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‘On: a. recent: evening, members of

the. B.C. Old Age Pensioners’ Asso-

ciation were. treated toa film show

‘in Victoria. ;
* The-showing™ marked: ‘the 110th

showing of. films on Australia and

other subjects by.Commander and

‘Mrs: Ivan’S. Day: :For three years
the Saanich | couple have:been en-

. -tertaining varied groups with .pic-
“tures ‘of: life:

in’ Australia’ and a

small’ collection ‘of souvenirs of
=<that country of opposites. They have

daughter and

“shown. ‘their: films ‘to|a number of

“audiences. in Sidney and: in Central
Saanich.

“In-1949 Cmdr::and Mrs. Day re-
‘turned from. Australia after spend-
ing a holiday_at the home of their
son-in-law.. They
were armed: with a collection of
cight-millimeter films they ~ had
‘taken ‘themselves and a group of
reels of. official Australian traye-

logue, 16.mm. films.

“. Cmdr.

From. the . first : time “of © their

showing -the ‘films’ ‘attracted wide
“interest and the

demand °is« still
very high? in/all. parts” of : -lower

' Vancouver. Tsland::

Prior :to. his voyage: to. ‘Australia

Day--was: largely. interested
in*his \:cage-birds. and’ devoted
“much * of.:his:.spare. time. to. this

hobby. :Since. his return he-has-de-

voted more*and: more. time to“the
‘showing of films:

- Many “Aspects

acide with a strike of coal min-
-ers,..The large cities of Sydney:
and Brisbane were without heat ;
and. life in a hotel was a:grim one. |
Despite popular | conceptions of
Australia. Cmdr: Day ‘assures’ his
landicnces.. that the July winters
can..be. bitter.

His..experience -of| the pafities il
Scene ‘was limiteds. He ‘comments
that Communism made consider-
able: inroads: into .a ‘number “of
unions and’ was a prominent. fea-
ture of the country’s politics: To-
day, ‘Communism is less promin-

MORE THAN 10,000 AUDIENCE = DATE

many Tows of tecth in its huge

head and is armed with -gills, so
, powerful that.il can crush -a shell-
fish -in them,

The. less. attractive features of
Australian Jife are more than’ off-
set by the attractions, he. belié¢ves:

Help.a “Cobber” :
» The ‘Australian people are ‘duick

to take offence when no: such of- | A § ? Aa
|e in four generations of. mixing:

fence is. intended; -recatls Cmdr.
Day. At the same time they are
quick to-make friends and an’ Aus-
tralian will find no. limits in’ his
efforts to assist'a “cobber”.

ent, he believes. : :
“The: inland highway,: “between 1 While he was there gasoline was
Brigbane and Sydney, is a. won- rationed. “It was necessary to ob-
Brith road recoils “he traveller ‘tain a ticket to draw “petrol” from
‘i d € eT. “4 7 Ly <4

. : bowser”. He was inundated
Built-on a foundation of several] *. owser ney . f :
feet of rock ballast, the road is with offers of tickets from many

a ’ i re W§

smooth and very nearly non-skid.
Life-Saving ;

A. feature. of. the. life. of many
Australians that. particularly im-
pressed Cmdr.. Day was the system
of safeguarding Jives:on the many

miles-of wonderful’ beaches... ‘The
‘beaclies are provided uaieli life-
savers: ,

These men volunices for the job |
‘and-receive no pay.° They ‘are ‘in |
constant attendance to ‘go to. the;
‘rescue of “swimmers, stunned -by
the-heavy breakers, beset -by.sud-
den troubles or attacked by the
‘vicious ‘sharks. His. recollections
of the ravages s of “sharks: arc not,

In addition to® the attraction’ of pleasant. |

“the movies, Cmdr. Day’ offers in-
‘formation, on.Australia.. which was

gained during ‘his comparatively by .a shark and-only one of the | Canada or Britain,
brief stay’ in the continent “down original three lived to tell the tale. |
“under”,

> His: lectures have been
notably” sof considerable’

‘tralian life.

