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page soht the acion free press acion ontario thursday auoust 3th 19m canadian in rfi uk plains of ireland and highlands of scotland have beauty grandeur by mac sproml since last writing i have been travelling considcrabl during july having visited ireland for five day and on o four day tour through the highlands of scotland during the royal sho at windsor i purchased a car a hillman 10 h p sports tourer model at reading fngland the last time in london i went on a dav long motor boat cruise on the thames river this cruise was ar ranged b the nuffield foundation of england we left kingston on thames and went as far as runny mede places of interest i passed were mam but probablv the best know n w as hampton court near kingston on thames vt passed through five locks 1 was nit aw ire that the thames ri er hid manv in tact it would tak t pi i son tlmi davs to go bv boat fi m centnl london to ax ftrrt v i i mi r thre h m- th r vil show at windsor this ear will jjo down in thi long his torv thi roval agricultural so cittv of england ts among the best and nippiest of tht m all weathtr man was kind the shoi ej ur da quite diffe from dumfries and th attendance l canadi of 142 100 was the best since 1m9 at shre w5lirv people moved into windst r b the thousands to con verge in the 172 acres of tented citv ttended by royalty her alajtstv queen elizabeth the duke of edinburgh the queen utiated by the prime minister lovd gi rgcand dl valera pro nt lf tht dail the anglo irish the t w1s sigikd outturn ireland became tht irish frcf state with a status simitar to that of tht domin hik the six ulst counties retained their represents turn it westminster civil war broke out agun in 1823 and tht remaining constitutional links wtrt severed one by one in 1948 the republic of ireland was ii lilt- wuwii mother the duke and duchess of i procuinwd a a sovereign mdtptnd gloucester and h r h the countess demoerahc stale while northern of athlone atunded two davs ireland returns 12 members to the great honor was bestowed upon the commons at westminster leader of the four ontario junior remaining in the u k farmers hew n on exchange visit journey to cork dr norman high director of the after changing our money over two vear diploma course oac at belfast and going through cus guelph shook hands w ith the queen toms bill and i boarded a train for mother at the oversea pavilion the dublin where staved overnight hir ontario juniors and myself were outsidt the pavilion waiting to take picturts and did not see this take place but all of us purchased papers and got the picturt of them dr high told us later it was a mo mint he will long remember the last dav of the show 1 spent an afternoon at the magnificent windsor castle which stands stern 1 on a hill overlooking the thames valhv the castle has been a royal niidinct since william the con qutrr 1066 1087 and throughout successive reigns has been added to and restored the castle open to the public when the court is not in residence contains a superb col lec tion of pictures a unique library ana olhtr irtistic and h stoncal treasures st ct gt s chapel is one of the most perfect examples extant of perpeidcular architecture in thi aults beneath the chapel in the coffins of manj english kings down through the vears the life like figure of kinggeorgt v 1865 1936 and queen marv 1867 1953 impres sed me the most the base designed by sir edw n i utjia shows ihe arms of king georgt and queen mary to- geth with those of the british do minions and colonies the one for the lali king george vi has not been designed jet as then appears to bt nnnv varied ideas about it meaner to belfast fiim rtading i drove mv new twi upright bars a guide will hold sar thrnigh to dumfries taking nhnir inkles while ou are lowered hours most popl cin do the 325 inch bv inch through an opening j mill trip m 11 h mrs but travel is ii for 4 20 plus 3 pence milt wo set out for cork driving through thi counties of kildare tippi rarv waterford and cork to the citv of cork this was a main road ki took and in general roai- in widir and straighter in ireland than in scotland while the scottish roads are straighter and wider than english roads one must get an in ternational drivers license to drive m the irish republic the country is virv flat from dublin to cork particularly through central tipperarv we passed about eight different road gangs in tht 170 mile trip to cork also the state prison at cashel countv of tipperarv we stajed overnight at cork did some shopping and start ed out for killarnty visiting blarn ev castle six and a half miles west of cork blarncv castle is one of the oldest castles m ireland and certain h the most famous one of the most famous in tht world for it is to this castle that thousands of tourists come to kiss the famous blamev stom in which the v s tor mu t emptv her or h pockets of change and valuables t prevent losing thtm thi two voting scottish firmers j w ith us refused to kiss the