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Th iliar patter with everyt and econon in« lo0ok A group of stud« ing Tr Student Pilo bacd of pa (Ol The "No Admittan V fla cam ting the I 11 rt 11 ITM 1l ts leaving the flying fie school at Mount Hope 11 )€ 11 fi H Sign I had nc ust have ilsâ€"rules ns by my to the alter the 1( m lon mm 3 Offli U Hamâ€" that f1 y 1001 wi_h OLf â€" uard 111 AlY @te hn it he h flving field at the Elementary Flyâ€" int Hope, near Hamilton tors kep saVve Finches and the Tiger Moths are both doubleâ€"seated biplanes. Two pairs of wings enable them to fly steadily in the hands of beginners and to land at a safe speed. Flying speed is slightly over 100 miles an hour; landing speed less than half that. All planes used at Mount Hope are Fleet Finches. Some other schools use Tiger Moths. There was atime, montlhs ago, when they used some of each or whatever training planes were available, but there is no longer any scarcity of training planes. The Fleet Officials at Mount Hope are proud of one record. Since the school was cpened last October, not one student has been injured or killed. The hosâ€" pital hasn‘t had an emergency case Lo handle. I found similar records at other schools. It is not the beginners who crash, but those who think they are experienced pilots. Parachutes and Thtir Uses The student takes his first flight in the front seat of a Fleet trainer with an experienced pilot in the rear. Beâ€" fore he goes up, he puts on one Oof several types of warm flying suits, a helmet with ear phones, so that he can listen to the instructor, and a pair of big, soft moccasins. A parachute is strapped to his body. There is a broad belt of webbing around the waist, with wo. narrower siraps over the shoulâ€" ders and two more around the legs. All the straps are fastened to a lock in front of the body. The parachute itself is carefully folded inside a bag which serves as a cushion on which the stuâ€" so well, there. is not likely to be any immediate change, except in minor details. All other types of schools are directly under the RC.AF. ibled the RCA.F. to take advanâ€" of the most experienced instrucâ€" ivailable, the enthusiasts who had alive the Flying Clubs. That | precious weeks and has worked e Photographs An interesting ‘chute story comes from another school. New parachu«s were taken there for testing. A weight was attached and the parachute taken up in one of the big bombers. It was laid on two planks across an opening in the floor of the plane. One of the ground crew, not too bright apparently, was given the duty of going aloft and! releasing the parachute to be tested. His duties were simple. The weight rested on a couple of planks stretched. across the opening. All he had to do was tip the planks at the proper time, to let the parachute go. All went well until one day when a plank got caughit. Jerking at it, the aircraftman lost his balance and fell forward through the hole. Quite unexpectedly, he tested a parachute, but it was his own. How to Aim a Spitfire At the Elementary Flying Training School, the student pilot flies about 50 hours, 25 of them under the eyes of an instructor and the rest alone. <~He may go up as often as four times aA day, but never over four hours altoâ€" gether in one day. The other half of the day is spent in the lecture rooms. Two afternoons a week, there are sports at 4 o‘clock, tennis, softball and socâ€" cer. One building houses the Link trainers, which are continually used for testing the students. Lectures include *such subjects as navigation, engines, rigging, theory of flight, armament and signals. / Classrooms vary according to the subject taught. I will describe only one of the most interesting. Om» of the buildings at Mount Hope is the parachute room. The parachute is made of the finest grade Japanese silk, with braided cords. The length is about 40 feet and the cost of one is about $400. Parachutes are given conâ€" stant care, since lives depend on them. Every few days, they are unpacked and hung up in a tower, looking like a flock of big bats hanging from the ceiling. Folding and reâ€"packing are done by experts. dent sits while flying. The "ripâ€"cord" isn‘t a cord at all. Pastened to the belt, on the left side, is a large metal handle, in easy reach of the right hand. When it is pulled a metal cable, like that used in camera shutters, jerks open the bag in which the parachute is folded. Few students will ever use in Canada at least, but the feel of a parachute on the back gives added confidemce. Plan to Resume Work on Hughâ€"Pam Porcupine Mine UOsing these models, the student learns to aim with the sights used on the famous Spitfire planes. I found this sight a fascinating piece of opâ€" tical equipment. It is not much larger than a flashlight and is illuminated by a small bulb at the bottom. ‘The pilot looks through a sloping piece of