Hes ‘describes: ‘their. “first” experi-| six: feetin Jength,:
“ence of life. in Australia,” ‘which co-

interest! ers around Australia, ‘which. is .a
and ‘cover: many aspects ‘of: Aus- ‘menace to humans is the “groper.

He was present at an incident
when two: life-savers were killed

Another inhabitant ‘of. the: wat-

A large: cod measuring: more -than!
‘the. groper: is:

feared: by. divers. © The: fish. has

¥ how I wanted that: a

thing. I got to dreaming about it and

alling it “our refrigerator’, though

~~ de-still'sac in the shop window. We’:
“saw. it-every Saturday night in ‘the.
- Acme Hardware as we walked home:
_ from ‘the: movies, : fou!

“John said: we ‘couldn't ‘afford ‘it,

“and -was dead-set ‘against selling our’

“But, John,” 1:

“He just. bit his
That wit

Funny how

columns about

Saying is the only: wily to move
“stay.ahead, And — sometime:

things, hippos. Next day
1 read an item-in one of those women's

“borrowing-and: saving’:
by Personal. Planning ache: Bank . of
Montreal. Tt. was about.a: situation §
‘of: like: que: own,”

one remaining bond or drawing on

_ Aunt Jean's $200 inheritance we had |
: » tucked “away in a. special savings ..
“account to he. forgotten’ except in. absolute. emergency. .

wailed, “we:can't-go on losing food”
with‘ that old worn-out fridge, ‘And: what about’ the’,
‘repair. bills you have'to: pay. for: it every | few. weeks?”

ae .

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who could iff afford to lose. the
tickets,

The. greatest possession of the
Australians is (heir independence.
If a man does.another a favor-the
‘offer of .money is ‘tantamount to
insult. In the smaller -cafes. and

restaurants a man-who: leaves a tip

forthe waitress. :is liable :to. be
misunderstood, Cmdr. Day -was
warned. In many parts of the

country such a gésiure is interpre-
ted-as-an improper adv ance. While
stranded by © the “severe floods
which ‘are’ common after. the tor-
rential rains ‘the Saanich couple!
were towed through about two
miles of deep water by. a tractor.
The offer of 2 was indignantly
refused.

A country with vast contvasts with
Australia is pro-
vided with many. kinds of timber
unknown elsewhere. .

_ Cmdr.) Day~ has: returned with ex-
‘amples ‘of various hard woods rarely
seen in, this .part of the: world. “His
“smoking ‘stand, carved’ out of. a’ log
cof amulga: wood: is.a ‘new use for an

“the: Manager ¢ the ‘clipping’ from’

_ Prior to his coming to Canada many

SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW

old wood. This very hard and very
heavy wood was once solely employ-
ed for the manufacture of. a very
deadly -spear or: arrow, he was told.

The -few, aborigines in Australia
intrigued’ the traveller. A race. of
unknown. origin, “the “Abds”
dying. out ‘rapidly, “Black. in
and in many. parts:but. slightly civil-

are
color

with whites, Cmdr.’ Day learned.

‘He returned armed with.a number

!
of films depicting the aborigines in
their native habitat and many ugly
|

weapons formerly -used -by _ these
primitive peoples.

Since their return to their home
at 1516 McRae Ave, Cmdr. and
Mrs. Day have served as unofficial
ambassadors of Australia. They hav
shown their films to 11,396 persons
and have.collected a total of $1 635.55,
for varied charities.

_ Excellent: Response

They have given shows where the
response to. the showing has been
excellent and the response: to. charity
‘miserable cand .they. have’ shown
where the. collection -has been’ most
impressive. At other times they have
‘shown’ where they were averse to
‘taking a collection, but the. audience
thas insisted, At one: showing | the
collection was rade up of cents: and
nickels .and_ they valued that contri=
bution..to’ charity more greatly than
ones reaching several hundreds of
dollars.

The film collection has now beer
boosted by a number of travelogues
depicting life in) Canada and ‘the:
Days are building. up a hobby of en-
tertaining those who experience dif-
ficulty in finding ¢ntertainment. It
‘is a hobby. whose return is measured
by the. gratitude. of their audiences:

‘Cmdr. Day is ‘a, native ‘of Wales.

