The Huron Expositor, 1955-09-23, Page 2>EiiittoN CII;*OSI!TQR, SEAFORTH, ONT.,
=PT. A 1955
THE HURON EXPOSITOR
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SEAFORTH, Friday, September 23
Congratulations, Neighbor!
Congratulations to the Clinton
News -Record, who last week was
honored at the annual convention of
the Canadian Weekly Newspaper
Association in Vancouver. T h e
News -Record was tied for second
place in a competition to determine
the most outstanding weekly in the
under 2,000 circulation class. In the
same class the Clinton paper came
third for the best editorial page, and
tied for third place for the best front
page.
Seaforth is Honored
Not only the Seaforth Agricultural
Society but the citizens of Seaforth
generally are being honored on Fri-
day, when the Lieutenant -Governor
of Ontario, Hon. Louis 0. Breithaupt
and Mrs. Breithaupt will be guests
within the community. The Lieuten-
ant -Governor will officiate at the op-
-ening of the Seaforth Fall Fair, which
is marking the 110th anniversary of
its founding.
The records do not indicate the
last occasion on which the represen-
tative of Her Majesty in Ontario was
a visitor in Seaforth, but certainly it.
is a good many years ago. The visit
on Friday will provide an opportun-
ity for the town in an official sense
and also for the citizens generally to
pay respect and indicate their loy-
alty to Her Majesty by the enthusi-
asm of their welcome to Her Majes-
ty's representative.
Tax Time is Here
Seaforth ratepayers who at the
weekend received their 1955 tax no-
tices found, as was to be expect-
ed, that the amounts demanded
in taxes took into account the in-
creased tax rate, which Council
adopted at its August ,meeting.
Three factors, of course, contribute
to higher taxes. First is the demand
of ratepayers for improved facilities
and services which is reflected in
council's action to provide among
other things, improved schools, sew-
age disposal, paved and snow -free
roads and recreational facilities.
The desire for such things of
course is not unnatural, having re-
gard to the standard of living which
Canadians as a whole are enjoying
today. But the fact remains that
they must be paid for.
Secondly is the unfortunate bal-
ance which exists between industrial
and other assessments. This is a
problem faced by every small town,
and is one of the reasons why efforts
to attract industry to the smaller
centres receive so much attention.
Finally, there is the failure on the
part of higher levels of government
to assist in a realistic manner the
municipalities which are their crea-
tures. There was a time when a
smaller municipality was, in a sense,
sovereign with respect to the funds
its raised and the manner in which
it spent them.
That day no longer exists. TIT
problem the average town council
faces today is that as a result of pro-
vincial statutes or regulations, much
of the taxes it is called upon to raise
are being spent by bodies over -which
it has no control. Councils can't re-
duce the rate as much as sometimes'
might be desirable.
The Seaforth tax rate is high. But
on a per capita basis it is lower than
many Ontario centres. Toronto citi-
zens, on the average, pay $94.88, com-
pared to an average in Seaforth of
$55.46. Per capital tax in London is
$86,95, in Kitchener $79.71, in Ot-
tawa $65.75, to mention but a few.
:fact, among cities of 20,000 and
3verf but two -Brantford with $53.52
and North Bay with $47.81—have a
lower per capita tax than has Sea -
forth.
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WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:
Out Of the Gay Nineties
(Fort William Times -Journal)
The thing had a handle about five
inches long about twice the thickness
of a lead pencil. It was made of bone.
At ne end, a piece of steel was in -
ser ed, shaped as a small hook.
10 -year-old girl picked it up
curiously and asked her older sister
what it was.
"Silly! It's a drain cleaner," the
sister said. "You've seen Mother
use it lots of times."
(P.S.—It was an old button hook.)
./- More Canadians
(Peterborough Examiner)
-Those who doubt the future of
,...,Those
should look at the birth Sta-
tistics. In the first seven months of
this year there were 250,000 babies
born in this country. Set over
against this figure the 75,597 deaths
in the same period and it will be seen
that by natural increase only, Can-
ada's population is growing by leaps
and bounds.
When the figures are in for the en-
tire year, it may be expected t afi the
amount of natural increase 1 be
the largest Canada has ever had.
