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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1936-05-07, Page 3I1# / ‘h *-. * 3 J- I I 5 re 304 ♦ *MMIMIM»II» SYNOPSIS • | Dan lU'escott and Gordon /.Westerby find gold lrf* the arid bush of .Australia. They stake.' their claim and start the ,■ long, journey-fo the coast, “ ~ " , < Westerby has1 a fiancee, Gladys Clem- . . ents In England, but when they arrive In Sydney he marries ’a pretty blonde. Gordon forwards a -photo of Dan to . jformer fiancee, Gladys' Clements, In London and 'when'Dan arrives she be lieve he is Gordon, Eve Gilchrist, la typist, obtains work in Medlicott's of- . ■ flee, the broker who Is floating the mine. Eve and Djiin fall in love but- •when' Eve Is confronted by Gladys she :beHpyes in. Dan's .duplicity. . ’ Dari charters a plane back to Aus- *' 'traila to check up on W.esteVby. And then, after the e,xHt^ment of I tho aerial journey, thefe ensued a per- "jiod when pews from Australia .was /distressingly vague and scrappy. •Medlicott and Cairns both cabled .frequently and* fully,'and both, men ■ Iwfere restive because of the lack of response to Jtheir messages. Dan riever condescended to. make' any reply to the cables sent ;to him. 'The only source .of inforniatioh, ap- jart from the public Press, -was Slade; ’ . :Ar.id -Slade, contented himself wit.h sendlrig mSddenTng answers’su,ch its: •‘Prescott has‘keen Westerby. Wester- ■by is under orders for England.” And . again: “Prescott left for the mine. I - „ am joining him'’ there as soon as * possible. Reporting in full by mail.” ■' “They're not exactly bubbling bver' with good news, are they, Eve?” Med licott remarked. “Though I don’t know what else I gould have expected. Dan "’•.is on the jqb, and as soon as any re- . kuRs can 15e got he will get them. And then we shall hear all about it.” Days followed when, there was no news at all;-more, than a.week, find it. seemed an age to Eve.,, And tlidn, just when Dari Prescott Sconjed consigned' to the limbo of,forgotten things, .the " whole adventure in the column.^ of the iK'Wspapers: . GOLD RUSH SENSATION WILD RUSH QF AUSTRALIANS TO DANGONG GOLD FIELD FABULOUS FIND OF ORE I ♦♦ SYDNEY CROWDS DRAWN BY A PUBLIC DISPLAY OF GOLDEN STONE “(From- Our “Sydney—Correspondent) Gold fever has broken out (n Aust ralia again, and a rush has set in to the desert goldfield at Dangong where a rich find was made some time ago by Mr. Daniel Prescott, the hero of the record flight from England, and by liis partner,, Mn Gordon Westerby. “Attentioli is called to the richness of. the field by;a display, made in a shop window in-one. of the principal streets of the city. The display con sists' of some hundreidweigiils, of the quartz taken from the Dangong mine and estimated tp contain gold w.or£h at least ten thousand pounds. Ail day* Long crowds have struggled about the window for the sight of this stope, the like of wh|ch. lias not been seen in any Australian city since the palmy, days of the West Australian discov-- cries in 1894,' . . Mr. Westerby who is in charge of the exhibit, 'states that fie took all the stone, out of. the golden hole at I I Refrigeration Will Do Your Baking in J5 Hours I I >yz>'sr Tor Ktrwt DYSON'S MIRACLE YEAST Bakes Bread and Rolls in 5 Hours Pore Dry-East Rising L. . ' H J Price 10c Package- If your grocer ha» not re ceived his sup ply, .send 10 cents f.(c o i n) for 1 4 oz. re gular size pack age, enough for 10 bak-. itifS*', or write Tor FREE sample to Dyson's Limited Dept. A. Winnipeg, Canada Dangong,in the course of. an hour’ or two, and carried it away by aeroplane for fear if might be removed by some ill-disposed, person while liis partner Prescott was absent in Eftgland’, Mr. Prescott himself is now. on thq gold field, in charge of some sixty or sev-' en.ty men. who are exploring and de veloping the reef on the Dangong pro perty. * ' “Before these specimens had been on view an hour, several expeditions were financed and equipped in Syd ney to take up mining leases adjacent to that of the Dangoirg Company. All the aeroplanes available in the Com monwealth have been, hired for trips to the field, and Constable McGoofty of Baroona, who has been aup.ointed ■temporary warden, is in charge at Dangong. “Warden McGoorty reports that, ab undant water exists at ' Jparigong, where an underground stream feeds a chain ’of w:aterholes. A. bore has been put down by Messrs. Prescott and Westerby and a head of* artesian water is running on the Dangong pro perty. A pump, drl.en by a gasoline engine, has been provided to ensure tho permanence of the water supply; but prospectors are >varned that this regular supply is controlled by the .Dangong Gold Mining Company. And should any scarcity arise, the interest of the company’s workers must be considered first. “In thes warden’s report mention is also made of a party which -went out from Dangong, and returned with neaHy one. hundred ounces of gold nuggets in the shape W Surface slugs. He .adds a warning from Prescott, the. original finder of the. new; field, to (he effect that itjis not a poor man's field, and never can be one. Stores of all kinds have to be carried four hundred miles from railhead, rind/the sup plies on the spot were, brought in by I ^•j LSI Farm Help is Urgently Needed in Ontario Unemployed Men: ‘ FarttiAFe* Tell your needs to the nearest p Employftient Office, Relief Ad* ! ministrator or Agricultural Representative * Qr write direct to the undersign^! DAVID A. CROLL, Minister of Labor, Public Welfare and Municipal ' Affairs, Parliament Bldgs., Toronto. / r Simple Glove~Chic Is at -Your- Finger Tips— Says Laura Wheeler J . ... ... . , • '*• ‘ - •___________‘ - - -_________1___■ • - 1 • _____ Iwv'W' IB® 11 t 4 ■\¥>S A • I PATTERN 1175CROCHETED gloves Happy, Healthy, Cool I^the hands that spend the Summer in these lacy and airy gloves! They’re simple to crochet, too, for the same, simple mesh stitch is us^p for hands and' cuffs. And why stop at'. . . just one pair, for yoU’il need white and pastel shades,for Summer clothe^! Use crochet cotton. ; Pattern 1175 comes to you with detailed direction for making the gloves shown in a small, medium and large size (all given in one pattern.); illustrations of them and of all stitches use.d, material ■ requirements. ’ Send 20 cents in stamps on coin. (coin preferred.) for . this pattern to Needlecraft Dept., Wilson Publishing Co,, 73 Adelaide St., To ronto." Write .plainly -PATTERN NUMBR, your NAME and AD DRESS. ' —Luu----: ‘ camels, for the use of the Dangong Company. Mr. Prescott wishes it clearly understood that prospectors must bring in their own. supplies as there is no store of any kind at Dan- V ~Tho»s Who Know SEEDS Buy From....... W.H. Perron & Co. Ltd. Specialists in ' Seeds and Garden Accessories 935 St. Lawrence Blvd., Montreal s Their .1936 -Garden Book (15.6 pages), bilingual,. r \ and the most complete and beautiful seed cata- ..logue ever put out ip .North America', is jsejElt Free on Request. What Is a Boy? * • He is a person who is going carry on what you have started. . He is tor sit right where you sitting and attend when , you to are are gone to those things you . think afe so important,., ' * You may adopt all the policies you please, but how they Will be carried out depends upon him./* t Even if you make leagues and treaties, he will have to manage them. • He is going to sit at your desk in the Senate, and occupy your place, on the Supreme Bench. He w:ill assume control of your cities, tlowris and nation. He is going to move in and take ’ o yer your~prisons^-churciiesr ’ ’ universities and corporations. All your work^is going to be judg ed and praised or condemned by hint Your reputation and your future are in his hands! . All your work is for him» and the fate >of the nations and of humanity is in his hands, « So it might be well to pay him some attention. —Author Unknown. Canada Imports Half Flax Seeds Queen Replies To Girl’s Message A Ho 11ow Back Causes Bad Posture Two Daily Exercises Which Will Help You to Over- ’ come Defects gong. “In’ spite of these Warnings some hundreds■ of adventurers set-out for. the new field in the course of the day. gome have gone , in cars, well loaded with stores, and Others are making up motor-cycle parties. Trains are crowded .by prospectors who propose- to cross the desert afoot. The Govertt- menA bas issued instructions that no tickets shall be sold on the State rail ways until jnore is known of the new field, and until arrangements can