PAGE TWO THE WORKMAN SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1922 Interesting News from The West Indian Islands a others, sive, ALBOA EST EER REWED vales, some St.
know was Agencies came to ORDER BOOKS For Friendly Societies Kept in Stock at the WORKMAN PRINTERY ness have been handling wish full and two paid in part. dians fallen in the War was un.
Jamaica Many labourers are still work relled at St. Mary Church in ing on Colonias and at the this island recently Toe tabsugar mills receiving food and let is of simple desiga and cocash tains a list of names of all the Our Labourers In other articles instead of payment till conditions hem tehes colony and fell. It was paid for Barbadians who went from this Cuba.
hope to get back payments also veriptions by members o careful stady of the situation St.
congregation and points to the fact that the cost who forwarded the MR. SHERIDAN of labour will in future be great amount to the Rev. Murray, ly reduced labourers will not Vicar of St. Mary whilst in VISIT likely be paid more than or England, with the request that 1, 50 per day.
he would look after it and bring Mr. Sheridan was informed it out with him. The ceremony ap His Efforts of Repatriatlon by the Consulate lawyer that a was well attended and was and Collection of Debts. successful in many cases of the resort to law suits would not be propriately dignfied and impres.
claimant, whilst in others the be Mr. Sheridan who was Another difficulty would be the permission Asked to Place appointed to visit Cuba in con proving of the Flag in Cathedral.
nection with the work of re having been signed by subor.
patriation of distressed Jamai dinates not authorised to do so, It is learnt from the cian labourers and the endeavour as also by owners of Colonias Michael Cathedral Magazine 10 assist them in obtaining who have disposed of their for the current month that the payment of promisory notes, property and left the island.
etc. etc. has sent in bis report Mr. Sheridan made special the Dean to be allowed to place military authorities have asked to the Governor, which deals mention of the assistance given in the care and protection of the with repatriation and collection him by Mr. Brice the Consul Cathedral the flag presented by of debts.
at Santiago, who readily placed His Majesty the King to the 12th Repatriation. At first vol at his disposal bis great ex Battalion a Battalion organized untarily undertaken by the perience and thorough in Barbados. The ceremonies of Cuban Government on the sug. ledge of the Spanish language, presentation and consecration gestion of a Mr. Xavier Rumeau An accompanying letter from will take place at the Garrison who contracted with the Gov the Charge Affairs, on a week day, and the lalu Cathetressed British West Indians stay at Santiago would not Flag on the following Sunday and Haytians to their several serve any further purpose and The date of these functions bave homes, the scheme passed over that it very doubtful not yet been arranged, but will on the 2nd September to the whether the outstanding claims take place in January. Tae tlag Compania Nauiera de Cuba. will be collected.
will be hung on the North side of Both proved unsuc the Choir.
cessful and the repatriation scheme an end in The Mayor and Council of October Kingston, Jamaica, have under Campaign Against Short Mr. Sheridan arrived in Cuba consideration a suggestion that Weights.
on the 26th July last and found the body of an unknown Jamaican several labourers roam soldier should be transferred territic campaign is being ing about Santiago begging, the from one of the battle fronts to stories about Jamaicans starv in waged at present against shoplary be buried on national lines ing by and the roadside in the front of the War Memorial which keepers for light weights sbort measures, and quite a parts being greatly is being erected at Kingston.
country number of these small men of exaggerated. There were cases of of hardships but no starvation.
commerce have been detected defaulting. They have enjoyed Barbados Circular invitation from Con a protracted period of non intertractor Rumeau brought large ferance, and must have come to numbers to Santiago, but no ship conclude that all supervision of was ready to take them away, and medaling with their busi owing to the primitive method of Menace.
removed The the scheme. Mr.
recent activities of the Inspector Sheridan and the Council suc has shocked them. It is ceeded after interviews with the ly commeneable and most neces.
a high Governor of Oriente and the Dr. Bridger Grave In sary precaution, and we Mayor of Santiago, in getting a dictment.
that it were more systematic and large number of the labourers frequent. Tee purchasing pubsent to the Quarantine Grounds lic deserves their ounce of flesh for Housing and but in these tight days.
