PAGE TWO THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1924 Interesting News from The West Indian Islands Water have short, wiry hair new leagamooth and wavy. QUEEN ing hair. Cost only the large box at good drugstores and Bremer Heas se to the Stores, Wholesale Queen Agta 148 Canta Avenge, Panama WAS trucks The FREE One Ejector Case Any of The Perfect One Hand Cigarette Case water for the streets are, first bad there is being utilized, and JAMAICA The Hermitage Dam 18 now From what a representative of of all that it tends to break up the Ice Company is willing to considered there means of the HERALD learns It would apand disintegrate road surface, combating the famine sbould pear that negotiations have been also its cootinued use leads to give the surplus amount, which another such drought occur after procreding for some time past, Banana Situation In slight but unmistakeable smoli present is running to waste, it has been olled, amongst the fruit companles and then that the cost of pump: to be used to water streets, doing basiness in Jamaica with a Western St. Mary ingribe from the birth andhed ISLAND WIDE WATER SCHEME CLOSE BUYING CENTRES ing stations, view of closing down these buyputting it in use is bigb. These It is stated that arguments were presented to the Mr. Molones advises an Island the up keep of these stations PLANTERS ARE ANXIOUS late Mayor and Council by Dr. wide water scheme, which was responsible for the companQA OVER COMBINE. Angus MacDonald, then Medical though at present might be ex Fully Five Hundred Banana les loslog money, and it has Officer of Health for Kingston.
pensive, would in the future Depots In Different Parts been agreed on by all of them prove more economie.
of the Island Shut Down. that in future they will only CURLY HAIR (From the TIME. The use of waste water from pumped from the Ferry River bare stations to buy fruit at can be yours, even though you The people of Western St. the lower Gold Street Public Serould Water the plains of few days ago fully five Railway Stations and it seaport Just QUEEN Bele De Mary are anxious over the deadvice Plant was suggested, bat Kingston and St. Andrew. In hundred banana buying stations towns.
and watch your hair grow lock in the banana trade caused this water is salt. The suggestion this way the waters of the wells situated in different parts of the As is well known when comby what appears to be a Com which seems most favourable is, along the harbour, the Rock Island were closed dowo, and as Nemove dandruft, stope fal bine among the fruit companies to use the water available from spring pumping station from the result regrets are being ex petition becaune keen tow buying. in nearly every in that area.
the well at the Kingston Ice White River and Maggotty pressed on all sides by the small gears district where banana No are belog sent into Factory. Not all the water to be River could be utilized.
bansos growers.
grown, depots were establisbed GU: We ar bh, Colon.
the districts to take out fruit, and cartage is not paid wben the by the different companies.
The companies have now depeople take their fruits t, the cided not to renew these depot, ces licenses, and the Government buyers license. TIMES will lose thousands of pounds by necessitates the working people reporter was told, bas been way of revenue.
to moving from plantation raised to 10 and bananas can plantation in search of work.
The best is so acute that it is enly be bought at certain buyº ing centres.
THE DROUGHT IN THE Almost unbearable at the present time.
Last week the authorised price EAST.
was 28. per bunch. This Oombine prevents competition in BRITISH GUIANA the market, and therefore cuts No Grass For Stock: No Water off the planters from getting For Man Or Beast.
the biggest price for their fruits.
Sensational Find the Companies in this After leaving Kingston, going apparent Combine is said to east you pass right into the most REPORTED DISCOVERY OF 800 be liable to pay a fine of 500 for breaking any one of its rules.
drought stricken area imaginable. Nothing but areas that are CARAT GEM; FOURTH LARGEST Whether this is true or not, bare and naked greet, your eye IN THE WORLD the planters are in a state of till you get past Morant Bay. Beuncertainty.
They know not tween Seven Miles and Yallabs wberber their bananas will be Demerara, March 16. The things appear to be at their diamond circles in the city were purchased, and so they cannot worse.
cut their fruit.
Beyond Morant Bay for about when news was received from enormously stirred yesterday It is truly dark outlook. miles you see a little greenness, the interior of the reported Those small settlers who are in Just Press The Cigarette and some grass in pasture land. And of what is any way connected with the Golden Grove smiles a little be the largest diamond ever dissald to Western St. Mary Land Settle the Button Jumps to but beyond and into Portland covered in the colony. The ment Bebeme, or the Housing there is barrenness agalu meet You till is said to have been discover Scheme, so TIMES reporter Hector River is reached, when was made to understand, are once more the situation edo by Mr. George Houston, brother expected to sell their frult to of Mr. Tommy Houstor, as appearance the Association.
goes. But there is great scarcity telegram was received by the the prominent diamond dealer.