Rain is Aged
(Charlottetown Guardian) -
Rain is about three weeks old when
it falls, according to a University of
Chicago chemist. He has made a
study of tritium which is triple -
weight hydrogen, generated by the
action of cosmic waves in the upper
atmosg fie. When formed, it com-
bines with oxygen to make water,
and because it is radioactive, it de-
cays so that half of it disappears in
12.5 years. The age of water then
can be determined by measuring its
radioactivity. Water from deep
wells is often more than 50 years
old.
Novelty Of Horses
(Summerside Journal)
We venture to say that the inci-
dent of a run -away horse here
brought a feeling of nostalgia to
many people who happened to be on
hand. We heard one bystander say
that he thought Such things never
happened any more, yet coincidental-
ly only the previous night the writer
witnessed a horse, unattended and
unharnessed, galloping alone along
one of our streets. Who owned l-iim,
where he came from, or where he
went, we do not know, but it was a
strange and almost eerie experience
to hear the clop of hooves on the pav-
ed street and suddenly to see a horse
surge out of the darkness and almost
immediately pass out of sight in the
opposite direction.
A Privilege, Not a Right
(Ottawa Journal)
We like much a point that was
made in the Alberta -Legislature this
week by the Minister of Highways,
Mr. G. E. Taylor.
He was defending his Govern-
ment's power to refuse to grant a
driver's license against an Opposi-
tion claim that such a refusal was a
denial of a citizen's natural rights,
and he said that the driving of an
automobile on the public highways
was not an inalienable right. It was
a privilege—a privilege which, for
the public's protection, could and
should be denied to those who were
not qualified to use it or would not
respect it.
Than this, nothing could be truer.
And it is a good thing to have certain
people given an occasional reminder
that a number of things which they
regard as rights are not rights at all
but only privileges, privileges which
may only be accorded justly with a
sense of what is right—and safe—for
the community as a whole, and which
may be retained only if they are not
abused.
The world would be a better place
if it had fewer people shouting about
their rights and more understanding
their obligations and duties. And the
world would be a better place, too, if
more realized that privileges involve
responsibilities.
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SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS
Band Entertains At County Home
The Dashwood Citizens Banca
journeyed to Clinton on, Sunday
and entertained the men and wo-
men of the Home with a program
of music. Zurich Herald.
Field Crop Winners
Robert Jeffery was awarded
first prize in the field crop com-
petition in corn sponsored by the
Exeter Agricultural Society. The
winner, with a score of 87, was
-one point ahead of runner-up Ar-
thur Rundle. John. . Pym placed
third with 84. The other prize
winners were: Clarence Down -8S,
Howard Pym 82, Harvey Hyde
81½, Lloyd Reynolds 81, Ross
Keyes 801/2, Edgar Cudmore 80,
and Harry Jeffrey 79. M. E. Hoop-
er, of R.R. 6, St. Marys, was the
judge.—Exeter Times -Advocate. '
Two Broken Wrists Same Day
Two accidents were treated at
the Wingham General Hospital last
week, both of them involving frac-
tured wrists, and both occurring
on the same day. Mrs. Dorothy
Willie, of Wingham, and Mrs, Myr-
tle •McQuillin, R.R. 6, Lucknow,
both suffered fractured right wrists
on Saturday as a result of falls.
They were taken to the hospital
where the fractures were reduced
under anaesthetic and a cast ap-
plied. The condition of both was
termed satisfactory. — Wingham
Advance -Times.
Diamond Drilling
Diamond drilling operations be-
ing done by Sifto Salt Limited at
the northwest corner of the prop-
erty on the north side of the har-
bor, near the river month, are
moving right along. Wednesday
'he drill was downa little over 70t)
Feet, and it is expected that it
will go -down to the 1500 -foot level.
Just what will be found away
down there under the ground re-
mains to be seen. One thing is
sure, there's salt. "Well, there's
salt all around here," Mr. Drum-
mond explained. The drilling is
carried on for 22 hours each day,
six days a week.—Goderich Sig-
nal -Star.
Break -In At Fire Hall
A break-in at the Blyth Fire
Hall was discovered by Harvey
Letherland on Monday morning.
