PAGE TWO THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1921 Interesting News from The West Indian Islands JUST ARRIVED brought in the Te but the other in e will not let it rez have decided to 3)
Privy Council. names should owners FATIMA Immense loss by fire fered by property ow?
rata Fernando, Trinidad, 01.
instant. Six building ted so troyed: three belonging to Mr.
Bonell who estimates his loss at 35, 000. and one to Mr. Sinanan whose loss of stock is 40 at 20, 000. Me. Syne, another mer.
chant, estimates his losses ut 18. 000 the IN Was Moisture Proof Packages St. Vincent was appointed ated acting to 20 CIGARETTES October 1908 to July 1909 a and de in the young fellow His DR. GEMS wax entered Jicial service.
the pre BLOOD ELIXIR to a Jamaica and live in the places themselves for thirty days for each offence.
They would soon cease to offend If it would help the Commis Mr. DeFreitas sion in any way, would be will ing to compile a list of the names of the persons owning a Has been appointed Junior given number of disease infected, Pusine Judge. overcrowded and insanitary dwellings But should make it announce that Mr. Anthony De should also be penalised by being The Cleaner is in a position to a condition that the be published. Such Freitas, A, bas been appointed refused the excercise of the Junior Puisne Judge of the franchise, as it is pretty certain Supreme Court of Jamaica. that their votes would be used cablegram to this effect has to defeat reform.
been received from Secre tary of State for the Colonies.
Mr. De Freitas was born in Demerara 1869. He was called to the Bar, Lincoin Inn, and acted as Police Magistrate of Grenada in The Daily Argosy says that the 1900 and 1901 ang year later he recent decision of the Demerara Attorney Combined Court to pay the pas.
as Registrar of the Supreme of officers going on leave has General of St. Vincent and acted sages to and from the Colony Court of Grenada from 1902 to created a good deal of interest Chief Justice amongst service 1904 was casting chica Istica riten result that a large number the Vincent from tober 1904; Stipendiary magis of men, especially in the lower trate and Coroner of the 1st grades, contemplate applying for District of St. Lucia in October leave this year, as there seems 1904 acting. Attorney General to be entertained the fear that in St. Lucia in April 1907; acting at the next Annual Session of Chief Justice in Vincent from of the Court the decision might be reversed, owing to a threatona subsequenon accasecretary dition of the Colony. The first occasions he ened straightened financial con: acted and Administrator of St Lucia officer to enjoy the new condition and quite recently be was pro of things will be Sergt. Major moted to Chief Justice. The Manly who as the result of a appointment of Mr. De Freitas recent heart attack has been as Puisne Judge of Jamaica will granted a year leave of absence, mean promotion for him. and will leave for England short.
present emoluments will be ly.
raised by a couple of hundreds of pounds. It It has been arrang An exchange says that Swiss ed that he should hould come to Jamal women who wear short skirts ca in August next to assume his and low necked gowns will have duties; but before then there to pay higher rates of life insur.
will be some further changes in ance than those who do not. The the Judicial Swiss insurance companies have The changes amongst the Reisi announced that tixing the the ne dent Magistrates whereby Mr. miums on policies on women R Noble Resident Magistrate lives they will take into con for St. Thomas, will proceed to sideration the women wearing Saint Elzabeth and Mr. Herbert Robinson will assume the duties or lower the decollette the high apparel. The shorter the skirt of M. for St. Thomas, take er the insurance rate will be.
effect as from to day.
The Swiss Companies justify this action on the ground of a Agricultural Holdings. great increase of illness and disease among their women In the Legislative Council yes clients which they claim is due terday the Hon. Smith to the wearing of short skirts gave notice that at the next meet and low necked dresses.
leave to introduce and have read a first time a Bill entitled The bas obtained legislative sanction The Government of Demerara Holdings. Lay Law.
to spend 100 in the preparation The Bill provides for the com of specimens of the Colony tim.
pensation to tenants of lands ber to be given to Cambridge when given notice to quit by University as a means of adverThis is a matter which hich tistment.
has been engaging the attention of a large number of peasants and several of the branch Agri. The Treasurer of the Dem era cultural Societies if the ra Queen College Memorial measure should become law it Fund, recently commenting on will have the effect of creating the poverty of the response a better feeling between a large made to the appeal, stated that: number of landlords and tenants. Only fifteen Old Boys have sent The first reading of the Bill in anything so far. There are at will take place on Tuesday next least five hundred Old Boys who can give something In Trinidad and Barbados the The Governor of Jamaica has response for College Memorial to the boys recently been in with the Secretary of State for who fell in the war has been gen the Colonies, who as a result, it the extreme. In Deme is said, has approved of rara, the Old Boys who stayed the posal to extend the sewerage all about those who gave their pro at bome seem to have forgotton system of Kingston and improve lives for us.
the water supply of both Kingston and St. Andrew. The auth orities await the sanction of the Trinidad Legislature to obtain a loan for carrying out the improvements.