It had been the aim of the of water everywhere.
latter from Bartica, to the effect Association to become so strong The one foot of water in the that a stone weighing six ounces as to be able to support any Belle Castle tank is not fit to use. bad been found by bis brother.
smaller company as well as Householders baye to send a mile This message, however, did not. any larger ones in order to keep for drinking water.
up a competition. If this Oom We will give one of these Cases FREE come direct from George to bis anyone ide brother, the former being still bine is a fact, then there is a turning in Drought at Richmond in the interior. Another prompoor outlook for the settlers, inent dealer was telegraphed to who have to pay up their loans, the effect that the weight was in Interest included.
The Richmond correspondent the vicinlly of six hundred carats It is interesting to note that of the GLEANER, telegraphing to which creates a difference beabout 10 years ago the license that paper on the 28 April tween the weight stated to Mr.
for buying bananas was only Says. The severe drought Houston of couple of hundred prior to that no license remains unbroken. Absolutely carats. It is, was paid at all. In 1920 the no rain bas fallen here close that an unusually large stone bas license was increased to PACKAGES upon months. This state of been found, but the next imporThere are depots or special affairs is considered serious by tant feature would be its qua quality buying centres at Guy Hill, TO the banana cultivators and other on which depends the ralue it Gayle and Wood Park. The food producers parish owner.
This section of the island interested will bave now to walt All depot at Wood Park bears the BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. Panama) Ltd.
license of Keiffer of the a bounds in owing in patience until Mr. George United Fruit Co.
93 Avenue B, PANAMA springs, but to the absence of rains nearly Houston arrives at Bartica or FIDANQUE HENRIQUEZ CO. Bolivar Avenue, COLON all have dried up. The rivers until direct word is received 100 show signs of lessening in his headquarters in Georgetown.
at RESOLUTION ON SUGAR UNITED FRUIT Co. Almirante ARISTIDES ROMERO. David the quantity of water. House. If there be any truth in the PREFERENCE.
CARL FRIESE Co. Bocas del Toro MIGUEL CONTE Penonome holders at some places have bad above report, British Guiana to walk long distances to pro would at once become one of the Smoke LUCKY STRIKE and Save your Empty Packages. cure water for domestic pur: most famous diamond producing Adopted By Parliamentary Fresh Stock received from New York weekly.
poses; the continued drought centres of the world, as such a also Committee.
causes great hardships stone would rank fourth among to the labouring section of this the world largest diamonds, SONCESS SS community, which course eclipsing the The Jamaica Imperial Association has received a cablegram Mogol and Kohl Noor stones; and being only exceeded by the from the secretary of the British Cullinan discovered in South Parliamentary Committee, Africa in 1906, weighing 3, 080 stating that the resolution to carats valued at 15, 000, 000, the stabilize the present cash value on Excelsior weighing 971 carats ten years, was adopted for presa)so found in Bouth Africa, entation to the Secretary of valued at 1, 000, 000, and the State. Orloft. weighing 900 carate which adorned the sceptre of the It will be remembered that a Czar of Russia and which was cable had been sent to the Comfound in India, mittee by the Jamaica Imperial Association, advocating the Head Office: 60 WALL STREET, New York City stabilisation of the preference.
Owned by The NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK LUCKY STRIKE changes as far as 100 EMPTY LUCKY STRIKE however, o evident of Great International Banking Corporation Terrible Tragedy.
Kingston and Water Depository of the PANAMA CANAL SUGGESTIONS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
Capital and Surplus 10, 000, 000 Currency and the United States Government Direct Representation through our own Branches and those of THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK in ENGLAND FRANCE SPAIN ITALY BELGIUM CHINA JAPAN INDIA JAVA STRAITS SETTLEMENTS PHILLIPINES ARGENTINE BRAZIL CHILE CUBA PERU PORTO RICO URUGUAY AND VENEZUELA Capital and Surplus 10, 000, 000 terrible tragedy resulting in the death of one Adolphus Williams alias Norwegian WAS enacted in the streets of Georgetown, Demerar, on the mornIng of 11th March. It appears the deceased who was released from goal a few days previously having served term of months for wounding a police constable, was trying to obtain financial help from previous paramour, Blanche George, who alleged against him to the police in the gave information case of wounding the After following her around for some time and their coming to grips more than once, she said it she bad knite she would force him to desist from worry ing her whereupon he drew out a large clasp knife from bis pocket and banded it to her at the same time baring his chest and daring her to use the (Continued on Page 7)
The water famine has now sufficiently abated, that people in the city are once more crying out against the dust.
An order from the Commissloner last week, that no bouseholder should water bis garden has been withdrawn, and permission is given to water them for an hour each day, from to 7, 80. and from 80 to p.
The lack of water for domestic purposes obaving now been met, the cry is for water to keep down the dust on the streets.
In letters to the press a few persons advocate the use of salt water. Some, however are very much lagainst it.
The arguments against the use of ses currency Correspondents in all the Trade Centers and Ports of the World ESPECIALLY EQUIPPED FOR FINANCING AND PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AT PER CENT. PER ANNUM