be made for preventing the-loss of life in the efforts to reach Dangoiig. “Mr. Westerby who is the holder of one-fifth of the.shares, in the Dangong Company, was offered five pounds a share for a portion of his holding or five times the original allotment val ue. Mr. Westerby is understood, to have declined to. accept the offer. “The manager of tho^mine, Mr. Ju lius Slade, is about to leave Sydney for the field. Mr. Slfide deprecates any hasty conclusions drawn from the 'richness of the stone found at the cap year—old- Dora. Downs has 'received a letter /rom the plicate secretary of Queen Mary, thanking her for her letter of sympathy with Her Majesty in the death of King George. ' . When . King George died, Dora painted a <;ard and underneath"'wrote this poem she composed .herself: TO MY BELOVED QUEEN iMARY “When I heard of the. King^s death I began to weep. “For ,my love for him' was ,. very 1 de<)>p. ' “I felt, in my heart I had lost a good friend' “So unto you this blessing I send: “May God give you health that you’ir live to see “What a glqfious King your son is going to be.” . A, NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. — Canada imports more than one-half of the annual flax seed requirements of this Country, Dr. J. B. Harrington, University of Saskatchewan cereal- -ist, stated in an address here. Can- _ada—a-R-R-u-a-l-ly—requ-i-r-es 27(W)0)06D—bus--- ..hels of flax arid only produces around 660,000 bushels,. ' Flax growing iva.s “misunder stood,” he said, and had been un justly libelled” in the past.'In the United States, North Dakota alone produces 20,000,000 bushels annual ly., The yearly requirement .for the United States is placed a.t 40,000,000 bushels. ■ ■ Flax can be. grown on clear land, he said, but requires more careful handling than other grains. r. Issue No. 18 •*- y$6 I 7 27 ot the reef. ‘It is a Wonderful display’ lie said; a', veritable jeweller's shop,' and there is probably more of the same stone .waiting to be secured. But some months "of hard work will have to be done in the mine, iij frac ing and proving the deposit, before any positive opinion can be pronounced.. J ” , » (To be Continued)'! < to • IS I PRODUCED IN CANADA BY CANADIANS - FOR CANADIANS iL*' THE TORONTO s W&*' 0 J During th© past week there have been many, requests for exercises . which will correct bad posture. Here are two important ones which though done only two or three times a day1 for one month, will remove the hollow from your back, make your stomach flat .and hips look a good deal small- .. ■ er: >. ■ Lie flat on the floor with arms at your- sides and khees"bent so weight of the legs is on balls of feet. Now* begin the nape of the! neck, press each vertebra, except the last four, or five at the base, of the spinal col umn flat against the floor. Turn these last four upward from the floor. As you do so, pull your stdmach in as far as it will go. If you do it cor rectly there will be. .absolutely._ space between the middle of your back and the floor. Hold the position a few seconds, then relax, lowering the legs. . Re pent two or three times. Thir. teach es you correct posture. You should stand as you xyere lying ■-=- base of spinal column. curved, forward, hips turned in, stomach flat and shoulders square. When you have finished, stand about a foot away from a flat wall; facing the middle of the room. Keep ing your feet together, let your neck. Tall' backward againsTTHe flat,~sur- “~ face, then, vertebra by vertebra, flat ten the entire length of your back- Jjlone against, the wall. That' Is, all- except four or five links at the base. These should not touch at all, but •should be turned forward and up so the center of the back will be flat. Naturally, this pulls your stomach in. Repeat several times. The posi- * tion your back,, stomach and hips aro ■when you are against the walLii the way they should be when you”'stand or walk. >■ ,, . . ’ THE SALVATION ARMY ANNUAL self-denial appeal The work of The Army has never been more necessary— The problems^ have never been greater— , The urgency of. the Anpy’s appeal has he-ver been stronger— THAN TODAY .Your generous, support of a great and necessary"* work-is confidently solicited. 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