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\, t. has: dia: # i » «Dr. W, 1. *ylition; AT RN A Xx THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1929 a BRITAIN WILLATD INMIGRANTS IN AGRICULTURE Baar Part of Cost CNR. Correspondence dy. Course Montreal, Feb. 13--As 'a. further of stimulati to Canada, the British gov- now agreed to assist n National Railways ization. Department in consider=, $5 iation.D The field covered by dence Course in Cana- dian serine inaugurated by the way . Compan RT Miia be or 8 rants, accord- be to'a statement issued today by ck, Director of Coloni- , British immi-/ company of providing a practical pron In elementary Canadian agyi- culture, at' a fiom fee, to those intending to undertake farm work here. The course consists of a series of ten lectures covering the ten fundamental branches of Canadian farming and prepared in such a way as to easily understood and assimilated by those who study it. The nominal fee paid for the course is refunded as a portion of the fare to those who finally migrate to Can- ada. During the four years of its oper- ation thus far, the course has been taken by more than 4,000 intending 'settlers, many of whom are already established in Canada, So valuable thas . the course been considered in reparing settlers for Canada that it Fas now been extended to the Scan- dinavian and other countries of Nor- thern Europe. The supervision of the course in Britain is in the hands of a graduate in Canadian agricul- ture and an intensive campaign 1s now being undertaken to increase the enrolment of students. FOOD FISHES MORE IMPORTANT adian Nationat Raitways, eement entered into by a Ts : of State: for Dominion Affairs in the British Cabinet, pro- vides Tig the Bytish Autlionties ill a, proportion of e ex- penditures it og by the Railwa ion I wo Midi ou e 5 by this manner the British auth- oritigs have ri ized the value of the plan. established by the railway Since its inception in Canada, fish cultural operations have been almost entirely confined to 'he more important fresh water and anadromous food fishes, but in recent years more attention nas been given to the propazation of | 'police and Newfoundland. An Es- game fish, such as speckled trout in the east and cut-throat and rain- bow trout in the West. GIVES. INTERFSTING DATA ON SLED DOGS J. S. Thompson Describes Dogs Used on Polar Expeditions New York, N.Y,, Feb, 13.--~Some interesting information on the sub- ject of sled dogs is found in a let ter written to the New York Times by John Stuart Thomson of Jer. sey City. Mr. Thomson writes: . "The Times states that Byrd's lead dog Chinook is said to be a grandson of the lead dog used by Peary. Peary used many sled dogs of various breeds. Chinook is a great dog, but is not descended from Peary's lead dog on the great polar occasion. I own the descend. lus, descended from Peary's Pol. aris, Sappula used a similar lead dog, Fox,'on the Nome exploit. Bal. to was not the leader. I know all these dogs and men, "Chinook is a cross between an Eskimo dog and a mastiff. Balto was a cross between an Eskimo, kimo dog with an admixture of wolf hlood is called a husky, a ant of that dog, the famous Pame- |Yo8 rangy but savage dog. None of | these dogs are beautiful. : "Now come the gorgeous white dogs Polaris, Pamelus, ete. In Bayne's book, 'Polaris' it will .be noted that they are all white Samo- yede-Eskimos, getting weight from the latter and supreme dog beaut from the former. i "In other words, they are the Russian sled dogs of the explorers Nansen, Amundsen, Abruzzi and | others, from whom Peary got them the kind of sled dogs, the Vikings brought ages ago to Greenland; small tight ears, double-plumed tail carried over the back; intelli- nt enough almost to understand anguage; loving and obedient even to death, huge mane, lambent eyes like a doe's. i "Though lighter than Eskimos, I'll match them, with their spirit and brains, against any Northern dog in sled work. ' "The Times a year ago had a pie' ture of Mayor Walker petting Sap- pala's head dog, Fox--a white Samoyede-Eskimo. The Samoyede is a Russian tribe that a thousand rs ago moved into Siberia. The so-called Siberian dogs that Mrs. Riker and Sappala now drive in dog derbies are East Siberia dogs, short-legged and short-haired, like a short-legged police dog, or hound. "Byrd's and Walden's justified devotion to Chinook is no greater than the European polar explorers' devotion to their great and sup- remely beautiful Samoyede sled dogs." THIRTY YEARS AGO HUNTED IN JUNGLE, NOW IS HONORED 'Washington, D.C., Feb. 18.