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-stated by _ competition ,while 'Team picked from Haileybury and Liskeard defeated in - fast game here A combined team of all-stars, in which it is asserted was includ- ed the cream of the New Lis keard and Haileybury junior «lubs, failed to break the winning streak of the Cobalt Juniors, which they have maintained since the first game of the junior sch- edule early in the season, when an exhibition game, arranged by the New Liskeard club, was play- edin the MHaileybury arena on Monday night. The best combin- ed all-stars could do was to score one lonely counter, while the group champions got three. The game was a fast one from start to finish and the spectators, of whom there was a goodly num ber, got plenty of thrills. At the end of the second period the score stood 2-1 in favor of Cob- alt and it was expected that the stars would at least even it up before the closing bell. They failed in this, however, in spite of their best efforts, and the vic- torious leaders of the central group had the pleasure of work- ing in another, although it was several in the crowd that it was scored on a fluke. The fans greatly enjoyed the tussle and the Cobalters got a good workout in preparation for their play-offs. The line-up was: Cobalt--Roy, goal; Dickson and Foyle, defence; Bennett and Gleason, wings; Roberts, centre; Allen, Fortin, Rowe and Moore, alternates. All-Stars--Lamb, goal; Night- ingale and Bagshaw, defence; Miller and Hendry, wings; John- ston, centre; Godin, Dempster, O'Grady and Lott, alternates. Bert Ough was referee and handled the game well. W.J. Adair's Rink : Wins Jemmett Cup Goes through contest without _ a loss and beats Herbert _ in final game © Playing right through without a loss, W. J. Adair won the Jem- mett trophy at the local curling rink on Friday night last, when he defeated A. L. Herbert in the final game. The Adair aggrega- tion was well up all through the contest and the issue was never in serious doubt after the first six or sever ends had been played although the losers put up a game fight and did not give up hope as long as there was a chance to "tie it up." In the semi-finals on Thursday Adair defeated Arnold for the leadership of the fp half of the anon Hincks went down to defeat at the hands of Herbert in the lower half. Both games were hard fought and thrilling to watch. The personel of the rinks in the final game was. D, Elliott G. Ferguson E. Darragh R. Lowery 'S. S. Forneri H. Jemmett W. J. Adair, A. L. Herbert skip skip The vice skips' competition is being played this week and the Shillington will be the next event It is likely that the draw for the latter will be made this week-end 'THREE HAILEYBURY RINKS AT TORONTO *SPIEL THIS WEEK Three rinks from Haileybury Curling Club are this week com- eting in the big bonspiel in Tor- onto, wher some six hundred cur- lers from various parts of Canada are competing in several major events. There are also two rinks from New Liskeard and other 'parts of the North Country are represented. ; é The personnel of the Hailey- bury rinks in the city is as fol- 'lows: F. Thompson,, skip, W. R. 'Thompson, R. P. Thompson and D. Hill. E. E. Smith, skip D. H. Millar, D. E. Sutherland and J.M. Robb. Jos. Isherwood, skip, S.S. Forneri, Ray Howey and F. R. 'Gibson. The latest word at going to e effect that the have not y! e oth ; tasted i MILLIONS PAID TO. --__- POLICYHOLDERS Metropolitan Life Reports Record Year--Nearly a Bil- lion Dollars Insurance in Force in Canada--Wel- fare and Economic _Activities Increasing. Canadians from coast to coast, who have 2,739,358 policies in the Metropoli- tan Life Insurance Company will be interested to know that payments to policyholdersin Canadain 1929 amounted to $15,992,826, representing an increase of over three million dollars over-the preceding year. Insurance in force in Canada amounts to almost a billion dollars, being $947,927,397. These figures are particularly interesting in view of the fact that the Metropolitan is a mutual company, that is, it has no stockholders but is owned by the policy- holders' themselves who are the sole beneficiaries in the company's progress. In the latter part of the past year the soundness of life insurance as an invest- ment, as well asa protection, was brought home to people and the increasing appre- ciation of this fact is reflected in the reater amount of new insurance issued in 1929, which totalled $232,324,966 an increase of over twenty millions of dol- This total comprises Ordinary, licies, all of increase. lars. Industrial and Group which show a substanti HENRY E. NORTH Third Vice-President and Manager for Canada. Canadian investments of Metropolitan Life continue to increase, having reached $189,300,437, an increase in the twelve months of almost eighteen millions. These investments are in Dominion and Provincial Government and Municipal Bondsand Mortgage Loans. Growth of Metropolitan Life is graphically shown in a survey of ten-year periods. Total policies in force at the end of 1929 amounted to 44,333,332, covering _$17,933,600,452 insurance. Assets total $3,010,560,051. Of particular interest in Canada is the attention being paid by the company to welfare and economic activities. The Welfare Division reports. a total of 368,310 visits to policyhold- ers, Of this total 206,871, were on Maternity cases, constituting a valuable contribution to the country's child welfare movement Nearly 3,000,000 pamphlets on health subjects were distributed, bringing the total to date to more than 28,000,000. In co-operation with local health boards, Metropolitan participated in over 50 health campaigns. During ~ the rc the Metropolitan Policyholders' Service Bureau conducted 40 special investigations covering mer- chandising, distribution and manufac- turing problems. One classified indus- trial survey was carried out as _ well. These activities constitute an invaluable economic service to the business of the country. Curlers Win Prizes At Englehart 'Spiel Two rinks of local curlers, by Jerry Abrams and Doc. Craw- ford, went to Englehart on Tues- day for a few games in the bon- spiel being held this week by the railway town. They report a fine reception, splendid enter- tainment and a prize for each man. A passenger coach on the paper train enabled them to re- turn at an early hour on Wednes- day morning. Two rinks for the New Liskeard club were also at the 'spiel and it is stated that they were equally successful with the Haileybury. men in landing prizes. | ry ss Large area covered and import- ant developments are looked for That there are prospects of new industries