PAGE TWO THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1924 Interesting News from The West Indian Islands You Can Put Dimmers on the Sun JAMAICA nicipal Corporation is now con sidering the necessity of importing and installing a third pump Drought Acute: Water Supply to be kept as a reserve.
THE HERMITAGE DAM Is Very Deficient So far as the construction of the Hermitage Dam is concerned, the contractors are awaiting the HOPE AND WAG WATER RIVERS arrival of the necessary maHAVE NOW ALMOST REACHED THE abead with the building of the cainery from England to go VANISHING POINT big concrete wall which will impound the surplus waters of the Wag Water and forma ECONOMY NECESSARY miniature lake to keep Kingston in water just in times like the BUT You can protect your eyes from the danger of tropical glare by using the famous Sir William Crookes lenses which we can supply in any prescription.
Cataract is one of the commonest results in eyes damaged by tropical glare. Call and let us demonstrate form, and take off their bats it in plain clothes It is further suggested that those who go to see the Memorial should salute when directly oppostie it in the same way.
With reference to the suggestion observance by the general public, it is pertinent to state that General Sir lan Hamilton, speaking on Lord Robert Memorial recently urged similar action. Sir Ian Hamilton, in effect, said it would not be amiss it women when approaching the Memorial cur.
tested, a very pretty custom which he was sorry to say was fast dying out.
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The rounding off of the galvanised corners of Havelock Street and St. Clair Avenue and Elizabeth Street and St. Clair Avenue is the latest work in this direction These were dangerous corners, calling for the greatest cire in taking them. Now, motorists and other forms of vebicu ar traffic would have a clearer view and former rieks reduced if not rid of altogether.
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People Living Above North Street Have to Travel Below STREET RE BUILDING That Line For Water The Gleaner of the 7tb inst. Expected That Rate of Prostates that Kingston and lower gress will be Increased St. Andrew. to be strictly From Now Onwards correct the Urban and Suburban Wards of the Corporate Area)
are again in the grip of a water With respect to the street conshortage shortage far more struction, the rate of progress of serious than thatof a few months which has been the sabject of a ago. In fact the area involved good deal of comment in the is on the verge almost of a water past few days, it is understood famine. The situa 10 is well that the engineers expect to nigh perilous, and the stern accelerate the work from now duty now cast upon every bouse onwards, protiting by the lessons bolder, or occupier, is to conserve learnt in the past or weeks.
every ounce of water possible, 90 The replacing of water and gas as to help tide over the existing service pipes, have been a big crisis cause of delay, and the intention The Hope River has reached in the future is to do this work the lowest in the annls of this in advance. It will mean, howoffice in fact the stram bas ever, that several streets will be practically gone drs. Such out of use at the same time.
was the grave staty peat made to They have also a combined a Gleaner reporter yesterday mechanical digger and roller.
afternoon by Mr. Gould, chief engineer of the Corporation and be added The Wag Water Fisherman Killed by Lightis also getting to vanisbing ning Flash, point.
None of the showers that have fallen in the city and lower St.
The GLEANER of the 9th inst. Andrew recently, reacbed up as says: high as our watersheds, and the Quite a sensation was cre Hope and Wag Water bas been ated at the West End on Thursfalling all the time unui now as day night last when was I have said before they are at reported that a fisherman bad the vanishing point. We have to been struck dead by lightning depend almost wholly and solely There were vivid flashes of on the Ferry, and that supply lightning to the Southwest the goes to Kingston proper exclud. whole alternoon, and the fishering the uburbs. The public man whose name is Joseph Lee, inast again belp us by conserving was struck wbile drawing in bis every drop of water possible. net.
