Timmins Newspaper Index

Porcupine Advance, 13 Aug 1924, 1, p. 2

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THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO Haileybury Has New Distinction Now. Important Air Traffic to New Gold Fields. N08"! [All] HAS "HST BAHAMA" AIR ““8003 ‘Mr. '1‘. Benbow, who recently re- turned from the ‘Rouyn Camp, is en- thusiastic about the benefits given to that field by the Lanrentide Air Ser- vice. However, his enthusiasm is equalled or excelled by that of the Vide for underâ€"Vilmatinn and for roads, bridges, The esti-nmted value as turns for 192-1 was 555,75 25.91 per cent. of the to the Dominion. The \fi'c-a'lth invested in steam rail- ways, counlmted from the cost of road. and equipment, and distributed by pi'oxii‘nces on the basis of mileage, constituted the next largest item. amounting to $2,159,000,000, 01‘ 9.73 percent. of the total. Other import- ant items include stocks in process, rarw n'iaterial. and 'finished products ol.‘ manul‘iacturing establishments, to which was added 100 per cent. as an estimate of the nmnufactured goods in the hands of deal amounting to $1,3(i-‘3,‘( ”per cent; the tangib] forests, amounting to or 5.4 per cent; and I ishings and other per including automobiles $1,144.00(),UUO, or 5.15 In afibsolute wealth ' Ontario leads with 313 the total. Folhm‘ed by (1159 315-“; m specie held urban re railways m $11, and fiber teret telephone 'l‘} arm U 0 .l 1' 1 banks )I I) in house and mot 1111116 t’h mt ntral 'bv 2 K 1'11 25.01 pe come 8a: _t.: Alibe 2; Mani U10 valuatinn by zlssessnx's bridges, and sewers. value as based on re “as $5,752 ,000, 000, or of the total wealth ut' wit dealers, the whole ,3¢(i*3,'00'0,000, or 6.1-} .ng'ible value of the 1g to $1,197.00'0,0'00, and household furnâ€" [‘ personal property, Ibiles. amountingr to lectric U importe ernmer stimate‘ 1 11d urnlshln #0: man he r011 5 'Iper (lent the Provi: rtzl Quebe 1t( )3 m w if TOY] IICE '1 I cent “'11 i (“h )‘W Mr. B. W. Breatch, who is in charge of this aviation service, is himself a pilot of reputation, having served with the RN.A.S., R.A.F.. and R.C. Bringing [mantras from civiliza- tion into the wilderness inside of 75‘ minutes is not the only feat accom- plished by .the Haile§bury4Rouyn Air Service. One. instance is given when a mining camp which ran short of- Sul’Plies and was confronted with temporary starvation. sent a message which brought in a short time a hydroplane loaded with food. Re- cently a Ibier mining transaction was carried through in a few hours by the help of the [lying bout. A deal, in- volving many hundreds of thousands of dollars, which had to be signed b0- fore the closing of the bank on :1 Sat- urday morning, was given to one of the pilots at 9 o’clock in the morning and two hours and a quarter latter. the document, properly executed, was re- turned to the otlice ot' the sender and the transaction went through. WMQOQWWWW gmmwxmmauxxmfixflmcmmmxwxxxsmxxxxxfix SW33 CWXWWWSSW$WXSSWSSXSWS$SS$S2; Working in co-uperation with the Out of Town 36 Third Avenue (Late Military School of Music, London, England) Has opened a Music Studio, for Violin, Mandolin, Cornet, Trombone and all Wind lnstuments and Traps.. Special Course for beginners for particulars call at DRY CLEANING PRESSING DYEING TIMMINS CLEANING DYE WORKS P.O. Box 983 omers Send Parcel sale Rates to Tai (Above Todd’s Drug Store) Apply Evening; 5 till 8. 52-3111 Ave. Timmins, Ont. Canadian National Railways, the 'Lanrentide Air Service now proposes to enlarge its activities to meet. the demands or! the public and should the number of peopie now smiling them- selves ot‘ t‘his ultra modern system of transportation keep mereasmg in the same propn‘tion. 8. little fleet Of @- in; boatswill be seen plying betMeen Haileybury and the new gold fields. Among recent passengers were, 001. Sam “temps/nix. of New York, a min- ing man of international reputation and Mr. Hugh Park, general manag of the Nipiss-ing mine at (‘ubnlt Notification has been given the various posta‘l departments through- out the world that the otticial name of “Russia" is now “L’Union dos Reptflbliqnes Sovietistes Sucifl]iste” â€"-â€"a?bbreviation, ‘ ‘ UJR.S.S., ’ ’ (Union of Soviet Sociaiistic Republinsi. and that this address, instead of ”Rus- sia,” should be used on oorre-spoud- ence. s with Instructions. Whole- lors Only. There’s a. Difference in Better Cleaning that Ladies and Men Appreciate. patio and acallenoe of Player’s Navy Cal Cigarettes have made than die world’slead~ ing brand. The Superb quality, NAVY C01"

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