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The Seaforth News, 1930-09-04, Page 2Band- Instruments Visit The C elan-Leedy Store 10 SHUTER ST., TORONTO Opposite Massey Hall SEE - HEAR RADIO True Performance At the Music Building RADIO RADIO WITH PANATROPE AND RECORDS "The Network of the Home" WHEN IN TORONTO SEE OUR BICYCLES AND MOTORCYCLES 36 QUEEN ST, EAST or Write for Catalogue. We prepay delivery charges on Bicycles. PERCY A. McBRIDE'S EATat the Union Station, To H iT ronto, where the RAIL WAYS operate four eating places and serve upward of 2,000 people a day, If you appreciate superior food well cooked, 'cleanliness, and service by courteous employees at moderate prices. USED CARS ARE CHEAPER IN TORONTO AT SEE & DUGGAN MOTORS Ltd. 599 - 623 Yonge St. Canada Gets. Lion's. Share of Tourist Trade C.N.E. Powerful;, Attraction Of all U.S touriet'money spent en stand with sightseeing accommodation foreign countries, Canada gets the' for a quarter of a .aillion individuals. The roar of the mosquito fleet int the International Outboard Motorboat speed trials is a, thrill the anylan- gunge. Seaplane races with interna- tional competitors are equally excit- ing. World champions will oleo ap- pear in rowing and sculling events, canoeing and yacht races, Radio an- nonncers whose names are lcntown to every fan in America will broadcast a in one of the exposition's parking number of these contests. areas where 10,000 motors were lined For good measure there are dog and side by side, there were license • plates cat shows, a baby show, judging Mil- d 42 different states, Visitors come, petitions, floral parade, warriors' par - in addition, by every rail and water ade, fashion and handicraft shows, a route and by air. 'e superb horse show in the Coliseum's Magnitude of the spectacle is pos- tanbark arena, and a mile of midway sibly'its greatest appeal. which includes practica.ly every This year, the dates are August 22 known variety of amusement devices. to September 6 inclusive. Canada's The, Canadian National Exhibition greatest annual celebration is a thou- is easy to reach, Fifty-five million sand expositions in one. Any. attempt, Americanslive within 500 miles of to survey it in the course of a few Toronto. There are.speeial rates on words is apt, therefore, to be bewilder- all railroads, steamship lines, and air- ing. Its attractions range from art ways. A network of de luxe highways galleries to battles for world's swim- lead to the Exhibition front every ming titles; from mammoth historical point of entry on the U.S, border. Pageantry to "sea flea" races; from Hotel accommodation includes some of shams of blooded.livectock to concerts the finest hostelries on the continent, by the Exhibition's gigantic 2,000- among them the largest and most lux voice. choir, t.rious in the British Empire The scene of these festivals is both But a feature of Toronto during Exhibition Park and Exhibition City, the annual exposition which always Its 050 acres on the edge of Lake On- impresses visitors is the city's hospi tat•io include wide stretches t,f velvet tality to its guests.. Thousands of latvns, rose gardens, groves of trees ironies are thrown open to viistors, and horticultural spectacles which are where modern and comfortable accom- unique in themselves. modation may be secured. Under the Its buildings, scores of them, are direction of the Canadian National stately permanent edifices, carved out Exhibition an elaborate downtown In - of stone or built .•f steel, brick and formation Bureau offers complete de - concrete. The magnificent new home tells of available residence'. All are 1 of the National Motor Show alone Cost carefully inspected and approved. more than a million. The Coliseum For half a centeey Toronto's hospi- end Live Stock Pavilion, with an tality at This time has been a civic arena seating 12,000 people in comfort tradition. Rates are not raised above and 1614 acres under one roof, is the normal. There is not only ample ac - largest exhibition structure in the conmtodation, but inexpensive accom- t.orld, Exhibition ity- has nine modatiom--no lack of it. This year miles of its own pt. .