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                                                            EXHIBIT 24(A)(2)


                          SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY



        KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT THE UNDERSIGNED, CONSTITUTES
AND APPOINTS WILLIAM H. LAMBERT AND HAROLD C. TAMBURRO, AND EACH OF THEM, THIS
TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEY-IN-FACT AND AGENT WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION AND
RESUBSTITUTION, FOR HIM IN HIS NAME, PLACE AND STEAD, IN ANY AND ALL
CAPACITIES, TO SIGN THE ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED
APRIL 30,1996, FOR FILING WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION BY TSX
CORPORATION, A NEVADA CORPORATION, TOGETHER WITH ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS TO SUCH
FORM 10-K AND TO FILE THE SAME WITH ALL EXHIBITS THERETO, AND ALL DOCUMENTS IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH, WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, GRANTING
UNTO SUCH ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT AND AGENTS, AND EACH OF THEM, FULL POWER AND
AUTHORITY TO DO AND PERFORM EACH AND EVERY ACT AND THING REQUISITE AND
NECESSARY TO BE DONE IN AND ABOUT THE PREMISES, AS FULLY AND TO ALL INTENTS AND
PURPOSES AS HE MIGHT OR COULD DO IN PERSON, HEREBY RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING ALL
THAT SUCH ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT AND AGENTS, OR EACH OF THEM, MAY LAWFULLY DO OR
CAUSE TO BE DONE BY VIRTUE HEREOF.


DATED:          7/16/96
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                                      /S/ J.C. SPARKMAN
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                                      J.C. SPARKMAN
                                      BOARD MEMBER OF TSX CORPORATION


                                      /S/ DOLORES SPARKMAN
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                                      WITNESS