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24 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Seturdey, September 5, 1964 Recently announced by the British Motor Corporation is the introduction of the 4-litre Vanden Plas Princess 'R'. The prestige sedan is powered by a specially developed six-cyl- ROLLS-B.M.C. LUXURY SEDAN finder Rolls-Royce aluminum engine. The car is the first product of technical collabora- tion between the two com- panies, a liaison which be- came publicly known early in PRE gg ey OR re ¢ Py ene aaa tty my ron: america eG ments are available, including | air conditioning. BMC sales | campaign for this car will be focussed on the "young execu- tive" market. 1962. The Princess 'R' is the swiftest sedan ever to be marketed by BMC with a 0-80 mph capability of 24 seconds and top speeds in excess of 110 mph. Full luxury appoint- Dreams Of Oil Bonanza Bring Drills To North Sea DOUG MARSHALL LONDON (CP) -- Expert oil- men from Calgary to Kuwait are sounding the depths of the North Sea on a multimillion-dol-| lar gamble that there is black gold beneath those cold inhos- pitable waves. Extensive surveys by groups of oil companies, uding three Canadian firms, have been under way since the Sloch- teren natural gas field was dis- covered near the coast of Hol- land four years ago. The field, with reserves estimated at 1,100,000,000,000 cubic metres, is believed to be the third larg- est in the world. Where there is gas there's usually oil. The surveyos are particularly interested in a geo- logical formation runnifg be- tween Holland and the York- shire coast. in northeast Eng- land The prospect of finding com- mercial quantities of oil or gas on fuel-hungry Europe's door- step is something no major) petroleum company can afford| to pass up, despite the diffi- culties and enormous cost of undersea drilling. Cost of drilling one test well alone is estimated at £1,000,000. The floating barges or rigs, big enough to survive 30-foot waves, cost about £2,000,000 to build. Some are being constructed in| British and European -ship-| yards; others are being 'owed| over from the Mexican and Per-| io sian guifs. JOIN FORCES Exploration of this scale can- | licences group is likely to spend about £1,000,000 a year for the next five years in the hunt. "It's a calculated gamble," Gaskell says. 'But once the firms .have embarked on such a gamble they won't give up easily. "If they do strike oil 'it will make the California gold rush seem small," The whiff of oil in the pre-| vailing North Sea wind has al-| ready set quivering many a fi- nancial -- and political -- nos- tril in Britain. With drilling) scheduled to start next April-- winter operations are out of |the question--one financial edi-| tor predicts it will only be a) matter of time before enier- prising bookmakers start offer- ing odds. CLAIMS RIGHTS Under the 1958 Geneva con- vention on continental shelves, finally ratified here last May,| Britain claims mineral rights) for about 100,000 square miles! sea bed. Of this, the firms are interested in about 38,000; square miles and the competi- a licences in this area is The system of granting li- cences threatens to become an election issue. The Conservative government plans to give suc- cessful applicants the go-ahead jon or about Sept. 20. Labor | jwants the matter delayed until] after the October general elec-| ion. Current regulations would grant firms six-year production over 100-square-mile in the first place and it is un-| Also tied up with the oil race fair on the oil firms to change are two Canadian aerial survey the rules now. | companies, Hunting Survey and Several firms have been nib-| Aero Services Limited, opera- bling at North Sea oil within|ting on a free-lance basis for sg waters for some| several groups. years. Home Oil and Grizzly) Results of the surveys have Petroleum, both of Calgary,, merely confirmed the theory have a farm-out option from) that the North Sea, in the words British Petroleum on the north) o¢ one geologist, "is the last Yorkshire coast. great sedimentary area left in| Place Oil and Gas of Canada, \the world -- and the hardest| which owns 28 offshore gas! place to get the stuff from.' wells in Lake Erie, has formed) The oil hunt could prove to a British company and is build-|be a huge North Sea bubble. Or ling a rig for use in the Wash--/it could, as the weekly New |hoping to strike greater riches|Statesman speculates, result in| than the Crown jewels that King|a success that would "trans- | John inadvertently lost in the|form the economy, enrich the east-coast inlet in the 13th cen-/nation and even influence for- tury. jeign policy." fin THE OSHAWA OSHAWA Ii CENTRE SHOPPING CENTRE HAS MODERN OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 400 - 600 sq. feet -- air conditioning available. Ample Free Parking -- Easily accessable. CONTACT: Oshawa Shopping Centre Administration Office 728-6231 R.1LM. Co, Ltd. 170 Boy Street, Toronto 362-7731 or SEASON-END CLEARANCES bring Valuable Savings on Things You'll Enjoy Next Summer! CLOSED MONDAY (LABOUR DAY) RE-OPEN TUESDAY 9:30 A.M. Foamed Plastic Camping Coolers @ Keep food or beverages cool at campsite, lakeside or backyard barbecue. Large size high density polystyrene construction. floats. 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Power Minister Fred- the groups have already spent|erick Erroll rejects the Labor about £9,000,000 on initial seis-\scheme on the grounds that} mic and magnometer surveys|such regulations would have at-| of the sea _bed. He says each! tracted far less _venture capital] IN OBSERVANCE OF ROSH ashanan Reg. 5.99! Strong. rubberized canvas construction. Body and pillow ore ae. separately to suit your needs. Approx. 32 x 72"... choose from Reg. 129.95! Save 30.00! Sleeps four with room to spare. Features a sleeping room, a screened-in living or lounging room with sewn-in cotton duck floor. Fiberglas windows. 66' Dutck-styled zippered door with 'storm flap, tubular steel outside ridge assembly. Yellow roof and green sides, Approx. 9 x 18' at base, 72' at centre and 542' eaves. ay 95 is EATON Special Price, each . °. Ratchet-Type Camp Cot reg. 12.99! 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Special EATON 1,99 sd 3.49 Special Price, set EATON'S OUTDOOR SHOP, DEPT. 254 TUESDAY, SEPT. 8th r Parisians Exile Pigeon Nuisance By PEGGY MASSIN become as much a landmark of| PARIS (Reuters)--A unique| Paris as the Arc de Triomphe netting device, fired from Alor the Louvre. crossbow, has enabled Paris to} 1960, when Paris OSHAWA SHOPPING CENTRE evict more than one-third of its! launched plans 5 lean ihe ne estimated 400,000 pigeon popula- tae chk" Monunents of thal tion during the last year. iv the! pigeon erohlem had Humanitarian methods aFr€|pecome inc reasingly acute. used to transport the netted) pierre Roger, who is in charee birds in trucks to the northern | of the cleanup campaign, says| and southwesetrn areas Ofithat it cost the city 810,000| France. francs ($162,000) and seven The "centre for the cleanli-| months work just to clean up ness of Paris" recently Te-|the Hotel '#= Ville' (the. city ported that 140,000 pigeons have| hall). 9 travelled in comfortable bas- kets to the two regions in the last year. | Various methods of trapping the birds were tried. Finally, a former French parachutist in- vented the successful crossbow device. The huge net, weighing less than one pound, is fired from the crossbow by means of ar- rows tipped with rubber balls to avoid wounding the birds. It travels~ about 30 feet. Specialized teams, working under police control, use grain to lure the birds into the area where they are netted. During the first stage of the evacuation, the birds were re- leased immediately after the trucks had reached their desti- nation far from Paris. SOON COME BACK But, like true natives of ihe French capital, they promptly returned, sometimes in less time than it took the trucks. So now the birds are placed in large aviaries for three or four months before being re- leased. This appears to recon- cile them to their exile. To ensure the efficacy of the system, each bird is tagged be- fore release. The authorities are thus able to recognize any pig- eon which returns to Paris. 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