Sometime during the weekend the
building' had been broken into. En-
trance was gained through the
small door. Nothing appeared to
be missing unless it was a few
gallons of gasoline. 'Such tamper-
ing is very risky business, espec-
ially if it should involve tamper-
ing with any of the fire fighting
equipment. Town Constable John
Bailey in reporting the break-in to
the Standard said that anyone
caught in the act of breaking into
or tampering with the fire hall
building or equipment would place
themselves in a position to receive
the maximum punishment for such
an offence. Blyth Standard.
Wins Water Ski Crown
Dave Cameron, who for the past
couple of -years has been winning
trophies all over the province for
water skiing, added to his laurels
at the Canadian National Exhibi-
tion last week when he swept the
junior classes for the Canadian
Water Skiing Championship. Dave
was awarded top honors in three
events in the junior championship,
jumping, trick riding and slalom,
in competition with clever other
water skiers from all over Can-
ada. Dave, who summers with
his family near Oliphant, has a
roomful of trophies at his home
on Catherine Street. He is Ontario
and Eastern Canadian champion
and last year won the Canadian
Trick Riding Championship at the
Exhibition, as well as a number
of other trophies. He is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Cameron,
of town. —. Wingham Advance -
Times.
Farmers Are Busy
As one drives through the coun-
try we notice farmers are busy
with the bean crop, trying to get
what there is of it, as the hot dry
weather of the past few months
really scorched and ripened the
beans long before the time of ma-
turing. Since last fall when Hurri-
cane Hazel passed over this dis-
trict that dreary night, farmers do
-lot feel so safe with beans out in
the field. But'it was many years
before that since farmers did not
get in their crop. So we have lit-
tle to fear. Other farmers who
have silos to fill and a big crop
of corn to cut in also are on the
jump in getting this in shape. The
frosts of the past week have also
greatly helped to ripen the corn
which is a good crop in general.
Then there -is quite an acreage of
fall wheat going in again and
many fields are being sown which
will relieve the otherwise heavy
spring seeding which will roll
along as we approach another
summer.—Zurich Herald.
SMALL TOWNS CALLING TO INDUSTRY
(By Arthur Low, in The Georgetown Herald)
In these strenuous days it can'
be relaxing to consider the pleas-
ure of a small community whose
very existence arises from the de-
sire to remain a small commun-
ity. This is<probably fundamental
in the present trend to establish
small towns around large cities,
and many factors contribute to it.
Not the least of these is the atti-
tude of industry in general—an
all-important consideration, and
not only in the matter of taxation.
For the variety of reasons, in-
dustry, as well as the individual
citizen is beginning to show a
marked preference for the small
town beyond the city limits. And
industry too, is anxious to keep it
a small town. This provides a
paradox, since most of the big cit-
ies owe their existence as such to
industrial development during the
last half -century, and it may not
seem unreasonable to suppose that
the process of expansion to burst-
ing point would be bound to repeat
itself. The answer to that could lie
in planning based on purpose—the
purpose being to maintain the
small town atmosphere and at the
same time to allow for reasonable
growth:
• Industry's purpose is, o-- f course,
basically•the same as that of those
many individual citizens who wish
to escape from the restructed con-
ditions of over -crowded cities. And
it is logical that Canadian Indus-
try should today be feeling the
urge to do what its counterparts
in the far more overcrowded cit -
ties of Europe have been forced
into doing during the last quarter
century. Canada, however, is in
this respect much more fortunate,
since virgin country is never far
from the fringe of our largest cit-
ies.
Moreover, we have today the
mechanical means to create in
record time those made -to -measure
small towns in which the desired
ratio of population to Industry and
Commef'I`e can be planned in ad-
vance.
Typical of this type of advanced
planning, which is usually under-
taken with an existing small town
as the nucleus, is the new develop-
ment now under way at George-
town. Here, 36 miles from Toron-
to, bulldozers and tractors have al-
ready transformed the landscape
over some 1,750 acres, and build-
ing is in progress. The plan pro-
vides a basis of 40 per cent for
Industry against a 60 per cent
residential area with an additional
290 -acre greenbelt as park and re-
creational land. There will also be
a shopping centre.
The trend towards establishment
of industries adjacent to small
towns has followed a rapid 'devel-
opment in transportation facilities
and was doubtless accelerated by
the post-war housing shortage.
Since this was most acute in the
more thickly populated centres,
firms planning to build new plants
looked for sites either where there
was housing accommodation or
where it could be provided.
