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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-10-21, Page 3THURSDAY, OCTOBER , 21, 1943 r THE L ICENOW SENTINEL, ,UCHNQW, , ONTARIO In case the impression from my last article should gi'ye ' you a rather bail .one of Halifax let .me hasten to assure you that I only endeavoured to depict . the im- pressions of the place in the usual sequence. of which ;they are made. I hada spent considerable time and several visitsin and out, of Halifax before 'I had the op- portunity of ;discovering some of the- more pleasant :aspects ,of ' the • As previously • stated • the, loca- tion of the City is • on, a hill, The �.=amu , J s s� eelleat• e tion-- for sewing all angles and aspects 'of the city; so off we go; The ascent will require considerable, energy for no matter • from what angle you Make your apprgach ` the citadel' • forms • the apex. •Similiar to all: ancient fortfications •of the per- iod, .the, • fortitself is .surrounded by .a mote • and , dtaw bridge: Ow- ing to present circumstances it would be inadvisable for • Me to .enter into further detail, . but suf- fice is to' say the Forst still serves a useful purpose even, in a ;mdd- ern ',application. From one side of the •citadel may be viewed .the old part of. the :city and the main harbor,, much • of which was covered in the last' article. Beyond the har- bor is Partrnauth which has a history equal': to if not greater in. some respects to that of Halifax` although it has not been`'so for- tunate in its growth. • • Proceeding around the • citadel to our right one can look out, to sea over the 'great • Atlantic.' One cannot•- but- be-- izr pressed-Ir_oo this -location to note the compar- ative tranquility of the harbor' and yet•' look .out to sea and ,• see the great bteakers roll in over the -shoals of the shore line to the great. approaches of the har- , bor. Continuing our trip around the citadel we look over the new part pf the city which one gets the •impression is,, built in the bush. The, occasional"church spire or • university tower along with the predominant view of the Lord Nelson 'hotel arousesyour' curl-,' .osity to explore the region fur-, ther. However before descending we have still another . side to' 'view. This overlooks a.largecom mons which affordsa plaverrourd for young .and old beyond which is `the agricultural grounds, for- um; etc. , Interspersed of course may be.seen camps of the various services of which many have a history. We"take one .of the many foptr' paths• that lead down the hillside" until. we .come to ,the "Public Gardens". The space set apart for this purpose, I suppose covers approximately ten acres. The ef- fect' `attained ;certainly was not ,attained in a few years by any means,. It' is very 'pleasant corn and greets grass. `There'• are a couple of fountains ' nicely . ar- ranged then a' bandstand which on •,Sunday afternoons is the cen= tre of , attraction. On a recent Sunday afternoon there must have been around twenty thous- and people in the - park which gives. you a 'little. idea of , the popularity of the place.. The band stand is occupied usually by some band from some one of the• ser vices. The Sunday in. question the band was that of the CWAC's. which are touring Canada ;and so fax as is • known. are the first i Ladies Army , band n the Empire. They put on a very„. talented concert for. an appreciative aud- ience. • Closely adjoining the • public gagdens-are-the, -grounds-of-the Dalhousie University: Graduates 'from this ''institution have made. a definite mark in educational circles' throughout Canada. It is the graduates from , this College, as . well , ,as one ;_of ; two • others which l hope to dwell on later that they get , 'the -term the "Ed` ucated East": Many people here, carry .with them. excellent educa- tions a fact. which .one is .inclined to doubt when you view, their business methods in the light of a native of Upper Canada; as we are always referred to : as being. However, the difference in business methods. 