glass which is transparent and yet acts as a mirror. On the glass, a circle of light appears, with a crossâ€"bar of light, broken in the middle. In the exact centre of the circle is a spot of pright light. on the gunâ€"sight. In training, no guns are fired but the pupil learns to judge distance and to aim accurately and quickly. It is obviously important that pilots of fighting planes should be able to recognize an enemy at a distance and get in the first shotsâ€"and those shots must be accurate. All flying schools teach airecraft reâ€" cognition. . Walls of classrooms and halls are covered with pictures of Briâ€" tish, American and enemy planes. Models, made of plastic and brought from Britain, or carved from wood by Canadian boys, accurately measured to scale, are suspended from wires in various positions and can be moved across<the room. There are two dials on the gunâ€" sight, similar to those on the lens of a camera. The pilot sees an enemy plane in the distance. He set one dial according to the type of plane, say aA Messerschmitt 109, and the other for the distance at which he intends to open fire, say 300 yards. After that he can concentrate on keeping the enemy plane inside that circle of light. When it is close enough that the wings of the approaching plane fill the space in the broken ~bar of light, the pilot touches a button and the fire ofâ€"eight machine guns converges on the spot marked by the bright point of light Commanding Officer at Mount Hope is Flying Officer W. P. Pleasance.\The Administration Officer, who was our guide, is Flyving Officer L. W. Code. Plans are under way for a resumpâ€"| tion of operations on the Hughâ€"Pam Porcupine Mines property adjoining west of Bonetal Gold Mines in t.he} eastern Porcupine field, The Northern| Miner understands. Officials are ne-i gotiating now for the necessary . finances for a programme of diamond | drilling and it is expected that actual| work will start in the next day or so.| Sense and Nonsense::The trend is to discontinue double features. Going to the movies was developing into an endurance contest. The Hughâ€"Pam property is Sstraâ€" tegically located astride the sedimentâ€" ary contact near which oreâ€"bodies are found on the producing mine to th* east. However, the neighboring Boneâ€" tal Gold Mines has cut in diamond drilling a number of ore sections in the greenstones lying to the north and it is this condition which the Hughâ€"Pam company proposes to °xâ€" plore. In early operations, many years ago, the old Hughes and Mulholland shafts, situated some distance north of the contact, were sunk to test high grade showings in the greenstones. The ‘first hole of the projected proâ€" gram will be sited about midway beâ€" tween the two shafts which lie some 1,800 feet apart on the theory that the showings at both workings are part of the same zone. Some Interesting Facts About Life on Gold Coast of Africa No Income Tax. Conditions Different to the North. During the past yvear or two quite a number of men from this North have gane from here to the Gold Coast of Africa. On this account there will be considerable special interest here in the Gold Coast as it is the place of residence of so many from Timmins and district. Some of the men going from here have written home to t*ell of conditions on the Gold Coast, but the information thus supplied is not as extended as many would desire. It is difficult to condense into a brief letter all the facts and comments neâ€" cessary to give a comprehensive picâ€" ture of a distant and little known country. In addition to that is the difficulty of correspondence. With the present war situation the receipt of mail from distant lands is both slow and uncertain. On several recent ocâ€" casions The Advance has published letters from Timmins andâ€" district men now working in the mines of the Gold Coast. To supplement these, the following in the "Grab Sampiss‘" colâ€" umn of The Northern Miner is given. "Had a visitor from the Ariston Gold Mines, on the Gold Coast of Africa; a young Canadian engineer who went out there under contract and remained several years, being now home on furâ€" lough. His description of the life of a mine staff in that region and of the methods used in mining indicates the contrast with Northern camp condiâ€" tions. Incidentally, â€"he was recruiting surveyors, shift bosses and foremen, as there is a decided shortage of skilled and semiâ€"skilled men on the Gold Coast. Sale of Lots Toâ€"morrow In New Townsite of Pascalis "The Ariston mills about 1,200 tons daily, has a large orebody, 1,500 feet long, with widths from five to 50 fret and the deposit has been opened for ten levels, with a grade running well above the Canadian gold mine averâ€" age. Costs, however, are higher due to a number of causes. The Gold Coast mine has to supply a lot of services and extras and bonuses, furlough pay for three