The Port of Spain Gazette Commission is sitting in Ja of the 6th instant, reords the maica on the housing problem. death on the previous day of At a recent sitting evidence was Mr. Thomas Robert Nelson given by two Rev. gentlemen, of Laughlin, who for forty six years the fearful overcrowding and in: was associated with the Gazette; sanitary condition of the dwell ber 1900 as owner and up to his from August 1875 to to Noverstatemant hy one witness which death as Manager for the present ings of the poor. The following is refreshingly frank and con owner Mr. P. Ambard.
structive is, we think, well Mr. Laughlin was the Doyen of worthy of reproduction. It is the journalistic profession in the We tender our notorious that property owners, West Indies.
who ought to know better draw condolence to his family on their bereavement.
Tents from people who live in the most awful squalor. These owners ought to be publicly The Supreme Court of Triniblack listed if they refuse to dad has just confirmed the remedy the evil conditions. The decision of Mr. Justice Deane rent they receive from the ten given last year in the suit of ants occupying their leaky, dirty, Macedo and Ors. vs insanitary property is blood. Mrs. Stroud the wife of Mr.
know nothing and care less) Stroud Druggist. This litigamoney. Many of these owners Branford Stroud of Piggott and about the fearful conditions tion which has Under which their tenants liye. attention of the Trinidad the Courts are collected by for sometime affects the validity agents, and all the owners care of a deed made by J.
about is the rent. In preference (Mrs.
Stroud father) leaving to being fined for drawing her certain valuable properties in money from properties unfit for Port of Spain. The validity human habitation, the law should the deed is being contested. Up provide that the owners should to the present Mrs. Stroud has be ordered by the Court to go got the best of the two cases and the clerk cleared from the Agricultural Holding Spot landlords.
and Shortly after the publication OF of our last issue, on Friday 18th instant at noon, terrible accidenct occurred in the liquor department of the Canadian House which is adjacent to our office, and the fatal consequece left a sad indelible impression on the minds of all who beheld the scene. It was an explosion o o: an earthenware jar of strong ram whilst it was being corked and sealed, and the victim of the disaster was gent lad of Kin 18ing intelli Laurie son of Joseph cousin to Dr. A, THE CONNOISSEUR CHOICE Trinidad The Ceased af Messrs. Sardine CO.
was in he as a well trusted clerk, and it is said that the corked jir he was preparing for delivery had a sprawl near the cork where the tiaming sealing The run thuy got ignited, and, simultaneously discharging on COMPOUND EXTRACT the lad, he was saturated from head to foot and transformed into an angry blaze of tire about feet bigb.
To the utter dismay of his brother clerks, he frantically rushed a way bawling and tearing FOR at his burning clothes in a futile attempt to strip him seif and es.
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the counter and got under the gallery in Egmont Stret, where in an exhausted Javier Moran, American Pharmacy condition the human torch whose KOOKOOKOS flames had been abated, leaned against the wall Lord have word nave mercy on me. Many people were not attracted to the scene. Excited helpers then tore the burning remnants from his roasted body.
some of his clothing, bits of burnt skin and flasb stuck to in Spanish and English the charred rage. Miss Clara who saw the awful spectacle from the store across the street ran forward with a ket and, wrapping him up, completely smothered the fire. But the flames had already done its fatal work in the first few seconds of of the appalling disaster.
Every part of the body, from head few moments must have felt totho mto foot was roasted. Those AT THE WORKNAN PRINTERY poor little fellow like an eternity of torture, as he rushed from other in the narrow confines beone end of the long shop to the tween the counter and the NOTICE The Manager of the shop and Mr. John Sardine the were absent at YOU CAN DEPEND ON IT of meets the first and third Wednesdays three or four persons who acof each month.
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