PAGE TWO THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1924 Interesting News from The West lidian Islands OG SAVE YOUR EYES Messrs carrying in attractive colours the Court of arms of Trinidad and Grenada. It has afforded us a fine opportunity of seel what can be done in a commercial way at little expense and will be useful guide in connection with any bigger enterprise later on.
The venture will pay for itselt besides popularising Trinidad ard Grenada COCOR.
Carsons are making arrangements to sell the Chocolate în England during the Exhibition at the Army and Navy Stores and at Selfridges. One or two people from ditferent parts of the United Kingdom also a.
toe proached us as regards appointing agencies.
Commenting on the outlay Mr. Freeman said It is a very suceessful enterprise on the part of the Colony. Everybody agrees that the West Indies Pavilion in quite one the pret.
tiest and most attractive pavillons in the whole of the Exbibition.
The spot is also an excelent one being near to the Government buildings and other big Colonial pavilions. shipment of Trinidad chocolate and souvenir cocoa mugs as well as post cards is expected from England shortly and will be put on sale locally.
SWOO JAMAICA LETTER FROM Panama Canal West Indian Employees Association Dr. Gems BLOOD ELIXIR For strengthening the BLOOD TO JAMAICA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL an TRINIDAD Trinidad at Wembley.
To Pave Bed of HON. FREEMAN GIVES INTERESTING INTERVIEW, Dry River The WEEKKY GUARDIAN states Writoig under the caption that the Hon. Freeman, Di Round the Town THE WEEKLY rector of Agriculture, who repre GUARDIAN of the 28th June sented Trinidad at the Empire Says:Exhibition at Wembley and wbo One of the most important was principally in charge of the features of the Municipal im Trinidad Court returned to the YOU HAVE ONLY ONE PAIR OF EYES.
provement scheme is the paying colony recently, and in an interof the bed of the Diy River, view with a GUARDIAN repreTAKE CARE OF THEM tbus improving its sanitary sentative gave a brief outline of Wembiey condition. The work is estimated the activities on GOOD GLASSES PRESERVE YOUR EYES to cost 164, 000 and the Govern behalf of Trinidad as follows: ment is expeeted to contribute The West Indian Pavilion was INCORRECT GLASSES RUIN THEM one third. This public nuisance finished in time for the opening has for long been one of the eye he said and we made as fine a WE CAN FURNISH GOOD GLASSES AS LOW AS 50 sores of the municipal adminis. show as was possible. There tration. It has, perhaps, been was a gigantic assembly of CONSULT US WITHOUT OBLIGATION written about and spoken of peo more than anything else in the the Empire in the stadium and people drawn from all parts of Scadron Optical Co.
think that at last the city is to the King and Queen with an PANAMA COLON be rid of its obnoxious smells escort of Horse Guards atterded.
There was a great group of and certain interference witb Bands and choire. The Prince 23 Central Ave.
Front St. Nəar 9th, the health of people living in the astrict as well as outside. After Exhibition, made a short speech Feresse of es President shower of rain the bed of the and the King replied making a river is dotted with pools of fairly long address which was insanitary matter and at nights heard distinctly by thuse in the smell penetrates far into the attendance through the loud City.
speakers set up in the stadiun.
There were about 100 000 people It is proposed to pave the bed present at the opening.
from the vicinity of South Quay The Exhibition settled down bridge to Robinson Vole, from with a daily attendance of about side to side with a gradient 40 000 to 50, 000 going up to towards the centre and an egg 80, 000 on Saturdays, Then, a shaped drain in the middle of the weather got better the the stream. Such a drain would attendance went up to 60 000 carry practically all the dry and 70, 000 per day and reached weather flow and concentrate as bigh as 170, 000 on Saturdays.
whatever there might be of a Since have left England deleterious nature in the centre have heard by wireles at sea it the stream where it coula that the attendance on Whit easily be dealt with by the clean Monday was 370, 000.
ink gangs. The plan appears to The Exhibition as regards offer a permanent solution of the the buildings and displays, is evil and its early cousummation about complete now, though would be a boou to residents in work here and there will still go that district as well 89 on as is usual with exhibitions.
important factor in the public The stage reached on the openbealth of the City.
ing day was not as bad as painted The erection bad almost been completed and the Recommended for Removing the Humors of The last fire in Belle Eau Road roads were finished but being Scrofulous Diseases, Pimples, Boils, Blotches, has revived the qu sion of water new and with the rains they supply in Belmont for tire were not comfortable to travel Tetters. Useful in Chronic and Syphilitic fighting. It is not easy to on.