months in the year; has to supâ€" ply hospitalization, â€" fire protection, policing; has to recruit native labor and lots of it. "The visi\tor said that the Gold Coast is no place for a very young engineer; conditions were too tough, socially and physically. A more experienced man of fairly mature years and settled habâ€" its does well. Single men, by the way, are preferred as the company aoes not encourage the fetching of women and children to the Coast. "Most surprising of all is that there is no income tax on the Gold Coast!" "About 80 of a white staff is carried, with many of them Americans and Canadians. The management is headâ€" ed by an American, although directors are English and the head office is in London. The staff have comfortable housing, a golf course, tennis courts, a central amusement building. The white man does no work; he just superinâ€" tends the natives who are used in large numbers and paid low wages upon which, however, they can live well on the African scale. gaged in supplementing the steam power equipment in case of emergency. There is an abundance of wood and many natives are used in cutting and transporting it. Clearing of the jungle around the mine has improved the health of the employes; precautions are taken against the malarial mosquwto which has caused the white man so much trouble in those latitudes. "White employees are encouraged to take long furloughs; sometimes they go to South Africa on a bus man‘s holiâ€" day to see the big mines of the Rand; otherwise they travel to the United States or England (before the war). "The plant is powered by a diesel of 1000 horsepower and several steam boilers. ° Oil is becoming a problem, because of transportation conditions on the ocean. The company is now enâ€" The Rouynâ€"Noranda Press Says‘:â€" "There‘s a brand new town open for business in northwestern â€" Quebecâ€" really open for business. It‘s Pascalis, the "mining village"~administered by the depariment of mines that is to serve the employees of mines in its vicinity (Percron, Cournor, Pascalis and others) and the government will auction off commercial section lots there on Tuesday, July 29th, at 10.00 am. eastern standard time. Bidding will start at $400 on many lots and an even higher reserve bid will be set by the department on some of the better situated ground. Pascalis is new and, the depariment believes, a necessary municipal development in the mining district. Money paid for lots goes into Rouyn May Have Charcoal Burning Plant Established a c_a;pital imp rovement fund, after the department‘s expenses of ~surveying and selling have been deducted." A business man from Qusbec City was in Rouyn last week looking over the chances for establishing a charâ€" coal burning plant there. He had conâ€" ducted such a business in Quebec City and will start one in Rouyn if the surâ€" vey is favourable. The information is given out that birch makes good charâ€" coal, while poplar, though not so good, is still usable. If such an industry can be successful in Rouyn, it should also be possible in Timmins or district. For this reason further work of the Rouyn venture will be watched with interest. The annual meeting of Jowsey Denâ€" ton Gold Mines will be held at the head office of the company on Sepâ€" tember 3rd at 10 am. In the annual report, President R. J. Jowsey states no activity has taken place since the outbreak of war. The opinion is exâ€" pressed that development of the proâ€" perties held must await more favourâ€" dble times but in the meantime it is essential that the claim holdings be retained. Properties cover 1,330 acres in the Porcupine area. No further asâ€" sessment work is required but taxes amount to $44 annually and some of the claims are entitled to patent. Mr. Jowsey has advanced funds from time to time to meet the company‘s exâ€" penses. «+ Annual Mecting of Jowsey Denton Mines in September The balance sheet as of June 30th, shows cash on hand of $11 and liabilâ€" ities Oof $3,.655, including a loan of $2,000 by Mr. Jowsey. Authorized capital is 3,000,000 shares of $1 par value and 1,438,415 are issued. Diamond drilling dons three years ago by the company was not carried sufficiently far to give conclusive reâ€" sults and further probing is considâ€" ered warranted. Aunor Mines Dividend of Four Cents per Share McIntyre Statement Shows Increased Costs and Taxes Aunor Mines has declared a dividend of 4 cents per share, payable Septemâ€" ber € to shareholders of record August 15, calling for distribution of $80,000. This is the third such dividend to be paid by the company, and will bring total distributions since inception of dividends, March 29, this year, to $240,â€" The quarterly earnings statement of the McIntyre Porcupine Mines for the three months ending June 30th, 1941, as issued at the weekâ€"end is marked chiefly by the fact that less gross inâ€" come together