PAGE TWO THE WORKMAN, SATUL DAY, SEPTEMRER 13, 1924 Interesting News from The West Indian Islands Important Project Which May Prove a Blessing to the Entire Island Fire Destroys Shop in ditare in his department in order Town of Chapelton.
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23 Central Avenue 034 Front Street Panama, Phone 846 Colon, Phone 349 entire During the past few days says the Herald of the 30th ulto.
Mr. Stockley. Government Geologits has been carrying out certain investigations in Clarendon regarding the proposal to irrigate a large section of that parish with the Rio Minho river.
Sometime ago this proposal was put forward by leading planters of the parish to the Go.
vernment, but nothing resulted from it. The protracted drought wbich Clarendou, in common witb other parishes, has recently experienced, bas bas however, again forcibly brought it to the atten tion of the authorities that some means of keeping the cane industry alive for the benefit not only of its inbabitants but for the island must be found.
Consequently, during the early part of the present month, the Hon. George Muirhead, Custos of the parish, made further representations to the Government and it was mainly through his action that the latter consented to Mr. Stockley going to the parish to out certain works of survey.
The proposal is to dam the Minho at a point above May Pen.
The greatest difficulty, it is learnt, however, is the location of a suitable spot for the dam owing to the somewhat peculiar con dition of the formation of the riyer bed.
Mr, Stockley, fron what can be gathered, feels that the difficulty can be overcome and should the preject be carried out, it will certainly prove a blessing for the entire island.
SOKOWOBKOCS5 SE000 SCOXSEXSEX SEX carry Dr. Gems BLOOD ELIXIR For strengthening the BLOOD carried TRINIDAD Vital Statistics.
JAMAICA malca, attended a meeting of the newly formed Finance Advisory Committee to report on the possibilities of cutting down expento meet the the Colony revenue. At the meeting the second to be held. were present the Acting Colonial Secretary (Hon. Door.
THE BUILDING WAS OCCUPIED ly. the Auditor General (Hon.
BY GILBERT CHIN, NATIVE Davis. the attorney General (Hon. Wells Dur.
OF CHINA.
rant. and the Collector General (Hon. Noseworthy. FIRE FIGHTERS WORK As a result of the con conference, it is expected, the Gleaner understands, that a portion of the Building is covered by Insur 260, 000 estimated for Public ance. Was Owned By Works Maintenance expenditure Mr. Clarke.
will be saved. small sum, in.
tended at first for Public Works Extraordinary expendit ure.
The Chapelton correspondent may also be saved out of the of the GLEANER Writing te 80, 000 provided for.
that paper on the 27th August large number of buildings, says: It was very early on for which allowance had been Tuesday evening when the ringing of bells, the sound of pistol, and it is unlikely that the operamade, are nearing completion the yelling fron many throats, tions on them will be stopped.
the howling of dogs, motor car horns and the clarion notes of As has been stated, the beads the bugle and shells gave of the various spending departwarning to the inha Ints of the ments have been requested to town and its surroundings that supply the committee with full the fire bug bad invaded the particulars of probable expendilower section of the town of ture and when this information is Chapeltoa. Your correspondent tabulated, the committee will immediately hurried off to the meet again and have the respectlocns in que and ive heads before it for further reaching the on Constitution Square, which has he discussion an abrupt bill leading down to slight improvement in certhe lower section where the fire tain directions is visible, declared was said to be. It was witnessed an important Governm. nt oftiicer that one of the biggest fires that to a Gleaner representative yes.
had ever been seen here was terday when asked whether the taking place in a sbop owned by deficit was likely to be as high Mr. Clark, solicitor, which as bad been calculated. In the was ented to one Gilbert Chin, meantime, he added, expenditure a Chinaman, who on would be cut down where possiproviston business there. During ble without doing damage.
this time there were not many fire fighters, but in less time that could be imagined, the action Rumour With Regard to New dred fire fighters and lookers on.
