare. • in
.Goderich have been off work
since 4:00 p.m. Sunday due to
a -breakdown of the rotor in
the mine's, primary crushing
unit. Mine manager - Bill
° Coughlan said on Tuesday
evening that he was hopeful
the men would be recalled to
ru s is eg ning at 8:00
a.•m..Friday-rnerning.._ . .
The rotor had been
malfunctioning .' periodically
since May of this year and
temporary repairs had been
carried out on 'several oc-
casionsto keep , the crusher
unit in operation until a new.
rotor, ' on. order from Ger-
many, could" .arrive. That
piece -of equipment,did,reaCh.
Goderich last Friday but
before it could be installed,
the crushing unit failed
completely . at 10:00 p.m.
Saturday.
As work got underway on
replaeennent of • the rotor,,
"'some crews at the - mime
Town Council Briefs
A brief letter was received
from .Frank' Little •of Doo
Little Stables stating an.'in-
terest, in renting the town
farm, just south of Goderich:
on Highway 21,
The matter was turned over
to. dile property, committee
chaired by •Councillor Bdb
Allen.' •
Someargument was heard
at Goderich Town -Council.
Monday "evening •regarding
the committee minutes which
were distributed to all
members of council as well as
to members of the press
Some members arguedthat._.
since oifimittee meetings
Phylis Durst, left, who played host on Tuesday. to an . her guests Arini; and Rob Jones. The Jones' were 'visiting• e open, it is• the respon-
•.are
Australian .couple touring part of North. America gets a . various Baha'i communities in the United States and ° ` sibility of the press to be
geography lesson about the continent "down under" from Canada as apart of their tour. •('staff photo)- present att those meetings if •
they wanted to be infgrmed_..._v:
Australjans o
The Goderich Baha'i
corriniunrt�, rplayed host on
Tuesday to two Australian
Baha'is 'who are presently on
a' tour of „parts of the United
States ,and
.Canada. Rob and
Arini. Jones, of Adelaide in'
South Australia, were special
guests at; a dinner given `on
Tuesday -evening 'by Phylis
Durst of Benmilier
Arin-i-is travelling impart on
a Government'. of Australia
the- lines of; the Ontario
Ceinniunity College. • The
students are adults and Arini
will be specializing in.
• Women's Studies and such
fields as Consumer Affairs,
Foods, Horne Economics and
Clothing..'
Most of all,.,the Jones' say,
they are 'struck, not by the
differences, but ` by. the
similarities between Canada
Department '''-of Further
Education scholarship' and
Rob is making the North
American visit a Bahai
teaching tour.
• The couple left.Adelaide on
August 8 and flew to San
Fransico, visited Los Angeles
and ••Kan.sas, City.before.
travelling to Florence, South
•Carolina to visit friends./
From there they set out in a.
camper northward through'
Nashville and a d Louisville to
Chicago' where they -attended •
functions of the Baha'i
National Committee.
• On September 2 they
crossed into. -Canada at
Windsor and paid visits to the
Baha'i communities in
Toronto, Trenton. and Sarnia *
beforetravellin
g on to
Goderich. • They will. spend
another two weeks visiting
groups. in_`Southern Ontario.
before moving on to 'Peter-
borough , and back • to the.
United States. Arini will be
studying . new -methods o __
education at Amherst, Mass.
The trip Will -then .continue -
down the east coast of the
United_ States• and back to
South Carolina from where
the couple ' will fly to'
England for three months of
education studies.
Arini is 'a teacher in
Australia at a new institute
which is being modelled along
and £trstraiia. The : cost of
living, ,for example, is'. very'
close to the .same as that.
down: under, though perhaps
slightly higher here: 2°
The climate • is one .dif-
ference,
if-ference, Rob• •observes that
Tuesday'swindy wet weather
was similar to a day in
Austra lia's' m id winter.
• Arini observes that.
Councillor Elsa HayclOn
• said-• • the Connell. had .a
responsibility to the people to
"get 'the information out".
She said it was for this reason:
that she . believed .council
should do everything possible.
to ensure the press was in-
formed - whether it wanted to
be or not,
-}i -r -I-
• Hogenkamp Engineering of
_.West Germany has expressed
interest in purchasing land in
Industrial Park 'for the
location of an industry here.
Mayor Deb Shewfelt said
the firm had offered to'buy'
•4.45acres„qf land on Mooney
Street. • If the 'plant . was
Located in Goderich,
orth American journe
edue.atiorral.ly Canada is way
ahead of her Australian
cousins, -
"You have better facilities
here,” She explains. "And
:your Community Colleges are .,
far advanced compared to
ours in Australia. Australia is
just .Undertaking the in-
troduction of a Community
-College typeprogram."
She sees the courses offered
at the Community Colleges in
Ontario as very practical and
well geared to what the
graduate -'i? likely • to find
when hebecomes part of the,
work force, She also points to
a wider and better selection
of courses in 'Canada.
Canada,, the Jones' . ob-
serve, seems to offer more in
the way of consumer giods to
her citizens than .does
Australia to hers.
The picture is not perfect
though. The Australians find,
a lot of synthetic foods on the
market .hei-e, plus those
containing many' additives
and artificial color. Canadian
faSt'fbod services are_not up
to the Australian standards
either, „
- 1 Overall though, the couple .
rain-Iruck :accident iniurs °drivr
say they have been enjoying
• •
their North American tout
•
believed it would employ up
to 50 persons :and .. would
manufacture equipment for
pulp and paper mills.
The mayor said* that
representative ° of 'the West
German :firm : had been in
Goderich a year ago, and that
• a fa�•f"iously established price
of $2;000 would be honored if
the company, bought land
- here. .
,: In future, however, land at
-Industrial Park will sell for
;5;000'an acre. _
A train -truck '`collision in
Goderich September•, 15
caused an estimated $4,200
damage °and sent Ronald
MacDonald of 169 Bennett
. Street East:. to hospital. The
Mishap occurred on a private
access 'road acress the
Canadian National • Railroad
tracks -near the site of th `e -old • `
town dump on Maitland
itoad. .•
The Goderich police._
'department reported that Mr.
:MacDonald was driving a
truck `across'the tracks When
a southbound train operated
by Papl Tuer of 160 Bir
.mingham Street -in Stratford
:collided with it. Mr.'
MacDonald was slightly •
injuredand taken to hospital.
Damage to the' truck was
estimated at $4,200while the
train received a"$20' dent -in
the_cgw catcher.
On Septennber 16 a two car.
'accident on Kingston. Street
caused about $430' to both
vehicles. Timothy O'Brien of
RR 2 Goderich was backing
hisvehicle from an angle
position .on the north side of
Kingston Street and backed
into the. path of a car driven
by.Irla Stewart of 116 Warren
Street -in Goderich. Damage
•
•
t h
o .t e Stewart vehicle was injuring . a passenger in; his
imaCed at 2
est $ 00 and . to car, roseph Turnbull. There
O'Brien's at 8230. was no damage to . the
A vehicle driven by Elmer wrecker. -
Sowerby of 106. Borden Street, An apcident on Bayfield
Stratford, sustained. about Road near the Suncoast Mall
$2,000 damage when it September 19 caused `about
collided with the rear of •a $300 in damages Joh C.
-wrecker driven byEveret n
Ward.'
Of, 103 North Walnut
HottorLof 179 Brock Street. Avenue iri carnia
Mr. Horton. was waitingfor •, s south tempting to pass going - south
red light to 'change on Vic: on the , highway when he
toria Street South when Mr.' •struck.,'a vehicle driven by
Sowerby collided with the Peter Harris cof 173 Blucher
rear. of his. wrecker slightly Street in Kitchener,while Mr.
very much and find the
*.
Harris was attempting a left
turn. Damage to. the Harris
.. car was 8200 and to the Ward
vehicle $100.
. Leslie McReady of RR 3 •
.-,Fenwick,-was backing up on
Maple Street looking for the
Sift: Salt: plant when she
backed J'
ac ed info the h
a of a
Path
vehicle driven by; • Marie
•Tranquada of 275 Christina
, Court. Damage to the
McReady vehicle was 'nil
. while the .. Tranquada- car
received $400 in damages.
people very' friendly, and
generous.
More money
for
schools
o0
S
in province
p.
' Ontario's school boards wall
'receive .$165 million more in'
e a t er 'fonn
provincial gr -ants •next `yea'r;
e Mt��.-g"
.W.ells said .last week. . •
Mr'. Wells said the increase.
will bring ° the total Ontario:
• grant to school boards to $1^.88
billion in 1977_ :.
The Minister 'said the
elementary : and secondary
per pupil grant ceilings for
:1977; rates of grant and' the:.
other basic information
needed by school boards top -
calculate their budget Will be
released*. to the boards on.
October 1..lls -
Nlr. Wesaid the $1.88
billion represents about 87.
per cent of. 'the Ministry's
budget.
improved by radar
A weather radar station 18
miles southwest of Clinton,.
Which should ..improve
weather :forecasting for
Huron County, has been
stalled because •of_ technical
flaws.
The radar was to be fully
completed arid operating last.
spring, but tests' parried out
in Ottawa uncovered several
flaws, - according to Lloyd
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Rader of the London weather
office. Now weather. officials.
hope to have it in operation
sometime this fall if they can
iron out the problems with it.
The radar, which `is located
in the middle of a- farmer's
field,will likely be the most
modern one in existence, Mr.
Rader said,. It will be fully
automatic and run by. com-
puter from other weather
The range of the radar will
nbe 200 ,nautical' miles and will -
be mainly beneficial—to the
,,) Toronto area for forecasting
purposes; but could also help
t3,
this area by picking up storm •
patterns, over Lake Michigan,
Mr. Rader said.
The radar was located'" in
this area to get it away from
Cities which distort the
patterns, he said. .
Originally the building
which the radar 'will operate
from wasowned by the
Department of National
Defense as a communications
centre for . the air base ,at
Centralia.. The structure was
built at the end of the second
world war;, but ivas• obsolete
before: itwas ever put into
operation, local; people'sa.y.
•
plan -s In_m nor.
l'T) The Child Abuse Com -.from the. `medical,
'mittee of the Huron County. educational, and legal fields
4. Children's Aid Society an- who are most likely tobe the
nounced plans this week for a ones to identify and report _
/ seminar on October 13 on the child abuse due to their close
i., subject of "Detection and contact with children. '
Prevention .of Child Abuse in - Guest speaker . at the
Huron -County." The seminar session - will be Dr. Robert
`'u, will'be held in the board room Bates, 'Pediatrician Director,;
-of ' the Huron County Child Abuse Teamat the
Assessment office beginning,1'.ospitaf1 for Sick Children ,at
at 10:00 a. m, Toronto.
According :to Child' Abuse ,
Committee representative A film entitled •"Fragile,
Esther Ross,. the victims ages Handle With Care" wil 'also..
range from•the.newborn up to be shown. Tentative topics for
the age of 16. The abuser is discussion 'include, "What
usually , °an adult who is constitutes' Child Abuse?",
legally "in possession of the "Reporting 'ef••Cir.ild-A fuse vs
child". This legal guardian Professional Ethics', "What
either personally causes thehappens when Child Abuse is
injury or neglect, • or allows reported?", and "What may
someone else to do it. ' ' happen if a report isn't
Mrs. Ross said the. group .made?
hopes -to have a good at- This is an open meeting and
tendance • of professionals there is no charge.
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CIVIC MEETINGS THIS.WE-
. . Friday, September -24 Ciiiunty Council meets at 10 a.m.
in the council chambers in the County Court House.
i onday, September 27. -the Day Nursery Committee
me is at 4 p.m in the council chanibers at town hall.
Monday, September 27 a special council meeting will
he held at7:30 p.m. in the council chambers at townhall.,
Wodhesday, .September 29 • the Maitland Cemetery
Board meets at 4:30 p •t'n, in the coilncil chambers at town
hall. "
•
Thursday, September 30 the Housing Actiorn Com -
in Rico meets. at 12 noon at this Candlelight Restaurlintr,
continued Nark butte 50
• miners• -•were; -laid- off -until
repairs could be completed,
Maintenarice personnel at
the mine, 'assisted.by a :crew.
from: Leckie Brother9
Limited of Kitchener, have
been working on installation"
of the new $170,000. rotor all
week. Mr. Coughlan had high
praise for,,the efforts ' of. the
Lackie crew im olveed in.the
repairs. '
• The breakdown' was' a
ma`+r One for the mine and it
'will redu.ce;the shipments of.
'sal from Goderich this:
seagon by: an estimated 40,000.x,
tons.
Mr. Coughlan said it has not
yet been' necessary to cancel
the arrival of any boats at the
mine but suggested -that the
interruption in• production. •
was likely to, result in: a
reduced ship arrival.later.this.
month or in early.. October.,
Stock piles .of salt at the mine
have been seriously depleted'
during' the production stop,
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