'lays largely 'in_ two factors= -first, the power or influence of tradition is 'very dorninant and they seem to find. it. difficult to. break away from tradition in business ethics; sec- ondly, the area is more pr less divorced from the • central part. of Canada and is not under the ^mpris-an ir•fluence, So for that PAGE THREE NEIL MORRISON, recently ' ap- pointed CBC Supervisor of Talks, is a' graduate of the ,University of Manitoba. He. joined .GBC in 1940, after -post -graduate work lit McGill, and was made assistant. to; the Supervisor of the Farre% Broadcast' Department the fol- lowing Year; Having successfully developed: the group listening technique which has been a. not- able featuj a of National Farm Radio Forum broadcasts, Mr. Morrison now 'returns ' to head the department With •which he was first associated on joining reason have been able to main- taintheir ideas and systems with- out much interruption. Some " of the larger' stores such as Eatons, Simpson's, Zeller's, Dominion and the usual five and ten stores are hayving._sojte influence, ' There are . many very . fine res- idential sections in fact on almost palatial proportions.. 'There is, a lot of appreciation for thefiner arts such as literature, art and music which are evidences . of the cultural side of the life of -„the' people. As a result , of the movement of .people in and out of Halifax, there should • be . a greater apprec= iation of tile peoples'' of the dif- ferent parts of Canada all of 'which,, have come here . to , new surroundings to gide' ,. and _take a little of the wealth of human interest and an . appreciation of one another's problems. 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Needing to be refuelled only once' every three days and inspectedtingea month as -.com- pared to the daily refuelling, and inspection necessary with steam locomotives . the diesel-electric units • oan. haul a 5,000 -ton load on level track at slow speed and have a starting tractive effort of 69,000 pound's: Their loaded weight is only 115 tons and they are powered with one six cylinder 1,000 -Horsepower super- charged diesel engine which runs at 740 revolutions per minute, Their short length of 45 feet, 6 inches and four.wheeled driving trucks allow them to operate anywhere a box- car can go -- a decided : advantage on private sidings where track Curvature is sometimes severe. • In - preliminary, tests the loco- motives have been easy° on fuel, ' doing a . strenuous . eight hours of work_. on . only _.30 gallons_ of fuel ,oil. Objectionable features 'found in the early designs of this type of power of some 20' years ago have been eliminated, according to H, B. Bowen, chief of motive power , and rolling stock. The new engines 'were built by the American'. Locoamotive Company, of Schenectady, with . the electrical eq 1 pinent supplied by General Eleotric. The controls are so simple that little instruction was necessary to familiarize the driver,• shown in the lower pic- ture, with the operation. ° :•ate Mr. 'Harry Alton, Printipid' the Walkerton. Public School, has been. •off' duty this week suffering frozz1 an • attack of and it is expected' he will resunzi. his teaching , duties on Monday next.'.- Walkerton Herald -Times.. • FARMERS AND FARM WORKERS If Your Farm Work has Slackened for the Winter, You Are Needed Elsewhere in `'Essential Employment Highly essential work—very important: in Canada'swar effort and . for the welfare of the •Nation -is threatened— with shortages of workers., One of the few sources of men available for other hig priority J . riori 'obs is those men on the farm whowill not be needed at home during the Fall and Winter. Heavy needs must bemet in :many lines: producing fuel wood and other neces- sary forest products; in base metal mines, in food processing, in . railway track maintenance. If you live on .a farm andre not • needed at. home during. the Fall -and Winter, you are urged to answer this national- appeal. Farmers . engaged, in essential work during . the off season' will be allowed to ' return home when needed. Also, those on postponement under. Mobili- JJ t• a aon u Regulations will .continuer•/M/.L.'- postponement while in approved essen- tial work during the . slaa on the farm. Jt Please answer thisvital call NOW • For full inf or:r-atzan: Please ap l y to - one one o f the following: • :. The nearest EMPLO'XMENT AND SELECTIVE SERVICE OFFICE or. • The nearest PROVINCIAL AGRICULTURAL REPRESENTATIVE or (YOUR LOCAL FARM :PRODUCTION COMMITTEE NATIONAL SELECTIVE SERVICE p.,2-421fflime HUMPHItEY MncHt LY., l4liiiister of Labour LA Ve 14 A. MneNAMARn, Director, National Selective Service MO -At