PAGE TW THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1925 Interesting News from The West Indian Islands JAMAICA TRINIDAD New High School For Girls.
West Indian Racing seks Association, THE REPUBLIC Shoe Depot MARTHE BUILDING Facing Over the Top Cabaret. Colon, FOOTWEAR for Ladies, Gents and Children The Gleaner of the 12th States that at the first meeting of the Board of Management of the new Jamaica High School for girls was held at the scbool building, what was known as Celelio Lodge, on Monday 8th inst. The following officers were elected, Chairman, The Rev. John Currey vice Chairman, the Hon. and Rev, Barclay; Treasurer, Rev. Armon Jones; Secretary, Rev. Gartsbore, Miss Gartshore, Hons) was appointed head mistress, Miss Gartsbore, was appointed assistant mistress Atotber assistant mistress is expected from Bri.
tain.
Committees were appointed to carry through the work of alteration and furnishing, and to attend to a number of details connection with the opening of a new school. Plans are being formed to have domestic science department opened as soon as possible.
There will be a formal opening of the school on the 9th September, and the school will be open for boarders and day scholars on tbe 22nd, of Semtember.
guardians are in communication number of parents and with the headmistress, whose address is 128 Duke Street, Kingston, as to the subjects to be taught and the fees that are to be charged.
Verdiet JOHN NEVERSON Proprietor.
sen Dr. Gems BLOOD ELIXIR For strengthening the BLOOD Governor is Firm Sees That Justice Is Dong To Deserving Officers In The Medical Department.
The first (From the We:kly GUARDIAN)
Port of Spain Fire PROPOSED FORMATION Epidemic.
DISCUSSED.
An important informal meeting CORONER STRICTURES IN BEL having for its object the improve MONT FIRE INQUIRY. mentand stability of West Indian racing was held at the Golf Club WILLFULLY SET BY UNon Whit Monday wben advantage was taken of the presence of KNOWN PERSON.
several representatives at the Trinidad Turf Club Summer forward the Property Over Insured by 300. meeting to put proposal initially, and the matter will be brought up again in the ext six weeks when coscrete The Assistant City Magistrate suggestions on several important sitting 18 Coroner over the points governing West Indian icquiry into the Belmont fire racing will be considered.
which destroyed the dwelling There were present: Messrs house and provision shop of Mrs: GI, Gale and Pitcher Maria 33 and 35 Pelbam Street on the night of Berkeley, Grenada; ink.
representing Barbados; Sunday, April 26, delivered an Tobago; Reilly, We not only fit your feet but your pocket also open at the District Frank Agostini, Hamel Smith, Court, yesterday, when he fouud Chas. Cleaver, Majanl and that the tire had been wilfully Andre Agostini of the CommiTRY US AND BE CONVINCED and maliciously set by some ttee of the Trinidad Turf Club person or persons unknown and The meeting discussed thdirected the proceedings to be possibility of forming a Racing to the Inspector General. Association as a controlling body In his verdict the Coroner for racing in tho West Jodies.
deplored the abnormal rise of British Guiana and the Republic XSSESSOS tires occurring in the city with of Venezuela.
the desire for gain and after The Committee was of opinion remarking on the laxity exhibited by Insurance Companies in that the proposal was feasible the Insurance of policies without and the Trinidad Turf Club bas been asked to issue invitations to adequate investigation, heap the Turf Authorities of Barbados pealed to them to coperate with Grenada, St. Lucia St. Vincent the Police in the endeavour to Antigua. St. Kitts. Demerara.
stamp out the evidence incentive Tobaro, Venezuela, Martinique for destroying property. and Guadeloupe to send delegat.
VERDICT es for the purpose of discusing The Assistant Magistrate said: the question.
The object of this inquiry was to It is proposed that tbe ascertain the cause of the tire at meeting should take place in Nos. 33 35 Pelbam Street, Trinidad during the first fortBelmont, which ocurred on Sun night in July.
day, April 26. It is a matter for regret that the result of my sed are the framing of a set of Among the points to be discus investigation is not conclusive, rules to govern racing in the With some confidence find that the fire at Nos 33 35 Pelham colonies and countries joining the Association. These rules Street, was wilfully and ma would include provision for the Recommended for Removing the Humors of Jiciously caused by some person classification of horses, class Scrofulous Diseases, Pimples, Boils, Blotches, or persons unknown and direct allowance, etc the maximum that the proceedings be for weight horses should carry, the Tetters. Useful in Chronic and Syphilitic warded to the Inspector General scale of fees to be paid to joc Rheumatism, Mercurial Affections and Disof Constabulary.
keys, the question of the importAs do not wish in any way to ation of porse abroad and the eases caused by Impurities of the Blood binder the Police in any further maximum price to be paid for investigation it may be thought the same. With regard to An Alterative recommended for purify.
fit to make, propose to mention handicapping the Conference only one reason for my finding. will consider whether the offi.
ing and enriching the BLOOD.
am satisfied that the stock of cials of each colony should be provision, fittings and fixtures directly responsible for bandicapand the household and personal ping at its races of whether this effects in the buildings destroyed should be done in consultation For Sale at all Drug Stores were over insured to the extent with representatives from the of approximately 200 and 100 other colonie.
respectively.
