PAGE TWO THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1923 Interesting News From The West Indian Islands SSSEXSS BARBADOS UNION OIL COMPANY Chauffeurs and Car Owners Book Binding!
Since Book Binding Departmeni There JANUARY EVERY DAY BRUARY ECEMBER JEWELRY NOVEMBER DEC www GOOD DAYS OCTOBER 31 DAYS 30 DAYS APRIL TOASTED ALL THE YEAR ROUND SEPTEATS LUCKY STRIKE CIGARETTES 31 DAYS My West Indian Cricket SAVO TE isnony SAVAOE sir INNS the way Close Down Operations.
Should Remember that the car with the good appearance gets most The Herald of the 15th Sep.
of the jobs on the street.
Why throw away your old, but no tember says the closing down of operations by the British Union KEEP UP THE APPEARANCE OF YOUR CAR Oil Co. Ltd. at the end of the doubt interesting, books when you month is a terrible thing for a Use WHIZ the best body polish on the market section of labour in this community. Both skilled and unUse WHIZ the best Top and Cushion dressing in town can have them neatly bound at skilled workmen will suffer the blow which is hard bit acd Our FORD and BUICK Slipcovers, our FORD Top Recovers are also alarmingly sudden, and regret the cheapest and best.
Open from a to 10 THE WORKMAN will be telt throughout the colony. 1919 the Company WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY Co.
has been engaged bere, and bas expended vast sums of money No. K STREET AND ANCON AVE.
not only in sinking wells, but in establishing conveniences for the Drawer Ancon, Phone 85 Panama.
reception of their product and CENTRAL AVENUE for its retinement. Pipe lines have been laid and work has proSexe Sess SSCSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ceeded with a confidence which and No. G Street inspired optimism in the future of the colony as an oil producing Wanted To Buy centre and supply station. The is no certain knowledge of the reason for the dramatic cessa.
USED POSTAGE STAMPS tion of the company activities.
31 DAYS The shut down may be but temIN ANY QUANTITY porary, for understand Direct ors from beadquarters will be in Apply: WILKINS the colony shortly to pronounce definitely on the situation.
Box 125 Ancon, or at House Makes the most acceptable gift for all occasiuns 223. Ancon, z any The General Hospital.
day after p.
FINE JEWELRY The Committee of the Hospital Board appointed to consider COURTEOUS SERVICE and what steps should be taken to sending of exhibits and in such retain the services of the senior ober ways as might be consider LOW PRICES nurees, who are resigning, should ed advisable.
not find their task a difficult one, have made our store the headquarters for The whole affair is a question of JAMAICA money. The wages which have Gift Buyers been paid over a lorg period for long, watches, much responsibility and hard work bave been will far from commensurate. It FULLER not be denied that the efficient The Quality Jeweller performance of a nurse duty JAMAICA LIKELY TO SEND TEAM 122 CENTRAL AVENUE necessitates both mental and stva TO BARBADOS TOWARDS THE physical vitality, and that these AUTUMN OF NEXT YEAR are qualities that should be paid for. It would be a very sad ting for the institution if a few The Jamaica Herald of the Captain of the recent West Io mentary Committee:pounds were allowed to stand in Have You Tried Them Lately? 6th of September says that dies tam to England, should be QUESTION NO. the ret of valat Thursday meeting of the invited to give a verbatim reveiw uable labour, and am hoping Jamaica Cricket Council, there of the tour. It has been decided Steamship communications with the Committee will recommend a was a strong feeling that the in that at the presentation of the Great Britain and suggestions for reasonable wage increase and vitation from Barbados for a Senior Cricket Cup, the Cricket improvement.
protect the sick against the the Secretary of State for the color that island, should be es scheptele Holland Philips.
visit of a local combination to Council will present an address COMMENT hands of inexperience.
inferior intellectually to of welcome to Messrs Nunes, colored or wbite boy.
bles to participate is the British Toe invitation specifies This question arises directly out That, youngest boy of yours Empire Exhibition to be held a Jamaica team should visit that This afternoon Clovelly steamship communications with of complaints as to inadequate Barbadian Social to Uncle Moses, remarked the sum of 3, 000 as the Colony part in matches against Barbados, Clovelly Park against Lucas, in made by some of the Colonies.
Life. colored pastor to one of his contribution.
Trinidad and British Guiana dur honour of Mr.
