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"RIVER WATCH" "River Watch" is the dramatic, story of the work of the "Saurel", a supply ship on the lower St. Lawrence River. As one of thir- teen ships operated by the dominion Department of Transport, the Sau- rel's job is to look after the network of lighthouses, buoys and fog sig- nals. which ensure safe navigation, Filmed by the National Film Board of Canada, the story is an adventur- ous cne, for the Saurel operates; in the dangerous months before and after the regular navigation season of theryear, when storms, blizzards, fog and ice are everyday perils. As the film opens, the Saurel'is casting ofi from: Quebec City har- bour for her 1200 mile voyage down the St. Lawrence tothe Atlantic seaboard. Every year over 7,000,000 tons of export goods flow down this mighty river, and it is essential that this vital part of Canada's economy be safe-guarded. A full production crew of the National Film Board came on board the Saurel for this particu'ar trip, in order to bring the work of a supply ship, and the life of her crew, before the Canadian public. Dangerous Work - The first job encountered on this wintery off-season trip is to find and repair a buoy which has broken loose. After this, the buoy is hauled ashore for the winter. Eight thous- and such buoys have to be repaired and secured on shore by the thirteen supply ships every winter, and this is no mean job. The puoys are al- ways ice-coated, or slimy and . covered with barnacles. They are seldom placed in convenient -spots: usually they are placed on danger- ous reefs, shoals or jagged rocks. They are anchored by huge rocks weighing anywhere from six to cleven tons, which are joined to the buoys by steel chains. The fact.that many of Canada's great ports are to be found in the heart of the continent -- and not right on the coast as in most other countries -- means that Canada must-keep up many lighthouses. In fact, there are some 2,100 light- houses cn Canadian soil, and an additonal thirteen maintained by - Canada for Canadian ships in terri- tory belonging to Newfoundland and Labrador. ER Thus, as the. Saurcl journeys down the river, many lighthouses are fi'med. " Guarding the Shoals The film shows the Saurel un- loading. supplies for Charles Lavoie, the lonely keeper of the lighthouse at Father Point.-- A scquence.shows Charles at work, climbing the 150 steps to his tower, and there prim- ing the Jamp with kerosene until the incandescent mantle begins to glow, and the powerful lens sends out its beam of warning and help to the mariners of all nations passing be- low. Past Sable Island -- a tremend- ors reef of shifting sand 180 miles from Halifax, where over 1000 ships have come to grief -- the Saurel comes to its most exciting and dangerous. joh. As -the ship passes through the Straits of Belle Isle -- where the main traffic from Mont- real and Quebec passes on its way to Britain and Europe -- the crew make preparations to unload sup- plies for the lighthouse keeper on Belle Isle itself, It is carly morning, and there is a heavy fog. The sea is rough, and a storm is rising. Nevertheless, the supplies must be transferred to the is'and, for the supply ship comes but once a year, and the keeper's stock, from books to brooms and' razer Llades, must be replenished. All W's focd must come in as well, and to ensure a supply of fresh meat, .the boat must bring it to him still "on the hoof." 1 ~~ . . hd . ° . Ca : 2 Switzerland, Scene Classified Advertising . * . : of Winter Olympics -- -- 3 . Record crowds are expec ed at St. | ____ ATTENTION FARMERS ~~ | MEO, CC Moritz, Switzerland, f the fifth FOR SALE--Trattos Tires. mads of *yhper, IT'S EXCELLENT. Real results after tak- 3 i. ) . \, y oid sultable for bolting on slee! wheels, ing Dixon's Remedy. for Rheumatic Paing Winter Olympic Li [es, opening each, rear wheels. $160 each, front wheels. | ana Neuritls, Munro's Drug Store, 338 on January 30, Thi is the second When ordering state "diameter and width of | Ble, Ottawa, Postpaid $1.00. . S M : I : his Conn wheels National Rubber Co Lad, & Wie | Se ---------------------------- time St. Moritz bus been the scene | gnire Ave. Toronto. Ont PEOPLE ARE TALKING. about (me good of these events, the first being in | 4 ee, clay loam, large bara | results from taking Dison's Remedy (or 1928. Accomodation for 10,000 vis- 9.room residence. new poultry house, new | Rheur atic lLalug and Neuritia, Munro's Drug itor ill be available withi i5- garage, good water supply, hydro, dial tel. | Store." 835 Nin, Ottawa, Postpaid $1.00, Hors w be available within a 15 | 0000 Cxceltent woadet, excellent location, | === : PE Sv e-- Carrying Sand to an All-Sand Island -- Although Miscou Island, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, is entirely made of sand, they still have to carry more sand to it. The reason is that the Miscou sand is too salty for the manufacture of cement--and when construction is being done, salt- less sand has to be shipped from Quebec City. This picture shows a load being towed by 'the Government ship "Chesterfield" and is a scene from the National "River Watch", mile radius--witl( 2,000 re- servations having "already been made for competitors, officials and members of the working press. Switzerland is by no means an « | inexpensive place to visit, Single rooms, «including "meals, average about $10 per day, double that rate for two people. Gasoline, which is not rationed, salls for 63 cents per gallon, Anterican cigarettes at about 45 cents a pack. ¥ + * some Grandstands to seat 4,000 spec- tators are being erected both at the Ice Stadium and at the ski jump-- the latter being the same site which - was used at the 1928 Olympics. Skiing events include downhill ra- cing, Slalom, cross-country and Jumping, while hockey and Sledng --=both figure and speed--will take place at the Stadium. Bobsled and skeleton races complete the roster of winter sports to be contested. According to the Swiss author- ities all mountain: roads leading to and from St. Moritz will