with increased cosis and taxes make the results less favourable than for the same period last year. The details are as follows:â€" Pay Premium on Any and All United States Bills Gross income, for quarter ending June 30th, 1941, was $2,409.966.49, as compared with $2,551,925.25 for same period last yearâ€"a decrease of $141,â€" 958.176. Costs, including development, $1,166,â€" 155.54 for the quarter ending June, 1941, as against $1,143,788.21 for the same period last yearâ€"an increase of $22,367.33. Appropriation for taxes, $394 473.19 for the period ending June 30th, 1941, as against $385,980.32 for the same perâ€" iod last yearâ€"an increase of $8,493 47. Depreciation, $36,362.30 for the three months ending June, 1941, as against $49,325.13 for the same period last year â€"a decrease of $12,962.83. Total costs, $1.596,881.63 for the 1941 quarter, and $1,579.093.66 for the same period last yearâ€"a decrease of $17,â€" 897.97. Net income after depreciation for the quarter ending June 30th, 1941, was $812,974.86, as against $972,831.590â€" a decrease of $159,855.73. Earnings per share, $1.02 for the quarter ending June. 30th, 1941, as against $1:22 per share for the quarter ending June 30th, 1940â€"a decrease of 20 cents per share. It may be argued that there are not enough United States tourists reaching this part of the North to make it worth while to bother about the premium on Unied States money. Even the few tourists who do reach here seldom have a United States bill; they have changed over to Canadian money long before getting here. If that is really the case, there is nothing to be said, but nevertheless when a United States bill is presented, the premium should be allowed without argument. That is the law of the land, and also the law of common sense and hospitality. There are more United States citizens reaching here than many realize. All of them should be welcomed and used well. This Includes allowing them the exchange on the American dollar. In this connection always remember that the law demands that the premium shall be paid. Here is an article , on the matter, as sent last week from Ottawa :â€" "Apart from the natural beauties that are an everâ€"present lure and atâ€" traction to tourists in Canada, the premium on United States dollars is the greatest possible aid to promotion of traffic from that country. In terms of daollars, it provides* a bonus of ten per cent. One enterprising group has pictured it as "one day free in ten." To others, it is a pleasing novelty. "FTor any one of these conceptions to be effective, the premium must be paid by the Canadians catering to the tourist. It is not only a national service to pay the premium, paraâ€" mount in wartime, but it is the law as well. It is an offence, punishable by severe penalties, to accept Unied S.ates currency at anything other than the official rate. "Because Canada is in urgent need of United States dollars to buy airâ€" planes and other vital war equipment in the USA., this American currency should be turned in to the banks with â€" out undue delay. It is an offence to hold it for more than a reasonable period of a few days after it has been received. L T ts ie "No Canadian loses by payment of | the premium. Merchants, hotelkeepâ€" ers and others pay the current preéâ€" mium of ten per cent and the banks pay out a like premium in receiving the American currency. The premium is ten per cent, whether it be for First and Hardest Stage In Teaching Flying is to Train for Solo Flight More About the Commonwealth Air Training Plan and Its Programme. Another Pupil Carries on the Story of the Business of Learning to Fly. Third in a seriss of exâ€"newspaperâ€" men‘s personal stories about the Comâ€" monwealth Air Training Plan. FPlight Lieutenant Mal McLeod was a former staff member of Canadian Press. (By Flight Lieutenant Mal MclLeod) Now let‘s look at the Commonwealth air pupil‘s progress through the eyes of a flying instructor at an Elementary Flying Training School. For when he matriculates into that school he has passed from Link trainer to real airâ€" plane. It is there he will first hear the "Instructor‘s Lament": "Though the skies be clear, I fear much evil, For thou, my pupil, art with me." Not that the insiructor means it. Like all of them, he is genuinely interâ€" ested in his pupils, and convinced that his own men are the school‘s best. It is at the elementary school the pupil gets his first 50 hours of flying. The airplanes used are comparatively slow, but they must have the sheer strength of a mammoth bridge, and the dependability of an ox team to cope with the demands of elementary trainâ€" ing. Coupled with this, they must have to a certain extent the flying characteristics of the faster types the pupils will fly when they move on to the next stage of their training. The first, ana hardest, stage in training a pupil is getting him away on his first solo ‘flight. Anywhefe from eight to 12 hours of dual instrucâ€" tion is required before the green maâ€" terial can take the aircraft off, wend its uncertain way around the airâ€" drome, and wish it back on to the ground without breaking anything. And it‘s in the first 12 hours that most of the hairâ€"raising episodes occur. Finally, after living through a period that would make the trials of Job seem like a pleasant holiday, the inâ€" structor climbs out and the pupil taxis out, alone for the first time. The ihâ€" structor usually stands on the airâ€" drome, watching the pupil with comâ€" ments either caustic or prayerful. "Hold it off, hold it off, easy now, chhhhhhhâ€"ah, he‘s down, he‘s stopped. There is a Santa Claus." But the situation isn‘t as bad as it sounds. The RC.A.F. takes no chances â€"and when a pupil is sent solo, he‘s been well instructed and there‘s little doubt in his instructors‘ minds that he‘ll be all right. After the first solo flight, the pupil is usually more conâ€" fident in his own ability and he proâ€" cresses much more rapidly. Blairmore Enterprise: Mayor Andy Davison, of Calgary, was fined $2 for parking in front of the Palliser hotel longer than thirty minutes. Every pupil is given instruction in aerial acrobatics, or aerobatics as they are called. This instruction is to enâ€" able the pilot to retain control of the aircraft in any and every position into which he may get during an engageâ€" ment. The first few hours of dual inâ€" struction on asrobatics usually produce some manoeuvres well worth seeing. Before long, however, the budding birdâ€" man is as much at home upside down as he is in normal flight. Not every pupil who comes in to an elementary school is found to be capâ€" able of flying. A small percentage of each intake must be "washed out" as pilots and sent to other schools for other duties. Just what makes a pilot has been puzzling instructors, docâ€" tors, and pilots for 30 years now. But with the rigid system of selection the RCAF. employs, "washouts" are few. And, after all, not everyone can be taught to swim. Pupils come and pupils go, but inâ€" structors go on forever. A good many of them inst,ructed during the last war, but to look at them you‘d never think they were that old. Combining the paâ€"~ tience of an ox with the insight of a psychologist, a voice like an orator and a vocabulary more than colorful, you‘ll never find one who‘ll admit he likes his job. But just try and keep them on the ground. U.S. paper currency, bank cheques travellers‘ cheques or silver. "It is a national service and a patâ€" riotic dutyâ€"PAY THE TOURIST HIS PREMIUM." ' Bargain coach excursion tickets will be valid on Train 46, Thursd; August 14th. Passengers will arrange their ‘own transfer to North B C.â€"P. Depot and take C. P. Train No. 8, leaving 12.55 a.m. Friday, Aug. Train No. 7, from Montreal 8.15 p.m., Sunday, August 17 to connect North Bay with our Train No. 47, Monday, August 18, 1941. Children 5 years of age and under 12, when accompanied* by guardian HALEF FARE 5 For Further Particulars Apply to Local Agent Tickets good in Coaches Only Tickets will not be honored on Trains 49 and 50â€"Ths To Pembroke, Renfrew, Arnprior, Ottawa, Ontario Montreal, Quebec, Que. THURSDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 1941 BARGAIN COACH EXCURSION Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway The Nipissing Central Railway Company at the Broulan Mine for ‘Past Three Months Hollinger Consolidated Matachewan Consolidated Had Production of $241,250 Notice is hereby given that an inâ€" terim dividend of 4 cents per share, payable in Canadian Funds, has been declared by the Directors of AUNOR GoLD MINES LIMITED, payable gseptember 3rd, 1941, to shareholders of record at the close of business August 15th, 1941. Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines has declared the usual fourâ€"weekly dividend of five cents per share, plus an extra Oof five cents, both pay®Mle August 12 to shareholders of record July 29, calling for distribution of $492,000. This brings total distributions for this yvear to date to $3,198,000 and, grand total since inception of diviâ€" dends in 1012 to $107,676,400. shares, equal to one share of Bonetal for each three shares of Broulan now issued. Matachewan Consolidated Mines had production of $241,250 in the three months ended June 30, from which was derived profit of $53,388, after providâ€" ing $16,000 for taxes, but before makâ€" ing. allowance for deopreciation. In the e c Cstve! ing. allowance for deopreciation. In the immediately preceding three months, output was $191,604 and profit $22,281, after providing $1,000 for taxes, but nothing for depreciation. By order of the Board Toronto, Julyv AUNOR GOLD MINES LIMITED to P : DIVIDEND NOTICE € LV No Baggag Usual Dividend R. BRADFIELD, Korthland" Checked d Y A YÂ¥ at