PAGE TWO THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1924 Interesting News from The West Indian Islands What Your Hurry?
is mixer tested supply Buy a Coventry Ensign Exoe xoeXSEX Trading.
good Western Auto Supply Co.
Laundry. LA ESPERANZA. Soap Factory some some their JAMAICA Drought Continues ASPHALT PLANT.
at Analto Bay.
QUEEN HAIR DRESSING The Annato Bay correspondent Put Up at Darling Street. writing on the 5th inst. states that Imagine yourself with long, waving, silken (From the Gleaner)
the drought continues to be very hair. Think how attractive you would be. This you can The eight ton Cummer Asphalt severe in that district and the out.
look is grave. Bananas are looking easily have by using QUEEN Plant erected at the Darling Street droog losses from failure of their The HAIRDRESSING. This dressDepot planters connection with the recon.
are fearing What your hurry in ing also removes dandruff struction of the streets of Kingston great and stops falling hair. Cost only 25e a large box at was tested out and worked all right. crops. The Grays Inn Central Fac.
It being good drug stores and kto have the story in each week no work can go arranged spending all the change?
on steadily. Certain Brewer Hess on days Monday and after day this be to 25e Stores is through, final arrangements on owing to the seanty of Wholesale will be made for starting.
The plant canes to the great mills. The first QUEEN Queen Agents up by Mr. 11. Ford, shipment of sugar was made this 165 Central Ave.
Superintending Engineer for Mil. week when 5, 000 bags of this comPanama City.
lars Timber and Coy.
of modity were put aboard the CaliHARPENG 100 Bolivar St.
Colon.
of donia at the Jamaica Fruit and London, the markers. The plant is an up to date one and is capable Shipping Company wharf.
And save the rest of turning out eight trons per hour few fruit companies are still of the mixture. It is so constructed buying fruit, but the price is low, withdrawing the preference she that the trucks will simply pass which makes everyone disappoint!
now gives to British goods. Any under, get their load and pull out. ed. There is an abundance of cocoa decreased production in Jamaica is only 20.
The other machinery, such as this year. The preconsidered very since the advent of preference has the carriers are being fitted up and per cwt which is been entirely due to the prolonged the depot presents quite an air poor.
of activity.
The Public Works Department is droughts from which this country has suffered. Many planters had As previously stated, it is likely carrying on the work of reconhoped for the stabilization of the that the reconstruction of Church structing the Miss Ford Bridge preference with the result that Street will be the first to be under It is hoped that this will be complet several new sugar factories have ed within the next four taken.
been and are being erected in the island.
with the Metcalfe has been The cricket season in co. eks.
club As.
has Barbados has asked the played four Drought Broken. dereces ut matches. The cut antisociated West Indian Chambers of cipate some matches this seaPanama 60. 00 Canal Zone 55. 00 Commerce to make an effort to obtain concerted action amoungst The St. Ann Bay correspondent son, including matches against the the West Indian Colonies in an efwriting on May 12th states that Brown Town the St. Ann fort to impress the Imperial Gov, the drought has been practically Bay and the Lucas of ernment with the broken there. few very ap Kingston. This last named match continued and stabilized preciable showers of rain have fal. will come off on the 24th inst, and preference of the British Empire.
in this part len For Terms. Call Phone 85 within the past few days in the is being looked forward to with The Associated West Indian town and the surrounding districts, great interest. The club has started Chambers of Commerce last week It is understood that with the to fix the grounds and to put every asked the Jamaica Imperial As.
June meeting of the St. Ann Paro. thing in fine shape for these SESSYS5 40 50 33. sy 655846 SS ESCASOWSE Provision is also being sociation to telegraph its views on chial Board, the Board antomatical. matches.
the subject of preference reduction, ly closes its term of office. It is made to entertain spectators and a and yesterday the following cableexpected that a ta general election will full turn out of lovers of the old gram was despatched in answer to be held in June July for the game is expected.
this appeal.
purpose electing a new Board The schools in the Arnotto Bay Reduction of preference strikes In addition to the old members, district will be having a demonstrablow at West Indian English trade who it is understood, will be seek tion on Empire Day on the Gibral.
solidarity. Jamaica is once again ing re election, there are to the tar commons. Several prominent forced to look elsewhere than Engpresent time three new candidates entlemen will address the chil.
who will be entering the political dren.
land for reliable customers. Aboli.
arena; one of these is tion of all preference now granted prestmed to Since writing timely be a local regularly followed the process thly hours.
merchant who kas showers of rain are falling and apEnglish goods being discussed.
