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A despatch from London says: Tho
War Office issued on Thursday night
the &filming -official s,taterhent on the
campaign in T-,ie:sopotunia; •
Gen. I_oke (commander of trite rri;
tisk forces) reports that Gott: Aylmer,
(in command of the relieving forces)'i
advanced, on March, G, and, moving
by the right bank of the Tigris, reach -1
ed'Nssin, t position about 7 miles east
of Ifut-el Amara. This rosttion was
attacked March. 8, but Gen. Aylmer
was enable to dislodge, the enemy,
Gen. Aylmer states that the enemy
suerecl very severely; and, beyond
strengthening his position, has shown
no activity. Our casualties were not
heavy;and in the majority of cases
were Very slight."'.
• world �� bogs fed and watered, $10.25; do.,
'1 ru6,,b 4 ®rl�1 i b,,t9.90; do., weighed at plant,
• $10.
C5.
Montreal Mar. 14: -Butchers'
Breadstuff's. • steers, best, 37 to $7.50; good, 30.50
Toronto,-
Mar" 1.4. -Manitoba wheat
to $
715
0, good, $0,50 to :$7 fair, 2(i
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No.1N t e 1 ry
t .o to $U.50 medium, , $i d um 5 toLc,t-
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75 6 hu
3
4 •
No.2 Northern, 1----111.Nor-ers'
1•(147 or /e, No. 8 Q fun bulltot, $5.75 to ne 36.25; to
$ !s, in store Fort William. him, 35.25 to $5:75, canners $4 to
Manitoba oats -No 2 C.W. 39%c• 35; butchers' cows, best, 36.25; good,
No. 8 C.W„ 37%c; extra No. 1 feed: $(,; fairy` 35.75; roughs, 34.25 to
87%c; No, 1 feed, 30e, in store Fort 35.50;. canners, 33 to 33:50. Sheep,
William. 35 to .37; lambs, 39 to $11. Hogs, se-
, ` American corn -No, 3 yellow, 76c, leets, $10:25,; to $:10.75; roughs and
track. 'Toronto. mixed, 39.50 to 310.15; common,
Canadnn. corn -Feed, 68 to 70c, 311.25; cows, 37.60 to $7.85. Calves,
track Torouto. milk=fed, 38 to $9.50; grouted, 4%
Ontario eats -No. 3 white, 41 to to 5%c.. 42c; commercial, 40 to 41c, according
to freights Outside. ht -
Ontario wheat --No. 2, Winter, per OTROOPS r" V
earr lot; 98 to 90c;•, •wheat, slightly
sprouted and tough, according to sam-
ple, 05 to 97c; wheat, sprouted and FURTHER BACK
smutty and tough, according to sam-
ple, 92 to 940; feed wheat, 85 to 900,
according to , freights outside.
Peas -No. 2, 31.60;. peas, according French Forces Make More Progress
to sample, 31 to 31.30, according to in„Corbeaux
freights outside.
Barley -Malting, 62 to 64c; feed, 57 Woods.
to 60e, according to freights outside.
Rye -No. 1, commercial, 85 to 80c; A despatch from Paris' says: Re -
rejected, according ,to sample, 82 to assuring news is coming in from the
84c, according to freights outside. battle front near Verdun. The
Manitoba flour -First patents, ,struggle for •the west bank of the
jute bags, 30.80; second patents, hi Meuse continues with the Germans
)rte bags, $0.80; strong baker's, m repeatedly hurling massed' formations
jute bars, 36.10, Toronto. g
Ontario flour -Winter, according to against the French defences. The
sample, $4.30 to 34.40, track Toron. ,manner in which the assaults have
to; $4.25 to 34.80, bulk seaboard, been repulsed has strengthened the
prompt shipment. popular belief that the. huge German
Millfeed-Car lots delivered Mont- offensive is doomed to fall. The hot-
roil freights --Bran, per ton, 324; test fighting has been taking place
middlings, per ton, 326 good feed on the line between Douaumont and
flora, per bag, $1.60 to $1.70, Vaux. At the latteroint several
Country Produce. fierce .attempts have been made to
Butterl+'resh to Mc; ducks, 17 to carry the village, but all have been
20e; geese, 17 to 20e; turkeys, 23 to repulsed. The losses suffered by the.
