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Port Perry Star, 9 Aug 1928, p. 6

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of the largest bunches of athletes to date into action. RRS GE CANADIANS SCORE NOTABLE WINS AT OLYMPICS " Ofcials in charge of the Canadian athletes at the Olympic games looked forward to seeing the Canadian ensign raised over the Olympic Stadium at Amsterdam for the third day in a row on Wednesday last as they sent one A total of eight are competing in all events, finals and/ semifinals and the majority of them are regarded as point winners, The feature event of the day, as far as Canadians are concerned, was the final of the 200 metres, in which Percy Wililams, the winner of the 100 metres, and Johnny Fitzpatrick competed. his heat, defeating Charlie Paddock, the U.S.A. flash, Fitzpatrick was fifth. win the final. Williams won and then came on to Photographs above show 1, Fanny Rosenfeld, whose defeat in the 100 metre final for women on Tuesday was protested and who qualified Wednesday in the trials of the women's 800 metres; 2, Jack Walters, beaten 'go yards in the 1,500 metres; Pickard of Hamilton, as he clears the bar in : specialty, the pole vault; Pickard qualified; 4, Percy Willlams, 100 metres Ty photograph of Vic. champion, who won the 200 metres; who ran in' the 200 metres coming 6th; as she appears on the but she was - defeated has been troubled with Pansy", metres, Thompson in 3, an 3 (d 4, Johnny Fitzpatrick of Hamilton, 6, Jean Thompson, the "Penetang mark ' for her specialty, th the finals cg a sore -leg™Hince reac! dam, but the little Penetang girl won her heat easily in record' time; Pete Walters, who with his brother Keay, Toronto runner, in the 3,000 Jack, ran in the 1,500 metres metre steeplechase. . Buchan Defends Dominion Methods Well-Known © Novelist 3 Member of Parliament Refers to Govern- ment Report Britain Ready to Invest in Canada But Wants Only Bona Fide Proposition, Says Local Lawyer "Great Britain has plenty of money Scots-Americans Visit Homeland | Clan Members F From United States Are Given an En- thusiastic Reception Glaggow--Three thousand = Scots-! | Greenley Island is A Pioneer Landing An unusual coincidence in connec-/ tion with the successful transatlantic | fight from East to West of the Ger- { man airplane Bremen and {ts landing | on Greenley | was the place where Jacques Cartfer, | Island, is the fact that it| = Lon@on--John Buchan, member of available for investment in Canada, Parliament. and well-known novelist, but only for bona fide propesitions," has replied to Australian and Cana- according to G. L. Alexander, K.C., of dian criticism in'a report just issued Montreal, who recently returned from hers by the Industrial Transerence | England. Americans have arrived aboard two French discoverer of the St. Lawrence Board, an export body appointed by the Government to advise upon what to do with Great Britain's 250,000 'permanently uni¢mployed" workers fu coal mines and other industries, "There ave passages in that re. port," Mr. Buchan says, "which direst. ly or indirectly criticize the policy of certain dominions as to the recep- tion of British emigrants. The do- are ind dent sovereign ptates," he continues, "and they are entitled to fee] aggrieved if a board principally composed of British per manent officials publicly criticized their methods, apparently on the in- * yitation and with assent of the Brit {sh Government. "There should be no such feelings however," he adds, "if it is made ~ glear that the report is for domestic ; 4onsumption. only. It contains a con- pldered © estimaie of the situation which is a matter of urgent impor- 'tance to' Great Britain, and it 1s right this estimate should be ade 6 candor and freedom. will realize 2 'the sections | which I refer are in critical in intention, but endeavor to place be- complet the full data "There has arisen a great deal of misapprehension about money condi- tions on the other side," he said, "but there is no doubt that Great Britain has lots of money available in spite of | ;¢ the reception, the fact that she is Anchor liners, the Transylvania and! Caledonia, on the third biennial visit to Scotland. As members of the order of Scottish Claus their return to the old motherland is the occasion of an enthusiastic welcome. Duncan Mae- Innes, 'royal chief of the order, chief accountant of the City of New York, expressing appreciation at the warmth outlined the origin, the most highly | growth and objects of the Scottish taxed nation in the world at the pres-' Giang and auxiliary organizations. By ent time. the nex: St. Andrew's Day, he said, "Great Britain thinks very highly| they would have been in existence HO of our country, and any worthwhile years. The order was founded on the proposal, as far as the raising of money is concerned, will always re- ceive favorable Jesgonse : "The political situ ation over there is very clouded. Even the Conserva- tives, who have been strongly en- trenched since the last election, are beginning to fear the outcome of the next elections, "According to my obserations the returned soldied is very discontented and he has been agitating against the present party in power. I do not for a moment suggest that Communism will b tablished in England Men like Jack Jones, and Marston, who "met salient points of 'Scottish history, for- ever emphasizing the truism that] Scots were always free men. It now | has $1,350,000 in its treasury. In 1924 said Mr. Maclnnes, 1150 visited the home country. Again in 1926 a party of 1,262 crossed the At- lantic. The order of Scottish Clans, he said, was now nearly 25,000 strong. While Scots could confidently go tol the United States knowing they would receive help from their "Ain kith and kin," Mr. Maclnnes continued, they must be willing to work and work hard. A hearty vote of thanks was accord- ted "Mr. M 9 tha 5s af | River, first landed in 1534. The island is now a Federal bird sanctuary and its early records contains Cartier's description of the birds on the island. "There is no A iioater at th ent time who appears capable of at- gos tracting real public interest. 'If there were 1 might delay my retirement fancy, long enough to face them in the ring, but it looks. as if it might be two ori {three years before a dangerous oppon: ent 1s developed. This Is too long to stand and wait." 'I have mo thought of trying, to nominate my successor. To the vic-! tor belongs the spoils, I merely step aside, and say, 'May the best man win." "it 1 had tought again it would have been for Tex Rickard . It regard him 'as the foremost boxing promoter of all time. Realizing that enother champion will follow me, I can think of no moré capable hands than Rick- ard's in which to leave the selection of such a man, especially as he will, necessarily be guided by the advice and assistance of another man .to whom I owe more than I can express," he said. "It naturally is with certain Yogret that I an my per tirement from the boxing ring. "No man realizes more than I do my debt to the game, It has treated me well. "To jt I owe such fame and fortune as I and it has given me somethiW_1688 ephemeral than fame--many reales warm friend- ships which I h through afi "I always shail, take a live and ac- tive interest in boxing, There i8 no finer physical exercise or more en- grossing science. It is a game which, properly conducted, teaches and de- velops such qualities as stamina, con- fidence, patierice, self-denial, bodily fitness, mental alertness and courage. "I have a great affection for box- ing, and one of my chief desires has been to leave the game better than I found it. I have tried to be not only a champion but a sportsman. "But the time has come when pro- fessional boxing can offer me nothing | hulle further that I desire. I am putting it behind me, grateful for the benefits conferred, but with the feeling that I am still: young enough to make a new 8 'In other flelds." | | /Tpmney declared it his desire to fice in Rickard's hands "a belt or ler suftable emblem of supremacy, ;awarded by him-to-that, boxer ditrough a series of eliminAgion 'or victeries over the most ! | midahte opponents that can be of tained shall prove himself deserving of 1." - Gene made no definitg-mention of ""1 ys future plans and paid no attention his statement to rumors that he i to enter Matrimony. wy remeron. Cancer Research Louisville Courler-Journal: Co-oper- ation between the public and the physician and surgeon is the chief hope now of combatting®this terrib scourage. Though a hundred years may le necessary to solve the mys: 2 ery in Quebec "the first Canadian cream- rm ------ ] ~] Toreniv's Girl Winner gr Fok to 70 toa $21; 70 to 90 to 100 lbs. and up, $18 2 1] rolls, in barrels, $11.5 rolls Lt ; Lard--Pure, tlerees, Hous pails, 16%c; ho 1. 16mc; GRAIN QUOTATIONS. Grain dealers on the Toronto Board of Trade are making the following {Quotations for car lots: 3 Man. wheat--No, 2 North, $1.26% ; North, 4 wheal tS: 8 %. Fah tough No. 1 eo ri (cit. {ch and bay ports.) ; 4 corn--No. 2 Jetlow, $1.24; No. 3 yellow, y= (c.1.1. Goderich and ba Boris.) Montreal frei ts ® | bags an Wy per ton, $30, Shorts, per ton, $82.25; nes Ont. oats--Good, so soufid, heavy vy oats; in sar oa, 46c, ob ipping new ro ; Gu. good 'mil. ing whe 0.b. hip: bine. points, according W°' freights, Barley--Malting, 70 to PuckWlioat Nol quoted. ye--No. 2, not quoted. Man. flour--First pats., in $7.60, Toronto second pats., in jute, § Ont. flour--Toronto, 90 per cent. pats., per barrel, in car lots, nominal; | seaboard, not quoted. LIVE STOCK Heavy beef stee $12; do, fair, i) steers, choice, $11 to $11.75; b heifers, choice; $10.76 to $11.40 com., $9 to $10; butcher, cows, #0 to choice, $8 to $8.75; do, fair to $7 to $7. 75; do, com., ners and d cutters, $4" to. $4 to Choice: med., a 50 to 5; bolo; to $6.75; ay 'Man. fher x, Bh! $14.50 to $15; do, m do, grassers, $7 to $7.5 to $17; bucks, $18 to Lheavies, $4 to $5; 40, cul $4.50; hogs, Soir 110 C. Party of Fifty Young Te Visitora-Leave for * Canada' .--London's ' famous _Guild- ; nessed a unique dinner party when the Lord Mayor, Sir Charles Batho, entertained the fifty young people. who set forth upon a tour of Canada, in the role of "young am- ~ dications which Rt. Hon. L. C. M. secretary. of state for Dominion af- bassadors of empire. » This dinner in the Guildhall, at , Amery, fairs, was the principal speaker, was only one of a number of interesting farewell functions attending thé de. parture of the "Young Ambassadors" {for overseas, The fifty young men and women who average seventeen years 'of are the winners of the empire scholarship inaugurated by the allied newspapers of Great Britain who plan in successive years to send similar tisly Dominions, alrymple, second sister of the Barl of Stair. As head of the boys' group | there will be Kenneth Lindsay, the leader of the First Oxford ating : and will be. brought into operation almost immediately. - By "means of aimost ments and minor additions, by tha time the second unit is running smoothly, the smelter will, it is ex pected, have a capacity of close to 2,000 tons daily. This should yleld the pany, from its own-and cus. to! ore, approximately $20,000,000 per 'annum, from which profits of be tween $6 and. $8 per share on the stock may be looked for. Already "H" anil "B" ore bodies have proven fabulously rich at lower levels. What about the other six or seven are bodies? It will be interest: ing when the workings get into these zones, and the market may be.expect- ed to reflect the news as it comes out. " In view of the fact that the present deep shaft cuts right through the "H" ore body, apparently, it is imperative that a new shaft be sunk, which will be carried below 1,000 feet A station is: being built at 600-ft. "tlevel, from which a crosscut will be driven shortly to open up the "H"-ore body, which has been tapped at 726 and 850 and 975 feet. \ t the 400-ft. Jevel "B"" ore body' about as -good as the "H" ore #e 9b feet, although it is not fas big. Workings for 70 feet disclosed to to. 16 per cent. copper with fine gold values. At a depth of 106 feet the her | "B" ore body. was 61 feet wide and {averagd 7.1 per cent, copper and $6.86 gold, or $27 per ton, Values k| were lower at 3000 feet, but at 400 feet they are ipdicated to Dg $33.60 to $42 in coppe i of this office from Red the information that A length IE $62 per gr UL. 16 feet. This aastorly Workings, In. toward Howey being ssibly $10 ore, perhaps bre. lies in oo iy richer at such time as i: the easterly part of the a mine wilt inues. While assays of nable to expect in cer- fain "parts of the mine, the officials, however, prefer to confine remarks to the general average value of the ore | J, Officially, it is known that the dverage ¢ Bi rade of ore during recent months has improved at least 10 per cent. and 'with signs pointing towards even greater improvement. C.N.R. Wants 9,000,000 Ties for Next Year A further indication of the expan sion programs outlined for Canadian railways during the next year or so is the statement that the Canadian National Railways will require 9,000. 000 track ties for the coming year, | New Oll Company In Turner Valley East Oil Company, Ltd, has now commenced operations in the Turner Valley. Capital is set at 750,000 no-par shares, .and it is provided that these shares may be issued and alloted for a id not di $1 company has purchased. part of the James Lesea claims in Turner Valley and is drilling its first well below where the Home well is located. They are now @own 700 feet and prepara. tions to run a 16-inch casing capable of going to 1,500 feet are being made. Directors include W. 8S. Henderosn, president; F. R. Webster, vice-presh dent; H.\8 Price, M. H. Stan es, 4 Rowe and Harmon, Increase Sholgvn in Cai

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