In this way became the move-
ment of industry from the city
centres first to the suburbs, and
then . as is happening now—to
small towns and locations beyond
the fringe of the city. This present
movement, which was brought
about by sheer necessity, is, for
reasons that- were not in most eas-
es considered, proving in all ways
advantageous to industry.
The industrial who moves to the
small town finds he has solved the
problem of "labor turnover." Peo-
ple living inr,a small town soon be-
come anchored in the community,
and their personal problems are
fewer. Conditions generally are
pleasanter than in the cities. There
are few, if any, "pressures," and
conditions for bringing up a fam-
ily are a great deal better. If and
when it is wanted, the city itself
lies at, the end of an hour's drive.
Most valuable to the industrialist
is the home -owner employee. But
.in any case the employer can ex-
pect those on his payroll to be con-
tented in their private lives, and
is himself in a better position to
ensure improved working condi-
tions.
With the retention of highly skill-
ed labor a vital problem in every
branch of Canada's Industry, the
present out -of -the -city is most
marked. Industry is willing to
move out. But existing small
towns will have to service more
land and make it available for
development. Provided this is
planned in advance on the basis
of suitable allocations for popula-
tion, Industry and recreation facili-
ties, with safeguards against ov-
erdevelopment, the proposition is
one from which as in the case of
Georgetown—all will profit.
Reports Read At
McKillop W.M.S.
I Mrs. Albert Harrison entertain-
ed the ladies of the McKillop
Branch of the W.M.S. to the Sep-
tember meeting.
Mrs. Helen McMillan opened the
meeting with prayer. Hymn 592
was sung. The minutes of the
August meeting were adopted as
read with 18 members and three
visitors. An invitation was accept-
ed to attend the fall thankoffering
I meeting to be held in Duff's Unit-
ed Church October 6, at 2:30 p.m.
Renewal of the Glad Tidings is to
be given to Mrs. Robert Smith at
the October meeting.
Miss Jean Scott then took over
the meeting, using as much as she
could of the Presbyterial meeting
held in St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church, Clinton, Tuesday, Sept. 13.
The scripture Iesson was read by
Miss Esther Hocking, Romans 11,
chapter 12. Mrs. J. F. Scott gave
thoughts on the scripture lesson,
prepared by Mrs. Orland Johnston.
Mrs. D. Glenn Campbell gave a
very inspiring talk, her theme be-
ing, "Re-committment to Service."
The scripture verse she used was,
"Thou shalt remember all the way
which the Lord thy God led thee.",
Deut. 8:2. Mrs. John Carter and
Mrs. R. E. McMillan gave a well -
rendered duet, accompanied by
Mrs. Helen McMillan.
Mrs. J. W. Thompson gave a re-
port of the Presbyterial meeting
of the morning session, and Mrs.
J. L. Bell the afternoon session.
Mrs. James Aitcheson gave the
Glad Tidings prayer.
Hymn 570 was sung, and the
meeting closed with all repeating
the Lord's Prayer in unison. A
delicious lunch was enjoyed.
Diner: "Ginger ale, please."
Waiter: "Pale?"
Diner: "No thanks, just a
glass.!"
YEARS AGONE
Intending Itemts Picked
from The Huron Expositor of
25, 50 and 75 Years Ago.
From The Duron Expositor
September 26, 1930
What might have been a more
serious accident happened on Tues-
day, when Mr. Louis Baker, of
McKillop, was driving through the
fields with the team hitched to the
buggy. Not having the breeching
strap fastened, the team became
unmanageable and turned off the
road, one horse on either side of
a telephone pole. The buggy struck
the pole and threw Mr. Baker out.
He has since been confined to his
bed with numerous bruises, but no
broken bones. The buggy was bad-
ly damaged.
While proceeding west on the
Zurich road on Sunday evening,
two cars, one owned by Mi, J.
Decker, Sr., and ,,the other driven
by a party from London, collided.
Both cars were damaged but none
of the occupants were injured, ex-
cept for a few bruises.
Mr. Robert Govenlock, of Mc-
Killop, and Mr. Bert Govenlock,
of Egmondville, returned on Sat-
urday from a trip to Vancouver.
