PAG TWO THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1921 Interesting News from The West Indian Islands motion Colony, The ALBOA EST EER REWED have DR airs and Baron RENT RECEIPT BOOKS in Spanish and English Commercial Receipt Books ALL ON SALE AT THE WORKNAN PRINTERY tained from the sapodilla tree cials seem to think less of their Barbados which is well known in British publication than the Trindad Guiana by reason of its fruits, sporting officials think of theirs.
which is much esteemed by Fitz Warda man about 40 years those who like a luscious sweet.
old and carter at Mount Prespectness.
The Port of Spain Gazette com mentirg on the contemplated Plantation, St. Peter. met with a reduction of labourers wages on serious accident on Wednesday The compilation of the Census, account as alleged, of the con last. He was driving four wheeled truck drawn by tive which was taken on April 24th, tinued decline in the price of mu es, along Hcletown Road. is not yet complete for the whole sugar, very pettineltly draws but the figures for attention to the fact ihat this While the cart was in Ward jumped of to assist the Georgetown, which are publish plea of continued fall of price Jeader boy, ed, show an increase of 930 of sugar upplies exclusively to but his whip tripped ed him up at the same time, causing over those of 1911, the pula markets abroad from wbih the lion 507 of to fall. As a result the cart which of Trinidad labourers certainly bim to a still continued its its course, and the are males, and does not reap any benefits since left wheels passed over both of inn he is still called upon to pay in Ward feet, fracturing the right pose, by means of a house to in the retail shops. The same of Commission pro abnormally high price for sugar foot, and crushing two toes on house visitation, to make as com course the left. He was at or ce convey applies locally where ed to the General Hospital where plete a return as possible of the sugar for local consumption is he was detained for treatment.
health of every inhabitant of being sold at over double the Albert town, which has been price it is worth for exportation Intermitent showers, of vary. Their researches to date found to be heavily intected.
ing degrees of vigour, have established the fact that filaris is San Fernando has been rapid.
fallen during the past fort eminently a disease contracted ly coming to the fore since it be night. And their consistency in the in the house, Dr. Vevers, the Southern oil industry. Ocean would seen to enggest some sixth member of the Commisthing like compensation slon, is expected to arrive in steamers, which had ceased ll.
awarded to agriculturists for July ing there for some years, now the trying drought suffered in It is expected that the new Spain and discharge their carpass on regularly from Port of the earlier months of the year. buildings of the Colonial Bank, goes direct at the San Fernando As it is some of the canes are which add dignity to the ap: whart. great increase in bus.
already too far gone to be revived by even so great a tonic as rain, pearance of Water Street. will bess in every direction has ocbut those favourably situated be ready for occupation early be have already reflected their apre next year. The Town Council curred. The Borough Councii is alive to ciation in emerald greennes, and 200, 000 at per cent, to be spent sand the future and has now obtained obvious strength. Another short in repairs cron like last year would be Water Street improvements of sanction to issue 50, 000 pounds sterling, per cent. Bonds for ruinous to the Colony, and it is to Van Heemstraa, the the the improvement of the water be hoped that the change in wea newly appointed Governor of supplies and other needed works.
ther conditions will be maintain Surinam, spent a day in British It is understood that one local ed and a fairly norinal crop re. Guiana on his way to the Dutch capitalist has offered to subscribe sult. Low prices and short crops Colony, and was entertained by for the whole amount.
do not form a pleasant combin His Excellency Sir Wilfred Col.
tion, lett.
St. Vincent We have been oficially inform Copious showers were report ed that the 1921 22 cricket aeasoned by the Independent, which really opens today. This is good added that all fear of a drought St. Vincent Reducos Cotnews. There will be only one was thus removed.
first eleven game Spartans vs ton Export Prices.
Later advices, however, indi.
Harrison College at Queen cate cate that the Belize district has Park The scodeleven games again been in the grip of a severe By an Order in Council, apscheduled to be played are as fol. drought, and that the Govern proved by the Legislative Couna low. Harrion College vs. Spar ment has been compelled to pro cil on May 4th, the export duties can at the oll ge; Lodge vs. Car. vide boats to transport water leviable on cotton will ia future lisle at cge and Combermere from the Manatee River, a con be as follows per cwt: Sea Island, ve. Police a combermere.
siderable distance from Beliza, to stained cotton of these two Marie Galante. the coast for domestico purposes varieties the duties will be la eta.
