PAGE TWO THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1921 Interesting News from The West West Indian Islands DR. GEMS COMPOUND EXTRACT Talegram fron Is Fxe te ay the Governor to Mr. Win on Churchill 18th February. Your tels gram of February 14t, anno ing your assumption of office is being published, and am that you can count on the earn.
est co operation of the Privy Council and the rettiva Council as well as the whole community here.
PROBYN.
BLOOD ELIXIR Demerara FORSTRENGTHENING THE BLOOD CONTAINS 11 PER CENT ALCOHOL Recommended for Removing the Humors of Scrofulous Diseases, Pimples, Boils, Blotches, Tetters. Useful in Chronic and Syphilitic Rheumatism, Mercurial Affections and Diseases caused by Impurities of the Blood.
AN ALTERATIVE RECOMMENDED FOR PURIFYING AND ENRICHING with one From The Directors of La Bonne Mere, Ltd. bave recommended a dividend of 10 per cent, making 15 per cent for the year.
Tha Chamber of Commerce have, one dissentient, approved the proposal to appoint West Indian Trade Commissioner in Canada. mild form of influenza made its appearance in the Colony, most of the sufferers being domestic servants children.
The Sulloj left the river on De.
cember 20th with a number of East Indians to be repatriated.
18 and THE BLOOD is Quality only is considered in the selection of the ingredients employed In this preparation.
Javier Moran, American Pharmacy SSXSS:55:00 With gloomy Bill general or There seems to be a general depression of business in Water Street rays the Drily Argosy of the 28th ulto. Yesterdar the manager of a large Water Street firm told a representative that the outlook for sugar was very and as to how they would come out in the end was a matter of speculation The Governor short sighted policy.
he added, in restricting the exportation of rice makes inatters worse. As a result the farmers a bave on hand an amount of rice and which they cannot With the possibility of cheap rice coming from a at per bag, it that the rice inducould mean of this Colony would be straogled. In Trinidad the imported rice is being sold at cents per pound.
The best method for the Govern or to adopt now is to allow ex.
portation of a certain quantity of rice, in order to relieve the present congestion of the mar sell.
paddy Burma of JOB PRINTING every description DONE WITH NEATNESS AND DESPATCH places ket, Jamaica Governor Would Raise Boards Status To Protect the Fruit BUI Relating to Parochia Industry Authorities to come beGovernment Taking Steps fore Legislative Council To Prevent the shipment AT ENSUING SESSION of Immature Fruit Qualifications of CandiPROVISIONS OF LAW dates Must Be Made Higher is Report.
Inspection to be provided For. The Penalties Which KINGSTON POSITION.
Have Been Provided.
The Gleaner has good reason to The Gleaner states that for believe that at the coming seg.
some time past representations sion of the Legislative Council a have been made to His Excel Bill will be introduced dealing Jency the Governor about the with the status and functions of System which prevailed in cer. Parochial Boards tain quarters of shipping im. what can be ascertained, mature frult abroad. This per. His Excellency the Governor is nicious system has bad the somewhat anxious to raise the effect of injuring the reputation position of the Parochial Boards of a few of our products and it of the island, and to introduce has been strongly pointed out men with large interests in the to the Government that unless country to indentify themselves legislative action is taken fur with the Parish Boards. There ther and greater barm will be a proposal to raise the qualitidone especially to the banana, cations which a candidate must citrus and cocoa industry. possess when seeking election It can can now be stated that the on these Boards, and so soon as Government have decided to in the Chief Executive finds that troduce a Bill at the coming the status of the Boards is regular session of the Legislative raised, it is proposed to give. Council to provide for the inspec. them extended powers.
tion of fruit intended for expor. regard to Kingston, it is on the tation and to prevent the expor. cards to introduce a separate tation of immature fruit.
which will give effect to the Under the proposed Law the recommendations of the Amal.
Governor in Privy Council may gamation Commission.
from time to time make such It can detinitely be stated that or special orders as he there will be a Parochial General may think tit for the following Election this ye year, and the new purposes of any of themBills will become operative when (a) For prescribing the ports the elections are held.
or places at which alone fruit may be shipred, and for defin Ackee Claiming limits of such (b) For prescribing and regu.
Many Victims in lating the inspection of fruit Trelawny Parish intend exportation. For prescribing the powers and duties of Fruit Inspectors. 35 Persons vere Poisoned (C) For prescribing the quality and condition of fruit in respect in Duncans District in of which Month of January shall bered on to export. e) Generally for providing for the inspection of fruit intend. ALARMING SITUATION ed for exportation and for preventing the exportation of im. Medical Officer Suggests fruit.
and may from time to time alter Trees be Prevented from ou or revoke any such order. Bearing Fruit for Time (2) Every order of the Govern or in Privy Council made under this Law shall have effect as it it ACTION BY THE BOARD bad been enacted in this Law The Gleaner of the 22nd ulto.