At the Seaforth Fall Fair, held
on Thursday and Friday, the gov-
ernment judge pronounced it
superior to that of the Western
Fair, and in point of quality equal
to the Canadian National Exhibi-
tion.
All farm products, were reported
moving slowly on the market with
prices low during the' middle of
September. Peaches were selling
at 75c to $1.00 per 11 -quart bas-
ket; eggs, fresh firsts, 33 cents
per, dozen; wheat, 70 cents per
bushel; barley, 35 cents, and oats
as low as 27 cents per bushel;
potatoes, $1.00 to $1.40 per bag,
and cheese 131/2 cents per pound.
From The Huron Expositor
September 22, 1905
Mr. George Riley is now able to
resume his work after having been
laid off on account of his arm.
Mr. James Laing, of Cromarty,
has purchased Mr. George Wil-
son's high-stepping driver for the
handsome sum of $200.
W. W. Harris, of Brussels cheese
factory, shipped 100 boxes of
creamery butter to Montreal last
Friday. It brought 21 cents per
pound.• On "Monday the August
make of cheese from the same
factory was sent to Montreal for
shipment to London.
Miss E. M. McCallum, an honor
graduate of London Normal
School, has been engaged as teach-
er for one of the departments "of
Exeter public school.
Rev. Mr. Leckie, of Londesboro,
returned from Hamilton on Wed-
nesday evening; bringing with him
his bride. „.
Miss Jennie Russell, of Fingall,
daughter of Rev. Mr. Russell, is
visiting at Mr. James Beattie's
in Seaforth.
Miss M. McDonald, of Constance,
has returned home after spending
a month's holidays at. St. Thomas
and other places.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wright
spent Saturday and Sunday with
friends in Hensall.
•
From The Huron Expositor
September 24, 1880
Mr. William Horton, of the 14th
concession of Hibbert, had the mis-
fortune this week of having one of
the bones in his arm broken by a
kick from a horse.
Miss B. Home has moved into
Buchanan's Block in Hensall,
where she intends carrying on mil-
linery and straw work in all its
departments.
Dr. Charters, of Ethel, sold his
farm of 50 acres on the 10th con-
cession of Grey, to Mr. Samuel
Chambers for the sum of $2,100.
The doctor takes Mr. Chambers'
house and lot in .Ethel at $900.
Mr. Robert Charters, of the Mill
Road, on the day of the Seaforth
Fair, sold the Leicester ram lamb
which took first prize, to Mr. John
Broadfoot, of Morris.
While the evening train was leav-
ing Blyth station on Tuesday eve-
ning, and had got 'up a good rate
of speed, John Thompson, a resi-
dent of Blyth, having evidently for-
gotten that he had arrived at his
destination, attempted to jump off
the train as it was leaving, and
alighted .into a cattle guard and
came within a hair's breadth of
being killed. He 'escaped with sev-
ere bruises.
Mrs. Hannah Cooper, of Con
stance, was unfortunate as to lose
or have stolen from her pocket a
purse containg upwards of $40.
Mr. J. Drew, of Exeter, has
moved into Fanson's brick block.
ALERT MISSION BAND MEETS
The September meeting of the
Alert Mission Band was held after
school on Monday, Sept. 12. The
opening hymn was "Jesus Bids Us
Shine." Ellen Connell read the
scripture. The Lord's Prayer was
repeated by all. Nancy Berger
favored all with a piano solo. The
collection was then received.
A chapter of "Fig Tree Village"
was read by Mrs. H. Connell. A
work period was enjoyed by all.
"Happy Birthday" was sung to
Lynda Muegge. The hymn, "Can. a
Little Child Like Me?" and the
Mission Band Purpose closed the
meeting.
Huron Farm News
Silo filling and fall wheat plant-
ing are the order of the day. Con-
tinued dry weather has resulted in
poor germination of wheat seeded
to date. The heavy frost the night
of September 7, did considerable
damage to the white bean crop
and hastened the maturing of the
corn crop.
e: "Have you a good memory
for ces, dear?"
He: "I sure have."
She; "I'm glad, for.I just broke
your :halting mirror."
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AUSTRALIAN JOURNEY
WEEKLY EDITOR RETURNS
AFTER "WALTZIN° MATILDA"
(The final of four articles by
John Freeman, weekly editor
who recently completed a 20,-
-mile trip with Canadian
Pacific Airlines as C.W.N.A.
editorial representative.)
"If you have some bird lime on
your German Bands, take a Gen-
eral Eisenhower and meet me at
snakes alive."
No—I'm not crazy!
The foregoing is just a sample
of Australian slang and translat-
ed means: "If you have some
time on your hands, take "a shower
and meet me at five."
Taking liberties with the Eng-
lish language was only a sideline
with Jim Betts, a lad I met in
Melbourne, who was to me the
genuine, modern "dinkum" Aus-
sie. Hard-working, successful in
business, married ' with two chil-
dren, Jim could tell a story, boast
of Australia's great strides since
the last war, and discuss the mer-
its or otherwise of the two cars
he owned—a '48 Buick convertible
(which he drives as though it were
a jet bomber), and an English
M.G.
At about this time my action
in bringing skiis all the way from
Canada caught up with me, and
one Saturday morning I found my-
self skiing, about 6,000 feet up,
on the heights of the Australian
Alps, operating from a private
loge part owned by Betts and nam-
ed "Gray Rocks."
For the enthusiast, good skiing
is available in Australia; and be-
ing harder to get at than in Can-
ada, the average of skiing is very
high. Public lodges will accom-
modate visitors for around $12 a
weekend and a Canadian has no
trouble in borrowing a pair of
"boards."
What of Australian Art
and Culture?
Sydney has one of the six fin-
est symphony orchestras in the
world; the theatre is enjoying a
renaissance; and the most talked
of discovery in the field of paint-
ing is the watercolor work of ab-
original artist Albert Namatjira,
whose interpretation of the Aus-
tralian landscape is as "'typically
Australian as the boomerang.
As gifts ' for friends at home I
bought what are considered to be
three Australian classics in liter-
ature—Marcus Clarke's "For the
Term of His Natural Life" (a dra-
matic and harrowing account on
the convict system); Rolf Boldre-
wood's "Robbery Under Arms"
(an exciting account of bushrang-
ing in New South Wales, and the
contemporary "Fortunes of Rich-
ard Mahony" by Henrietta Rich-
ardson.
Holy Snakes!
For local color, a visiting Cana-
dian, will learn more from Bill
Beatty's collection of legends,
"Come a-Waltiin' Matilda", in one
hour's reading than he 'will dis-
cover for himself during his whole
visit. The edition contains a rib -
tickling collection of folklore, his-
torical notes and incidents on the
early days of the country.
The story of Sir Henry Brown
Hayes and Vauclause House is a
typical gem.
"Originally sent to the convict
colony from the Emerald Isle for
abducting an heiress (without her
permission), Sir Henry served his
sentence and upon release built a
beautiful home near Sydney which
he named Vauclause House.
"Only there was one trouble.
The property' was overrun with
snakes.
"With St. Patrick's successful
campaign in mind, Sir Henry im-
ported five hundred barrels of Irish
sod and with a gang of convict lab-
orers, Irishevery one, had dug a
trench six feet down by two feet
wide.
"March 17 was chosen as an
appropriate day to fill the trench
with the good Irish earth and ac-
cording to the story—curiously en-
ough, Sir Henry was never trou-
bled again . ,"
The same house now belongs to
the State of New South Wales and
is a "must" for all visitors to Syd-
ney.
Sydney's Youthful Mayor.
Included in my Sydney stay was
an hour's visit with the Lord May-
or of that city, youthful Pat Hills,
whose appearance is that of a
young business executive rather
than the popular conception of a
Lord Mayor.
With my return to harness as a
weekly editor in mind, I asked
"His Worship" for something to
take back in the nature of a greet-
ing to our own Mayor Olive Ur-
quhart, of Pointe Claire, Que.
My reportorial feeling was re-
warded by my being entrusted for
delivery to Her Worship with a
pictorial volume on Sydney entit-
led: "Sydney—"The Soul of a
City." I was also able to scrounge
a two -column glossy print of May-
or Hills in full ceremonial robes.
For all his youthful appearance,
Mayor Hills is a go-getter for his
city. I saw a scale model of a
new 500 -car underground parking
lot, on which work has started,
and which also included a 600 -foot
double lane MOVING walkway
through the city gardens to the
downtown shopping area!