to be opened up, with the projected extension of the T. & N. O. Railway north to James Bay, is made evident by the following extract from an ar- ticle in a trade journal, Pottery, Glass, etc., published in Toronto in January. It is shown that the china clay deposits are of great extent and importance and are very promising. A' report was made for the Northern Ontario China Clay Corporation by John G. Cloke, M.E. and Metallurgist, of Tavistock, Devon, England, and is summarized as follows: "The report states that the lfire clay is superfine, of remark- able purity, cohesive power and refractoriness. It has been prov- ed by drilling that it overlines the Kaolin matrix for a length of about 1000 feet along the river line, averaging 8.5 feet in thick- ness, thus showing an unlimited tonnage. The continuity of this bed has also been proved for a distance of over 300 feet from the shore line east, and the fire tests to which these clays have been subjected by various experts show they withstand 3,000 deg- rees Fahrenheit, placing them, therefore, in the first category of refractory fire clays. The metallurgist's conclusions further state that the whole prop erty is one that présents a very rich and promising aspect, as all the material taken out of the earth can be transformed into materials that find ready sale in an active market. A further report on the North- ern Ontario Clay Corporation is submitted by D. W. Perkin, M.E. which in conctusion also says the erection of the necessary plant to treat the various products should follow in the opening up of an ar- ea of sufficient size and value to warrant it. The property is situ- ated at the foot of Long Rapids on the Mattagami River, approx- imately six or seven miles north of Smoky Falls. At present the only means of transportation is in a bush road from there. A sur- vey has been made from the T. N. O. Railway, 96 miles north of Cochrane, to the property." Ancient Customs at Legislature Opening ---. --_ Accompanied by the ancient British parliamentary customs, the first session of Ontario's 18th legislature was opened at Parlia- ment Buildings, Toronto, on Feb. 5, by Hon, W. D. Ross, Lieuten- ant-Governor. His Honor re- viewed the military guards of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, and the Royal Canadian Regim- ent, and was escorted into the Legislative Chamber by Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, Prime Minist- er, following which the Prime Minister moved the election of Lieut. Col. Thomas A. Kidd, of Kingston, as Speaker. The seat- ing arrangement has been chang- ed into the form of a horse-shoe, thus departing from the custom of straight lines of benches. An innovation to the chamber this session is a system of loud-speak ers which were installed with a view to improving the acoustic qualities of the chamber. Mic- a ! + {rophones are placed permanently on the desks of the Prime Min- ister, the Leaders of the Liberals and Progressives, the Speaker jand the Clerk of the House. | When other members are speak- jing microphones are placed on their desks. Expressing rejoicing that His Majesty King George has suffic- iently recovered his physical strength to resume public activ- ities, the Speech from the Throne delivered by Hon. W. D. Ross, 'indicated many measures prop- 'osed by the goverriment to better lconditions throughout the proy- 'ince. Future requirements of ,power call for utilization of the 'water powers of Ontario in the St. Lawrence River. The Gov- 'ernment has been in conference with the Federal authorities with ,4 view to facilitating this import- ant undertaking. Rapid progress was made last year in the extension of electrical services in the rural districts, said Hon. Mr. Ross, while still greater advancement can be ach- ieved by modification of the cost of service. The House is to be asked to authorize the Hydro- Electric Power Commission to readjust the service charges to rural consumers and also to ad- vance loans for farm installa- tions and permanent equipment. Increased general efficiency of both elementary and second- ary schools is noted by the De- partment of Education, while school attendance has reached the highest point yet recorded in the province... Measures calcul- ated to stimulate further phases of education are to be brought in. Annual production of the mines reached about $110,000,000 last year, while the extent and quality of the lignite deposits at Black- smith Rapids are being thorough- ly investigated. Trunk roads through the nor- thern sections of the province have been continued and further appropriation will be proposed to carry on this work. Recent discoveries of valuable mineral deposits in Northern Ontario warrant further exten- sion of the provincial railway to- wards James Bay. During the summer, rails~will be laid to tap this new mineral area and to en- sure the early completion of the route to James Bay. W. W. Staples, South Victoria, and A. W. Smith, South Essex, were the mover and seconder, re- spectively, of the address in re- ply to the Speech, both being new members to the assembly. -- Mr. Staples while eulogizing the great natural resources of the province, recognized the men women and children as the great- est assets of all. ment, he said, recognized its big- gest job was in making men, and to this end it had placed on the statute books some of the finest social legislation to be found in the country. Mr. Smith paid tribute to the Department of Public Health un- der the administration of Hon. Dr. Forbes Godfrey, which had The govern-' carried to the remotest parts of the province health instruction by means of the efforts of public health nurses. Premier Ferguson introduced his promised increase of bounty from % cent to 1 cent per unit on iron ore, which the Prime Minis- ter explained will stimulate dev- elopment of a dormant industry, stressing the importance of the steel industry to a nation's ad- increased em- vancement, also ployment, power use. Ontario plays a leading part in the iron and steel industry of Canada. Of the $95,000,000 invested in the in- dustry in Canada, $60,000,000 he said, is invested in Ontario. The total payroll in Canada in this in- dustry is $12,000,000, while Ont- ario has $7,000,000 of this amount Others who spoke for the gov- ernment on the second reading of the bill were Hon. James Lyons, Sault Ste. Marie, A. V. Waters, North Cochrane, and Dr. J. M. Robb, Algoma. S. C. Tweed, South Waterloo, and Edward Hutchenson, Kenora, spoke for the Opposition. Hon. Harry C. Nixon, Progressive Leader, gave his support to the measure. 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