blarney stone for some unknown reason bill and 1 decided after coming that far wt would make an attempt must lit flat on vour back grasp i centre and like most cities it has a main street oconnell street as edinburgh has princess street on oconnell street is the pillar of lord nelson a replica of the one of lord nelson at trafalgar square in london at dublin we returned the 1932 prefect car we had hired we had travelled 620 miles in the irish republic and between the return rail trip to belfast had travelled ntarlv 800 miles on the island difflenll scots accent at belfast 1 visited thomas ken nedys formerly of acton brother who is a druggist in belfast i had three hours with him before the boat sailed back to scotland the two joung scottish farmer bill and i enjoyed our five days immensclv the irish people have the easiest accent to understand with some of the scotsmen you can onlv catch one word of 10 they speik so quick after arriving back in scotland we went on another four day tour this time up through the highlands of scotlind with two voting scottish farmers hugh mair and tom gille land of mauchlinc avrshire they drove a 1953 austin and we split ex penses from mauchlm we drove through to paislt took a ferry over to dumbarton drove up along loch iomond st might up scotland s verv mountainous rugged wild west coast to fort william the highlands arc v er sparsely populated in fact there are not even buildings it makes one wonder where the people stay who own the sheep and high land country the highlands remind me very much of the bluer id ge mountains hi eh divide west virginia from virginia only they are covered with trees and the highlands are very bald at fort william ben nevis 4 4061 feet the highest mountain in the british isles was covcred with from fort william we drove along loch ni ss ont of ihe largest and deepest lochs in scotland it is 2t mtlis long a mile wide in most plans and 900 fe i det p m ver item knix i to fr hi along loch ness la a mtmurlal reeled by tin people of gun urq iihurt as n tribute to john c obb who lost his life september 29 1952 in the woltra of loch ness having travel hi at 216 miles per hour in an at timpt to gain tht worlds wattr speed record cobb lost his life when the boat blew up to continent next wt went from inverness up thi last coast partway lo john o dr ut rt turning staying overnight at in virness the capital of the highlands n very beautiful city of 30 000 from inverness we drove out as far as banff scotland from there we drove south through tht grampian mountains past balmoral castle the scottish home of the queen and the duke it is a very lovtly castle mstled among evergreen trets lnt er wt passed through devil s flbow a section of road with hairpin turns where one must engage the car in low gear after passing out of this section tht land in is out considerably around perth one will find some of the best arable land in scotland wt bide goodbje to bill at edinburgh returned to mauchlim on the wav back the boys pointed out to me harry lauder s home at stratnaven in lanark from maucliline 1 drove mv car luck to dumfnts and havt returned to london to make arnngtments for the continent trip the past week end has been spent with dr high marie echner barbara rid mr bob alhn charlie corey the four ontario juniors here on the ex change visil sunday i attended a church service with them at the church of st martins in the fields last night i accompanied them out lo the london airport where i bade them goodbye as they flew back to canada having been here two months and two days they were looking forward to getting backl home i hope the pictures of their plane turn out as i took pictures of it speeding along the runway before going into the alr i plan meeting the roat winter fair delegation here in london in irsday night august 13 eight boyi wht wilt be going up to scouts this fall will meet for some special instruction on their lrsl and second star tesu the tlghl boys will be donald cook bob duby laurence duby paul elliott donald lindsay david peel wayne ridley and david smith all other cubs will be starling their activities in september on the first thursday cvrning after ohool opens information will be for warded to all cubs as well as any boys who will be welcomed into the pack as new chums the pack will expand its mem btrship to 36 with 10 boys being taken in thus full because of the lick f lindership in cubbing tht pick will not g btyond the 36 boy antic i pat id tint mon bov wanting to j cub 11 is because of the large num the present waiting le t boys will hive to wait thtir willie i fall bui i tun fin pare of thes bos are iskid to conlict tht cub master some lime during the month so that a personal call by him may be made on the parent murray scoyne akela tht nt xt ft w days harold baker assistant agricultural representa tive of hui on county formerly of wentworth and summer assistant in halton in 1949 is a member fol lowing this i leave for scotland re- turing to london two days before going