Powers of Fruit Inspector states that at the last meeting of the Trelawny Local Board of A Fruit Inspector acting in Health, the for the Dunexecution of any order madecans District in two communicaunder this Law may enter any tions reported the outbreak of land, buildings, place, vessel, acute ackee poisoning during boat or vehicle at any time of the month, in which thirty five the day or night and examine persons died, as the result of Search and inspect the same eatiog ackees in some form or aby part thereof.
another. About 93 per cent of If any person without law. the deaths were those of child.
ful authority or excuse, proofren between three years and 12 whereof shall lie on bim, does years of age, many of whom any of the following things he were in a robusts state of sball be guilty of an offence prior to being attacked, and that under this Law. nearly every part of the district (1) If he does anything in con had been affected. The doctor travention of any order of the remarked: If this lame Governor in Privy Council made condition ol things be really toder this Law.
caused from the ackee, and am (2) If he attempts to commit now firmly of the opinion that or procures aids or abets or does his is so, the Any act preparatory to the com one of prevend only treatment e, prevent mission of any act, prohibited by the ackee trees from bearing fruit or Privy Council wade under this will prevent a hungry child from Je he refuses to a Fruit In obtainable that nog which is easily and will satisfy spector acting in execution of its hunger.
any order of the Governor in The Boxid was alarmed at the Pilty Council made under this number of deaths which occur.
Law admission to any land, red, in spite of the fact that the buildings, place, vessel, boat or medicines had been distributed sebicle or obstructs or impedes all over the district, and after Fruit Inepector in the execu serious discussion, in which it. tion of his duty or assists in was noted that the Board had any such obstructing or imped passed a resolution in 1917, ask.
ing the Government to authorise If any person is guilty of a preventing akee an offence under this Law he trees from bearing in a given shall be liable on summary con. area for a few years for the pur.
a Woh Without hard labour for a termsible for this annual toll of life, trate to imprisonment with or whether the ackee was respon hot exceeding six months or to and prevention of a tine not exceeding one bundred but which had not been accept pounds and in default of payment ed by the Government, is wus bt euch tine to imprisonment moved by the Chairman, secondwith or without hard labour for ed by Mr. Joseph Stockhausen, a term not exceeding months and unanimously resolved, taat or to both such imprisonment reports from Dr. Purchas be and fine with imprisonment in forwarded to the Governor, along default.
with the recommendation previRent Receipt Books In Span testing the matter as to the res ously made by the Board, for Ish and English, for sale at the poasibdity of the ackee for the Mordman Printery. yearly deaths which occurred.
WORKMAN PRINTERY Wedding Cards, Christening Cards, Ball and Concert Cards voted the from the health.
from the lamentable has Prince at the Trinidad The Trinidad Preferential Tariff It is urderstood that steps are to be taken to bring the Trinidad Preferential Tariff into accord with Article of the Canada.
West Indies Trade Agreement.
Meanwhile, the e Legielative Coun: cil has unanimously sum of 250 poundsterling to the Hon. Walcott, Collector of Customs, in recog nition of his valuable services at the Ottawa Conference. Mr.
Tripp writes under date Decem: GOOD ASSORTMENT TO SELECT FROM ber 21st: Money votes are not supposed to emanate unofficial side of the House, but it is an open secret that on this occasion the suggestion came Unofficials, and is equally certain that the vote met with very general Churchill Assures of been published wtelle er vel containing the YOU CAN DEPEND ON IT His Solicitude for of the Wales to the Jamaica Welfare The Trinidad e endorsed the representa That the goods we sell are exactly as represented.
tions made by the British Guia We guarantee them so. Prompt, efficient and satisThe Gleaner of the 21st ultimo Government, urging them to na Chamber to the Canadian factory service in the interest of our customers is our states that a communication was take steps to resieve the Cape received in that otice from the dian sugar refiners in the serlconstant aim and purpose.
Colonial Secretary, transmitting cug financial embarrassment.
For reliable watches, rings, all kinds of jewelry received by the Governor and expert repairing. Call and visit.
from Mr. Winston Churchill, an.
Mr. Baker, American his assumption of the Consul, is also Consul for China.
FULLER JEWELRY STORE, Office of Secretary of State for Having appealed for funds in aid the Colonies, together with a of falnine striken people in Chi.
122 Central Avenue, Panama, copy of His Excellency reply pa, 1, 000. has been realised main.
thereto.
ly from Chinese in Trinidad.
The Royal Bank of Canada was Telegram from Mr. Winston good enough to remit the amount Churchill to His Excellency the free of cost. It is expected that Governor further sums will be sent.
THE CENTRAL RESTAURANT February 14th. Inform you Considerable opposition has No. 16 STREET EAST, CENTRAL AVENUE that His Majesty the Ring has arisen in Trinidad to a Govern.
entrusted to me the seal of the ment scheme to convert the is Colonial Department. wish to land of Chacachacare, an excel.
First Class Meals served at all hours assure you of my interest in the lent health resort in the Gulf of fortunes of the community over Paria, into a leper asylum, It is you preside. look EARLY TEA AND COFFEE look for suggested instead that the vari.
to receiving co operation in dealing with the make one of the unoccupied your earnest ous Colonies should combine 10 Special accommodation for Ladies difficulties which the war has Grenadines into a general West left in its train in developing our Indian leper asylum. imes, TIDY AND POLITE WEITERS great inheritance for the com London.
mon good. You may rely on my SERVICE UPTODATE, support in your task. Advertise In The Work WINSTON CHURCUIL.
man. It Pays Chambere island of Com merce Law been nouncing measure for once and for all and for the same, ward to