The Gazette from Montreal, Quebec, Canada • 23

THE GAZETTE, SATURDAY. JANUARY 7. 1956 23 Holiday and Travel This Week in Aviation Small Airlines7 Hope? By ROY KF.RVIN AVIATION headlines are behrg monopolized, these days, by the conflicting claims from the United States and Britain about who is getting ahead in the competition for the market in long-range jet transports. Both-the aircraft and the engine manufacturers' are making promises wnich are otten highly contro- 'ersial, 4 taw dft a K3 ft (Bermud News Bureau Photo Donald and Seth J. Raynor, the 18-hole course is set against a backdrop of the turquoise waters of the ocean around Bermuda.

Par is 71. MID-OCEAN GOLF COURSE: Among the world top 10 golf courses is the Mid-Ocean in Tucker's Town, Bermuda. Designed by Charles Blair Mac- fast-growing number of visitors who come to bask in the warm sunshine and enjoy the advantages of this sub-tropical state. An aerial view of Miami Beach iupports the observation that accommodatione in Florida are growing to meet the increasing demands of the Hockey, Theatre, Feature N.Y. Weekend Meanwhile, it seems that the needs of dozens of small airlines, or airlines with special needs, are being neglected.

The common cry, when this problem is raised, is "what is going to replace the DC-3?" The fact is that no one wants an actual replacement for the wonderful Douglas oraft. What they want is an aircraft which, in the future, will play a similar role. It must be adaptable to passengers or cargo, be aBle to operate out of small airports on short runways, be easy to fly and to maintain, be cheap to operate. But all these requirements even those of runway length are comparative. Conditions have changed a great deal since the middle Thirties when the DC-3 made it possible for many airlines, for the first time, to show a profit.

The DC-3 "replacement" may be an aircraft considerably different from the DC-3. It will be comparable only in its relations to the big fellows now on the drawing boards. Handley-Page Plans While several British and American companies are betting enormous amounts of money and man-hours on long-range turbojets and turbo-props, at least one company, Handley-Page, has been working on the need for a transport which, on short ranges, would prove more practical than any turbine craft. The Handley Pase Herald, which is promised for delivery sometime next year (a prototype lias been flying for several months), is specifically designed for short-haul work in unfavorable terrain. It can take off in 1,000 yards from a grass landing-strip.

It is designed to offer low operating costs. Beyond these basic requirements, the Herald is a product of the mid-50s, not the mid-30s. It will carry up to 44 passengers or a 4.5-ton load, a considerable increase on DC-3 capacity. In accordance with today's trends in air safety, it has four engines Miami Beach Season Opens Haiti By ARTHUR L. HIMBERT (New York Times Service) AN air of optimism 'exceeding that of even the honeymoon years after World War II prevails among Miami Beach hotel and motel operators, travel agents and business men concerning the 1955-56 winter tourist season.

VOODOO and the As they have done lor the instead of the DC-3's two. It is a high-wing craft, a change believed worthwhile in terms of loading. It was more comfortable for the passenger and it is specially developed for use in a wide range of temperatures. All of these factors indicate that the Herald is not primarily intended for domestic use in North America or Burope, as the DC-3 was. Various other craft have long since filled the old DC-3 role in these areas, both flying facilities and traffic volume have expanded.

The Herald is intended for the more out-of-the-way places in South America, Asia, Australasia, Africa areas which find the available types unsuitable. The promise of the Herald is already attracting attention in such areas. Inter-Service Dispute Aired After much soul-searching, the public censure and replacement of an air vice marshal and considerable other friction between RCAF, Canadian Army and Defence Department officials, some idea of the inter-service dispute is emerging in Ottawa reports. A Canadian Press dispatch this week said that Canada is thinking of increasing the number of home defence squadrons in the RCAF. The need for more first-line home defence is one of the things the Air Force officers have been emphasizing.

Three possibilities are offered as solutions: Bring home some of the Sabre squadrons in France and Germany: Ask the USAF to help protect Canada by basing squadrons here; Form new squadrons. The first is as silly as the second. The CF-100 was developed, at huge but necessary expense, because there wasn't an aircraft for sale anywhere to fill Canada's particular needs. If the Sabre could have filled them, we wouldn't have needed the CF-100 (Sabre range is about 1,000 miles; CF-100 between 2,000 and How can Canada expect to get servicemen from the United States, which has a draft, to serve in the defence of Canada, which depends only on volunteers? The third alternative, it Is said, might be done only by cutting, once again, the size- of the Canadian Army. Last year, the Army was cut by 1,000 men and the RCAF Increased by that number.

And last year, Army Chief General Simonds "retired" about the time the decision to cut the Army was made. It is definitely against democratic principle for servicemen to make public pronouncements on defence policy. But the impression grows that Armed Service leaders are willing to sacrifice their careers for the sake, of telling Canadians what the Defence Department refuses to clubhouse facilities. Tennis courts are available in the public parks, and daily recreation programs in each of the three civic centers at little or no cost to visitors. These sports, however, are only a small part of the entertainment and recreation for vacationists.