over to the continent the athtr has been viry wet and id here supposed lo be the worst yet but many tell you this stoiy gots on from year to year in fact has for generations it certainly is different from canada aerial photographs will play an important part in the survey of woodlots of southern agricultural ontario being earned out this summer by the ontario department of lands and forests here a n boisonneau using small magnifying stereoscope marks forest type boundaries on aerial photographs at toronto head office photographs are placed in sketchmaster and type boundaries trans ferred to base maps to complete final forest type map busy builders winnipeg cp value or new construction in winnipeg this year reached 11218000 before the end of june compared with 9 686 000 at the same time last year mail box clusters london ont cp the post of fice is installing group mail boxes to replace long strings of individual boxes for residents on suburban traffic arteries the group boxes placid away from heavily travelled roads cut traffic hazards and pro vide better protection for mail h s holden eyes examined glasses fitted 7 douglas st guelph ough tin htavv indus trial ma of the midi mils piact s i passid through from beading to dunifru wtrt ax ford banbury took tin covtntit bv pass i icn field vrrinjli n vt ijin preston laiuistir ptnsith cirlislt to dura frits tin nr ink nint gallons ol petnl nt and a half quirts of oil m1 t ithtu 36 mil t thi gi i thi mi ion pitr i t6c j jall ko r i stid overnight at dumfries childrt with propu i knew then set out the cirt v next m i mm for kilwinning 72 irnmt miles wist if dumfries on the avr shin i ast i r tht farm of thomas re id whu bill statntr alberta was siavini the following morning mr r k bil and mi t rdr hich rests the blirnev stunt ir fee t one inch long bv ont f i t wide ind nine inches deep it his to be kissed upside down i whilt vour feet ire held bv a guidt tin thrill is suppostd to bt is kit it i as 1 ping tht limp in an aeroplane drive to kilarney from here w drove on lo kil iarniv c hititv of ktrr there in thi si uth wist v in find manv don i pontiac has it ol wonderful models van a ear thai a ntjrled exactly to yonr individual uilr kith 31 model pontiar give you a rhoice unequalled bj any other ear line and every one offer you cxqutalte tyliub dramatic rolor harmonies and unteful luxurious aupolnbnenu fnide and oat ft great series tanl a proud posucanton whirh la irhow jhit a lilllr i ling ir bellast shipv plov 1 ft bv f l imp mtr f ith cr vsiing btlfist ti pa r 0 000 mi n ai vard ilk tlvdibank dr u mbed d inn f 32000 i i nlh is donkejs nth rream heading tor a rv we saw donke v s on j itintuig carts m most sections but sw tht grt ate st num be r in this irei from killarmv wi drove five i miles south lo see mount carsantua kill 3414 fett high inlands high i i st h w i r it w as ci v i red w ith i mist and i a rtsull wt didn t see its spi nd ur w drive from killarmv to tra let m i i linn rick slaving ovtr nikht fr ini tht rt w e drov e up irdants wst cimst calwav and so gilwav bav from ve i iiht acr s central ian 1 i dublin k ung dwn into u t i i n i mums which are 1 nit th t mtv f with i s consid red tht tfarde n of ire id a k 1 1 i t itred th par ireland h ii n it u it il f th irish re t llc is th lvtlltst citv i luv j been in a verv fine shopping exclusive somewhere in pou liars six great enrthei please the most exacting driver a ear lo please vo and rack and every pontiar carries the prestige of being the bent of typ 2 famous high compression engines anl highcorn pre ainn power t pontiar offers too a rhnirr tif two fa mouit engines itnth the 6 and the h re withtml peer n their elans for all round performance punliae engines jut k on and on mile after mile and year after vear responding wilh itiiet effortless alertness lo vour touch 2 fully automatic transmissions lanl the eflblilras eae and sllle amuulh performanre of perfertnl fiillv automatic tranamiaion pontiar a famtm dual range ihdra- matir drive an extra opium on all hirfuin- an aulomalir option on the star hlrf powerglide i optiimal at eilra runl on all other aeeie whi dep dublin lvelv itv lecre tlu ng in v x i bv nities that thi r tato os d the staple crop of i 0 r 1 oho petiple death and the uul m ir ien 1s and 1r51 reached a mil i 1eai in ll statistics shew tli population if the island reach 1 k million thn the po tau hi k in ims rebellim that surted r- tipperarv inn 14 to 185 a n llion and a half irish tm grated and according to statistics the p m ation of tht entire untrv in 19s1 was 4331302 of whom 5321k3 r sided in the national cap tal dublin the loveliest city i have ever been in il is estimated that the irish com mumties abroad number at least 16 millions one half of whom are in the united states and one eighth in great britain from 1916 to 1911 civil war con tinued in the country a truce was arranged as a result ol negotiations free daily pickup and delivery or cash n 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