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Trans-Continental Link Brought Fame To Village By DON MeLEOD HEART'S CONTENT, Nfld (CP)--A century ago this tiny coastal village on Trinity Bay swam into prominence as the terminal point of the first suc- cessful transatlantic cable, Now Heart's Content's days of glory as a key communica- tions point between Kurope and North America have faded, Only a caretaker re- mains at the once-busy cable office and he is due to leave in a few months, A stone marker here com- memorates two major events in the life of the picturesque little community, One was the laying to nearby Bay Bulls Arm of the 1858 cable---the first although it functioned for Jess than-a month, The other was the more renowned ar- rival July 27, 1866, of the steamship Great Kastern with a cable strung from Valentia Ireland, That date truly her- alded the dawn of submarine telegraphy across ' the Ate Jantic, Today the Western cable office contains rooms filled' only with silent, anti- quate d transmission equip ment as reminders of the time before 1930 when up to 250 people worked here Nearby, a crumbling stone wall is all that remains of their company-owned apart- ment dwelling, known as The Terrace CLOSED IN 1965 By 1900 six cables were in operation here and the centre was vital to First World War communications. Better and faster lines to other points in Newfoundland and directly to the United States from Eu- rope reduced its importance by the 1930s and the popula- tion of the community has fallen from 1,500 to about one-third of that, The office was officially closed in September, 1965, For the last decade only 14 men had worked there. A dozen left last year followed this sum- mer by superintendent R. Mackey, leaving only the caretaker. The story of the cable really began with efforts. to set up a telegraph system across Newfoundland, tied in with mainland systems through the Maritime prov- inces to the eastern United States. Frederick Newton Gisborne set up the Electric Co. in 1851 to build a 950-mile line west from the is- land capital, St, John's, to Cape Ray. By March, 1852, he had built 47 miles and had laid the first submarine cable in North America--a. 10-mile line under Northumberland Strait from Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick. Then his financial support in New York fell through, RELAYS SPEEDED On a subsequent trip to New York, Gisborne met fi- nancier Cyrus Field and formed the Newfoundland, New York and London Tele- gram Co,;, line in 1856 to Cape Ray and linked Newfoundland to the mainiand with a submarine cable from Port aux Basques to Aspe Bay, Cape Breton The system cut two days off the time needed -- for mes: Union Newfoundland | | maiden which finished the | gages to travel between New York and London and was heavily. used by news agen- cies, Steamships with dis- patches from Kurope would toss them overboard in oon isters off Cape Race, Nfid., a lighthouse keeper who ed them to the telegraph office for relay. Traffic from New York could intercept ships which had left for Europe two days earlier, But Field and Gisborne had bigger ideas Field went to London 1856 and acquired British ships to lay a transatlantic cable and an annual subsidy for transmission of messages, The first cable laying was started in 1857 but it broke after 325 milés had been laid, The USS Niagara and HMS Agamemnon each loaded 1,- 000 miles of cable June 25, 1858, spliced ends together in mid-ocean and headed in op- posite directions, The Niag- ara arrived at Bay Bulls Arm Aug, 2, the Agamemnon at Valentia Aug, 5 and the first linkup was completed, CIRCUIT FAILS "The publie went wild about it,' Field wrote later. Queen Victoria and President Buchanan of the U.S, ex- changed greetings, But with- in a month the cable ceased to function, for unknown rea- sons, The U.S, Civil War pre- vented further joint efforts with Britain until 1865 Then the Great Eastern, one