Swimming, fishing, boating and skin diving are among the other active outdoor sports which are close at hand. Boxing and wrestling are spectator sports held regularly through the winter. The city itself has expended $4,000,000 since last year in public improvements, including a new 'beach park. Music includes symphony concerts, special variety shows and operatic presentations. To these must be added the name bands on the popular night club circuit as well as the star entertainers who headline the shows at the night spots.

It's sheer bewitching magic-lhe beguiling pleasure-trinca that steals over vou when you relax in the tropical luxury ol I at the horse tracks. But tfiere are also many modern, comfortable hotels where nice rooms are but $10, and there sre' thousands of apartments in the same price range. Anywhere in the city there is a near-by beach, usually within walking distance, where the sun and water are just as warm as at the private beaches and pools of the big hotels. Golf for Public Golf courses, once considered only for executives, are open to Miami Beach vacationists for greens fees of $3. The city maintains two eighteen-hole courses, each with modern Paul Weesner's RIVIERA, Haiti's largest and most modern hotel.

Love good food? You'll glory in its superb French cuisine, lizyf lust swim and sun in the Riviera's beautiful open air swimming pool or loaf and sleep in manor-sized rooms or terraced "Chateau suites. You'll also find gay, sparkling entertainment in the Bamboche Room, center of Haiti's night life, luxury import shops, and many other fascinating attractions which combine to provide every vaca tion delight in an atmosphere that just naturally brings together the most interesting people! Colonial Airlines is co-operation with the Paul Tauslg and Son travel service of New York, will operate its first "show plane" service to Manhattan the weekend of Feb. 3 to 5 this year. The "show plane" plan is designed to bring New York's legitimate theatre, opera and major sporting events within the pocketbook of the average Montrealer. Attractions during the first such weekend include accommodation at the Waldorf Astoria, tickets to "The Pajama Game" and "Teahouse of the August Moon," a tour of the United Nations Building, an evening at the famous Latin Quarter night club, and attendance at a Madison Square Gardens hockey game between the New York Rangers and the Montreal Canadiens.

Patrons of the weekend package tour will leave Montreal aboard a Colonial four-engined Skycruiser at 3 p.m., Friday, Feb. 3, and return by leaving LaGitardia Field, New York, ou the late-night Owl flight, Sunday, Feb. 5. Total cust per person, excluding transportation, is $60.50. The next show plane will be Easter and others planned for the future will include such features as professional baseball and football games, and a performance at tht Metropolitan Opera.

'Thrift Ticket' Transatlantic visitors can now travel throughout Britain and Ireland using only one ticket. This "Thrift Tour Ticket," priced at $20 third class and $30 first class, obtainable only in North America, was previously valid for 1,000 miles of rail travel in Britain.lt is now also good for rail travel throughout Ireland. This represents the most comprehensive travel facility ever offered visitors to Britain and Ireland. Port au Piince Overlooking Haitian Bay Stt your travel agent or OLIVER KERMIT HOTEL ASSOCIATES, I Filth Avenue. New York 17, Nr.

a Jamaica's Blue Mountain By E. LAINE SHEPARD (New York Timee Service) 'INGSTON, Jamaica. The most exciting experience of a K1 Travel recent five weeks sojourn here was a climb up Blue Mountain on a mule, and under a lull moon. Blue Mountain is the highest peak in Jamaica (7,402 feet). It dominates Blue Mountain Range, which extends from the region approximately north of this capital to the extreme eastern end of Jamaica.

Most of our caravan met at the Blue Mountain Inn, in Gor island, giving the impression of being a huge lake. (Jamaica is peculiar in that it has no lakes whatever.) When the sun was fully up and we could take in. the complete vista on all sides, we saw fully three-quarters of the 150-mile-long island. We could see on the south coast all the way from Morant Bay to May Pen, forty-five miles west of Kingston, and on the north coast from Port Antonio clear to Discovery Bay, 75 miles away. Looking in a northwesterly direction, if the air had been crystal clear, 'we should have been able to see the south coast of Cuba, ninety miles away.

I'd rate the view from Blue Mountain Peak as one of the world's greatest, vying with those from Sugar Loaf in Rio de Janpirn. the Grand Tetons in past several years, they are preparing for the greatest number of visitors in the city's history. Despite the fact that about 10 per cent more hotel and motrl accommodations will be available, they expect a capacity tourist influx at the very start of the New Year. Most of the new multi-million dollar oceanfront hostelries report capacity advance guest bookings. Predictions of increased business over last year range from 15 to 25 per cent.

Massive Addition Since last winter, Miami Beach has added 1,100 hotel rooms. These and new and enlarged motels and apartment houses will enable the Beach area to accommodate 150.000 guests at a time. Between now and mid-May, Miami Beach expects to entertain more than 750,000 winter visitors, each staying an average of thirty days. The tone of many inquiries show that they are from middleclass prospective visitors. This aeems to indicate that people are beginning to realize that Miami Beach in the winter is not merely for the wealthy.

