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Ft Wea be em em re) 16 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Soturdey, September 3, 1908 Vel ep er ee ar O's NEWS IN BRIEF SHOW WINNER (CP)--The Hughes brothers of Stroud, Ont., showed the grand champion stallion Friday night in the Per- cheron class of the heavy horse section of the Canadian Na- Exhibition, The Hughes brothers aiso exnivited tie re- serve senior champion mgre uD ine Feicnern, Sines, aa junior mare and the reserve grand champion mare. PREDICTS OPENINGS TORONTO (CP)--The Globe we as i tkets oon tocele. o and Sarnia, designed to bridge the gap be- tween vocationa! university, will open in October. The story also says limited pro- grams may also be worked out in the following weeks at pro- colleges in Ottawa, Sault Marie, London, Hamilton and Windsor, START NEW PROGRAM TORONTO (CP)--A new pro- gram for Roman Catholic high school students, which will in- clude a folk mass and a change in philosophy, begins in Tor- onto next week. Rev, Thomas McKillop, 38-year-old director of youth for the archdiocese of Toronto, said an integral part will be the folk mass. SCHOOL NEEDED TORONTO (CP) -- Ontario needs a second school of archi- tecture to complement the one at the University of Toronto, the Ontario Association of Archi- tects says in a report to York University. There are 1,100 ar- chitects now registered in the province. WILL BE COMPULSORY EDMONTON (CP) -- Pre- mier Thatcher says his govern- ment plans to make arbitration com and binding in con- tract disputes involving public utilities and possibly hospital workers as well. He said his government is calling a special session of the legislature, prob- ably for next Wednesday, to im- pose compulsory arbitration in a dispute involving employees of a major public utility--the Saskatchewan Power Corp. schools and| pected IRISH ARE COMING tary-manager of the competi- tion, announced today. ing farm procedures, w ec ernie APPROVAT. tional executive of the Postal Workers Union is asking its lo- cals for authority to.call a strike in October if negotiations with the federal government fail, Rick Otto of the Sudbury' local said Friday, Ballots are ex- to reach union locals within 10 days, PLAN CHRISTMAS STAMP OTTAWA (CP)--For the third year in a row, the post office department will issue a special Christmas stamp, it was an- nounced Friday. To be released Oct, 12, the stamp will come in two. denominations--three and five cents, rose and orange re- spectively. It features a repro- duction of Praying Hands, a fa- mous drawing. STUDY NEW FINES TORONTO (CP)--A new sys- tem of traffic fine, which could penalize motorists who run out of gasoline on the Toronto ex- pressway system, is being stud- fed by the city transportation committee. A spokesman said the committee was disturbed Friday by an Ontario Motor League report that in one year 1,231 motorists ran out of fuel on the Don Valley Parkway and} Gardiner Expressway. STRIKE ENDS ST. LOUIS (AP)--A court or- der ended a strike of St, Louis firemen Friday, five hours after they walked off their jobs in a dispute over a proposed pay in- crease they consider inade- quate. No major fires occurred, MADE INDECENT CALLS TORONTO (CP) -- Stephen Roslinsky, 19, of Toronto, was sentenced Friday to six months in jail for making five inde- cent telephone calls to switch- board operators at the depart- ment of transport. Centennial Commission Boosts Athletics Program By GERARD McNEIL OTTAWA (CP)--When 5,500,- 000 school children return to classes Tuesday, they'll find posters announcing a centen-| nial athietic awards program for all aged six to 18. There will be three compul- sory events: A one minute speed ait-up, a 300- run and a standing broad jump. -jmonths in a bid for coaching The commission, for instance, is trying to discourage one prov- ince from scheduling its tests for a single day because absen- teeism could be high. Bad weather, a flu bug, a circus, good iisiing--aii could iniiuence participation. The program also depends heavily on a teacher's inclina- tion, Many types wield power in the nation's 195,344 class- rooms. While some may brush off the program, others may drill kids for the next nine fame. That the standards are fairly touch is indicated in the fact dered 200,000 of the top gold crests against 3,500,000 red| crests which will go to anybody} "We hope we've severely un- derestimated the number who sion employee Sue Coleman in an interview. SOME MAY MISS There are a number of rea- sons why 2,000,000 children may not be able to participate but most fall around organization. Coal Costs Worry Ben TORONTO (CP) -- George Ben, Liberal member of the leg- islature for Bracondale, said Friday he has asked Lieutenant- Governor Earl Rowe for a spe- cial session of the legislature to deal with a proposed $200,000,- 000 Ontario Hydro power plant on Lake Erie. Mr. Ben said the plant would use 18,000,000 tons of U.S. coal each year at an annual cost of $180,000,000. The cost of the coal during the plant's life would reach between $5,000,000,000 and $6,000,000,000 at a time when Canada has a balance of pay- ments problem, he said. However, a spokesman for Ontario Hydro said Mr. Ben was off base in his estimates. He said the plant would eventu- who doesn't hit gold, silver or! bronze standards. } Manuals on how to organize) and score the tests are being) sent to teachers. | To win a gold crest, a six-| year-old should be able to jump| four feet, three inches from a} standing position. For a child of| 12, the standard is six feet, one) inch, and for an 18-year-old, seven feet, five inches. DO 30 SIT-UPS? At six, they must do 30 sit-ups in a minute, at 12 a total of 46) and at 18 a total of 52. | They should be able to run 300 yards in times of 70, 59 and 60 seconds. The cross - country run is sealed from 440 vards in 1:45 for a six-year-old to 1,760 yards from 14 on. A lé4-year-old. must do the| + a in 6:20, an 18-year-old in Standards also are tailored by age for swimming from 25 yards to 100 and for skating) from 92 yards to 368, | The manual outlines a train-! ing program, with plenty of helpful hints to student and teacher. Some evidently are aimed at red crésters, For instance:| "When cornering, place one! skate across the front of the! other skate." But it is participation that counts, says the commission.| And even red crests will bring| back golden memories of the centennial year some day. ally have a capacity of 2,000,000 kilowatts, which would require less than 2,000,000,000 tons of | a year costing between $17,000,000 and $18,000,000. Burleigh Falls | | high standard of living is being Locks To Close ithreatened "by grossly -exces- OTTAWA (CP) -- The Trent sive wage demands," the presi- Canal locks at Burleigh Falls, dent of the Canadian Manufac- | Ont., will be closed for the rest! of this year's navigation season) ne at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept./ The transport department an- nounced Friday all other Trent Canal facilities wili operate on normal schedule. these wage demands must be jon its contributions to the Cana- dian economy. Living Standard Decline Feared | QUEBEC (CP) -- Canada's turers' Association says. | Henri W. Joly said in his pre- Labor Day message the bill for passed on to the consumer. He also complimented labor "Despite the increase in labor) Closing of the Burleigh Falls| difficulties this past year, it re-| flight locks is necessary to fa-|/mains happily the case that) cilitate the constryction of a|there are thousands of compa- | single new lock replacing the|nies in Canada which have! two old locks, the department/never known a strike, much said. less any violence or bitterness."'! a Oe Ur Lye oe wwe © NDP Poses Minor Threat To B.C.'s Socred Premier TORONTO (CP)--More than|aays to go betore voters decide 100 Northern Ireland farmers} who will govern British Colum- will visit the international plow- bia, the mounting issues don't ing match at Seaforth, Ont., appear to be generatin Oct. 11-14, F. A. Lashley, secre-|enthusiasm on the husti Bs. Premier W, A. C, Bennett said The|the main issue is private enter- party will be in Ontario study-| prise offered by his Social Credit party versus the New Democratic Party brand of so- x , | ciaiasm, DBURY (CP) ~ The na-/" ie looks on the Sept. 12 elec- tion as a two-way fight between his 14-year-old administration and the yet-to-taste-power NDP led by Robert Strachan. The Liberal party under Ray Perrault and the leaderless Con- servatives are discounted in So- cial Credit campaign strategy as no threat for power. But these parties cause some con- cern in the way their candidates COUuIG Spi We vou. Mr, Strachan is, campaigning with a platform of social re- form, mainly a repeat of previ- ous years and of the last legis- lature. Mr. Perrault has toured the province with promises aimed at the younger voter. He esti- mates that 30 per cent of the 873,000 registered voters are un- der the age of 25. _ The premier, who will be 66 DEP. 0, 15 In fia nun VaInpaign since his party gained power in 1992. The last election was mree years ago. He has drawn larger attend- ances at his meetings than his opponents, but the heckling and fierce partisanship, were miss- in 8. a Mr. Perrault, at 40 the young- est leader and an since 1960, said early in the campaign that political meetings are a, fix- ture of the past. In his home riding of North Vancouver-Capilano, Mr, Per- rault drew only 14 persons to his first meeting, Mr, Strachan, 52, a from Cowichan- Malahat, has been hopping around the prov- NUS, VUL Wie Yuin ws ae Sel paign is yet to come. Be enyo We SKN We called because ridings were re- duce telephone rates, the cost angnea during the last legisia- ture and because investors need to be assured the province is stable. Mr. Strachan would abolish university fees, arrange low- cost housing and lower property taxes. The NDP also promised to re- of car insurance, the price of gasoline and natural gas rates if elected to office. Expropriation of all profit-|22 making chronic hospitals and elimination of charges for pré-|55 scription drugs are also part of his program, cles and in hydro-electric devel opment. He also promised a depart- ment of youth for the under-25 population and pressure on the federal government for an oper- ating grant for the B.C. Ferry Authority. f In the last legislature, i Credit had 32 seats, the NDP 14, the Liberals five and there was one vacancy for a total of Under redistribution there are seats. A total of 178 candidates--55 Social Credii, 55 Nbr, 53 Liv- Mr, Perrault, said a Liberalleral, three Conservative, sx, in Bvvcisimavie wai Ottawa in trade 'and tariff poli-!--are in the running, that the commission has or-| . All signals are"GO"! We're rolling again. We're ready to serve you once more. Whatever you ship, we'll take good care of it. Wherever you go, we'll take good care of you. (2 ki Cracific Serving you if so many ways