The Mayor is also an amateur
photographer and I enjoyed his
colored movies of the inaugural
flight of C.P.A.'s new over -the -pole
service to Amsterdam, on which
he represented his city, the south-
ern terminal of the service.
However, fluoridation, to halt,
tooth decay, now being somewhat
timidly accepted by Canadians,
was a complete mystery to him.
Aussie Weekly Editors
There are over 400 weekly news-
papers in Australia and their edi-
tors do the same grass roots job
as their Canadian cousins do here.
They attend the Town's Council
meeting, double as lino operators,
shop men and collect bad debts.
One of their first loves is the old
17,
reliable Double -Royal Wharfdale
flatbed press, on which many of
the country's weeklies are printed.
They receive 'recognition for the
job they do for their communities,
seldom get rich, yet always have.
the esteem and respect ,of their fel-
low townspeople as compensation.
Goodbye Sydney!
I departed from Sydney on at
Wednesday for the return flight via
G.P.A,'s Empress of Mexico,"
but my adventures were not over.
We set down at dawn on F(ji
and after a shower and breakfast
of paw paw and fried eggs took
off for Hawaii where we arrived,
according to the „schedule, only
three hours after leaving Sydney!
Of course the joker in this deck
is the International Date Line east
6f Fiji—for us that week contain-
ed eight days including two Wed-
nesdays!
On arrival at Honolulu we were
driven to the Royal Hawaiian for
another night and day stopover,
courtesy of the airline. This must
be, without doubt, the most popu-
lar stopover in the world.
O'er the Pali
"King Kamehamoha, the conquer-
or of the Islands,
Became a famous hero one .day"
I never did know what the song.
was all about until on my return
my memory was jogged by a later
line:
"And threw them" o'er the Pali."
The Pali is a fearsome height
on Oahu Island, which I visited,
and over which the famous war-
rior threw back the remnants of
an invading army. The height,
combined with terrific winds roar-
ing up from the Pacific, present
an awe-inspiring picture and make
one feel very sorry indeed for the-
soldiers of that trapped army of
long ago.
• Aloha!
As C.P.A. superintendent for the
South Pacific, W. "Babe" Woollet,
who was prominent 'in Canadian
Pacific's training of navigators for
the Air Force during the war, is
on hand whenever. possible to wel-
come atlriving and bid "Aloha" to'
departing flights.
Nowhere else in the world does
a departing tourist get the send-
off he is given on leaving Hono-
lulu airport. 4
)eautiful scented leis accompan-
ied by "buses" are standard pro-
cedure and I made a mental note
that the Islanders' habit of pre-
senting flowers while you are ins
this world seems a far more prac-
tical and desirable one than wait-
ing until you're in the next!
Even the bus driver gets inter
the act. A big Hawaiian with a
fine voice, he sang the beautiful
"Aloha" on the way to the air-
port.
You could have counted the dry
eyes, as we embarked, on the
thumbs of your two hands!
Hello Vancouver
We arrived next morning at Sea
Island Airport, with all passen-
gers giving way for our senior air -
traveller, Mrs. Ethel Wilson.
Eighty-four years of age, she had
accompanied us all the way from
Sydney and thought 'the trip was
"just marvellous,".
Before writing "thirty" to this
story, I must mention one thing
more.
No Canadian making such a
trip, weekly editor or not, will ev-
er regret it.
He will make friends, good.
friends, in the fascinating land.
"Down Under" and will return.
with a clearer idea of Australia
And a greater appreciation of its
wonderful and hospitable people.
Australia — faithful ally in war-
time, whose citizens have the en-
viable reputation of being the
staunchest friends a man could
have. What could be finer than
that?
lovoomavl
HORSE MAAS
An English sports car that has
set 100 world records for its
class uses aluminum in its body-
work and in parts of the chassis.
.. And a French company is
making lightweight aluminum.
collars for draught horses.
Just goes to show that in this
age of aluminum it isn't just the
newest marvels that make use of
aluminum but some of man's
oldest inventions, too. Which is
one of the reasons why we have
already started work on expand-
ing the ingot capacity of our new
development at Kitimat from
its present 91,500 tons a year to
331,500 tons.
ALUMINUM COMPANY
OF CANADA, LTD..
(ALCAN)