of the biggest ships of her day, was. chartered, Leaving Valentia July 15, 1865, the Great Hastern paid out 1,200 miles of cable be- fore it broke and went to the bottom in two miles of water Then Field suffered another crushing blow, The attorney- general of England an- nounced Field's company had no right to issue the neces- sary 12-per-cent shares or raise additional capital for the next try "The works in wt were al once FORT ERIE RACE RESULTS FORT ERIE, Ont, (CP)---Resulls at} Fort Erie race track Thursday First-Purse $2,000, claiming, three. and four-year-olds, 6 furlongs Glen Francis (Coomb) 123,60 45,60 16.60 iPrince Bunty (Werry) 18,90 12,00 Monisteo (Fitzsimmons) 7,00 Time V4 45 Pepper Pipe, Flea, Quick Bid, Silver . Cecilie, also ran maiden Sea Rice, Reed | Sleeves Green, Some Missile, Fabrue, Sankie $2,100, 4 claiming, | furlongs 4.20 3.40 : 70 5.40 3,80) 40 Purse two-year-olds, |} Newsy (McComb) Locked Out (Barroby) lin The Tub (Rabin Time; 1:08 35, Be An: Angel, King's Mestia, Blue Van, Be A Hero, Anns Gem also ran Second maiden Daily double: $270.00, Third Purse $2,000, claiming, | and id three: four-year-olds, furlongs. Hullabaly Carrilo $30 3.70 3,90) 17,70 11,40 10.90 | (Ditifach) (Hernander) King's Best (McComb) Time: 1:15 Julies Page, Hubert, My_ Boy Rich:| ard, Gold Strike, Cover Dream, Ca-| ballo Baha, Roman Poppy, Miss Orono, | Jovial Lady also ran, | | Fourth-Purse $2,500, twor jyeare olds, 5" furlongs. | Football (Robillard) Swamp Rabbit (Barroby) Genie's Touch. (Harrison) Time 1:07 25 Winsome Sailor, Razor, Larkspur jalso ran, | Pitth-Purse $2,200, claiming, threes! year-olds and up, | 1-16 miles. -- |Jay Flight (Fitzsims) 12.10 6.50 4,90) Liberated (Maxwell) 6.70 5,40) | sun Hash (Hale) 4.0 1460 45 | claiming, 29.70 9.70 5,80 §.70 4.10 $20 Red Forest Roman Lady, Cutie, Blue Time GREENWOOD RACEWAY FIRST RACE -- 1 Mile (Trot), Purse $800 (8), DRingo Star, Alex'der ?-Kawartha Butch, Mcintyre 4-Brenda's Joy, Kenney 7,90 Also Started: Wee Hootenanny, Garma Alert, Murray Mir, | C W, and Minnow SECOND RACE i Purse $900 (6) 1.Puke Ree Dillon, A'thur 7.60 4.10 2.70 7-Dodle Direct, McLean 3.003.000 4Maiden Fling, Wellwood 3.9% Also = Star' Doc Adios, Lenny Rhythm, and Colonel Cole, Scratched, Sing Out, and Argyel Annie. DAILY DOUBLE, 3 AND 1, PAID $33.40 THIRD RACE -- | Mile (Trot), Purse $1,000 (7) 9.40 3.80 3,10 640 4.20 - (Pace) Mile 28,70 11,10 6.60 4.90 3,50 2-Pick Song, Hanna & March Van, Corbett 7-Just Mike, Poulin Also Started: Maureen 5$ Star Nib, and Chuckmor Scratched, Spirits Lady. FOURTH RACE -- Purse $900 (8) aTonka G, Hawke Patsy G and, Jr DJohnny's Girl, Wellwood 1,30 Also Started; Lee Grattan, Armoro Caesar, Mighty Midnight,. Eclipse C and Midnight Babe Silvestru, 1 Mile (Pace) 30.70 14,10 6.20 West 13.40 640 FIFTH RACE --- 1 Mile (Pace), Purse $1,200 (8), 2Go For Broke, Filion 4Mae Mir, Curran LArleen, Wellwood Also Started; Bryan Direct Apatche Grattan, Belmont Ernie, Willie's Filly 33 20 2.4 3,0 3.20 -- CORRECTION -- Clb FOOD CLUB Prices According to July Bulletin. Phone 723-1163 OUR PRICES FOR FREEZERS START 164° FROM $.40.| &Ardee, | and Unique Richard. SIXTH RACE = | Mile Purse $1,600 (6) IsLynden Mac, Pace) Silliphant 6.10 4.50 2.60 5-Roval Alex, Crowe 4.10 3,80 Oxford Abbe, Wellwood 2.40 Also Started: Marabelle, Globes pirin day, and Shady Valley SEVENTH RACE -- Purse $1200, Allie Dale, Rirenie d-Virginia's Boy, Gordon éRoger R Grattan, Feagan Also Started: Peter W Grattan, Scion! Grattan, Fleetwood & Grattan, President' Lee, and Jennifer Byrd BIGHTH RACE -- $2,500 (8) \eDanny Song A, G'ralth 10.10 8.70 6.90 S-Opemiska, Silliphant $80 3,40 Wellwood 6,40 Also Started; Sister Matt, Count Yates, Fearless Doo, Perfect Mir, and Protec tor Donledo, 1 Mile (Trot), Purse NINTH RACE --- $1,200 (8) 2Speedy Sam, Pelletier $.70 4.30 3.50 4Little Etsel, Varcoe 11,30 6.60 ?.Single Goose, Waddell 7.70 Also Started; Ann Adios, Baron Dale, Maine