be kept open for motor traflic. Special trains will cafry spectators from Zurich to St. Moritz----a four and a half hour journey, the last _half of which is on a privately owned Film Board production 'Sports -- And One 'Thing or Another By FRANK MANN HARRIS ("A Sixbit Critic") \ / - While talking the other cvening with a friend who is a veteran foot- ball, referee--Yes, indeed, even ref- crees have friends, although not many --he came up with a rather interest- ing suggestion. "Our educational authorities," hé said, "spend a lot of time and money on these Sight Sav- ing and Sight Improvement Classes for school "children. I have an idea that would get them--far better and quicker results, and at a big saving too." Having nothing better to do at the moment than listen, we told him to go ahead. : * kx x . "Back in the days of caitrondighld they used to have a saying that the quickest way to improve the breed of cattle was to cross a cow with a C.P.R. locomotive. No matter what sort of animal it was to start with, 2s soon as the claim for damages went in it. turned out to have heen a 'pure-bred "bossy worth hundreds 'of dollars," he said. "And my plan "wauld work every bit as miraculous- ly on the human cye." Although we had a sneaking notion of what might be coming, again we told him to pro- ceed. CE "I'd take every kid with weak eye- sight," he continued, "make a sports writer out of him, and give him a card for the Press Box. That would do the trick sure. For while I've known plenty of you guys that write about sport who can't normally rec- ognize anything smaller than an cle- phant at a distance of six feet, just put you in a Press. Coop and you are immediately gifted with sight better than Annie Oakley ever had, and she could shoot all the spots out of a ten of diamonds at a hundred yards." x x 0% "He spoke- rather bijtterly, but we think he had rcason for his beef. Rabid fans and players heated by the excitement of. the: game may have some excuse for sccing things as they would like them to be, rather i Stormy Weather The supplies are lowered into sma'l strf boats, for there is no - dock at which the Saurel could land, The men work feverishly, for the breeze suddenly turns into a violent blow. The surf boats are loaded - to" the --gunwaleés and are almost forced acrcss the stretch of open water to the island. By sheer des- parate effort they reach the landing stage and the crates are swung safely vp the rocky cliff. The supplies are delivered and the surf boats return just in time. The four ton anchor is hauled close and secured on board. 'The third mate wkizs the wheel hard about and the Saurel breaks free and - "ploughs head on into the teeth of a' nine point gale, rocking and shud- der'ng in the wild sca as she takes the vavcs on the quarter. Then many hours later; the storm blows itself out and passes on, - The Farrel i$ ready to hcad for home, But -- they have not yet finished with the gtorm. A ship some dis- tance away has been damaged and needs immediate 'help. As the Saurel sails away to-aid this ship in distress, the film ends, The work of a su ply ship never finishes. "River Watch", as a graphic pre- sentation of the tireless work of sc-faring mer, is now a feature film cn tie National Film Board rural circuit film programmes now being shown in many counties in Ontario, - than--the--way they actually happen: But when sports writers at a foot- ball game, sftuated anything from fifty to a hundred yards from some play, come out with something like "The referee certainly missed that ong," we sometimes can't help won- dering where they get. that wonderful vision. 7 * x x : DEFINITION--Dyed - in - The - Wool Sports Fan-- A man making $35 a week and behind with his room rent, who will go without lunch for several days in. order to 'chip in' to pay a $50 fine foully im- posed by a heartless referee on some bly loogan geting cight thousand a year or better playing hockey or base- ball. CI Just a little 'while before the Mus- tangs-Varsity gante in London, we wrote something abBut the amazing fustangs had . manner in which the A dominated . Intercollegiate football for the past few scasons--hinting that a great deal of their superior- ity might be due to the mental atti- tude of their opponents. Briefly, - McGill, Queens and Varsity played Tas though they %new they were beaten "before the opening whistle blew. aie CS What happened in London scems to have borne out this contention. Though we didn't sce the tie game se=. « choosing to watch Argos give Rough, Riders a pushing-round in- 1 * x * ~ New & Used stead . . . friends who wee present told us about it. They say that Var- sity took the field in the spirit of, "Well, we've got nothing to lose, so Jet's have some Tun with these guys anyway." And before the strugele had proceeded more than ten min- utes, it was 'the Mustangs who were wearing that look of "What's 'going on here shouldn't happen to a dog." "Altogether; the tic game was per- haps the best thing that could have happened to college football. Over the . season's play, Mustangs were bést, and deserve the title, But from now on nobody's going to just take their word. that they're the tops. They'll have to prove it on the field --which is just the way it should be. Man O' War was undoubtedly a great racchorse. But a lot of the jocks on horses that opposed him, rode as if they had their cyes set. oti second money. : * * * And to our younger readers we might exlpain that the pictures and descriptions put out regarding the recent opening of the Metropolitan ~ Opera House were mnot--as far as we .can learn--Red propaganda. But to a populace composed largely of people sprinting desperately to keep within reach of rising costs of living, the Reds couldn't have done better if they'd tried. . X-- "Greater Love ~ Wife: "I'm afraid, Oliver, you do not love me any more--at least, not so much as you used to." Husband: "Why?" - Wife: "Because you always let me get up to light the fire now." Husband: Nonesense, my dear! 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