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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, 10th. JANUARY, 1925.

CANADIAN RAILWAY ENTERPRISE. Engineers Lining Famous Big Tunnel.

The building of the Connaught DOUBLE-TRACK

TUNNEL.

́¡SPORTS IPARS.

Interesting World Items.

Though few of the many Rug- gor players who turn to Soccor become goalkeepers, that sosma to bo the most natural position for them to take, seeing that they should ho gifted with a safo pair of hands. Tho greatest modern instance of a "convert" from the handling codo is Farquharson, of Cardiff City. He is very popularj at Ninian Park, bosauso many of the City's followers have also changed their allogiance from ano game to the other. The historic- al caso which the Cardiff goal- keeper follows is J. W. Sutoliff who played for England at both ondes.

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Who over hoard of a bay of 12 years being a professional frot hailer? Incredible though it may Boom, Alfred Saxby, Chesterfield's popular right-back, actually sign. ad his first professional form when ho was only that age.

Ho was playing with a junior club namod Bolsover St. Macy's when a zealous, but misguided enthusiast persuaded him to aign his nama 10 4 professional form, and it required a good deal of correspondence on the part of his father to get the form can- collod. Sixby, by the way, is in business as a publican, as are Roberts (Manchester City). Hardy (Notts Forest,) Pagnam (Watford,) Fazackerlay (Wolves), Storer (Hartlepools Unitod,) and othora.

BAT MACDONALD THROUGH WHICH CONNLAUGHT TUNNEL DAGSES B AULES In lining the largest double- $2,500,000 to line. It is 24 fest

Colin Veitch has been making track railway tunnel on this con- high and 29 feet wide. Cement

very successful public appear. tinent, the Connaught, in the am unting to 500,000 sacks was

Jances lately. However, it is not Selkirk Range, a subsidiary chain required for the stool reinforced

As 4 footballer that tho old' of the Rockies, Canadian eng concrete jacket.

Newcastle skippar is performing inoara are now completing an-

but as an amateur actor. His other great triumph. This im Tunnel abolished many vory neri- mense tunnel on the main line of ousd.fficultion. By going through plougha and equipment shops, be: part was that of the olderly gent in Bernard Shaw's "Back to the Canadian Pacific Railway, is instead of around, Mount Mac- came unnecesary.

Fresh air is provided for pas-Methuselah." Veitch was always named after the Duko of Con- donald, the main lino mileage was naught,

Govornor reduced 4.3 miles and the summit songer and workmen by two stool a good stayer, but an hour and a former Д General of Canada. It pierces elavation by 552 feet, while 2,600 fans at the woat portal, revolving half's talking on the stage is a lot. were at the rate of 2:5 revolutions por His performance was described 33 Mount Macdonald from a point degrees of 18 miles west of Field, B. C., for eliminated, and nearly 5 miles of minute and supplying 700,000 cu-masterly. As a musician, too, Auto-Celin standa high, and fow, if any, fivo straight miles to its western snow-sheds, required to protect bic feet of air por minute. portal near Glacier, B. C., and cost the track from avalanches, with matic signals control the traffic in have such an extensive know- over $6,500,000 to build and over an army of pushor engines, snow- the tunnel.

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The inter-'Varsity Boat Raco is a long way off yet, but the process of solecting the oamen is already under way. Only two of last year's Oxford eight will be availabla-G. J. Mower White and G. E: G. Gadsden. With so many now mea to find these two old Blues are not taking part in the Trial Eights, but are to bo soon daily on the towing path on horseback coaching and looking for talent. Gadsden the present O. U. B. C, socretary, was brought into the boat lato in the practice for this year's race, thus supply- ing Oxford with their usual Eton ropresentativa,

J. Galloway, the contre-for- ward Notts Forest havo.obtained from Dorby County, comes of a woll-known Yorkshiru Rugby family. His relatives woro groat forwarde when Yorkshire pro vided most of the England-prok. Galloway was for some time a conductor on a Sunderland tram and first attracted the attention of the professional managers when playing for the tramwaya

team.

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Tho announcemont of tho venues for the golf championships. of 1925-6, by the R and A. Com- tittoo, brings with it-an addi- tional course to the rots. Lytham and St Anne's will be the vonuo of the open championship in 1926, which will be the first time a championship proper has boon played in Lancashire, Tho amateur championship for tho un me...you?" will be played cat Muirfield, East Lothian The

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WINTER SPORTS IN CANADA.

Bigger and Better Than Ever Before.

DES BAILLETS

SKI- RUNNING

IN QUEBEC

QUEBECT FAMOUS TOBOGGAN

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Many puclies of Amasi.

Snow King arrives, for the north ing, curling, ski-running, ski-tumo | Csatenu inod is always care of a white jing. bockes, anowshor

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Unnada Le busy wild einborak, put an orogram of internationa. plane for a big time when the competitions including figure shat spend the bolidays in Quebec. The La partientarte Dovnisă and with Bostnatans, why oflær arrange winter. Naturally, the Chales stunts and other winter sport soperties of twenty-dre of more. Frontenac, capital of winter sports tivities Night skatino masquerade goue and old-to spend Christmas in in the fore-front with plans for the laminated open rink funt ip Quebec. -

It le long tumr from Chochea to carnival days & Des Balleta, & outside the Chatent door. are at Baxt master of all sorts of winter pected to land enchantment to ere Havelstoke B. Dy the skt-jumpina has been imported to be ning festivities. Koonlight sld-rum center of the Canadian Rockies, sports director for that hotel Mt and slephing parties will divide | Revelstoke le not behind ike nasteri Des Bailleta is of French descent banors with the brightly lighted sister wlep It comes to gurting but was born in Switzerland, and toboggan slide on Dufferin Ferres ready for winter morta. The largest enloved all the advantage of win and the fare of sweet strains of skating rink in western Canada to jto be erected at Røvsintake and of ter sports in that mountain coun-mosle within the dancing rooms

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try He came to the United Stater Ski-foring will receive much at fere are being received frors trama in 1910 and was for two years tention and ownere of fast horsee all over the west to compete on the Sports Director of Turado Club at are being necuraged to train them new cloks skating wil be the pre- Tuxedo, New York's most fashion for that sport Races will be held mier sport, but boekwy and curling able country club. He promoted on a track of well beaten snow will not be neglected.; while a to- and directed the 8no-Birds of Lake The Chateno dog team will play its boggan slide will be operated is Placid also International compe anual part to aiding sport and connection with the rak. Nroots Hitions of all sorts of sporta.

marriment, and will be brused to autions are under way to get the He plans to form a "Frontenac little Eskima igipo, adding to Ebvfr best ski-tumpers to partleinate to Revelstoke's ski-jumping carnival, Winter Club" In Quebeo, which will picturesqueness."

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