Topic, Lady's Pride +, and: Sil ver's Bullet Attendance 9.059, Total Poot $393,122. ee eee The Sounds Big Beat The Place To Meet | @ FRIDAY @ i JULY 29 THE UGLY DUCKLINGS Doncing 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 Admission $1.50 Cesuel Dress 1 Mile (Pace), Purse of the WATCH The Parade ON CKLB RADIO SPONSORED BY Robbies The Family Drive-In yard Kipling in a poem of 1899. By DEREK ROUND stopped and the money which had been paid in was re- turned to subscribers," Field said, He formed a new company, the Anglo - American Tele- graph Co, "It was only the first day of March, 1866, that the new company was formed, Yet, in five months from that day' the cable had been manufactured, shipped on the Great Eastern, stretched across the Atlantic and was sending messages literally as swift as lightning from conti- nent to continent," RECOVER LOST CABLE After reassurances that an- other. disappointment like 1858 appeared unlikely, cele- brations were held on both sides of the Atlantic, includ- ing fireworks displays in St, John's, Nfld, The Great Eastern returned to the Atlantic to grapple for by Japan to Singapore of "blood debt' $18,300,000), which has organized humation of remains. SATURDAY, JULY SAIL AHEAD No Boy FOR WYN, No Boy 114 MR, ESSCO, No Boy 110 NORTHERN WIND, Buttigieg *102 YORKDALE, No Boy 110 PARAGUAYO, Barroby 115 DONNA B, GOOD, Harris 114 SOLAR TWIST, No Boy 102 BLUE CHIMES, No Boy 105 TAKE LIBERTY, No Boy 105 WINDY MAHAN, Fitz 110 0 Singapore Demands Japan Pay Up Its War "Blood Debt") SINGAPORE (Reuter sj-- Discovery of a new mass grave containing the remains of vic- tims of a wartime massacre has revived demands for payment amounting to 50,- 000,000 Malaysian dollars (about Pressure for payment is being applied by the Singapore Chi- nese Chamber of Commerce the ex- civilian victims' FORT ERIE ENT FIRST RACE -- Purse $2,000. Claiming (3000) Three and Four year olds 6 furs, we believe they should pay Singapore this blood debt now. It has been outstanding far too A team of diggers has begun exhuming remains from a tree- shaded swamp at the end of a quiet suburban street seven snllce -tron:-the-centce of-finge- pore, ESTIMATE NUMBER Chamber of commerce oflfi- cials think that as many as 3,000 victims of a day - long massacre by the Japanese after they occupied Singapore in Feb- ruary, 1942, may be found there, Their estimate is based on accounts by people living in the area at the time--people who counted a convoy of about 50 trucks each jammed with be- tween 50 and 60 victims, The digging team already has Chamber officials say that the 'blood debt' represents the amount which Wwe Japanese wartime commander, Gen. To- moyuki Yamashita, the 'Tiger of Malaya" who was tater hanged as a war criminal, forced the people of Singapore to contribute to Japanese gov- ernment funds, C, M, Wong, the chamber's secretary and a personal friend of the present Japanese ambas- sador, Tsuneaki Ueda, said re- cently; 'We have very good | relations with the Japanese, but RIES uncovered the remains of sev- eral hundred victims and esti- mates that it will take months to complete the grim job. The remains of about 10,000 have so far been recovered from more than 30 mass graves in different parts of Singapore alnwe th mhae sf since --the-- chamber -- began exhuming them in 62. The chamber's secretary said: "The $50,000,000 we are asking from the Japanese will never compensate for this loss of life, but at least it might help to provide scholarships for the victims' families or some- thing like that." QUEBECER BUILT CAR The first gasoline car made in Canada was built by George Foote Foss in his bicycle repair shop in Sherbrooke, Que., in 1897, Cloudy and Siow Warriors Day, McKeever atid Cruise Control, No Boy | Grandioso, No Boy 117 Big Rocky, wileen, MA Or, oe is, No Bi ACTOR AGERING) SEVENTH RACE Purse $10,000 Added "Pair Play Stakes', Three-year: olds and up. One Mile on turf