Luxury hotels, of course, are expensive, with rooms for two at $30, $40, and $50 a day. There are lavish night clubs, too, and exclusive restaurants, just as there are $100 windows Lake Placid Lifts lake Placid this winter adds two Poma Lifts for the convenience of skiers. In addition. Hie Whiteface Mountain ski development at Wilmington, the mile-long Mt. Van Hoevenberg bobsled run, the Olympic Arena with its mammoth ice skating rink, the Mt.

Pisgah ski centre st Saranac Lake and the four other local ski centres are now ready. A carnival is scheduled for the Lincoln Birthday weekend, Feb. 10-13, at Saranac Lake. This will include a coronation ceremony, a parade with 50 floats, dog sled races, the American Legion sled derby for children, ski races at nearby Mt. Pisgah, the North American speed skating championships and finally, the storming of toe winter king's "castle." constructed of 120,000 pounds of ice, with artillery of multicolored fireworks.

Tours to Israel More than 275 tours, organized for the 1955-56 season by travel agents and carriers throughout the United States, feature Israel as their destination. These organized group tours are perhaps the best evidence of the aa I I I I I I I mm" tell them. Wvomine. or the Swiss AIds. Weekly tervka -avery Friday at 9 P.M.

to the "Ule of June" NASSAU In he BAHAMAS on Hie completely av-ccjrKljtioaecl 24,400 ten -s-NASSAU Travel golds and warm reds. The sky took on a grayish blue, and orange and purple patches began to appear. You could almost hear dawn breaking, sending off a spray of kaleidoscopic rays, as we turned off a tiny stretch of path onto a plateau "We're at the top. We're at the top!" two boys In the party screamed. They jumped off their mules and ran excitedly up to a white limestone hut, put there by the National Forest Department as a rest for travelers.

The rest of us got off our mules and dashed to the edge of the plateau to look down on one of the most magnificent sights it has been my pleasure to behold. Kingston Comes Awake Below us to our right, lay Kingston, coming awake as the lights of cars and homes and industrial plants were flicking on. Sixty miles to the left of Kingston, across on the north shore of Jamaica, we could make out beautiful Port Antonio. Someone yelled, "Come on over to the other side it's magnificent." We crossed the rocky terrain to another level piece of ground facing the north side of the island. There was a stiff breeze, and for the first time in Jamaica I 7 Dayi, inducting two days in Nauoa ihip yew hotel SEE MORE of EUROPE away from busineMl 'OJULYl Only 4 day, pcMngr pay! Cruna ret.

from RMBoV- for LESS driving your own don Town, 1,000 feet up in the mountains, near the Hope River, about seven miles from Kingston. After lunch we motored up to Mavis Bank, 2.000 feet high, where we foregathered with our mule trains. There were guides and their 11 mules, one for each of us to ride on, and two pack donkeys Serpentine Climb We started climbing, Indian file, at about 3 p.m. with the native guides on foot behind their mules. The caravan moved slowly ilong a short stretch of asphalt road, took a sharp right turn, and we found ourselves in the thick brush, descending steeply.

We snaked along at a steady pace on our sure-footed mounts for about a mile, when we broke out into a big clearing and approached the Yallahs River which separates St. Andrews and St. James Parishes. Just about sunset after three and a half hours of climbing, cur safari filed through a big wooden gate to a concrete platform, where we dismounted and entered Torre Garda to spend the early part of the night. By 2 a.m.

everyone was up and we were all ready for the skyward trek. The native guides were waiting with the mules. Now we moved into pitch-black jungle, with complete void on the right, and a steep hill on the left. Occasionally we could make our stars through the foliage, but ttoe moon had passed out of view. After a time we saw the sun occupying Mme cabin pay SO ikaii feMffy Plan doe.

not oppfy to en. way ar atop wm. and surpassing even that from the Pali in Hawaii. After an hour or so of marveling and photographing, we repaired to the little white hut provided by the Government Some natives had prepared coffee and delicious soup and our box lunches were opened. Low Cost Trip Back in Kingston, we had ridden and walked 14 hours out of twenty-four.

But the trip 'was fun and an experience no one should pass up. It cost mighty little, $5 for the room, meals and box lunch at Torre Garda, plus a guinea one pound, one shilling, the equivalent of $3 for the guide and mule. RENAULT Sea your Travel Afford INCHES NASSAU LINO HOME LINES 12SS Philllpi Square MAtaaetfa 4IT1 4 DOOR 995 SEDAN oaf PUB Then keen car, or re-sell it! (Copyright 1956 N.Y. Times) Here is the lowest-cost, best way lo see Europe a brand new Renault delivered when you arrive abroad. 4CV 4-door, 4-passenger sedan costs only J995, FOB Paris factory.

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