And ia Large Quantities by The mind of the public of Port considered is tbe tixing of dates Another important point to be of Spain has been uneasy on for meetings in the countries JAVIER MORAN. American Pharmacy account of the abnormal wave of concerned. Licensing of jockeys incendiarism which has swept and dealings with the AssoAGENT over this city during the past ciation funds will also be confive During the period sidered. It will be a great advan: January 1, 1925 to May 31, there tage to West Indian racing it have been 31 fires in Port of agreement on vital puints affecSosos 90 e0OCSexo Spain, In six instances the loss tiog the game is reached, and is was not covered by insurances is hoped that all tby colonies will These figures are significant. be represented bere in July.
when compared with the fire Western a young man of Lengua returns of Port of Spain district was arrested at Princes Town for 1928 to 1924. In 1923 there FATAL ATTACK AT last Monday on puspisin. The were 82 fires, in cases the proCEDAR HILL, scene of the fatality is in a reperty destroyed was not insured.
mote part of the district. The In 1924 there were 24 fires in nearest house to it is a signal every instance the property Signalman Foully Done To box a quarter of a mile a way. Regular Assortment of destroyed was insured.
Death. fire may be caused in a number of ways, and undoubtedly The Export of Fruit some of the fires this year were Ex Constable John Lewis, 60, accidental or attributable to unfor for nine years an employee of the From the Colony seen cricumstances; but an un Railway was found dead at the SUCH ASreasbably large percentage of Cedar Hill signal box shortly In view of the occasional refthe fires this year have been after six o clock last Sunday erences made to the possibllity Tonics, Soaps, Vanishing Cream, suspicious fires.
afternoon. Lewis was employed of placing the export of fruit Insurance Companies in most at the Railway as signalman and from this colony or a round and Salve, Talcum Powder, Asperine countries of world are alive lived alone in his cabin adjoning commercial basis and of the to the fact that a very large the box from which he directed spasmodic attempts made on that number of fires are intentionally the passage of trains over that score, an advertisement. s:at us Tablets, Shampoo, Hair Dressing, caused by the desire to gain and part of the Cipero Tramway. It by a correspondent as Eppearing they have been forced to admit is alleged that a domestic servant in a German bewaper, indi etc. etc. etc.
that it is not so much insurance on her way home from Malgret cates how olhers pursue a systebut full insurance or over in oute on Sunday ssw another man matical course in respect to surance that is the cause of the conversng with Lewis, When she matters in which we in this trouble. This is he second inquiry got some distance farther on she colony are suposed to be vitally have beld in wbich the evidence beard cries of murder and interested. To advertisement bas clearly established that the also beard a heavy tumbling as o in question extends over a interested insurance companies some one falling from a height. quarter of a colum in a Berlin 93 CENTRAL AVENUE have been guilty of great laxity. Вbe continued to the next signal newspaper and proclaims thu cannot too strongly express the box on her way to 8te Madeleine comparative cheapn of West hope that all Insurance Compe and told the sigoalman there Indian Bananas at five and ex for Panama City.
nies in the Colony will exercise what she had heard. He at once one shilling, to be had ja all the the greatest caution and make called to Lewis over the tele groceries and hope mentioned thorough inquiry before Issulog pbone but got to answer, aod in the advertisement. Toese fire insurance policies and with when he went to the box be found bananas are presumably from every confidence must earnest Lewis dead bady there. There Jamaica. The advertisement ly call upon Insurance Companies was a stab in the neck and a few updoubtedly furnisbes so idea of to co operate and to adopt every others in different parts of the the scope of the business that possible means to deprire per body whilst the skull seemed might be done by those intersons of at least one lacentive for fractured. The matter was ra ested in the development of the destroying property.
ported to the Police and Anderson colony fruit industry.
The HEARLD says:Recently, two glaring cases have loomed before the publice eye in which His Excellency the Governor has shown that he has all that is required of a strong administrator afects District Medical Officer in a parish not far removed from Kingston, where a petition was going the rounds not to have bim in cer.
tain district where it had been suggested he was to be sent.
The matter went before His Excellency and after going into the facts, he decided that there was no reason why the officer should not be sent to the district and he has stoce entered upon his duties.
CASE AT ASYLUM, The other case arose at the Lunatic Asylum when it was reported that Dr. Atkinson was to be promote the Junior Medical Officer of the Institution.
Representations were made to Sir Samuel Wilson on behalf of Dr. Cameron, and again, His Excellency ruled that the claims of Dr. Cameron for the position conld not be ignored and he has been appointed in lieu of tbe other medico.
months.
syoso Take Notice PARK FOR HALF WAYTREE.
Ho Ro Co Famous Products the The Workman Printery There is a movement on foot to give Half Way Tree, the capital of St. Andrew, a public park and there is the suggestion to utilise the old market place there for the purposes of the park.
It is noted that sometime ago, the Half Way Tree market was abolished as the Cross Roads market could serve the purpose, and since then the unsightly old market place at St. Andrew capital still remains an eye sore.
Tha grounds are fully an acre in extept and are admirably suited for the purpose suggested.
Recently, the phoe was visited by the Chief City Engineer, Mr.
Gould in company with Mr.
Frank Isases and Mr. Sidney Cargill, and they all thought the spot ideal for a park. is encouraging to note that prominent gentlemen in St.
Andrew are showing a great deal of interest in the project and it is understood that Mr.
Frank Isaacs bas promised to assist in the laying out of the (Continued on page 7)
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