Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 29, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 4 across Canada with on to Winnipeg by Nicholas Monsarrat author of the cruel the Story of Esther costello who is presently on leave from duties As director of the United in formation office Ottawa. This is one of a series of articles he is writing on his coot of coast motor tour. 16th of a series before leaving the Lake head at port Arthur we re packed the car with All he care appropriate Toya Long port age. From port Arthur to Ken Ora our next Stop was a Rug ged 300 Milos and it had to be done in one piece. It tur Neci out to he a wonder Ful drive and no hardship at All. The scenery at the heart of the Canadian shield is purely Alpine 300 i Lifis of Birch and fir Trees Soo Miles of Small Hills and Wel coming valleys Strung together by an endless Chain of lakes. There Are More than lakes in this one Section of Northern Ontario. After we had stopped the car at a dozen of them we decided that there was a limit b few Days there after five Wecter of driving revived All one s Day dreams of buying a secret Island building a Shack and re Ever from the world. Beyond Kenora Lay a l few More Miles of lakes and and dipping roads and then Sud Denly the Alpine scenery seemed to falter and Jose its grip arid we. Were in Manitoba and driving into Winnipeg across a Broad Flat Plain. The Corner of Portage and main probably Canada s most historic Cross roads in Miles from Sydney Cape Bre ton where our tour started that is a Little Over half Way across Canada. It s a Windy Corner still recalling its older association As the meeting place of trappers and fur traders a Century ago. It was they beat a path to this City which now shelters souls with the civic motto prudence Commerce Winnipeg today Servos As a Monument to both its old and its new citizens. Its wide Street s Are symbolic of the open hearted West convey ing a Basic sense of hospitality of which you become conscious As soon As you Stop on a Street Corner or better still at the Excel Lent information Bureau to ask your Way. Its growth during the1 last centrum is Well illustrated by two things the old time steam Susan Maude three year old Harmon who is in Hospital covering from . Girl shot herself after grabbing her father s gun from a shelf in Home. She climbed onto her mover s bed in order to reach the gun. _ s. New order of rank the govern ment has juggled the order in which canadians and diplomats from abroad rank at official fed eral ceremonies. The changes Are contained in a revised table of precedence which went into effect 1. The revision approved by the Queen is the first since 1923. Most important change is the Elevation of the chief Justice of Canada from loth place in the list of precedence to third be Hind the governor general and the. Prime minister. Ambassadors commission ers ministers the Leader of the opposition and consuls general of countries without diplomatic re presentation Are included m the for first time. Members of the Federal Cabinet excluding the prime minister dropped from third to sixth Posi provinces have dropped Back three places and the solicitor general of Canada has been re moved from officials explained lit is no longer sary to eral separately because it now is policy for him to be a member of the Cabinet. In earlier years the solicitor general often was a member of parliament without Cabinet rank. The the opposition is in Lith position. Hon. George Drew opposition Leader however will rank in eighth position in his capacity As a member of the privy Council treasure trove Welwyn eng land up thirty old coins found in St. Francis Church in this Hertfordshire District included several russian Kopek dated 1780 and realms of William m. The doll nip drama festival will open festivals Jan. 11 in Corner Brook nfld., the def announced tuesday. Director Richard Macdonald la said ruin from East to. Ing with the week Long finals in Regina. Beginning dates of regional 1 festivals but where they will be held has teen decided in Date s area with locations Ini brackets where available Saskatchewan York ton feb. 25-28 a Manitoba March 3-5 Alberta March e10-lil Bri Tish Columbia March 14-16. The lieutenant governors of the regal Rug co. Cotton Brnad Nom but at tic 1 Leei 313 Magnolia pm. 93-2113 your car on an to what the diligent tourist could countess of Duffer he assimilate at one gulp. Further the first time to run in Western More it was becoming obvious i would run out of 8-mm. Far sooner than Northern that film Ontario would run out of water. Kenora at the head of Lake an attractive sizable to of the Woods is Small town with Dian population but perhaps the Gem of that part of the world is Devil s Gap Camp where we spent a couple of Days before moving on to the Prairies. There had a Small Cabin at the Edge of the Lake nearly hidden by perfect setting for work play or pretending to do either. Lake of the Woods is More than a famous Canadian Holiday resort it is an unspoiled natural Paradise. Nothing can affect that riot its Canada which is now Petrrna gently retired outside the Roya Alexandra. Hotel and nearby the Canadian Pacific railway freight Yard the largest privately owned railway Yard in the world in Between there is space for very from the Grain Exchange to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. First among these for the traveller must come the legislative building beautifully de signed on purely classic lines. If walking round this you tire of Marble look closely at the Stone enshrine hundreds of tiny sea fossils now open to the Public Eye after a million secret years. But they do not come from the sea As we know it now they came from intermittent sophistication not a few Miles outside the constant boat traffic not the whin1 of outboard motors every Indian s proudest not the yacht club which has sent its members to compete in races As far away As Montreal. Those Are All acceptable things part of Lake life but Lake of the Woods can absorb them All and Ditill have room for mile upon mile til matchless peace. To spend a sask. Govt. Preparing fodder list Regina provincial agriculture department is pre paring a list of fodder supplies in Saskatchewan to assist ran Chers and Farmers who have been unable to put up enough Winter feed because of wet Wea ther. Hon. I. C. Nollet agriculture minister in a Bureau of publications release today urged far Niers to Harvest All available feed especially in the North. Or. Nollet said the first Gen eral Frost of the season ruined Many late sown Fields As Grain but these could still be Harves Ted As feed particularly Oats Anc Barley. Meanwhile Saskatchewan far Riners received a serious setback Iti their drive to Harvest the 1954 crop when Light rain fell Ove most of the s Southern part of the province. In the North heavy moisture most harvesting machinery Idle. The provincial agriculture department said today that Abou 60 per cent of wheat and 55 Pei of Conise grains have been Cut. Threshing is completed on about. 10 per cent of wheat and per cent of coarse grains. Quad Winnipeg itself. Atop the legislature is a 14- foot statue of a Golden boy like the Golden dog of this has gathered Many leg ii is. The most endearing of these is that the statue was originally cast in France just at the outbreak of the first world War. Consigned to Canada it was caught in the confused tide of War and spent the entire time from 1914-1918 crossing and re crossing the seven seas then beset by unrestricted u boat warfare. Though there were Many narrow escapes no ship that carried the Golden boy Ever came to harm. I that is not e to believe it. Handsome open handed wet come Breeds that kind of Confidence. There they can. Even make it a pleasure to lose at poker. World copyright reserved motor sales Ltd needs your used car we want used cars of every make and Model we will give highest allowances now i Austin is economical Low priced i til Liu. Donald York ave. 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