PAGE TWO THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1924 Interesting News from The West Indian Islands Wanted! Wanted!
West Indian Labourers for United Fruit Company Farm Dr. Gems BLOOD ELIXIR For strengthening the BLOOD lined JAMAICA. BRITISH GUIANA DAN TRINIDAD FRIGHTFUL ESSEQUEBO Disastrous Fire In Financial Position TRAGEDY St. Vincent Street OF THE COLONY IMLABOURER HEAD SMASHED.
PROVING TWO BUILDINGS PARTIALLY Result of Blow by Plle.
DESTROYED.
Deficit For the Financial Year Driver.
It is now Anticipated Will Not The WEEKLY GUARDIAN of Reach 100, 000. But The tragedy occurred in Essethe 8th instant, says: Revenue Will Have to Meet quebo, Demerara, on Sunday fire that completely disExtraordinary Calls for Storm morning last, a man named troyed the upper stories of Nos.
Edward Bam being killed instan70 and 72 St. Vincent Street Damages.
taneously. It is stated that number of men in the employ of buildings with distruction broke AXE COMMITTEE SHOWS HOW the Public Works Department, Minimum Wages 25 Per Day out soon after o clock on 90, 000 CAN BE SAVED. were engaged in repairing the Thursday afternoon. The conIteribisci creek bridge. The flagration whicb bad apparently repairs were started at o clock CONTRACT WORK been working its way unchecked The GLEANER learn that the on Saturday night in order to and unnoticed inside No. 70 island financial position try to complete the work by before it was discovered broke AT SPECIAL PRICES improving, slowly but steadily. Sunday morning so as not to out with a suddenness that was The month of October has kept impede trutic. pile was driven appalling and spread with such raplaity that it defied the up its reputation of being a and the repairs were completed good month, and in view of the about one o clock on Sunday Farm Men only wanted energetic efforts of the well approach of Christmas and the morning. Just then, while the equipped fire fighters for fully importation of unusual quantities pile driver was being taken 50 will be sent to Bocas weekly 45 minutes of goods, the revenue is showing down, a rope which was holding It large crowd immediately it broke and the driver fell.
signs of a rise.
gathered to watch the movecame in contact with Sam, At the end of August, we knocked him down and smashed Transportation Furnished ments of the Brigade and learn, the colony balance bis besd. Another lavourer was band of workers laboured wich amounted to 75, 000 The badly injured.
NO MONEY ADVANCE feverish baste to rescue furnisurplus with which the current tore and other effects from year began, however, was 112, burning bouses. So fierce was 000, that the deficit or the Georgetown Tramway Apply to WYNTER the heat ard so quick the spread about 35, of the flames that residents 000. In the balance which has Difficulty.
of the ground floor of No. 70 Standard Oval Mondays Thursdays at 10. a. St Vincent Street were able been given, that is 75, 000.
allowance must be made for to remove but little of their changes that have not comes to GOVERNMENT DEMAND CONDUCxUSANAAA farre north furniture. Residents of houses may futher.
as No. 82 St.
So that on the accounts the GROOVED RAILS.
Vincent Street and to the Island has drapped about South as far as No. 66 St. 40, 000. For the whole year, Vincent Street 1924 1925, it will be remembered Cancellation of Licence For SS SSweexes SEX SCXSCNSSSSSSS Street thought it ad visable to remove their belongthat the colony budgeted for a Faliure.
ings some distance further from deficit of 12, 000.
the fire zone. Their efforts were in the main successful and Not long ago it was feared that the deficit for the year would be The following is the text of a when calm was restored the close on 250, 000, but later the letter recently forwarded by the pavements adjoining both sides of the street from Tragarete tigure was estimated at 100, 000. Colonial Scietary of British Road corner fully 200 yards Now it is believed almost certain Guiana to the Georgetown Town porthward were with that this gure is an outside Council, on the question of the household goods. The spread of one and that the detit may be proposed rewal of the Tramthe fire resulted from the sale somewhat smaller. This cacula ways keepce for a further Iton is based on there not being period of thirty years:hold it had gained before being detected, and this was attributed any unusual signs of recovery, 17cb Ostober, 1924.
to the absence from their nuly actual averages being take Sir, With reference to the into ascount.
letter from this office of the homes of many of the occupants.
Evelyn Arrindell. servant Even if the deficit had been 29th July, and to previous employed by Mrs.
much smaller, through the correspondance on the subject Rezende, at 68 St. Vincent swings effected, it must be of the renewal of Georgetown Recommended for Removing the Humors of was probably the first person Tramway Licence for a further borne in mind that the calls on who detected the outbreak.
the revenue through the recent period of 80 years. am Scrofulous Diseases, Pimples, Boils, Blotches, She alleged that she saw a rain and storm will be ex direct directed by the Governor to Tetters. Useful in Chronic and Syphilitic blaze in the kitchen at the back ceedingly heavy. In this constate for the intormation of the of No. 70, wbich seemed to be nection, it is not unlikely that Town Council, that Mr.