--Thirty years ago harassed American officers were trailing Emilio Aguinaldo through Philippine jungles. Now they plan to honor him at a'dinner February 13. The Military Order of the Carabao, composed of 800 officers who aided in the chase and capture of the elu- sive little general, plans to send a cablegram from the assembly room o the order as a tribute to a valient oe. ne Aguinaldo, now 62, is living quietly in: Manila and for years has been one of the best supporters of United States governmental rule. An urgent invitation was sent him tp attend the dinner with all expenses paid and for a time it was thought the once flery, bushy-headed little gen- eral would attend. Then a letter was . recelved by Col. Joseph M, Heller, commander of the Carabao, that Aguinaldo could not come. 4 =» fab afian America's victory over Spain in 1898 that Aguinaldo y revolution on his own account that kept 150,000 U.S. troops busy for three years trying to quell, Without airplanes or any modern devices of war, operating in rough, unknown country thoroughly familiar to the wily Filipino general, American troops were at a hopeless dis~dvantage, Generals Lawton, McArthur and fore 289,000. is mounting. Wheaton tried to throw round the elusive 1 but time after time. he slipped through the lines like a shadow. Fin- ally, General Funston, by a clever plece of strategy, captured him, Fili- pino troops led by three white offi- cers deceived Aguinaldo into think- ing they were his own men and he allowed them to surround him. NUMBERS DECREASE OF OLD GRAY MARE IN NEW ENGLAND Boston, Mass., Feb. 13. -- The old gray mare and, for that matter, the old gray stallion, are not what they used to be, in numbers at least. The New England crop in its annual livest said 'that the number of horses in the United States has been steadily decreasing and is now at its lowest point in more than forty years. Although figures on horses of the whole country are not givep, thuse for New England show a marked dg- crease. On January 1, of this year there were 215,000 horses in the six New England States. there were 225,000 and the year be- But the value of a horse has increased. 'Where in 1925 the average value: of horses was $116, it is now $133. With the exception of pigs, other | livestock in New England is on the | tion, - Although the navy's use of increase. The value of a milk cow It is now $111. years ago it was $84. porting service, k report today, Last year individual Two a cordon | ttle brown man, NEW-ELYING BOAT WILL CARRY 32 MEN jes fies de 2 Largest Ship of Its Kind, Now Being Tested Washington, D.C., Feb, 13, -- Fly- ing with the grace of a giant bird, a new amphibian flying boat capable of carrying 32 passengers has stirred the curiosity of aeronautical experts and aviation enthusiasts alike, It represents the winning design in the navy's flying boat competi- tion staged last year and won by the Consolidated Aircraft corporation ef Buffalo. Lieut. A, W, Gorton, navy pilot who flew it on its first triak and a staff of experts now are put- ting the new land and water plane the=vsh ifs paces at the Anacostia naval air station prior to its accept- :nce by the navy, Interest in the big plane centers around its potentialities as a com- mercial transport as well as a navy patrol flying boat, The passenger compartment is 60 feet long, a length only = dreamed about by flying boat designers until the present ship was put in produc: the plane never would involve the use of the plane as a transport carry- ing a large number of persons, the Jesignery and aero] see inde an: which cat BY se. utical experts tdnt development ted to commercial if not ] the test glits Tera afe co i the de- signers say. that. preliminary tests convince then :that' it will have a higher speed for its load and size than any flying boat yet built, If the big: ship can maintain a cruising speed: greater than 100 miles an hour with its full load of,32 pas. sengers or their equivalent weight, it would be of great: value op. coms bined land and water hops such as must be made te the islands .of the West Indies, Central and -South America. ' 'ow NEW ZEALAND PLANS. CHANGES IN SAMOA: J Wellington, N.Z., Feb, 18.--The Government of New Z¢aland has de- cided to institute a number of changes in the administration in Samoa, over which the Dominion liolds a mandate from the League of Nations, and where trouble with the natives arose two years aro through the activities of "Home-Rulé" agi tators. : The staff will be reorganized and the finance system simplified with. a view to considerably reducing ex= penditure, The military police~ force will be transferred to civilian "ands and strength of the force will be considerably reduced. LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA SUN A TOWER OF STRENGTH 1928 Assurances in force, (net) $1,896,915,000 + An Increase of $408,925,000 441,244,000 New Assurances Paid for 144,747,000 : A Letter from the President :. --Ex#fa Bonus to Policyholders An Increase of $112,836,000 Total Income - - An Increase of ¢41,972,000 Surplus earned during the Year - - . - Payments