course, (9), | Tamersiip, Oittfach 117 | Victorian Bre, Barroby 123 io Boy 117 the 1865 cable, After losing it once "at the very bow of the ship," she finally spliced into it and landed the second con- nection here Sept. 7, 1866 Other cables were laid in 1870, 1874, 1880 and 1894 and three of the six continued to operate until 1965, One cable operator who worked here early in this century said "Sometimes we had such a volume of traffic it was three weeks behind," A morse code employing a flashing light was the first system used, with one man dictating the message as it came in and another beside him copying it. Western Union assumed control of the cable about 1900 vand formed an interna- tional company to handle the transatlantic side of its oper- ations in 1963 Superintendent Mackey says he believes Western Un- ion International now finds it more economical to "rent a side of a cable from some- one else," because of the cost involved, DR, BRICKER, No Boy 105 of Ist) 6 furs (12) OBNWINDS, McComb 116 MR, GOO No Boy 107 ZEROTASTO Morrison 105 MIMICO, Werry *100 |GOLCEN CHAMP, No Boy 105 PETERRY, Stove X104 |FOREDECK, No Boy 100 LONDON WISE, Werry 109 WORTHY CRAPT, No Boy 100 SWEET GINA, No Boy 107 VICHALMA, Ne Boy 102 ESPRIT DE COBUR, No Boy 102 ¥ JR, Hale 116 CHINESE SABRE, Fitzsimmons 113 MAYTOWN, No Boy 114 |CAIRNARCTIC, Steve, X103 |TOP MUSKETEER, No Boy 116 TANWOOD, Robillard 116 LYKKE TIL, Marris 113 |ERMINE SOX, Turcotte 108 TRIPLE ALLIANCE, Werry X108 HORATIO C, Barroby 122 TRICKY SCAMP, Barroby 116 SPICY FAVOUR, Harris A113 BIMINI BILL, Harris A-llé ALIRULLAH, Kornblum *103 PETER PICKER, No Boy 117 SHUSWAP SAL,. Fitzsimmons 108 FILE LAKE, Turcotte 116 HEROLD, No Boy 116 | prince Book, No Boy A-122 Right Page, Turcotte 114 | Dreamalot, Barroby A:ll4 Pousse Cafe, Fitzsimmons 119 Suntit Ride, Robinson 117 crest Path, Turcotte 119 | Hasty Thought, Mabwell 119 | Crimson North, No Boy 117 Bega, Guest | Ready Freddy, McKeever XX110 Field Trial also| Daddy 6, Good, No Boy 1! | King Alpha, Hale 122 Wind Star, Harris 117 three-year-old fll-| A -- Entry Plan, Bega Gum Swamp, Dream Speaker, ran, Sixth-Purse $3,000, lies, 6 furlongs. ley (Dittfach) Choir Beauty (Barroby) Northern Minx _ (Fitzsimmons) Time 1:12) VS, | Revettings Herris Schwester Frieda also ran, | ~ 20 240 2.10 3,70 2.10\ing (9000), 2,10| and one-sixteenth Bd 4 (6), SECOND RACE -- Purse $2,000 claim-| Well Behaved, No Boy A119 ing (3000) Three and four year olds (Diva | Quick Pitch, MeComb 119 THIRD RACE -- Pruse $2,100 claiming| Arctic Canuck, Turcotte 105 ys four year olds and up 6 furs (10),) Li A = M Kane and Natural Farms entry FIFTH RACE = Purse $2,600, Allow: ances, Two-year-olds, 5% Furlongs (12), SIXTH RACE -- Purse $2,700, Claime| Three-yearolds and up. One | Famers. hy Boy 2 | Good Old Mort, No Boy A116 ROMEO!! What a RIOTIII | Blue Sol, Turcette 117 Top Viciory, No Boy 114 Aw-Dane Hill Acres Entry, BIGHTH RACE -- Purse $2,600, Aliow:| ances, Three and four-year-olds, About) 7 Furlongs on turf course (9) | Royal Encounter, Harrison 110 | Bachelor of Arts, McKeever XX105 Robin Whippet, Robinson 105 Shy Jet, Ne Boy 112 Likay, Werry X110 Silver Penny, MeComb 109 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Friday, July 29, 1966 97" eA Phone 723-0241 Kel n Saneree HOLD NAZIS' ART About 590 paintings, most from collections of Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering, have been. released for display in West German museums by the Bonn government. |" "FILM MAKING AT ITS MARVELOUS V iFe STYLISH ZEST) iFULWIT" PEGK ; stawiey-00Nen OREN ARABESQUE TECHNICOLOR®/ PANAVISION® @ 1:30--3:30 Ko 5:25--7:35 9:25 Erik Lea, Fitzsimmons 105 |Rhann, No Boy 11 X--§ Ibs AAC XX--m7 Ibs AAC XXX--10 Ibs AAC POST TIME 2 P.M, NIGH Pisa tas RACE -- Purse $2,400 claim (6500) four year olds and up 6/2 Furs From Young Couples A-Ceourtin' To Anniversery Celebrants Cavortin'. 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