Howard Humphreys, who was Rheumatism, Mercurial Affections and Disthe artery road through the Bog something more than the flare trom bearth and she gave Wall gorge may be deflected consulted regarding the type of eases caused by Impurities of the Blood.
the alarm.
and built at a much higher all to be used in the streets, has altitude. If a new road were advised almost imAn Alterative recommended for purify.
Originating, it is stated in a kitchen at the eastern end of constructed, the calls on the possible to maintain colony Excheguer would need unless grooved rails are laid and ing and enriching the BLOOD.
the upper storey of No 70 less to say be very serious.
that in the case of wood paving, oceupied by Mrs. Martin the THE AXE COMMITIEE.
if grooved wood blocks are flames spread westwards inplaced against the running volving the front of the building Prior to the arrival of the new faces of the rails, such grooves For Sale at all Drug Stores and then southwards and northGovernor, small committee degenerate into dangerous ruts wards until ckecked by thick carefully considered how expen in a comparatively short time dividing wall of No. 68 to the diture in the island could be And in Large Quantities by soath and the low roof of No, 74 reduced, Various Departmental heads were seen and asked how day light, but the injuries were one Storeyed house occupied estimates could be reduced. too severe and be succumbed.
JAVIER MORAN. American Pharmacy by Mrs. Amy Ellis to the nortb.
These barriers, however, would The GLEANER is in a position Heary was 28 years of age and have been futile against the to state that the total cuts AGENT reco nmended by the committee a native of Clarendon.
its lived at Chestnut Lane He was intensity of the flames were it not for the constant and unamounted to no less than 99, 000.
ceasing stream of water with It is anticipated that the mawhich the Brigade drenched jority of the proposed savings VOMITING SICKNESS and flooded the buildings adjoinwill be carried into effect and it ing Nos. 70 and 72 that were not unlikely, as st. ted in these already marked for distraction, columns, that furtner axaing Takes Toll of Lives in Upper unless the foundation is excesbefore they had tairly got into sively strong may be reported to.
Clarendon. The question bas again been action.
considered by the Governor IF YOU WANT TO BE The Buick went in action first Fatal Accident At The The Clarendon Correspondent in Council, and it has been from a bydrant in St. Vincent Railway.
of the Gleaner writing decided that grocved ralis must Street immediately opposite the burning buildings while from Four Paths on November be laid over the whole tramway Dennis came into action from a tbe 22nd, says. News reached this system in Georgetown, failing Phillip Henry, a switchman at town this eening of three which an extention hydrant in Park Street using of the TELL YOUR SECRETS TO THE two jets. The water pressure the Jamaica Government Railway deaths which occured in the duration of the company was fairly good 72 lbs per square died at the Kingston Public Hos Rock District to day, five miles licence to operate the tramways RIGHT MAN pital yesterday afternoon having from here.
cannot be entertained.
inch in being registered. As the been knocked down by a train fire was spreading at an alarmAll the victims are children, The general manager of the at the Kingston Railway Station and it is said that they died from Trinidad Electric Company has HAPPY IN FRIENDSHIP, BUSINESS, ETC, ing rate north and sout, several on Saturday Morniag last.
lines of hose were laid out and the dreaded vomiting sickness. been informed accordingly.
The first train from Porus had Up to yesterday they were (Sgd. POPHAM LOBB, Love Appeals in All Forms mastery was slowly but surely obtained just come into the station and said to be playing.
was backing out to be put up, Fally fifteen deaths are re Colonial Secretary, All kinds of highly appreciated Roots and Herbs Dense masses of black smoke when Henry crossed the lines, ported from this district during BUSINESS DONE BY MAIL ONLY (Continued on page 7)
going to receive bis weekly the last ten days, and it is hoped Try Out of New Steamer wage. He seemed all unaware of that the Government will send CASH OR CREDIT of tae moving train. One of the down to investigate.
the cessation of hostili les she men called out to bim by name large and reperaentative Still another death of another gatbering, including His ExcelI Will Credit You, It Matters Not Where You Live warning bim of the approaching child is reported from the dis lency the Governor, were guests was undelivered and was subse.
quently acquired by the then danger, but before he could trict of Goshen, three miles of the chairman and directors of proprietor of Plo. Wales, for use escape, he was knocked dowa from here, this afternoon, and is the British Guiana Transport Money refunded it No letters answered in connection with that estate.
and two wheels of one of the supposed also to be vomiting Department on Thursday last, dissatisfied with unless 10 is en. The ship was despatched in coaches passed over his body. sickness. The child was hearty on the occasion of the trial run merchandise within closed.
parts from England in 1921 and 15 days after receipt.
The unfortunate man was up to this morning, but started of their new steamer Basra assembled locally by the tirm of hurrled to the hospital in a suddenly to vomit and died in the ship was originally one of Messrs. Sprostons Ltd. After uoconscious condition. He was less than two hours. ALEXANDER lying disused for a period she the traasports ordered during treated by Di. Ferguson Quite a stir has been caused the Great War by the British was acquired by the Colonial aid battled through the night over these death, and it is Government for the coveyance 99 Downing Street.
Brooklyn, Y, Transport Department and regalning consciousness before hoped sowa steps will be taken of troops at Mesopotamia. Oc roconditioned at a cost somewhere in the vicinity of 19. 000.
that it is roads Lucky, Happy and Well