HUNTING FOR WATER From what can be gathered This explains the sights and Le and anotber fisherman scenes in the suburbs Kings. named Ernest Williams went out ton for the past few days. The in a canoe some distance off the water taps flow feebly at night Tannery beach, and wbile Lee and go dry in the early moroings was standing up hauling in the the water not again making its net there was a flash of lightappearance until lata in the niag and he suddenly fell over evenings. Hence the scenes and into the sea. He was pulled out sights. Women and children with by Williams but he was dead.
jars and pails, pots and jers, The body was brought up to the moving down at all hours of the beach and the Water Police day below North St. to obtain a station was notified whereupon supply of tbe indispensable fluid. Water Policeman Bloomfield Washerwomen in those areas are went and took charge of the baving a bard task tiading water body, wbich was conveyed to the for their wasbing.
Once again it is the duty of Yesterday forenoon a post the Gleaner to call upon the mortem examination was per citz:n to save water for a real formed ore the body of the menace is upon us.
deceased by Dr. Michael Grabbam, acting for Kingston, after which it was handed Plans are on Foot oyer to the relatives for interoment.
Joseph Lee was a married man For Installing Third Dupli of about 35 years of age, and resided at No. 8, Water St. Rae cate Pump at the Ferry.
Town. The clothes he was wear.
ing as well as his skin was In its issue of the 9th the badly scorcbed.
GLEANER adds: Soothing cooling showers of rain fell in Kingston and lower TRINIDAD St. Andrew yesterday, but it could not be learot if the water.
shed had been affected.
SALUTING THE WAR The call made to householders MEMORIAL and occupiers to conserve water during the crisis is meetirg with a good respons, and outlying General Ordar For Local Forces areas of the metropolis got water during a part of the day yesterday. But there is still the SUGGESTED OBSERVANCE BY necessity for strict economy.
THE PUBLIC Of course the city proper is dependent wholly and solely on Sir lan Hamilton Comment.
the Ferry for its water supply.
For the past three years the du.
plicate pumps have been work The WEEKLY GUARDIAN States ing together, with but few that the collowing general order short intervals, ser ding 000 000 was issued by Colonel May, gallons of the indiepensable fiad Commandant of the to the Cavaliers reservoirs every Fores from St. James Barracks, 24 bours, Now, woen the plant on Friday, was laid down it was never With a view of maintaining the intended that the turn pum. prestige of the War Memorial, should be run together but that and in honour of those who lost they should be used alternately one being kept as a stand by (1914 1918) it is suggested by their lives in the late war while the other is in operation. Commandant Local Forces that Present indica ions point to all members of the Local Forces the direction of double pumping should when going up or down having to be kept on all the time, Frederick Street and passing and it is understool that the Mu. the Memorial salute it it in uni The Commandant has issued a general order to the Local Forces that members sbould salute the War Memorial when passing it.
He has also made a suggestion that this observance should be paid by the general public. The Memorial is symbolic of the honour with which the public holds those who died in the war and the very object for wbich it has been reared would be nullified unless the spirit of reverence is maintained The Memorial is noto only a monument of architectural beauty. It is the shrine of bereaved families; its presence throws open the flood gates of intense feeling. There should scarcely be need to make a suggestion for general honouring of the Memorial.
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Dando Borough Council to place the means of installing Electric lights in their homes within the reacb of all residents of the towo, bas taken the shape of a draft ordinance which is soon to be presented to the Council in its final form. The Bill provides for the loan of money to residents for the erection of electric light fittings in their houses.
The supporters of the Bill claim that it will have the effect of Increasing immediately the number of cozsumers of electric current with the result that the prospect of the scheme becoming paying proposition in a short time will be nearer realization. earnestly hope that the scheme will do as much as those who put it forward expect, but believe that people will be slow to take adyantage of this offer when they know that the indebtedness of electric lighting takes precedence to all other claims on their property. In the meantime am glad to learn that the number of persons who are having electric lights put on their premlees is steadily increasing. In my view progress is being made as rapidly as could be expected, but anything that might lead to more persons availing themselves of the benefits of baving the convenience of electric lighting must be welcomed. Continued on page 3)
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