THE BEST THE BEST parently will continue for of the Board at TRINIDAD hetical and who is thought in circles, would LAUNDRY be QUALITY cessful candidate should he decide Preference Reduction On to come forward. There is War Memorial.
SERVICE Products.
undercurrent of excitement already SOAP among those political inclina.
RECORDS DEPOSITED BY tions, but it will be a few weeks still The Gleaner of the 14th inst in the city.
before anything will be stirring, for Laundry THE GOVERNOR.
There is a movement on foot to The following telegram Absolute satisfaca pigeon shoct club in this despatched yesterday by the Jatown. It is The Por of Spain Gazette of understood that the maica Imperial Association to the purposes tion and the 2nd inst, says: ground has been already obtained, British Empire Producers Or With the completion of the and that at no distant date the in, ganization. It will be given wide augural pigeon shoot will be held.
foundation work of the Trinidad Quick Service.
England: Use it all the time War Memorial which is now being The reduction of the preference erected on the little savannah (opposite the Fire a: May Pen. Labour Government will have a His Excel Royal Victoria Institute)
the prejudicial effect on production in Jamaica unless some arrangements yesterday morning, visited the site Writing from May Pen on the can be made for new customers TELEPHONE 629 and formally embedded in the base of the monument a document con18th inst the Gleaner correspon by Jamaica to take her produce. It dent says: will also probably result in Jamaica taining a history of the Memorial This town was thrown into a which on the 31st August 1916, the Port of Spain City Council had state of excitement at o clock this resolved to erect in commemoration morning when it was discovered by taken police Bruce that Market Store by the owned by Hyton of Kingsthe Great War. Togeth Colony in with this ton was on fire, and by document were copies of the local o clock newspapers and current coins of the masive building which was of wood, and built fifty years ago, ed in a sealed bottle and deposited realm, all of which were enclos was a mass of smouldering embers The police shrill as stated. The ceremony was simple whistle and the and besides His Excellency who crack in quick succession of Mr.
rived at o clock punctually, acBloomfield gun made the inkabawake that something was companied by Capt. Owen, Head Office: 60 WALL STREET, New York City Owned by The NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK Private Secretary and Lieut. out, but the destruction was and willing hands quick!
so quick that nothing could be sav.
ed, and attention had to be turned Mayor, Gaston Johnson, Dr. Ento the Egyptian Store rique Prada, Town Clerk and Hon.
Secretary of the Memorial ComDepository of the PANAMA CANAL be mitee; Mr. Scott, tween to save the building, and City Engineer, Mr. Power goods, this was burst open by the and the United States Government and Mr. Anderson police who worked with effort to keep off the fire, and secure the Capital Direct Representation through our own Branches and those of Capital His Ecelency, on arrival, was regoods. The Market Store carried a and THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK in ceived by the Mayor, Town Clerk and and City Engineer and then went stock of grocery and provision, and cloth store in the centre, with a around the monument, admiring Surplus ENGLAND FRANCE SPAIN Suroins and expressing his satisfaction at har at the southern end of the CHINA JAPAN INDIA STRAITS SETTLEMENTS 10, 000, 000 PHILLIPINES building. The Sergeant Major and 10, 000, 000 the work that was in ARGENTINE Thereafter in the presence of the progress.
BRAZIL PORTO RICO U, gathering he duly deposited in the as always goes on at these fires URUGUAY AND VENEZUELA second course of the base of the was done. The origin of the fire as Currency Currency monument the records above refer is isual. is wrapped in mystery. The stock of all the places carried full red to. The assembly then lined up on the northen side of the monuand the Correspondents in all the Trade Centers and Ports of the World Northern Fire Insurance Comp nent and was photographed by Mr.
atest involved. The polie Power after which His Excellency are busy taking statements. Mr.
and party withdrew.
In Coote was manager of the grocery, answer to one of the many and bar, and Mr. McHardy was ESPECIALLY EQUIPPED FOR FINANCING AND PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE questions put by His Excellency who evinced considerable interest manager of the dry goods department Messrs Thompson, and INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AT PER CENT. PER ANNLM in the work, the City Engineer Gordon, were early stated that there was no desire to on the scene. Continuer o Page 7)
al suc. mild of says: was start a Pollicity in West Indian Indian products by the PALOMA SOAP Governor, PANAMA.
of the part the International Banking Corporation aritants Porter. there were present.
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