Dr. Bridger, lately only for three ment of 112 Jesse in Santi Port Health Officer at Bridge the town Barbados, has several sug Agricultural Meeting La Belle Sauvage was followed gestions to make in his report by the 10en. The 800 Jamaicans to Barbados from outside by another 76 on the Rambler for 1920 for the better prevention of infection being brought At a special meeting of the Ag.
He ricultural Society held on the reported by the Contractor to be a waiting embarkation at Niquero points out that port which 16th inst. to considera being ready for is in direct communication with from the Colonial Secretary in turned out to be 90ana a port which is infected with rat connection with proposed legisla 100 collected by the Police at the plague is liable to become in tion regarding the prohibition of importation of cotton seed request of the Contractor lected in its turn, especially if the agents. But there was no ship the healthy port is an importer into this island and asking for an the to embark, no provi of rat food cargoes, such as rice, expression of opinion from sions having been made for maize, and pollard, and he re Society before any action is tak.
them. After three days the La commends that not only the en by the Governor in Executive Belle Sauvage took them away.
Port Health Authority, but the Committee, the following Resou In the mean while the conges pay attention to City Sanitary Authority, should tion proposed by Mr. Stanley the reduction Robinson was passed by a vote tion at Santiago increased to an and control of the rat of 44 to 5:acute stage so much so that an by requiring foodstuffs to to be rai population Resolved that the Agricultural empty warehouse was secured stored in rat proof warehouses, Society are of the opinion that it for and a substantial and by routine examination of will be to the interest of the meal ordered to be given daily to make rats for plague. In con plantiog community, as well as each person by the Government, nection Dr. Bridger would like the public generally, if the Gov.
This distribution intrusted to hec itary authority ernment permit importation of see one sanitary aut the President of the dia responsible for Bridgetown as all cotton seed from any place not run smoothly owing to the well as the Shipping, At under such fumigation regulapartiality shown by him.
present the Port Health Officer Lions as may be approved by the An enquiry by the Cuban Gov has power to deal in any way Governor in e sive Commit ernment resulted in the concel with ships, passengers, and tee to be used sol. for lation of the Remeau contract. crew in order to prevent the purpose of manufacturing meal The new Company did not im admission of disease, but he is and oil.
prove matters however and so in the unenviable position of the repatriation scheme came to knowing that his job is prevent 110 case of smallpox Altogether Jamaicans were not entering a community, 90 Grenada subject to such great want and cent. of which are unvaccinated; inconvenience as the other West to to keep bubonic plague out of ar batches, town that is infested with rats, comprising 300 ons were where rat food cargo imported Financial Choas.
shipped as repatriates to King. from plague infected ports is sron and about 100 free passages kept in warehouses which are were secured in addition for des not ratproof; to prevent the (Continued from our last Issue)
titute persons on the ordinary entrance of an infected stego In 1917 the public of Grenada ships, some Individuals at times myia or a case of early yellow received an invitation from the having been given small grants fever into a city where the tide Government to subscribe t) a loan of money to procure lodgings of anti mosquito effort rises and of 100, 000 for the purpose of while waiting for a ship. falls with a variation that can carrying out works of utility Collection of Debts. In the not be mathematically determin They have got the Esplanade case of about 90 applications for ed; to exclude cholera from a which no one will take the Webinilit to be due to them. cor water is sans peur et sans reproche. of making a safe road for motor respondence with each debtor in yet where, judging from the traffic along the Western coast typhold as the has also been demonstrated to payment brought the foliowing result of an uncontrolled mills them. The drea cns of pure water English and Spanish requestipg incidence of results: 13 returned letters with supply, defective conservancy for miserable Woburn andother incorrect addresses or no admethods, and prevalence of districts have passed away and dress, 13 claims were acknow fies, cholera would. if intro the Council will be asked to ledged and promises made to pay duced, prove a serious menace.
allocate the remaining portion when funds are available, two of the loan in paying off Governwere fraudulent claims two To Honour War Heroes.
ment overdrafts.
Has any promisory notes not matured, reader had a waster of a son to nine bank deposits, banks in whom he had given a few bard liquidation 46 no reply one paid in Memorial tablet to Barbe. Continued on page 7)
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