Phillips.
parishioners. At the request of the Gov ing the West Indian Cricket British Guiana, especially is dis No Sab, No Sab, replied the ernor the Legislature appointed satisfied with its Tournament. The Cricket Counties. So are Grenada and St.
steamship facilithe heel ollowing sectione arated chille Leber bad; in fact abip of the Honourable Attorney wittee of the sister colong should Parliamentary Committee Lee take up this question and decide The following is taken from old man sorrowfully. He is de Committee, under the Chairman eil decided that the Cricket Lucia. will doubt Halifax Herald. of June he de White sheep ob de General, to recommend in be asked posssible to family.
with it from their point of view.
manner the amount voted should receive and entertain a Jamaica be spent. This Committee re team about August or September GETS JAMAICA POSITION In Barbados distinctions of REPLY of Januaryand the com TO THIRD caste are QUESTIONAIRE.
Jamaica already possesses a than in any other West Indian The British Empire 41, 500 stould be forwarded to reply it in the negative; amouha direct steamship communication the Secretary of State as a con Barbados ag ee to send a cricket colony. The sligbtest taint of with England. It is also served African blood sutices to exclude Exhibition. tribution towards the construc combination to Jamaica next tion of the West Indian Court September, a of the a person from white society.
reply sent by the Jamaica Im which send their steamers at the Exhibition, and that the The amalgamation of the two The Cricket Council agreed perial Association to the third for such cargo as sugar, cocos, races nevertheless goes on The Legistature of Barbados remaining 1, 500 should be spent that at its bext meeting Mr. question in the Questionaire sent coffee and rum, ete.
and who was the number of colored people accepted the invitation of the locally in the preparation anal Ka Nunes.
Vict them by the West Indies Pariia tion of increased direct steamship is steadily increasing. The commuuication with England can mulatto people are wonderfully only arise out of the necessity of suited to the climate and are establishing a competitive line of endowed with an energy and steamers to carry fruit from Jaintelligence which will no doubt Capital and Surplus 10, 000, 000 maica to England, and this, the in time enable them to challenge Undivided Profits over 6, 000, 000 Jamaica Imperial Association is of the political preponderance of opinion, is a matter which must the This class the be dealt with mainly by Jamaica.
dle class is composed of landed herself. Therefore it has no sugproprietors, business men, gestion to offer at present with clerks, editors, doctors, lawyers, regard to steamship communicateachers and tradesmen, Shut tions with Great Britain.
out socially from association Head Office: 60 WALL STREET, New York City INTER COLONIAL STEAM with the white on one hand and Owned by The NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK SHIP COMMUNICATION.
from the black by their undoubted superiority the The Association thinks, however, other, they form by themselves that Jamaica should be connected a distinct social order. Their with the other West Indian islards political sympathies are of Depository of the PANAMA CANAL by means of a regular steamship course with the black populaService. Major Wood, when Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated in his report on the West While the over crowded condition of Barbados has tended Direct Representations through our own Branches and those of Indies, that a direct service bet Jamaica and Trinidad or Barbados to keep the laboring population THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK in be arranged and no possible in a more or less subseryient chance of obtaining this object position, the provision of ENGLAND FRANCE SPAIN BELGIUM should be lost.
system of general education bas CHINA enabled them to make decided JAPAN INDIA JAVA STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Such a service would eventually PHILLIPINES progress. The black man bas be for the purpose of linking up ARGENTINE BRAZIL CUBA PERU PORTO RICO Jamaica with the rest of the obvious vices, but he has no less obvious virtues and the BarbaURUGUAY AND VENEZUELA West Indies, and would not serve a dian has everywhere commercial purpose. But it would reputation for intelligence and bring all the West Indies into close capacity The rapid growth and frequent communication and in the number of small proprieCorrespondents in all the Trade Centers an Ports of the World would develop the idea of tors owing to the sale in small interest and action. The financial united lots of many ostates is evidence loss, if any, would have to be borne of bis industry and flatly conby the West Indian colonies directly tradicts the old idea that he ESPECIALLY EQUIPPED FOR FINANCING AND PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE concerned, but the value of the would only work under com closer unity and co operation of pulsion. While as to his intellithe West Indies would probably gence, black boys in the ele. INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AT PER CENT. PER ANNUM be regarded as outweighing the mentary and higher schools monetary loss incidental to this show themselves to be in no way (Continued on page 6)
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