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In the sheltered seclusijon of Coal Harbour, an arm of Burrard Inlet, the Royalâ€"V ancouver Yacht Club fleet has an anchorage and clubhouse where the prote¢tion from wind : and sea is almost perfect, A lease of waterfront property _ _was recently secured on â€"the widerâ€"shores. of Engâ€" lish Bay for a summer station where a clubbouse featuring the social acâ€" tivity of the Glub has been establishâ€" ed. . The majority..of the, Club regatâ€" tas are held on English Bay because of the increafe in tt‘flic in the inner harbour. ; . * ‘ew . f Thare are a few Ao ive. classes of strietly ‘racing yachtg, either one deâ€" sign boats, or built.to special rule so that theyâ€"race on event terms ; but aâ€" ~art from these,the a}g gre divided into suitable dlasses of slogps and eruisers which race under perdgentage handicap rules by which a bogat‘s.time allowance is Hased .gzg?athg_,avgt‘ag‘e Of her past pefffp%fnljancég i an . arbitrary handicap usuall ty being given in the first place.: Apart from this, there, are one or two long: distance ra:ts for c¢ruisers in which all starters are, < scratched: â€"â€" Besides, ‘these: events,: The Vancouver organization has fleet of 116 boatd of ‘all classés,. inâ€" cluding fifty sailing yachts ranging in size from the fifteenâ€"foot: centreâ€" board sailing dingol?r to the ninetyâ€" foot schooner,; of »which are given opportunitiee to race \ in , suitable classes during the active season. ~~ . 142CAAA U $ He KA S lnnd Nt 40(5 .. on ie e ofi there is an international regatta held under the auspices of the P cific Inâ€" ternstional: Yachting. Association, the. regatta being held .in . Canadian or American witers, as the representaâ€" tives of the different yacht clubs deâ€" eide. _ International jjfégg‘attis‘ have usually, secured a strong. ‘representation . of: Vancouver and Victoria yachts. The racing class that has heen the centre of interest in recent years on he Paciâ€" fic Coast is the Glass of, the Universal Ruile of yacht meaSurement. These boats are keep keel craft.of 35 to 40 feet in length over all, and 24 toâ€" 2Â¥ feet on the water line, with seven to eight feet beam. They‘ carry about: 600 square feet of working sail in a. Marconi loop rig, besides lights sails, and have‘"a crew of: four‘ or five men. There are two boats of this class in the Royal Vancquyer ,YÂ¥acht, Club Fleet. V8 c l4 y /o 1 ;) anches beam.~Phey~tarry 201 square feet"of in the Marconti. Tig, and are usually sailed by two men. There is a fleet:of seven 0 ‘these types at Vancouver. These Star boats have put up some very keen ‘contests in lo# cal races and also in international events on the Pacifice Coast ; while for several years past, a representative from Vancouver has been sent to New York.to race in the international races of the Star Class Association held on, Long South. _ In the years 1923 ‘and 1925, Vancouver won the second place in this series of races, in addition to special prizes. _ Â¥ C Another successful class in wlnqh there is‘ keen international .competiâ€" tion, is the Star Class of ‘‘One Deâ€" sign‘* *boats; #whigh; are «22 feet :8 inches jn length over all@nd iD feet B * k K § aif is 0 0 S io J V aw*®arruv 281 somnnarre The flfteen~fortvt klffen class salhng' dinghies are" a}so "*One_ ‘Design‘‘. boats that have mfle a ggfd elass for, racing; and this: season the"Club has fitted out four of them‘ for the ue of junior members"‘ § 8 M L' se ut n t s MAA‘“ A. degatch from Ottawa says :â€"â€" «_ **Wifhf about six weeks intervening before the opening of the third World‘s Poultry Congréess at_Ottawa on July 27th, there is a great quickenâ€" ing of the activity about the Congress headquarters in the /Transportation Building, and at Lansdowne Park, where buildings of the Central Canaâ€" da Exhibition are being arranged for the Congress live bird, education and commercial exhibition, The culminaâ€" tion of over two years of planning and preparation for this historyâ€"makâ€" ing event | naturally brings its anxious moments to those who have had the work in exchanige, but on all sides there is optimigsna that when July 27th arrives, nothing will have been overlooked which will make for the succeess of the huge undertakâ€" ing. The offices at. headquarters are a hive of industry, with word of exâ€" hithits < being shipped, arrangements for~their reéception, and a thousand and ope other minor. details