+�, streets, its own will be one of the greatest and most internal transport:... n system, rail- spectacular celearaticns in the Can - road terminal where sightseers step adian National Exhibition's entire straight front the trains to the Park; , history, and as a holiday trip, one ae well as bus, coach, and street car whirh is ertirely alone in the diversity lines, linking it with every other sec- of its attraction_, tion of Toronto and outside points. Twenty nliltien es are, in all, is in- vested in equipmen . land and build- Exhibitibti chorus of 2,000 voices Ings, accompanied by the specially recruiter This year itis lays from every cor- All -Canada Permanent Force Band, n-er of the Dominion are beano given will be heard in four concerts at the rpeclal prominence in the showings, Canadian National Exhibition this They come from points as scattered year. This, the most colorful and as the Yukon and the Canadian Rock_ largest choral organization in Canada, ies, the Pacific Cea-st fisheries, the appear& in the Coliseum on August . wheat plains of the Prairies, northern 23, August, 2S, September 2, and Sep - geld fields, and southern industrial umber 8. lion's share -34, per cent,—according to Babson. Of all Canada's sightsee- ing attraetiot,s, none exerts the pow- erful annual draw of the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. How many Americans visit this, the world's largest exposition, is not de- finitely known, but it is far up in the thousands, and every state contributes to the total. In a 1929 cheek -up made Iii lei. s, '3 ut I?:1 Slo•lets are en Ms - pea.' l .it ee. it,r1W stOre. with atany new P t t• nit- and we t tit. Atli i,' pest this eole on easy terms Walter Andrews Limited 531 YONCE ST. TORONTO 10? KING ST, W., HAMILTON FOR SALE BEAUTY PARLOR ana BARBER SHOP EQUIPMENT BIG SAVING ON EQTIP&IENT DTR. 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THE REPOSITORY 10.28 NELSON ST., TORONTO Exhibition Notes Over wi•e 05 many people attend tl:e Canadian National Exhibition as any if the United States Agricultural Fit.;. * * * * * O;ttb.:trd ttt•tt,,rioat anti yachting raeeett l be featured on the Canadian National Exhibitions Aquatic Sports program: . * * * * * Children's dancing contests will fea- ture the i,)2') Young Canada's Day program of the Canadian National Exhibition. *. 5 * .* 5 Nine and one-half mires of paved streets support the Canadian National Exhibition traffic. * * * Over 100.000 electric lights illum- inate the Canadian National Exhibi- tion grounds. Standing room at the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition Grandstand accom-. modates 3,000. 5 * * 5 * The value of the Canadian National Exhibition Buildings, park and plant is 520,000,000. * * * 5 5 Canadian Natinnal Exhibition dates for 1930.are 'Friday, August 22nd to Saturday„ September 0th. * * * * This will be "All -Canada. Year" at the Canadian Nacional Exhibition, Toroute. Manufacturers' Building one of the most popular at the Camxliau National Exhibition. centres, habitants of Quebec and the Maritime Provinces. From the British Isles conies the finest, the largest and tl.e most elaborate exhibits ever sent to this. continent. A score of other Latium wilt' also be represented—the Gold Coast, Britis2 West Africa and Sierra Leone, Bertnu:a, Jamaica, the 1 Orient and other parts of Europe and i Asia. The displays cover art, agriculture and industry. A day in Exhibition City is a transcontinental tour through Canada in Miniature, and a bird's-eye view of the globe. The Exposition is one vast earnival. Thirty concert bands are heard in re- cital, including one great unit of out- standing musicians, the All -Canada !Permanent Force Band under Captain Charles O'Neill of historic Quebec Citadel. Four times during exposition weeks, the spectacular 2,000 -voice choir tinder Dr. H. A. Fricker. M.A., F.R.C.O., attracts music lovers from widely scattered sections .,f America , to hear its concerts. Every evening on a thousand -foot' . stage, 1,500 performers appear in a huge musical pageant and dramatic ' spectacle, "Les Voyageurs," before audiences averaging 25,000 nightly. This enormous produr:ion, unequalled anywhere else on the continent, is the climax of each day's celebration and concludes with a pyrotechnic blaze of Might and color- which uses the entire sky line as its background. Sport spectacles are daily events. On August 27th picked ttatatorss from the four corners of the world compete ' it. a 15 -mile swimming Marathon for a fortune in prizes and a.world chant- pionship. Preceding this on August 22nd, international mermaids race for the women's world title over s 10 - mile distance, These swims are held on the Exposition waterfront with every feet of the course in plain view i to spectators scattered along a mile and a half of sea-wall and boulevard. Exhibition Park has s natural grand Reproduction of Theme Poster adopted by Canadian National. Exhibition to typify "All -Canada Year" C.N.E. Horticultural Show Big Feature Oasis to Visitors on Hot Exhibition Days A keen demand for space in Hortl- cultral Hell by many growers, and the numerous and insistent requests for information that are coming In daily, augers well for the success of the forthcoming Horticultural Display of the Canadian National Exhibition's "All Canada Year" celebration. The Horticultural Committee, who have much to do with the designing of the Show, and the general layout of the building, at their initial meeting of .the year, expressed themselves as well pleased at the big crowds at- tracted to She display, and the full measure of approval that attended their efforts In 1929. The cool and en- trancing beautiful interior of this building proves to be a veritable oasis! ou the sweltering hot days of Exhibi-i tion period, and its restful confines 1 are appreciated not only by flower enthusiasts, but by many thousands of the general run of Exhibition visit- ors. The committee heartily ap- proved of again adhering to the side wall plan, which proved so outstand- ingly successful for the proper staging of the large group displays. The dec- orated screening, and subdued lighting effects which made these groups ap- Horticulture Judges Planta and Groups—A. H. Walker, Macdonald College, Quebec. Cut Powell—W. Dale, Brampton, Ontario. Cut Flowers—E, Dale, Brampton, Ontario. Cut Powers—F. Noton, Toronto. Cat Flowers F. Fletcher, Toronto. g Gladioli—G. L. Hutt, Georgetown, Ontario. Dahlias—J, H. Wylle, Toronto, Ont. Frult—Commercial Packages—Paul' Fisher, Burlington, Ont. Apples, except Commercial Packages —W. L. Hamilton, Collingwood, Ont. All Peaches and Grapes, except Commereial Packages—F. A. J. Shep- pard, St. Catharines. Pears and Plume, except Com- mercial Packages—E. F. Palmer, Vine- land, Ont. pear really fairyland like, will again be taken full advantage of. In an ef- fort to further enhance the attractive- ness of plants and groups, severalim- portant changes have been made in this division, and prize money has been materially increased and extend- ed. Though a great deal of floor space is directed to the professional exhibits, the interests of the small grower and amateur gardener is well tauten care of and the classes for the latter are seasonably most comprehensive. The Toronto Horticultural Society again features at this show with two splendid special prize lists, catering to' Hor ticultral Society members, and an other special class of great education al value to visitors will be the "Spec! men Backyard Garden," a class tha will show what can be done on a ordinary city lot by those who hay horticultural leanings. The Horticultural Building Displa runs the full period of Exhibition, Aug. 22nd to September 0th, and there is no charge for admittance. The au- unal prize list now being mailed con- tains c tains full information, classifications etc., and is mailed free ou request to H. W. Waters, General Manager Lumsden Building, Toronto. NVITING you to visit, ot�l exhibit at flim Canadian National Exhibition. MASON &' RISCH AND Henry Herbert PIANOS See and Hear the Farnoua DUO - ART Reproducing Piano kited 230 Yonge St. Toronto Pithy P .r :grapals On the Worlds' LargCet Ann„al Exhibition A feature of Opening Day the Oanadian National , Exblh,don thi' year will be the 5th Milrathon World CbamPiotiship- Women's Sevimmiag Race. The five prize winners .n this Ievent will be eligible to compete against the men in Elie main, section Marathon scheduled for Wednesday, 1 August 27th, "Les Voyageurs," historic pageant will be ,presented. nlghtiy before the. , grandstand as a leading feature of the "All -Canada Year" celebration at the. Canadian National Exhibition, Over 1,500 artists and musicians will take Part. foreign colonies singing their na- tional airs. are among the most inter- esting ensembles. Musical competitions are many and varied. - Choral societies, church Government Building at the Canadian and commercial choirs as well as National Exhibition was approximate- clioirs of mews voices and women's ly $700,000. voices alt take part: Other vocal • * * departments include classes for Canada's National Motor•Show at. quartettes and duets as well as col the Canadian Natonal Exhibition, To- oratura, lyric, dramatic and mezzo route, occupies 120,000 square feet in sopranos, lyric and robust tenors, the new Automotive Building. baritones, basses and Children's * * * * voices. There are 13 distinct classes The Live Stock Pavilion at the Can - for 'Ocala, cello and piano and seven adieu National Exhibition Coliseum for cornet and trombone in the brass accommodates 2,000 head of cattle, department as well as two for brass 1,500 sheep and 1,200 swine. ' quartettes. * * * * Novelties include harmonica con- 'The new Engineering and Electra - tests, singly and en masse, held on cal Building, costing 5650,000, was of- - Young Canada Day when nearly a tidally opened at the 1923 Canadian quarter of a million children attend; National Exhibition, PCd Time Fiddlers' competitions which} - bring the veterans from dozens oft Music Day, one of outstanding at - back townships and for Canada'st tractiveness at the Canadian. National * * Over 750,000 school children of Can- ada have received invitations to at- tend the Canadian National Exhibition as guests , of the management" on Young Canada's Day, Tuesday, August: 20th, * * * * A Tito leading works of art and photo- graphy by Canadian artists .will be shown in two Art Galleries at the Canadian National Exhibition. as part of the "All -Canada Year" programme. "All -Canada Year" at tete- Canadian National Exhibition is .an ideal time for Canadians In other countries to re- turn to their native land and see Can- ada front coast-to-coast. • The costofconstructing the Ontario n large percentage of citizens with Scot i Exhibition, falls this year on Thurs- a tisk blood, a series of matches with day, August 23th. tate Pipes. * 5 * * y Band eompetltions are held separ-1 This year agricultural prize list of ately and scores of Canadian groups the Canadian National Exhibition is enter. I greaty in excess of 5125,000. Elaborate displays staged by the * * * * n music trades in the Mimic Building The Canadian National Exhibition and a national radio show in the 2,000 -voice chorus will give four con- Eleetrical Building are parts If they certs again this year. Aug. 23, 23, general exhibits crowding the scores, Sept. 2 and 0. Gigantic Music Festival Will Thrill Spectators With Song and Pageant Simultaneously with the fourteen days of the world's largest annual ex- position, the Canadian National Ex- hibitiou at Toronto, the Dominion stages a continuous music festival. Pageantry, massed choruses, scores of ensembles in brass, a musical Mardi Gras and an elaborate series 01 competitions are all features of this section of the program. Tills year, the Canadian celebration is to be held from August 22 to Sep- tember 6 inclusive with Wednesday, August 27 set aside as Music Day. Tinder the direction of Dr. Herbert Fricker, ILA., F.R.C.O., the gigantic Exhibition Chorus of 2,000 voices will give a series of four concerts In the Coliseum, an immense arena seating more than 10,000 listeners. They are to be heard on August 23 and 28, September 2 and 8. Accompanying the chorus, there will be a new Cana- dian military unit, the All Canada Permanent Force Band under Capt. Charles O'Neill. Including seventy - Silt musicians drawn from Canada's historic regiments from the Quebec Citadel to the !vest, the unit has been organized specially for the celebra. tion and will, in addition, give open- air recitals daily Thirty other bands will also play during the fourteen days of exposi- tion, among them Canada's finest ag3 egationa. Each night, with a cast of 1,500 Performers on a L000 -foot stage, a mammoth spectai:te, "Les 'Voyageurs" Canadian National Exhibition crowds throng Dominion Government Building to view local products and those of far orf lands. is being staged. These immense pro- ductions have become -in the nature of a national tradition, attracting 1 audiences of 25,000 for each perfor-I mance, Reservations have been! corning in since February. While 'essentially pictorial, the musical features of the pageant are in themselves unique. Iuvariabl;, each showing is preceded by a few minutes of community singing and the effect of a chorus of 25.000 voices, clearly audible throughout the entire 350 acres of Exhibition City each evening just at dusk, is, in itself a never -to -be -forgotten thrill. On Music Day, the great park and waterfront is given over to melody. The affair has an informal and spontaneous atmosphere which sets it apart. Between 100,000 and 250,- 000 spectators throng the grounds and waterfront. Dozens of strolling troubadors in the costumes of all na- tions mingle with the thousands on the lawns, giving impromptu recitals in every convenient space. They sing madrigals, glees and roundelays, sea chanteys, ballads and folk music. In the -costumes of all nations, French. - Canadians, Czecho-Slovakians, Hun- garian gypsies, Irish, Scottish and Russian, they ere Interspersed with groups of dancers. Choirs from of beautiful permanent edifices. * * . * The Canadian National Exhibition waterfront is 111 miles long. The Very Best Used Cars in Toronto On Display During the Exhibition, AT 547 YONGE STREET (The easy address to find) SAYE The cost of your trip to. the Exhibi- tion and drive home one of the best reconditionedcars in Ontario. In stock—In first class condition— Ready for your selections STICKS, STDSONS, NARKS, STTDEBAKERS, PONTIAOe, MUMBLERS, 8EO8, ATBVRNS, and many others. Your car accepted in trade. Every. car sold on an absolute three-day money -back guarantee. O'Donnell -Mackie LIMITED . Ontario Distributors Auburn and Cord Front Drive (Dealers wanted in towns One to Six Thousand. Ask about our liberal franchise) When at the, Toronto Exhibition You are invited to call at the Heintzman stand in the Manu- facturers' Building and see the wonderful display of UPRIGHT and -GRAND PIANOS, as well as the very artistic display of SPECIAL DESIGNS. If you are down town, would be glad to have you call In, ad a duplicate display is on hand at our warerooms, 195 Yonge Street, opposite Eaton's. RADiO and PHONOGRAPHS, a wonderful display of the latest models in Radios, many makes to choose from. Also all designs of Orthophonlc Victrolas, and Victor Records. Terms. Pianos 10% cash, balance spread over.three years. Radios and Phonographs, 15% to 25% cash :balance arranged over a period of 12 months. i SEE THE BALL GA'``'` ES • While Visiting the Exhibition Aug. 22.23 (2 Games 23rd) Baltimore. 25-26-27 (2 Games 27th)— Newark. 28-29.30 (2 Games 30th)— Reading. Sept. 1 (a.m. and p.m.) 2.3— Rochester. 4-5.6—Buffalo. 8 -9.10 -Montreal ONE ADMISSION FOR DOUBLE-HEADERS Maple Leaf Stadium Situated on Fleet Street Close to Exhibition Grounds Canada's Premier Horse Show will be held at night durLtg the 1930 Cana- dian National Exhibition. * * * * * The Grandstand at the Canadian Na- 4 ttoual Exhibition has a seating ca- pacity of 16,300. * * r * * Canadian National Exhibition at- tendance eclipses that or any other ' annual exposition In the world, The Grandstand at the CanadianNa- tioual Exhibition is 725 feet in length, Every phase of industry will be re presented at the 1930 Canadian Nos Muni Exhibition, Toronto. Fifteen hundred performers take part in the Canadian National Exhibi- tion pageant. * * * * * To stage the Canadian National Ex- hibition it xhibition.it costs $1,225,000. * * * * Canadian National Exhibition Park is 350 acres in extent. . * * * * Advance sale of tickets for the " grandstand evening performance at the Canadian National Exhibition is already open. Reservations may be made which will be held at the box plan wicket until four o'clock on the day of the performance, or, if the order be accompanied by remittance, tickets will 'be held until called for. Admission, 25c, reserved, $1; box seats, 51.50 per chair, a box contain- ' ing five chairs. The grandstand is completely sold out for every per- formance. er formance. * * * * * An information booth for the free dissemination of descriptive literature on the Canadian National Exhibition and a directory of approved private Lomas for visitors has been opened at. 5 Front Street East, Toronto. *.. * * Amber glass, indirect lighting and other novel innovations to prevent glare or the finishes of motor cars are being utilized in the Automotive Building at the Canadian National Exhibition. .0 * * 5 * Swimmers from the four corners of the world will seek tate world cham- pionship at the Fifth Annual Mara- thon Swim at the Canadian National Exhiliitimt, Toronto, * * ♦. * * * Edwtlyd W. Beatty, B.A., IC.C., LL,D„ Chairman and President Can- adian Pacific Railway Company, will officially open "All -Canada Year," Canadian National ExhibitiJn, Fri- day, August 22nd. * * * * * The impressive "All -Canada Year" opening ceremonies of the Canadian National Exhibition mill take place on Friday, August 22nd, a, Ate: