PAGE TW THE WORKMAN SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1923 Interesting News from The West Indian Islands BARBADOS so SO Chauffeurs and Car Owners Book Binding!
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CIGARETTES 31 DAYS MAY COD ROUND mode the war, Stva OE INNS sinr Have You Tried Them Lately? THE GOVERNOR Should Remember that the car with the good appearance gets most Should Not Be Made To of the jobs on the street.
Why throw away your old, but no Pay Income Tax On KEEP UP THE APPEARANCE OF YOUR CAR His Salary.
doubt interesting, books when you Use WHIZ the best body polish on the market The Barbados Herald of the Use WHIZ the best Top and Cushion dressing in town can have them neatly bound at 21st ult, states: Our FORD and BUICK Slipcovers, our FORD Top Recovers are also When the House of Assembly the cheapest and best.
Open from a to 10 THE WORKMAN decided to make the Governor salary subject to income tax it WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY Co.
was felt by many people that the measure was invidious, to say the very least of it. It apNo. K STREET AND ANCON AVE.
pears that the attention of the Drawer Ancon, Phone 85 Panama.
Secretary of State for the Colonies has been invited to the action of the Barbados Legisla ES CENTRAL AVENUE le tare, and, as a result, a memoand No. G Street randum has been sent down Wanted To Buy from that official informing the Government that the position Barbados has taken up USED POSTAGE STAMPS does not find favour with the Colonial Office. The memoranIN ANY QUANTIYY dum wbich is addressed to His ATTENTION!
Excellency the Governor is as follows: Apply: WILKINS Sir, have the honour to Box 125 Ancon, or at House transmit to you for your infor223. Ancon, C, any We have just received mation the accompanying copy day after p.
a fine assortment of of a memorandum showing the salaries of the Governors of the West Indian colonies and BerIt is as follows: Watches Clocks muda in comparison with their DE LISSER OF JAMAICA.
revcrue and population.
Herbert de Lisser, who has AND These figures indicate that the been for twenty years editor of Governor of Barbados is now in Gleaner of Jamaica, the most a position remarkably unfavourimportant paper in the West ably compared with the Govern Indies, and who is Secretary of that will satisfy the most fastidious taste ors of the other West Indian the West Indian Imperial Also a complete assortment of the famous colonies. would point out in 10 SAVITE Association and author of half a particular that the Governors of dozen novela detailing native life, AIKIN LAMBERT all the neigbboring colonies reis now in London tain the addition to their salaries In all tha Islands of the West made in view of the increase in YEAR Fountain Pens Iodies, there is no man quite so the of living after powerful as this journalist.
AND amounting to 400 a year in one SAνα τε Although he is not well known to care and 500 a year in all the the man in the street over here other cases. The salary and alat the Colonial Offica and among Pencils lowances of the Governor of big wigs in political circles his British Guiana which had been name is one that attracts instant specially increased to 6, 000 on attention Remember our Repair Department is the appointment of Sir gerEDITOR AND PATRIOT.
ton were restored to their most efficiently equipped previous figure of 4, 500 on Sir DeLisser is primarily a JamaiW. Collott appointment and can Patriot and a great ImperialS. FULLER were increased from that figure JAMAICA to urge for a wider system of ist. People who talk about an to 5, 000 in 1920.
Imperial preference, or a lower. Americanised West Indies reckThe Quality Jeweller ing of Imperial Customs duties on without this great little wish to take this opportunion sugar, cocoa, coffee, rum, etc. Gleaner 122 CENTRAL AVENUE Lan, and those who ty of observing that His Majesty Riot of Imaginais met with a refusal, there will talk of settling our debt to the the King is exempt from income tion.
tax, and that the Government of be an overwhelming demand in States by ceding one or two of Jamaica for annexation with the the West Indian islands had bet all the Dominions and nearly all ter steer crear of the Hotel Cecil West Indian Government official DeLisser is not a member of the Colonies have considered it United Ststes, will read with a while de ele, quiet, and breath been maltreated by this dy lature; he pulls the strings beappropriate whose political corns have not the Jamaican House of Legisthat Governors INDIVIDUAL WHO IS MADE TO good deal of surprise the news His should be exempted in the ca APPEAR AS POWER BEHIND Members of the permanente Ex: ing a gentle, hardy like atmos namic journalist. Yes he has hind the scenes. As the Secrepublished below.
pac! ty as His Majesty repre THE THRONE IN sertatives.
bibitions Committee, and those phere are the absolute antithesis numbered among bis personal tary of the Imperial Association Under the above headlines, of the Legislative Council will. tore biti gorapa peedarticles which friends men of such differing he was largely instrumentation Barbados, apowing to its geo the Herald of the 18th August amusement that portion of the MAN WHO TREADS ON corns. Frank Bullen and Sir Augustus tion.
appears likewise, read with a good deal ofumes dangerously outspoken.
are vigorous, trenchant, and at personalities as Sir Henry Blake persuading Jamaica to spend and Sir Swettenham. 10, 000 on the Wembley Exhiblgraphical position and other ad publishes the following:news article which relates to vantages, attracts a larger num: Persons who were up to a short Jamaica decision to participate doubt if there is any great Hemming. The two leading ar. By the way, why doesn that ber of visitors than any of the time ago accustomed to read in in the Enpire Exhibition.
ticles he writes every day are concerp buckup a little?
neighbouring colonies, and that section of the local press stateJAMAICA AT WEMBLEY, this fact entails upon the Goverments like the following: If our The news arlicle is taken from If you like beautiful hair use read throughout the Indies and in the Colonial Departments of When the exbibltion opens, nor of Barbados unusual expense delegate who is going to England a recent issue of The Graphic. Creoline hair producer. Whitehall and Washington. the world will be able to see for entertaining. pretty little brown girls rolling Jamaican cigars, and natives of request that you will communicate this despatch to the various hues plaiting Yippa House of Assembly in order that Yappa bats, grinding West its members may be fully in Capital and Surplus 10, 000, 000 Undivided Profits over 6, 000, 000 Indian coffee and selling Jamaiformed of the circumstances can jams and jellies.
of the Governors of neighbouring But deLisser is not over bere colonies as compared with those on business connected with bis of the Governor of Barbados.
paper or bis books or tbe exhibition. His mission is con have etc. cerned with a West Indian affair of even greater importance. Sgd) DEVONSHIRE, Head Office: 60 WALL STREET, New York City Owned by The NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK The strength of the memorandum, lies in paragraph 3; the argument in paragraph 4; does not really carry any weight.
WHAT MR. MOODY STUART AND That argument has been oyerDepository of the PANAMA CANAL worked and if it were true once OTHERS PROPOSE TO DO IN is not now worth the attention AND AROUND GRAY INN.
that is given to it. It is much better to take the high and un.
Last Saturday The Herald impeachable ground that his Direct Representations through our own Branches and those of announced Majesty Chief representative THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK in that important developments were proceeding in ought to receive as head of the connection with the re opening state a preferential treat ment as ENGLAND FRANCE SPAIN ITALY BELGIUM in the near future of the 10, 000 far as bis salary is concerned.
CHINA JAPAN INDIA JAVA PHILLIPINES There is sound reason for the STRAITS SETTLEMENTS ton sugar factory at Gray Inn.
ARGENTINE exemptions from taxation which BRAZIL It was stated that parties in CHILE CUBA PERU PORTO RICO have always been granted to England were interesting themthe URUGUAY AND VENEZUELA selves in the factory. It can first persou in the state under the English Constitution. The now be stated that one of the House of Assembly would gain number is Mr. Moody Stuart, whose name is a household word considerable increase of reputation it the decision to impose Correspondents in all the Trade Centers and Ports of the World in the development of the sugar industry in Trinidad and other Inceme Tax on the Governor parts of the West Indies.
werereversed. As it is now the suspicion bas been firmly From what a representative established that the penalty put ESPECIALLY EQUIPPED FOR FINANCING AND PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE of this journal has been able to on the Governor was intended to gather plans are being considerpunish Sir Charles Brien for ed for the planting of canes his temerity in insisting upon INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AT PER CENT. PER ANNUM on the rorthside for the factors the needs for an income tax in (Continued on page 7)
Barbados, is there.
Frank International Banking Corporation Development of Sugar.