We unders ard that the firm Up to a few weeks ago a of Hanschell Co bave purchas. water bath was a luxury in the and 1s, respectively. The Agried the stock of the ship chand City of Beliz.
cultural Advances Ordinance, lery business recently run under Einpire Day was celebrated 1921, which contains elaborate the title of the Barbados Ship with enthusiasm throughout the provisions to safeguard dredi ping Agency, as well as the Colony, the most interesting of tors given an agricultural lien building in which the business the festivities taking place, how for advances made, has received was conducted.
ever, in the country districts. the Governor assent, The Committee of the St. Vin. Distinguished Barbacent Agricultural and Commer: Mr A. Thorne, addressing a cial Society and Cotton Grower dian, of In the graduating class of sterdam, on May 23rd, is report. adopt a stabilisation scheme for Howard University. Medical ed by the Argosy as having cotton prepared by Mr. School Washington, C, characterised the at meeting attempt to flood presided over by him as acting in announcing that Mr. Git the Colorynd as taking in. May tens, brother of Mr. Graham dia labor. full Davis s proposals; in which the Gittens, of Industry cred credit to himself for its failure. co operation of the other Sea Christ Church was award. Such statements about policy Island cotton growing islands ed first class honours, having which secured the Colony are ing of the 1920 21 crop for a unani. was invited; including the holddistinguished. utilans much nebo be a during approval in ing the degree of and same meeting, a resolution was with an increase of 5d. for all winning the Balloch Prize in passed endorsing the Governor cotton not sold at the end of the surgery His career was one of continue diembargo on the expor elementi cardbeho28ame price to be such brillance that he was of tation of rice.
1921 22 The season is fered both the posts of Resident Surgeon of one of the University Hutson has issued a memoran ing, but with arrowroot unsaleHospitals or the Rosenwald on the subject of taxation on able, cotton in the grip of a severe Scholarship in Research Work, exports, following representa slump, and no machinery to take valued at 1, 200 per year.
tions as to the tax on chicle, by off extensive cane crops planters the Government of Guatemala, are at a loss says the St. Vincent who were under the impression Times, what to plant.
Action for Libel. that it was a transit tax and The Times of May 5th re.
therefore unfair in its incidence cords Action for Libel instituted the some slight showers, by Mr. Granam Year as regards the product originat though the weather was still wood member of the House in a fopoints out that the tax streams were nearly dried up.
from Guatemala. The Gov. very dry, and the majority of of Assembly against Dr.
Dixon was levied on all chicle leaving Growing provision crops were editor proprietor of the Times newspaper, re has come to the conclusion that and in some districts worms the Colony, but states that he suffering for the want of rain, sulted in the jury finding for the export duty both on chicle were affecting unripe sweet pota the plaintiff and awarding him 483. The action was filed for and coconuts should be on an ad toes. The harvesting of of the cane 1, 000.
valorem basis, as being fairer to all crop continued. At Peters Hope concerned.
Estate, where machinery for making tyrup on a modern basis has been put up, the manufacDemerara Trinidad ture of syrup was started on May, 2nd, Other estates are also manufacturing syrup on the Lee GUM IN BRITISH GUIWard Coast.
From a recent number of the ANA Port of Spain Gazette we glean that the Cricket Committee of St. Lucia Obtained from Sapodilla Tree Barbados Cricket Committee Trinidad have learnt through the that the C, has decided not property seized by a firm of The West India Committee to send down an English team merchants and put up for judi circular reports a United States next March to the West Indies, cial sale on Saturday 18th June, Consul as saying that chicle because of the failure of the did not realise sufficient to cover producing trees have been dis Colonies to accede to the propos. the debt and consequently was covered in British Guiana, a als outlined by them some little bought by the firm who seized prospecting expedition having time ago. This is not the first it.
returned to Georgetown from occasion on which we have ob Two large cocoa properties the interior with 600lbs of the tained information of no less have been recently seized by the gum. The discoverer holds a importance to local sportsmen Colonial Bank. It is a fortunate concessionary right over 6, 200 from a West Indian contempo circumstance that no land tax is square miles of territory and rary despite the fact that the levied in St. Lucia, else in these expects an annual output of information was first received times of depression those pro 200, 000lbs of gum. Chicle is ob in this colony, Our cricket offi perties would be more heavily involved. Now under the guardianship of a caretaker and with a horse turned loose to pasture.
the creditors can holi said land without any expense until better days draw nigh.
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Jamaica Surveyor Hall By way of protest against the action of the Jamaica Government in not confirming the appointment of the Olifcer who had been acting as Surgeon General with competence for vears; the elected members of the Legis.
lature recently refused to voie the salary of the nominee sent out by the Secretary of State to fill the office. The elected mem.
bers also protested against the seeming policy of Downing Street to fill all offices of over 400 in value.
1222 crop.
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Kan.
penitentiary after sentence for wbite slavery its full support in serving a a match with Jack Dempsey, heavyweight and will immediately start a boxing champion, campaign among other legion posts favouring such a match, it was announced last night.
Speakers at a banquet given Johnson by the post, which is made up entirely of white men, praised Jack Johnson for his war work, saying he was engaged in government secret service, and condemned Dempsey. The war records of the two men made it imperative that Johnson regain the title from Dempsey, Captain Tansey, commandant of the JAVIER MÕRAN American Pharmacy.
post, said.