: “alone,- ofcourse, :

“fie ‘paper, told:him

ys OUL. situation. exactly, and in-ten minutes. he: said he:

too much -trouble, He: asked. me.

thought we could: work ‘out. the” problem® ‘without:

to. bring John in to

. “discuss the full details. As .we walked out-of his office,

“he gave meva copy ‘of “Personal
Planning”. :

That book’ opened our eyes
about our finances.

The very next day. John and I
saw. Mr, ‘Easton, the Manager,

~ band about his job, his salary —.
about our, ‘bond and cour: “emer: :

After a few questions to my hus: '

“gency” ‘bank bilance, he said he'd

be glad to lend ‘us the $350.”

needed for the fridge, He was satisfied We could pay oft .

the Joan ina year ‘at $30: month: and we arranged COR Ses
transfer our’ special savings: account. to: his office. and mY

“to. ‘pledge ‘ou

Mr E
had. begun: towork ‘out sv said:
right, “Even though.) you've gota |

hond until the loan was: paid, :
Easton lalked over, the budget- plan. John: and: ye

we were starting out”
park: loan," he: smileds

syou re Lh fone yaur se rings! :

iis . sich at hey Already,

prices. Ask: for your: copy of “Personal: Planning” at your
“neighborhood 7 at M hranch, It’s yours for _ askings

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years ago he resided. in Portsmouth, pwho.
After: ‘the .recént war he .was. dis-
charged as medic vally unfit. His. re-
tirement..is now: more than: filled -as
che visits every part of the area with
news of a far-off land a

“Greatest Show”

Opens 4-Day Run
At Gem Theatre

“The Greatest Show On Earth,”

which opens at ‘the Gem Theatre,
Sidney, on Bork 11. is: ‘Cecil. B.
DeMille’s rake. film! achievement,

and the result of three. solid years‘of
planning, resear ch, training and pro-
duction. ; . :

Made with the. full co-operation.of
the Ringling. Bros.-Barnum & Bailey
Circus, and’ shot under their Big
‘Tops, this technicolor : spectacle ‘is
studded witha truly unprecedented
array’ of- talent “that includes

axy of Ringling ‘circus performers
and. ‘acts: In: point: ofscasty the - pic-

shots ‘during Big

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actual:
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seunence put, almost : 80,000: citizens:
: Florida;. “and: nearby.
towns The ts the. technicolor “cam

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who, -aetually. perform their “own
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undergo’ a rigorous and frequently
perilous course: of training for ‘their |
roles, Betty. Hutton, who — plays
Holly, the aerialist. spent three risky
months practising ‘on the -high -bar.
Cornel Wilde, who is seen as Sebas-
tian, the .. daredevil trapeze artist,
also had to master the intricate con-
volutions of a.high flyer.
i role as clown.. James Stewart was
lconefully coached by famed buffoon
Emmett Kelly. “and ‘Gloria Grahame,
playing the elephant girl, spent nerve-
wracking. weeks with her head -on
ethe: tanbark learning show -to: sup-
port-a pachyderm’s, massive: foot: on
her daitity nose. —

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Gets Down to Business

THE CROWNING of ‘England's ‘young Queen next June has

Wednesday, March 11, 19538.

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many an older business man: How

much, says the British manufacturer, .can' be seen at this
year’s British Industries Fair, April’ 27th to-May 8thin Lon- —
don and Birmingham, England. Here are two: examples of :

what he will show. Left: Coat-of-arms brooch with an initial.
-shaped . glove clip ‘surmounted by.
crown, (and. floral earring. Above: manufacturing jig-saw

: puzzles of a well known. pictnire of- the Queen on horseback.’

vec Li ighting’ the ‘inside of a-Big Top
for-téchnicolor photography present-
ed a:special sort of problem, -Con-
ventional ‘movie sets ‘aré lighted front
the top down. DeMille had to hight
his circus interiors from the bottom

| up. After.a year of experimentation,
the technicolor people came up with
‘a three-way solution combining novel
incandescent. lights, a highly @&ensi-
tized film, and a’ new-camera shutter:
that vividly capture “action under the

Big Top.

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sugar costs: twice: as much as ‘in
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