27c. Germans in the most recent fighting
Cheese -Large, 19c; twins, 19i/xc, are stated as enormous, exceeding the
' Potatoes -Car, lots of Ontario quot- toll taken by the mitrailleusesand the
ed at $1.70 to $1.75, and New Bruns- 75's of the French in the beginning
wielss at 31.80 to $1.90 per bag, on of the battle. On the westside of
' track.
the Meuse the Woods of Corbeaux
Montreal Markets.•
have been the scene of repeated at-
Montreal, Mar, 14. -Oats -Cana backs. Thursday night the French
dian Western, No. 2, 50 to 507,/5x; do., are said to be in possession of the
No. 3, 48 to 4848c; txtra No. 1 feed, much -disputed bit of territory.
48 to 487,ke; No. 2 local white, 47c;
No. 8, do., 46%c; No. 4 do., 4514c. B.C. HAS LOST 100,000.
Barley -Manitoba feed, 66c; malting,
76 to 78c. " Buckwheat -No. 2, 80 to Population Reduced 25 Per Cent.
Since the Outbreak of War.
82c. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat
patents, firsts, $6.60; do., seconds,
36.10; strong bakers', 35.90; Winter
patents, choice, $G.30; straight roll-
ers, 35.70 to 35.80; do,, an bags,
32.65- to $2,75.- Rolled oats -Barrels,
$5.05; bag of 90 lbs., 32.35. Millfeed
-Bran 50; .. shorts, 326; mid.
dlings, $$8 to 330; mouilhe, 331 to
33. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots,
320 to 320.50. Cheese -Finest west-
erns, 1834 to 19e; do., easterns, 18%
to 1834 c. Butter -Choicest creamery,
38% to 34c• seconds, 31 to 32e, Eggs
-Fresh, 62c; selected, 26 to 27c; No.
"-W.': 1 stock, 24 to 25e; No. 2, do,, 21 to
22e. Potatoes -Per bag, car Lots,
31.75.
Winnipeg Grain."
' Winnipeg, Mar. 14. -Cash: -Wheat
No.71 Northern . $1.08%; No. 2, do.,
• $1.05.! ; No. 3, 'do., 31.03%; No. 4,
.., $1.00rs•; No. 5, 91%se; No. 6, 84%e.
•,Oats -No. 2 C.W., 3eeisc; No 8, do.,
87%c• extra No. 1 feed, 37%c; No.
1 feed, 35%c; No. 2 feed, 34%c. Bar-
ley -No. 3, 61c• No. 4, 56c; feed, 51e.
Flax -No. 1 : W.C., $2.06; No. 2
C.W., 32.03.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Mar. 14. -Wheat --
A despatch from Victoria, &C.
says: The population of British Col-
umbia, has been reduced neary twen-
ty-five per cent. since the outbreak of
the war, according to the annual re-
port of the Provincial Board of
Health. The secretary of the board
places the decline at nearly one hun-
dred thousand persons. Twenty-two
thousand soldiers had gone to the
front by the end of last . year; the
cessation of railway work caused an
exodus of twenty thousand, and over
fifty thousand left for other reasons.
The births last year numbered nine
hundred more than in the previous
year.
GENERA[. SMUTS WINS
IN EAST AFRICA.
Seizes ,Crossigs of the Lumi River
With Only Insignificant
Lose.
A despatch from London says: The
following official communication con-
cerning the operations of the Bribish
in East Africa was made public on
May, 31.11% to 31.114 July, Thursday night: "Our troops under
31.1034; No. 1 hard, $1.16%; No. 1 command of Lieut. -General Smuts
Northern, 31.,11% to $1.157/x; No. 2 have advanced against the German
Northern, 31.0874 to $112'jh, Corn- forces in the Kilimanjaro (northeast -
No. 3 yellow, 74% to 751/2c. Oats -1 ern boundary of German East Africa)
No. 3 white, 39% to 40c, Flour un -area. On March 7 General Smuts
changed; shtpm°nts, 60,065 barrels,
Bran, $18 to $18,50. seized the crossings of the Lomb..
Duluth, .Mar. 1,4, -Wheat --No. 1 River with an insignificant loss. Sev-
hard, 31.13%; No. 1 Northern, oral counter-attacks by the enemy
31.11% to 31.13%; No. 2 Northern, were successfully repulsed,"
$1.06% to 31.1034. Linseed ---Cash, .;..
May and July, $2,31.
Live Stock Markets. TONNAGE INCREASED
Toronto, Mar. 14, -Choice heavy A despatch from London says: The
steers, ,7.75 to $8.10; butcher steers, total British mercantile tonnage on
choice, 37.40 to 37.85; do., good, 37 to registers
. n
t the cud of 1915 was 12,-
37.75; do., medium, 36.90r o $7; Sloe41(3 408 tons, as compared with 12-
common, $5.75 to 36.25, heifers, 119 891 at the end of 1913. Tihss
,,,_;good to choice, $7.25 to $7.50; do., statement was made in the. House of
medium, $6.00 to- 36.78, butcher cows, Commons on Tharsda b Reginald
nice, $6.50 to 30.65; do., good, Y y g
5.75 to 36.50; butcher bulls, choice, McKenna, Chancellor of the Exchequ-
6, to 37; do., good bulls, $5.50 to er, in answer to a question on the sub -
6; do., medium, 35. to 5.50; do.,'ect
rough blologna, 34.40 to $4.50 feed, a. ----
ars, 900 to 1,000 lbs:, 36.40 to 36.80 ACTIVITY OIc GERMAN ]J ,
AVY
do., hulls, $4,50 to $5.50; stockers, A despatch from London says; The
700 to 800 lbs., 36 to 36.50; do., med-
ium, 650 to 750 lbs., 35.75 to $6; clo., j Rotterdam correspondent of the Lon.
light, 500 to 650 lbs., 35 to . $5.50; don Daily Mail telegraphs: The Ger-
canners, $3.50 bo 34.25; cutters, 34.25 man navy is displaying aft unwonted
to 3450milkers, choice, each, $60 to activity. Large forces of marines
385; springers, 36
0to385; calves,
veal, choice, $11 to 312.50; do„ med-
ium, 37 to 38; do., common, $5.50 to
$G; lambs, yearlings, 37 to 38; culled
lambs, 37 to 37.25; spring lambs, 310
to $13.50;; ewes, light, 37.50 to $9;
sheep, heavy and bucks, 36.50 to 38;
BRITISH MERCHANT
have left Hamburg and Bremen for
Kiel. The Germans have built many
submarines, each needing a crew 04
45. There is difficulty In getting
trained men owing to the numerous
losses of submarines.
ONLY 16 ARMENIANS LEFT
ALIVE
•VDE'N RUSSIANS TOOK ERZERUM
4.0,0oo Driven Out a Few Days Before Czar's
Troops Arrived and Ail Massacred by Kurds.
A. despatch from London says: The.
etussiana found only sixteen Armen-
ians alive In Erserum out of the is -
441 Arm -anion population of 40,000 ae
',cording to information received in
Petrograd and forwarded by Reuter's
Correspondent fn the Ruesian Capital.
?'The Turkish inhabitants of Erzer
um," the correspondent adds, "stated
that a few days before the capture
of the fortress by the Russians all
the Armenians in the town were driv-
en out by the police in a westerly
dirbotion, where the Kurds, who had
been forwarned, massacred all of
them."
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THE WEEK'S DEVELO PMENTS IN TIME WAR.
The Getman attacks oti the French lines around Verdun continue, but the great offensive against that fort-
ress is referred to in Paris War Office statements as having failed. It is becoming more and more apparent:
that the enemy's .plan has been entirely disconcerted by the Allies' defence. Perhaps no greater evidence of
the German Staff's discomfiture and disappointment could be wanted than the tach that the German official com-
muniques have contained many mis-statements of the true situation around Verdun.
Artillery actions And bombing attacks have been the only activities along the rest of the Western front
xcept in the Champagne where the French, by a surprise attack, regained certain ground which had been con-
quered by the enemy a short time ago.
The Russian army, assisted by the Russian Black Sea fleet, has gained considerable, ground.' The fleet
bombarded Trebizonil and other poinbs on the coast and is said to have landed men and taken possession of
certain towns. The fleet is serving as an advanced right wing for the Russian army operating in Asia Minor:
The situation at Constantinople is reported to be extremely serious bub any information comes in
roundabout way and must perhaps be taken with some reservation. It isvery apparent, however, that the Rus-
sian advance is not only cutting Turkey hi two but numb prove a real menace to Turkish power in Europe as
well as in Asia. -
The British Relief Expedition in Mesopotamia has advanced to within a few miles of Kut -el -Amara, where a
British force exists beleagured. A junction may be expected, to be followed by an advance on Bagdad and co-
operation with the Russian forces.
A German fleet during the past week left the Kiel Canal for a short cruise in the North Sea. A hasty re-
treat was made, however, before any engagement with British warships took place. It appears that during
the recent Zeppelin raid on England several German cruisers left the canal intending to make a raid on the
British coast. They discovered, however, that the preparations and watch of the British Fleet were greater
than they had counted upon, with the result that the enemy warships were turned home.
A sensabien in Great Britain was the attack on the policy, of Mr. Balfour by Colonel Churchill, his prede-
cessor as British Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. Balfour replied in as vigorous a speech as that of his critic.
mrlrlrnr, .
ONE ROAD TO PEACE
VICTORY OVER ENEMY MUST
COME FIRST.
Peace Cranks and Their Fallacious
Doctrines Cannot -Be
citizes would vite with pacifist and
Qpaker. Now the case is different,
No Resistance.
All Quakers aro not pacifists. The
reason given by some spokesmen of
the Quakers for accepting defence,
both in their homes, from the eon-
stabulax'y and from foreign aggres-
sion by the navy and army, are un -
distinguishable frommentaldisease.
In the Weekly -Despatch of a recent
date Mr. Grubb of the Society of
'Friends declares that' he would nee
Sher kill his enemy nor assist him if
Heeded. his country were being overrun by
hordes of savages. Throe hundred
Arnold White, in the London Daily young Qaeikers have already joined
Express says:- the forces as active combatants. They
Peace, by the avenues of mutual have not been expelled from the so -
agreement, arbitration, neutralise- ciety and while they are away no steps
tion, woman's work, education, popu- will be talcen. At the end of the war
Iar voice, commerce and disarma- those who dive to return will be asked
meat, is out o sight. It is no longer by those Quakers who live safely at
practical politics to apply to scien- home "to explain their position," To
tilbe savages the golden rule of doing speak plainly, there is clearly a leav-
to others as we would that they should en of humbug in alleged conscientious
do to us. Paeificism is the raw ma. .objections.
terial of a lost war. The real harm clone by the Quaker
The submission id. disputed but creed ;s that ib enables many un -
vital international questions to courts worthier people to.inclulgo their love
of justice'is now seen to be imprac- of peace and their passion for safety
ticable in dealing with piratical na-• by accepting the sacrifices of people
tions. In every world -war there have whose gospel is not .non-resistancei.
but resistance unto. death. The Qaulc-
er umbrella shelters many a shirker.
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AT LIVINGSTONE'S GRAVE.
Vandalism at the Last Resting Place
of the Great Explorer.
When David Livingstone, the great
missionary and explorer, died in the
interior of Africa. forty-three - years
ago, his heart, in accordance with his
desire, was buried beneath a great
mpundu tree. His body was embalm-
tice of the peace. This fanatical and ed and carried on the shoulders of his
unselfish zealot founded the Society faithful blacks to the coast, whence it
ei Friends, whieh is a great political was transported to London, and found
force in England to -day, lbs final resting place in Westminster
Abbey.
All Quakers are not.:pacifists. I have
heard Joseph Chamberlain say more For a score of years, says the Bos-
than
ton Herald, hunters and explorers
than once that there was no fighting were unable to find the tree that was
man better than a fighting Quaker.
The original founder of the Society the counterpart in the wilderness of
of Friends considered -himself inspired, the shrine fit the cathedral the Bel -
His body writhed. He screwed up hie glans put up a commemorative tablet
face. Holding his breath,he exhaled eight miles from the tree, but that was
i;* with force. Inspiration became stolen by the chief of a slave caravan.
habitual to him, and he could scarcely At Iast, in 1894, to American who had
deliver himself as an ordinary man.
Hence, the term Quaker.
Quakers were several times perse-
cuted under Chatles IL, not on reli-
been peace cranks old and new who
have believed what they wanted to
believe-i.e., that war can be averted
by words.
Sheep trying to convert wolves to
vegetarianism may mean well, But
the menu of the carnivores will in-
clude mutton, notwithstanding.
.In Fox's Day.
The conscientious objector has
been prominent in war time ever since
George Fox, equipped in leather .from
head to foot, was haled before a jus -
been one of Stanley's junior officers
penetrated the little-known regions
through which Livingstone had trav-
eled and found the giant tree on whieh
mous accounts, but for refusing to the explorer's Nasik boy had carved
pay the tithes, for `thee-ing and thou , a brief inscription. The admirers of
L• i ,s put t
tv n tonet aconcretemoan-
ing" on
in themagistrates,
b p
m
ant for ref
g
c e s
meat near the tree on the he hank of
iltg to take the oaths enacted by law s
The Quakers to -day control about I the Lulimalee River, and built a small.
a dozen scats, in Parliament, and l cottage fey the use o;f visitors. Ie
though there are probably not more that cottage there was a book in
than 20,000 male Quakers in the King-
dom, their political influence is large-
ly in excess of their numbers.
During the Napoleonic struggle the
Quakers were particularly unpopular.
The Quakers suffered in London dur-
ing the bread riots as the Jews suf-
fered in Russia during the pogroms.
During the struggle Pitt was over
arid over again harassed by those who
demanded peace at any price -now
Wilberforce, now Fox, now other fess
known nisei urged Pitt to negotiate
for peace, while England's only hope
of salvation lay in a vigorous Contin.
uanco of the war.
A severe internal struggle has tak-
en place recently in the Society of
Frieude. Tho Quaker community has,
been asked by members of its own
body whether the attitude of the lead-
ers towards the present war is based
on the Bible or on the Quaker Book
of Doctrines. In aggressive warfare
for sordid gain, millions of ordinary.
which visitors inscribed their names.
No grave to Westminster Abbey is
more frequently asked :for by visit-
ors than that of Livingstone, anci the
beautiful story of his life has so won
the reverence o:1' the world that the
book in t -remote region in Africa con-
tained the names of hundreds of trav-
elers and adventurers from all the
ends of the earth. A few months ago
a daughter of Livingstone went to
visit the monument, and found that
some one who "valued the blank pages
more than those containing an unre-'
placeable collection of signatures" had'.
carried oft the book. She has adver-
tised for help in obtaining at least
a parbiai duplicate of the original list,
A Sunman and her daughter were
at sea during rough weather. After
a silence of some tine the mother:.
asked -"Are you seasiek, dear?"
"No, I think not," replied the slaugh-
ter, "but I'd hate to yawn,"
GERMANY AT WAR
WITH PORTUGAL
Formal Declaration Made and Am-
bessador's Passports
Received.
A despatch from Berlin says: Ger-
many declared war on Portugal at
3.30 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon
and handed his passports ,to the Por-
tuguese Minister, Germany took this
action because of the recent seizures
of German ships in Portuguese ports,
whieh the German Government de-
clares "the gravest breach of neutral-
ity and of special treaties. Germany
is therefore obliged to give up its
former forebearing attitude, which
had been maintained on .account of
Portugal's awkward situation," says
the official notification.
_-
The
The erosseyed man was watching
the activity of Niagara. "What a big
waste," he remarked to his friend.
The very stout lady standing near by
looked at him angrily. "Mind your
own business."
AN MORED MEEES LAID ONG
THE TRADE ' ROUTE To Iao iLAND
Threatened' 13i.7ek.ade Alrtaciy iia Existence Betwee11
l,narn s and Gitsio';cr Lightship.
A despatch tram Lon4361i says; The'I linittship, It is in this neighborhood
blockade of Englaitit by mines, report- that Many disasters have occurred
ed, as threatened.by Germany, is al-, during the Mat month,'
ready in exigence!' along the trade Passenger ships, until recently, havo
route to Holland, ' acro, ding, to naval Iscest quite sucecsefal in dodging
circler, here Germl,n submarines neci floating mines by making their voy-
repotted to have iicen busy recently I ages in daylight, but no method 'ia
laving anchored mines between th;; know of guarding against submerged.
mouth of the Thames and the. Galloper 1 anchored. mines.
THE SUN LIFE OF CANADA.
New Records Darn Been Created By
This Company.
The Sim Life Assurance Company
oftnadu
C achiev• r c t
c,d 7 D Orris- daring
19 15 that (tate
new to the Canadian
life atsesence field. Assurances of
over $34,000,000 were issued and paid
foe in cash; total assurances now in
force over 3250,000,000; total pay-
ments to policyholders since organ-
izatioh more than 352,600,000; assets
in excess of 374,000,000, a cash in-
come of nearly 316,000,000, and an un-
distributed net surplus of over 37,-
500,000. All these figures are high-
water marks in the annals of Can-
adian life assurance. On alio-that
column will be found a comparative
statement of the business done for
1914 and 1915, and also a statement
showing the Company's growth from
1872 to 1915, all of which show a re-
markable increase, and also reflects
the greatest credit on the manage-
ment of the Sun Life.
STATION AT METZ
AGAIN BOMBARDED
A despatch from Paris. says: One
of the French bombing groups, com-
posed of 16 aeroplanes, dropped 124
shells of all calibres on the Metz-Sab-
Ions station, where there were sever-
al trains, on Tuesday. The projec-
tiles struck well, the official report
says. A squadron of enemy aero-
planes gave chase to the French ma-
chines, which returned bo their base
with the exception of one which was
obliged to make a landing owing to
motor trouble.
HEAVY DAMAGE IS DONE
BY rLUODS IN ENGLAND.
A despatch from London says: Hun-
dreds have been made homeless and
thousands of acres of farm land in
southwestern England have been in-
undated as a result of the overflow of
rivers caused by continued heavy
snowfalls. Reports from the provinc-I
es show that snow fell generally over
England on Thursday night, and that
the fall was especially heavy in the
Midlands and north.
NEWS FROM ENGLAND
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Occurrences In the Land That Reigns
Supreme in the Commer-
ral World.
Alexandra Day will be celebrated
in London this year on .Tune 21.
Alderman Thomas Smethurst has
been elected Lorcl Mayor of Manches-
ter in succession to the late Alder-
man
Copeland,
Croydon guardians are applying to
the Local Government Board for per.
mission to Close the casual wards
because there are no casuals now,
There is a plague of wood -pigeons
in various part of Warwickshire and
the birds are doing considerable dam-
age to the various crops..
Mee Arthur John Underwood has
just died after being an innate of
the Royal Hospital for Incurables,
Putney Heath, for exactly 50 years.
In consequence of the scarcity oi'
domestic servants,- a school for la-
dies- is to be opened at Brixton to
teac:vh them how to do their own work.
The Federation of Master Cotton
Spinners of Manchester have decided
tothe spend $42,000 on fourteen ambu-
lance cars as their contribution to
war.
; WhiIst reading the psalms at St,
; Paul's Church, Swindon, the vicar,
the Rev. H. Hart Rockham, sudden-
ly collapsed and died. He suffered
from heart failure.
Lincolnshire Agricultural Society
has elected ford Heneage as its
chairman for the current year, and
it has decided that the annual show
shall not be held this year.
West Riding, York, Agricultural
Committee has asked the Education
Committee to continue to allow boys
of school age to be absent from eaten!
so as to assist in farm work. •
The Japanese nurses, who for the
past twelve months have been doing
service at Netley Hospital, have left
London for Tokio, There were twen-
ty-two nurses and two doctors.
A sum of 38,355 has been received
by the Skegness Committee for the
Local Government Board on the first
instalment from the Canadian Relief
Fund for seaside resorts on the east
coast.
For the second time in a month
the people of Queensland, ,Australia;
have sent . to Gillingham, Kent, a
great quantity of meat for distribu-
tion amongst the poor of tete bor.,
ough.
The Rev. A. H. Crowe, rector, has
announced at St. Peter's Church, Mel-
ton Constable, that' he has received
permission from the bishop to • go
away to work in a munitions factory
fox• three month
CITIZENSHIP TAKEN
FROM GERMAN -BORN
Cabinet of New South Wales Dis
franchises Teutons During War.
A despatch from Sydney, N.S.W.,
says: The Cabinet has decided to.
disenfranchise all German-born elec-
tors for the duration of the war, fol-
Iowing the arrest and internment of
several hundred aliens who are con.'
sidered of hostile disposition.
Energy has developed continents,
created industries, built businesses,
made the power of man -but only
When controlled, guided, directed.
Liverpool tramway profits show a
balance of 3500,000 available for the
relief of the rates, being the same as
last year. • •
The battalion of the Royal West
Surrey Regiment, which has been
raised in the Borough of Lambeth,
having been brought up to full
strength. has left to undergo a count
of training at Aldershot.
An anti -conscription meeting hel4
in Newcastie tinder the auspices o€
the Independent Labor Party, was
accompanied by disorderly scenes.
The opposition became 80 great that
the doors were burst open and the
crowd, includingover 50 soldiers
swarmed the hal.
New Records
Created by
The Sun Life of Canad
PROGRESSIVE business methods, backed by forty-
five years of f ir deallngt have c
h.
leved for
the Sun Life
of Canada during 1915 records that are new in the
Canadian life assurance field.
Assurances of over $34,000,000 issued and paid for in cash; Total
Assurances in Force of over $250,000,000; Total Payments to Policy-
holders since organization of more than $52,600,000 ; Assets in excess
of $74,000,000; a Cash Income of nearly $16,000,000 and an
Undistributed Net Surplus of over $7,500,000 -all are high-water
marks in the annals of Canadian life assurance.
Their achievement maintains the established prestige of the Sun Life
of Canada as
A Loader Among the Life Companies of the Empire
The following substantial and uniform increases registered during the
past year clearly demonstrate the strength of the Company's position :-
1915 1914 INCREASE
Assets as at December 31st. . $ 74,32%423 361,187,666 $10,138,767 (15.8g
Cash Income . 15,972,672 . 15,062,276 920,397 ( 6.1
u las Distributed toPolicyholders
n
S r955 487 G 6 3
817. 7
123 24 1
P, 4.3
SIas r
Net, Surplus !ua at December 31st. 7 54559
1 6 503�7D4 1,041,797
p 16
, ,5
f
Total Payineate to Policyholders 7,129,479 6,1:61,287 9G8,192 (15,7
•
AasuranccalsauadandPaidforinCaah 34,873,851 8,.n,167,339 2,706,512 8.4%).
Assurances in Force 257,404,160 218,299,835 39,104,325 (17.9.71)
THE COMPANY'S GROWTH
-__ YEAR
INCOMEASSETS
LIFE ASSURANCE
IN macs
Is711 . . . . . . .
158.5
15593. . ..... . .
19013
1915. . ... . . . .
$ 18tte.7t
3n 1 )sped
I,1,25,451.89
. 317, 93.571
15,972,072.31
a 9848165
1,110)41,M
5,445,770.Ih3
91,309,094,95
--74,325,413,78
$ Ioid3s000
I poxs.77
5/64,5(0.59
95 244,891.71
'2a7.404,ie0.42
T. B. MACAULAY, F. L A., F. A. 5.,
lRESIP,RCT AVD MASSAE' tam niece l'OR.
5, H. EWING,
t'I C1:-Pkft511,4..''C.
FREDERICK G. COPE
.P.C, tiTARY.
UN Lkil,'Amtv
am OF
.NC
1871 HEAD OFFICE• MONTREAL"'
1916