to be dooked after. .At the head office also is. the accommodation committee which,is rapidly rounding into shape the plans for the housing of the ‘thousands of delegates who will be in Ottawa for the nine days of the Conâ€" gress. The Congress: Director, F. C. Elford, and the Secretary, E. Rhoades ‘are besieged with callers and.inquirâ€" ies, and there are almost daily meetâ€" ings of one or more of the many comâ€" mittees that have charge of a partiâ€". ‘cular branch of the preparatory work. |Out at Lansdowne Park, Mr. J. O. Turcotte, Canadian Exhibition Comâ€" missioner,; is" accomplishing wonders in the way of tranformationapf the various buildings. : Apant from partiâ€" | gular. interest: to. poul}r' fanciers the exhibition at Lansdowne Park is beâ€" \ing «designed on _a scale :‘of attracâ€" tiveness that will favourably compare with even the Canadian exhibit at Wembley three years ago.. (It was Mr. Turcotte who. carried out the | work at Wembley, andâ€"in this, his first opportunity to show the people |at home what has been accomplished elsewhere in past years by the Canaâ€" ‘dian . Exhibition \Commission, he is ‘leaving no stone unturned. «Mr. J. Clark Reilly, chairman of the Comâ€" mercial Exhibits Committee,; has his work well in hand, and the buildings in ‘his charge are ready to receive their quota of exhibits.""‘.... "/ .! _ â€" .V' l 4 i8 what one worrie to know at {he z to know 'at:- {He zecording day‘ this week..:â€" He 1.e honed N. J; cAuley, the recox?fer, to know what he should do mtfi,the local auth- orities of Marter township and their $ 4 meng ce s us â€" > tfi a s Sn Wt B sds i S t w in 11 00 e dÂ¥ 55 t c t bour based ons hik holdings in the township. He had been assessed as a holder of a. farm, he said, whereas what he really had wWere twoâ€"claims; The recorder told "him what he reâ€" quired was legal a{lwce to solve that IiInnttyv nrahlom *‘ demand that, under # byfaw. they had passed, he should perform statute la~ knotty problem. WORLD‘S POULTRY CONGRESS ._.I;Iow the Children_do dlsglplme their parents these days! -fâ€"Exchange . a farm! 1 -ospector wal e tug to de€patches from Cochrane, MQ; taban was brought down from tht Narth lastâ€" Winter, by a mounted ‘policeman and three charges, of incest, resisting arrest and assaultâ€" ing a police officer. His language apâ€" peared to be a mixture of Cree and ‘Eskimo and presented a problem for the court which even Magistrate E. C. }(E}fipker, who is well acquainted with the Indian ‘tongue, was anable to solve. His Lordship Bishop Anderâ€" son hhs probably travelled. more wids- ly through the far north and regions about "James Bay and has mixed more freely with the natives of: that secâ€" tion than any other white man. His services were enlisted and through his knowledge of Indian and Eskimo lanâ€" guages ‘a contact wes established beâ€" A drink â€" , > of rare dlstmctlon to serve when good friends Call histribators:â€"G. This is the Hostess Packâ€" age of 12 bottlesâ€"the most ~convenient way to buy "Canada T‘ry." The Northern News last weeksays. Clara Kitsh left Monday . to visit friends in Timmins and TIroquois Falls before going to Porquis Junction to enter upon her duties in the Long Distance Telephone Exchange. Miss Kirsh will be greatly missed in the young people‘s activitiee of St. James‘ Anglican church as she has been a live member of the Sunday school, guild and club. Several fraends entertained in her honour durâ€" ing the brevious week and on Friday evening her mother and sister gave a party for her at their home.~ Miss Kirsh was employed at Taylor Hardâ€" ware for several years and latterly in the Stadleman store. The best wishes of her friends go with her as she enâ€" ters upon her new work.‘‘ HISS KIRSH TAKING UP *DUTIES AT PORQUIS JCT. tween the‘ prmner and the ‘court. gh distinguehed . interpreâ€" ter, taban admntted his guilt in connection with the charge of incest and the other two charges were withâ€" Free R ecipe Booklet "Surprises on Ice" WHuEN good friends call to grace your home â€" to sit and talk as good friends willâ€"to dineâ€"to danceâ€"to piay a little bridge perhaps ... there‘s no drink in all the world so altogether welcome as a sparkling, bubbling glass of "Canada Dry." The very appearance of the stately green bottle, with its aristocratic crest and foil, adds a touth of distinction to every occasion. 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