PAGE TWO THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1925 Interesting News from News From The West Indian Islands TRINIDAD Fine Bargains Peculiar Railway Mishap.
AT THE VAGARIES OF GOODS TRAIN Four Wagons Deralled Others Smashed.
And MONTEZUMA DRUG STORE DISLOCATION OF SANGRE GRANDE LINE TRAFFIC. NOW OWNED BY BENEDETTI HERMANOS) FINE ASSORTMENT OF French Perfumes INCLUDING portion COTY HOUBIGANT CARON RIGAUD LENTHERIC. PIVER. ROGER. GALLE?
All suitable for making Presents AND MANY OTHER ARTICLES To Be Selected From 50 Steel SEWSONS JAMAICA sidering tbe vicissitudes through wbieb this trees have existedurricai: aid er iri dentalCAMPHOR TREES CULTIVAT bave no sitation in saying that they are extremely well grown ED AT KNOCKALVA.
and thrive well in giving a fai chance. not only produce solid catNocelves New Leases of Li phor from tries of the Cinnamowum Campbor grown on this After Being kept in Abeyproperly, but that Professor ance Some Tim. Kennedy Du cao, of the Univer sity of Katsas, wbo was the THE WORLD SUPPLY. Director of Industrial Research and Professor of Industrial Enquiries Made by Major Mat Pittsburgh and at the UniversiChemistry at the University of thews, Representative of ty of Kapsas, ca pe over bere.
Manufacturing Chemists. investigated the matter and writes in a letter to me dat September 29th, 1910: The cultivation of Campbor have just had an inter: trees at Knockalva Estate in the esting conversation with my as parisb of Hanover, has been. istants who carried out your going on for some years, but it campbor analysis and they tell bas recently assumed a new me that they have since found lease of life. After being kept that, in order to obtain a cam in Ateyance for some time, the phor as pure as you get througb subject has been taken up again. one sublimation with lime the Major Matthews, a representa Japanese find it necessary to tive of a very large firm of recrystalize it with lig roln.
manufacturing Chemists in Lon It is important that you 00: don, came to Jamaica some should know that the campbor weeks ago with a view of mak tbat you get through one simple ing enquiries regarding the sublimation is exceediogly growing of campbor trees, pure. Cinoamomum Campbora) and (Sgd. ROBERT KENNEDY he got into communication with DUNCAN.
Major Malcolm Mr Ciad wick, the Agricul This copy should answer all tural Inspector, was detailed to your questions, and once for all accompany Major Matthews to silence those who say camphor Koockalva, and it is understood candot be extracted from the that the Majı: report on what tree grown on tbis place he said was very satisfactory. regret to say that all my From very early times Cam samples are at present at the phor has been beld in high Royal Colonial loslitute in Lone estimation, chiefly for medicinal don, as well as Protessor Dunand sanitary purposes. caos report and analysis.
recent years it has been increa ingly used for industrialls, par ticulerly for the production o: Importation Of Macelluloid The supply, however, bas by no means kept pace with chinery For Tram y the demand. This deficiency appears undoubtedly to be due Company.
to two causes. according to a article in the Agriculture News. which, acting together, QUESTION OF ADMISSION are gradually shutting out the DUTY FREE OF ARTICLES crude article from imp rtation, both into the United Kingdom TO BE USED FOR CON and into the Vaited States lo STRUCTION WORK the first place, there is the yery natural desire of the Japanes: THE MOTION PASSED to export tbe foished article rather than the crude material for British and American facto Manager of Public Service Con ries to refine Secondly, when cern Req sests Interview With it is remembered that most of Elected Members the camphor in the world e mar ket comes from Formosa, the marked decrease in the produc The GLEANER learns that Mr.
tiveness of the camphor forests Alfred Nicb ls, Manager of ciency in tho supply of the Limited, bas addressed letter there must needs tend to a, den. the Jamaica Public Service, product. When it is borne to the Elected members of the mind that comparatively little Legislative Council asking for an bas been done in the way of new interview so that he might pat plantations to replace the wild before them the request made trees which are disappearing, hdmission duty free of machinery by bis company last year for the is not likely ibat the situation will become easier in the bear work of the company. We unto be used lo the construction derstand that it has not yet been Of course, the shortage of decided by the Elected Memburs supply bas been accompanied by whether this interview shall be considerably higher prices, Juran ed.
camphor oil being quoted: brown, 1607 to 170 per cwt; and white, RESOLUTION IN COUNCIL as much as 175 to 200. and you remembered, the Government In May of last year. it may be the retiuers are often unable to obtain any quantity even at asked the Legislative Council to tbese rates.
pass a resolution to the effect: It is suggested in the Journal That this Council approves of refered to above that there the Government having made a might be provisional arrangemeut with the Jamaica Public Service ComA HOPEFUL OUTLOOK pany, Limited, whereby the commercially for planters in Guverament andertook to submit some of the tropical countries to to this Council Bill to amend experiment in the acclimatization the Tariff Law (No. of 1923)
of the campbor trees.
uch manner as to restore to to the Major Matthews bas returned present bolders of the License to London to make his report to the privileges which the West bis firm, as a result of which, India Electric Company formerly is probable that fresh develoments will take place at Knock 1911 (Law 21 of 1911) as regarde yed under the Tarie Law of importing into the island free of At the present time toe Japan duty materials for use in the ese bold almost complete control construction sod, maintenance of of the camphor trade, which is their public services and also to, Rot cousidered a satisfactory allow Ibe company to import state of affairs. Formoso being such materials into the Island a Japanese possession.
tee of duty pending test of the camphor trees a of the Bill into Law; the Knockalya was made us far back pany on their pari, bav. given a as 1919, and in regard to wbien pond in the sum of 10, 050 to Indemnify the Government for quote the following from the inde we Journal of the Jamaica Agricul the amount of such import duties the respect not been entered provisional agreement bad nent made that no camphor tree vehte of this council no acept into, growing in the West Indies pro ing the proposed amendment of duce anything but oil. We harebe Taritt Law. Further. that sent to the Imperial Commis: this Council approves of the sloner of the West Indies, the store said provisional agreument information given below. At Knockalva Estate in Bau extended, if necessary, until cootinabg and of the bond being over campbor trees are growing such time as the proposed The following communicatio os ameading Bin shall bave been are from Major Malcolm Con leither accepted or rejected by (Prom Port of Spain Gazette) Railway wisbap of some wbat peculiar Datore occurred last Saturday afteonoon at St.
Augastine at about o clock Wbile the Arima cane special (worked by engine No. 29. with Dirver Gaisford at the trottle)
was on tbe run between Tacari gus and Tobapuna Statione, the train whicb was composed of trucks laden with sagar from Orange Grove faetory became separated, the main being drawn by the engine.
This was unobserved until the train had passed Turapuna.
There the Station master ob serving that there was no tailboard telephoned to set to 8t. Josepb Junction with instructions to hold up the train This was done; mean while the detached vebicles (or second balf of the train) being on a down grade, overtook the first half wbiek bad come to a standstill near the Agricultural College, St. Augus tine. beavy Impact occurred. derailing several wagons and smashing three or four vehicles.
The line was also blocked, there by disorganising the Sangre line traffic until about p. on Sunday.
Post of Spain was quickly communicated with, and a Break dowe Special with the LocoSupt. Runnug Shed foreman Traffic Manager, Traffic Superintendent and a few labourers hurried to the scene. But the actual work of clearing the blocked line was only began on Sunday morning Passengers from Grande by the 30 train op Saturday had to detrain at that point and entrain at the other end on a waiting train and all the local trains worked up to St. Joseph only The General Manager visited the scene of tbe accident and departmental inquiry will be Instituted in due course.
Dr. Gems BLOOD ELIXIR For strengthening the BLOOD ogro Recommended for Removing the Humors of Scrofulous Diseases, Pimples, Boils, Blotches, Totters. Useful in Chronic and Syphilitic Rheumatism, Mercurial Affections and Discases caused by Impurities of the Blood.
An Alterative recommended for purify.
ing and enriching the BLOOD.
TRINIDAD OIL ENTERING FRANCE.
future.
edect Rod Take Notice alva.
Ho Ro Co Famous Products Concession In Customs Tarin.
For Sale at all Drug Stores very useful concession in Custom uttes for the importaAnd in Large Quantities by tion into France of petroleum, crude, refined, and petrol spirik JAVIER MORAN. American Pharmacy, besides the beavier oils and residues, bas jast been granted AGENT by the French Government and took from the day of publication in the Journal Officie on February 17th, as applying to the imports from the Island o Trinidad The concession grants the minimum tarid of Customs this Council.
under those beads is tem TREND OF DEBATE porary measure which may be In the debate that followed made permanent. depending there was some opposition upon certain results. The usual offered to the resolution by alexportation formalities will hayo few Elected Members, but it to be complied with and justifA Regular Assortment of was agreed that the resolution cation of origin certified. Tbe should be passed and that in the duties therefore on the crude be meantime the Government should will per 100 kilos det take up with the Company the or fr. 20 per hectolitre; for the question of market cats, transfer spirit and refioed oil, 10 franco tickets, and other concessions per hectolitre; and for the heavy SUCH AS that had been withdrawn. As olls and residues francs per 100 to when. Bill would be intro kilos multiplied by the web duced to allow the Company to cient of three. The products Tonics, Soaps, Vanishing Cream, Import its goeds duty free, the designated gas oil, rond oil.
Colonial Secretary said he could and fuel oll do not como la Salve, Talcum Powder, Asperine not names time. He added that this classification.
Hair Dressing, negotiations bad been in proTablets, Shampoo. Continued on page gress for some time witb the Company, and to a considerable extent witb respect etc. etc. etc.
to the TAKE NOTICE matters mentioned above. The President. Sir Leslie Probyn) The WORKMAN New also said that it is very desirt paper can be had at the foot ble not to rush the matter antillowing places: The Workman Printery all the understanding questions were settled.
The Variety Store, 76 Strom It is expected that the matter Chorrillo 93 ENTRL VENUE will be brought up as soon as the Lindsay Place, No. 2, Council reassembles, when the Street, San Miguel Panama City.
Tarift B:ll will be sabmitted to March, Barber 55, Calithe House.
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