Rheumatism, Mercurial Affections and Disunderstand the difticulty of the TRINIDAD SHOW.
men of the Fire Brigade in The Trinidad Court has been eases caused by Impurities of the Blood.
putting their hands quickly on a great success. Crowds of hydrants. Successive tires have people kaps day. There were An Alterative recommended for purify.
shown them jumping there in energetic search for always long lanes of patrons in Their bydrants and contesting for the Majasties and Prince Henry our.
ing and enriching the BLOOD.
use of one when it is found. Ace accompanied by the King This is strange wh a residents and Que have seen the Brigade pay our court in May, 15th, passing Queen of Roumania, visited regular visits to the district and through from the open and Inspect hydrants. To remedy were keenly interested in every For Sale at all Drug Stores this difficulty which, perhaps, thing they saw. They admired arises through the excitement of the Pitch Lake Model and the And in Large Quantities by the moment, it has been sugges, other features and accepted ted to make the hydrants dis: gifts of Trinidad Chocolate.
tinguishable easily by painting JAVIER MORAN. American Pharmacy them in arresting colours and The chocolate loange is the gradually introducing the im centre of attraction. The colour AGENT prived type in use all over the scheme is extremely pretty. On green topped tables rest yellow cups and saucers while yellow dresses are worn by the lady attendants.
CHANGE OF GOVERNORS The The patronage received has most satisfactory Trinidad chocolate with cream Takes Trinidad, Public By and biscuits are supplied for 6d.
Surprise.
and large numbers of people sit during the day drinking chocolate there and buying it to take Under the captton Olds and away. The receipts steadily inEods the same paper writes. creased. When we started the receipts were about 50 to 60 Events have marched rapidly per week. and before left in regard to the Colony Gov. they rose to 120 per week.
ernor.
Of every description The Completely taken by souvenir cocoa mugs and surprise, the public woke to and post cards were also ready find one morning that sir sellers as well as the curious Samuel Wilson would leave the etc. sent over by the Home InColony to take up the appoint dustries.
ment of Governor of Jamaica. The modol of the Pitch Lake before that shock bad been drew very great interest also the DESPAÇTH got over, and without any models made of the River Estate reasonable time for indulging and buildings, and of the Im.
in speculations as to who would perial Agricultural College and AT THE be the best Governor of the the experimental sugar factory Colony, with a speed by so that is to be erected in conmeans usual ic such matters. nection with it. The exhibits the public learnt that its next representing the products of the Governor has been appointed, Oolong and photograpbs have Sir Horace Byatt, of been sources attraction Tanganyika Territory, is to be There is a big demand for lizpromoted to Trinidad. There ards, centipedes and other aniTrinidad who had heard of the baby crocodiles have sold very are not very many people in mals made of balata and stuffed; Dame before, but Sir Horace quickly, also needle work.
Byatt record is an excellent COCOA ENTERPRISE one, and there is no reason why, in spite of the fact that ex an eminent success. The de The cocoa project has been perience gained in African posmand for chocolate was getting sessions is rather a liability than bigger before left and Carson an asset in successful West Trinidad Chocolate is becoming a Indian administration, he should popular brand. It bas been put not do well in Trinidad.
IN THE WORKMAN IT PAYS up in packets with a fine wrapper here and remained City.
beea The Gleaner of the 8th inst states that at a Meeting of the Municipal Council of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporations beld on the 7tb; a letter was read from the Panama Canal West Indian Employees Association with regard to the standard of wages and urging that better consideration be given to the workers mentioning how differently they were treated abroad as regards Day and depreciating the recent labour troubles Counciller Harrison: don think we can do anything:Counciller Alves: Yes, we can.
The Mayor: If no one says anything the matter will end there.
Councillor Harrison said he would move that the letter be entertained.
Councillor Alves said the letter was from a body Jamaicans abroad, who loved their country more than many of them who at home, Jamaicans abroad were well treated but those at home were being halfstarved and kept down at per day by men who rose from the ranks of povetry themselves and ougbt to know the pinch. He bad to fight a labour battle once with the United Fruit Compary but there was this to be said to their labourers better than any their credit that they treated one else. They provided them with cotta cottages and medical attention They were foreigners.
people could live well on 000 year when they got in easy a strees but the poor Corporation lobourer bad to eke out a erable existence on per day.
He could hardly raise the pick to dig because of hunger. What of the poor children wbo could not go to school for want of on account of disease?
Panama and Cuba were a blessing to Jamaica. In conclusion Mr. Alves said he thanked the Mayor for the hearing he had given him.
The Mayor: was not listening Councillor Alves, Councillor Gayle supported Mr.
Alves and stated that the West Indian Association of Panama nas to be congratulated on the letter. The condition of the labourers bere was borrld.
Councillor Harrison spoke in favour of better treatment of the labourers.
The men who were digging up the streets should get a little better pay.
The motion that the letter be entertained was adopted.
Alderman Penso asked that the clerk be instructed to (Continued on page 3)
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