to Policyholders and Beneficiaries . Surplus and Contingency Reserve - = = us opr An Increase of $9,157,000 H TO t . ego. o wonderful your, vib 702, the prin Total Liabilities - = have Mhopeboce ting policies. The (Including paid up Capital) turing P27 ma Assets, at December 31st, 1928 - - - - 488,958,000 An Increase of $87,652,000 Rate of Interest earned on mean invested assets (net) 6.58% DIVIDENDS TO POLICYHOLDERS INCREASED FOR NINTH SUCCESSIVE YEAR The Company has also inaugurated the practice of paying a special maturity dividend on participating policies, ten or more years in force, terminating by death or maturity f Canada bi Li e insurance Lompany © Sun Li FrICES OF xp PRESIDENT 49,920,000 Montreal, January 8, 1929 66,938,000 422,020,000 To Our Policyholders: other We Bave just completed CC fore equalled: os Bonus Nlowing » SPR "oa § al summariz 1929 s olicies ten yeas ih » tho Fidend" po Bien by i d period, a bonus © woot Shes jdend P 15 per cent. on polic fuss 3 yearly © dowments, at maturity, ii a iy Se ¢ policies ten years! mes og gv: She yeh i) policies in force twen o~ ent. : : We in the forthcoming annual TeP en f, the e never ciple © basis for may be twenty of 10 per cent. to 1% Details will be iV usual ane bo for which, for EXTRACTS FROM DIRECTORS' REPORT members on this We congr® cen made POS pr for the IV As ninety P accrues 10 alate 9% by the large pro ible osly of the Company ® er cent. of : themse! our policyholders and ity, combined effect of thi fits earned oF If You Are Interested in Insurance See--- M. E. hARTLEY Local Manager Jomianion Bank Chambers Oshawa, Ontario Phone 1834 or 738f « » . After deducting amounts re-assured, the total assurances in force now amount to $1,896,915,934.57, an increase of $408,925,- 254.48. Policies in force number'633,240, and in sadisien 136,293 Sertifivates of ign are hel employees of corporations firms under the group plan. While every field of operation contributed its full share to these impressive advances, the rapid development of our business in Great tin and the, United States is especially noteworthy. generous re- ception of our Company in countries served by powerful domestic institutions is parti- cularly gratifying, as testifying to wide- appreciation of our record and ser- o » + The amount paid to policyholders since organization, a pd with the amount at present held for their security or benefit, exceeds the total amount received from them in premiums by $111,370,229.10. The strength and resources of the Com- pany have been still further enhanced. 'The net rate of interest carned on the mean has risen to 6.58 A net profit of $11,028,854.59 has been realized from the redemption or sale of secu- rities which had risen to high premiums. The securities listed in the assets have been valued at fi substantially below the values on them by the Government. 'This undes valuation | of our securities repre sents an important safeguard against possible adverse market pil og to A 3 het We are again able to report that on the bonds and preferred stocks listed in the assets not one dollar, due either as interest or as dividend, is in arrear for a single day; while the dividends accruing to common stocks ex- ceed by several million dollars those payable on the same stocks at the time of purchase. 'The surplus earned during the year, based on the valis given in the accounts, amounted to $40,264,088.52, j $10,000,000. has been deducted from the heavily marked-down value of secu- rities, as additional set aside to $20,000.000. The spacial amount set aside as a Hability : to provide for unforeseen contingencies been maintained at $12,500,000. ay Apt ' incredsing the amount so $15,822,339.65 has been paid or allotted as profits to policyholders during the yeas. After making all deductions and allocations, $9,157,966.34 has been added to the undivided surplus, bringing the total over liabilities, contingency accounts, and capital stock, to $54,438,802.48. 'The continued prosperity of the enables your Directors to announce, for the ninth successive year, a substantial increase in the scale of profits to be distributed to pars ticipating policy-holders during the ensuing year, In addition, your Directors have inangur- ated the principle of granting a Special Divi- dend on participating policies maturing after having been in force tem .years or . 'This new bonus will enable policyholders or occasioned . beneficiaries whose withdrawal is by the maturity of policy contracts, to par- ticipate in the accumulated surplus which it has not as yet been considered prudent to divide. The. effort to provide life assurance at the rs ELE mgly apprecia ers gratified by this further evidence of our desire that the Company's prosperity shall be fully shared by its members. ] SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA