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-^ 8 THE GLOBE AND MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1955. Tugs Place Lighthouse On Bed of St. Lawrence Quebec, June 5 (CP).—In an unprecedented operation a 4,500-ton lighthouse was settled into position today in the St. Lawrence River, 100 miles northeast of here, to warn river traffic of treacherous reefs and shoals. Two attempts to settle the lighthouse onto a specially prepared rock bed on the floor of the river failed yesterday because of rough water. The third attempt started today at 4 a.m. when the three tugs that towed the lighthouse \ Ship Canadian I Ore To Belgium For Smelting Bathurst, NJJ., June 7, (CP) — Stockpiles of lead and zinc concentrates at the Ke.vmet Mines near Bathurst will be transferred immediately to the waterfront here and shipped to Belgium for smelt-in?, Mine Manager Holland Smith said today. The first ore boat will arrive this month and 75.000 tons of concentrates will be shipped overseas during the summer, he added. Ke.vmet is the first mine in the Bathurst base metal area to enter production. Its mill, with a capacity of 200 tons, is handling about 195 tons of lead and zinc concentrates I daily. from Levis, Que., made their approach at 5^ knots, about a half-knot stronger than the current they were bucking. The lighthouse, held over the rock bed by taut tow lines, slowly settled into position as the tide subsided. At the same time, five crew members inside the lighthouse opened valves to let the water into the lower compartment slowly. The lighthouse, which projects 20 feet above the surface, will be held on the river bottom with 2,500 tons of cement and crushed rock. It will be the base for a light tower approximately four stories high which will guide ships through the channel near White Island. The tugs, Foundation Josephine, Foundation Vera and Bansturdy, were guided in the six-'nour installation by the government patrol vessel Walter E. Foster. The Foundation tug Glen Ada suffered propeller damage" during yesterday's approach and was towed to Riviere-du-Loup. An attempt to place the lightship last year was unsuccessful. The new lightship, which will replace an old lightship, is expected to be the forerunner of a program which will see all Transport Department river lightships retired. I Slows Exports, UK. Dock Strike Hits Lake Ships Port Colborne, June 7.—Lack of overseas shipping as a result of the dockworkers' strike in Britain, has tied up three Colonial Steamships Ltd. grain carriers. Company president, Captain R. S. Misener, said today the Bayton, Bennett and Everetton are tied up at Sarnia. With ocean ships unable to discharge cargoes In Britain, movement out of Montreal had been sharply curtailed, he said. Crews made idle by the strike are being placed on other ships, according to seniority. There have been no jobs lost. w ew Freighter Roaches Lakp Superior Port Port Arthur, June 8, (CP) Canada Steamship Lines' new package freighter, Fort. T|enrv. arrived here yesterday on its maiden voyage and reported a top speed on the trip from the east of 19.5 knots. Capt. Roy An- derson of Cobourg. Ont., said no attempt had been made to break-any speed records. The captain said the ship was the largest package freighter nn the Great Lakes and would also prove to be the fastest. Thp vessel was built at Collingwood. Ships Collide While Passing Port Colborne, June 20.—The Windoc of N. M. Paterson & Son and the J. F. Durston of Great Lakes Steamship Co., Cleveland, brushed in the Welland ship canal today. The bows of the freighters collided as they were passing between Bridges 15 and 16 at Welland South. The Windoc was upbound light and the Durston downbound with a cargo of grain from Duluth to Oswego. Captain Ivan Ovens is master of the Windoc. Capt F. Sukys is master of the Durston. 'Drifters Join Search For Herring Jn Gulf , * TUm*> SLY & [* ^ Pictou, N.S. (CP)).—A fleet of British fishing boats is poised to head out into the Gulf of St. Lawrence in a revolutionary search for herring that may give the Nova Scotia fishing industry an entirely new look. The new vessels are drifters— not vagabonds but fish hunters from which nets are thrown overboard to drift. The nets are supported by brightly painted buoys and follow the same currents herring use as highways In the past. Nova Scotians have made the sea, which they consider their heritage, pay off by shipping, rum-running and many kinds of fishing. But drifting is something new. Dory-men fishing from Lunen-burg-based schooners made their home port famous in the early 1900's. Their sailing ships were slowly replaced by trawlers and drag-gers that dragged their nets behind them. The traditional fishing grounds have been Atlantic Banks; off the province's south shore and the Grand.Banks of Newfoundland. The gulf is fresh territory for big-time Nova Scotia fishermen, and the path is heing broken by Englishmen. Crews of the new Pictou-based boats were recruited in Lowestoft, Eng. The Gulf of St. Lawrence is a crossroad for huge schools of fish moving south from Labrador or to and from the St. Lawrence River estuary and the sea. Some fishermen say it resembles the North Sea fishing grounds, where drifting is the most successful catching method. The drifter Boston Swift explored the gulf fishery recently and Capt. L. Bachelor said the fishing was exceptionally heavy. The Boston Swift fished only one night with half her nets, but landed 50,000 pounds of herring at the Cape Breton village of Cheticamp, where processing will be done until it can be handled at Pictou. Her sister ship Advisajjle is being converted from ctragger to drifter at Pictou. The Acorn, now in Halifax, will soon arrive to join them. The three are owned by Mercury Fisheries, a British company with officials in Halifax. Fishermen from Prince Edward Island, parts of New. Brunswick, and Quebec's Magdalene Islands have successfully fished the St. Lawrence grounds for years. If the operation is successful after a year, Mercury Fisheries will build a fish plant here. They have, been allotted part of a freight shed to form a temporary plant. The Provincial Government has offered to lend Mercury Fisheries up to $367,000. The company has already drawn $198,000.