Line of Ships At first several attempts were made to burst the doors opeo. Suggest Fruit and Passenger but their aim was met with frus, tration, until later, when the fire Steamers Between Jamaica had reduced the boardings of the and Failure building, it was then noticed that the fire was burning at the nor BUSINESS PURCHASED.
the and western corners of the shop. At this time the fighters had to retreat, owing to the Depressing Effect This Move flames after the roof was enve. Will Have Upon Island loped. At one time the GovernFruit Trade.
ment school building was in great danger; had it not been for the activity of an ex tura cock The GLEANER of recent date Mr. Toomas Bernard, who states it bas been current quickly unearthed a water pipe ly reported that a good deal on the school premises, got of disappointment has been on top of the building and caused among the fruit growstarted watering the shingles ers as the result of a rumour which would easily have become that the proposed new line of feeders for another tire to fruit and passenger steamers to this section. According to what start running between Jamaihas been observed, it was im ca and the mother country posible for the fighters to tac early next year is not likely kle the flames, as no entrance to materialize, it being sugcould be made before the flames gested that certain interests became uccontrollable. It have bought out the business would also be dacgerous for or at any rate the ships.
anya anyone to Venture as the shop It was stated some contained rum.
time ago that the new venture From what can be gathered, had arranged for new refrig.
evening train on the day in type suitable for fruit as well Gilbert Chin lett bere by the erating vesseis of a certain question for Kingston, and while as passenger trade. The vesbe was a way, it was discovered sels were oil burners and were at about 30 that his shop la course of construction.
wa, on fire, and in spite of will Contracts for the supply of ing fire fighters the building and fruit at a minimum of 3s. per were reduced to bunch were made, and growers asbes in less than an hour. were looking forward to this Mueh praise independent move as one desto tined to bring abont the police who were under cond changes and a brighter the command come Field and Sergeant major outlook to the Rose, for the work they did well known local firm, in fighting the fire. few prominent for many of its 2articles that were in an adjoining chievements in the local fruit room at the back of the building world since its advent into the were saved before the entire business, was said to be intebuilding collapsed.
rested in the venture, but the what have learnt the disappointing rumour has come building is covered by insurance. along that the scheme is not The stock and furniture are likely to materialize.
insured for 350. At the time The movements of the parties of writing Detective Harris is interested have been kept very busy at work investigating the secret, and conffrmation of the matter.
re: tis lacking though it comes from a source that The Advisory Committee on usually reliable.
At the present time the fruit Financa Meets. business is not very encouraging, not alone as regards price but also with regards to the THE MEETING IS ATTENDED BY quantity beingt aken. This clear.
THE DIRECEOR OF PUBLIO ly points to the fact that new markets should be opened up WORKS.
and competition stimulated rather than kept at a standstill.
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against fifteen from pulmonary tuberculosis; May three deaths typhoid in comparison with twelve from pulmonary tuberculosis, while June also recorded three deaths from typboid the fatal cases of pulmonary tuberculosis increasing to eighteen deaths from typhoid fever occurred during the first quarter of the year so that the situation at the present time is very satisfactory, the death rate returning almost to nomal. comparison of the vital statistics of the two quarters shows that general deaths during each amounted to 375; the births registered the second quarter were bigber than in the first, the figures being 515 and 484 respectively, while the infantile mortality figures for the second quarter are 73 against 62 returned by the previous three months, SekcOSOB SCOXCOSSO SAMOSOS 86Xosses JOB. PRINTING its contents Trinidad Airman Of every description DONE WITH NEATNESS AND DESPACTH WINS CHALLENGE AERO CUP FOR HIS SQUADRON.
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From an account of the aerial pageant held at Hendon on the 28th, June last which appears in the Daily Telegraph of June 30th, Claud McClean Vincent, son of Mr.
Henry Vincent who, by the is confined to bed with a broken leg, was first out of 24 competitors, each representing one of the different aerodromes of Great Britain. He was flying for bis squadron camp at Hallon, Bucks, and thereby won the Aero Challenge Cup for his Squadron. He was the recipient of a gold match box as a personal gift. The distance covered was 12 miles.
Last year this daring airman won the Duke of York Challenge Cup for his Squadron.
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