THE WORKMAN SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1929.
PAGE SEVEN TRINIDAD BARBADOS St. Glement sVicar SECOND WEST INDIAN CRICKET CONTROL BOARD ANNUAL SALE OFHotpoint UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC IRONS of 50 CENTS TRADE IN ALLOWANCE for any old Iron ap This offer is Limited to 1000 customers Ciá Panameña de Fuerza y Luz (Continued from Page 3)
had on his cape and cap. neighbour heard and saw him pacing up and down the gallery shortly after c clock this morning but as he had First Annual General Meet needed is an intensive campaign to often done the same thing before in ing Was Held in Barbados educate the peasant farmer.
sickness and in health she was not curious over his behaviour. She was kecently The great grievance of the peasants and one which keeps them among the surprised and sympathetic BRIDGETOWN The first An wedded to cane cultivation is the abthrong at the vicarage this mornnual General meeting of the West sence of a market for their produce.
ing.
lai Indies Cricket Board of Control This can only be achieved, it was maugurated in April last was held poited out at the meeting, by coat the Bridgetown Club to consider operative effort.
the following agenda: LABOURERS STRIKE The enthusiasm exhibited at the (1) Receiving the Annual Report. meeting indicated an awakening on FOR HIGHER RATE (2) Appointment of Orriers. the part of the peasants and inspirOF PAY AND GET IT (3) Contirmation of the appointed a feeling that with a prolonged ment of Messrs Austin and campaign peasant farmers will learn The Jamaica Gleaner of the 27th Mallet as representatives of to realise the benefits of co operaulto, publishes the following from the West Indies Board of Control tion for the marketing of produce.
its St. Ann Bay correspondent: it the Imperial Cricket Conference. The labourers employed in carry. Mr. Austin was re elected ing bananas on the wharves here President of the Board, for a further struck for a higher rate of pay on period of two years on the motion WEST INDIAN JOURNALIST DIES Monday. They were being paid at of Yearwood seconded by Mr. Ince.
the rate of per 100 stems; as a Mr. Kidney was re elected Secretary DURING AUCUST WE WILL GIVE BRIDGETOWN, Barbados. The result of the strike the rate has and Treasurer for a similar period. death took place this morning been increased to 13 per 100. The following representatives were William Galway Donovan, retired Following close on the heels of present: Messrs. Yearwood editor of the Federalist and this strike was that of the wharf. Trinidad. Kidney (Barba Grenada People newspaper who then and other hands employed in dos. Challenor (Jamaica. was an outstanding Journalist and ioading dyewoods: The Danish bar. Ince (Windward Islands) and publicist in the entire West Indies que Suzanne arrived here on Sun Toppin (Demerara. There was nu thirty or forty years ago. It is exday morning to take in a cargo of Leeward Islands representative pected that at the funeral tomorrow about 360 tons of logwood. On Mon On the motion of Mr. Kidny see there will be the most representaday morning when the men turned ended by Mr. Challenor, Mr. Year tive gathering in living history.
out they demanded an increase of wood was elected Chairman.
the usual price of 416 to 56 per day; Mr. Yearwood took the chair and some wanted as high as to 8) per presided over the meeting, day. The men were refused and im The Annual Report was reviewed BRITISH GUIANA Bring us your Old Coal, Electric, Gasoline Iron and Trade it mediately they all cleared away. It and adopted.
was decided to send a telegram to Board accepted Mr. Mallet exELECTRIC TRAM in for 50 cents on a new Iron Falmouth to secure the necessary la planation and approved of the byar to load the barque. On further pointment of Mr. Dowd in CARS MUST GO consideration, however, this decision place of Mr. Mallet.
was abandoned, as same was fraught The Chairman stated that the next with serious consequences. The local neeting of the Board would be held Company Complaining of September at Demerara, and he Losing Money agent, Mr. Rerrie, then arranged to see the men, and after some argu the various centres would attend.
hoped that all the representatives of The New Daily Chronicle of Briment the men agreed to work at the PANAMA AT YOUR SERVICE The Secretary read a letter from Ish Guiana publishes the following COLON increased rate of to 66 per day July The strike was carried out in a quiet Mr. Mallet explaining the circum ditorial in its issue stances in which he Considerable significance became the and orderly manner.
Australian representatives attach to the announce The men appear to be perfectly Imperial Cricket Conference, and ment which appeared in our Sunsatisfied with the increase they have which prevented him from represent day issue that, within six months It will be recalled that the New secured as a result of the strike.
ing the West Indies. At that meet the beautiful city of Georgetown the Daily Chronicle put up a strenuous ing he said the necessary arrange capital of our Magnificent Province, eleventh hour fight to have the ments in connection with the 1930 and the place to which the leaders of Municipality operate its own Electric West Indies Tour and other commercial and political thought at Light and Power services. The fore Custom Tailor important business would be dis the Chamber of Commerce hope to es or reaction however, won, largely cussed.
lead thousands of tourists with much It must be admitted, on the arguglish American Styles He also referred to the question of money, is to be deprived of its elec ment that the Municipality should the ban excluding professionals from tric car service. The latter people not operate a tram service. It was NO. CALIDONIA Intercolonial tournaments. This, he help us a very little it must be ad almost violently agrued against us said, was not on the agenda, but he mitted, and if they were going to be that the Electric Company had to oped that the various representa the only ones to be inconvenienced lose money on its tram service, and tivees would discuss it with their in this sudden cessation of the therefore should be allowed to make 0000001 respective committees before the arenities of civilised life, one need much out of the rate payers as comBoard next meetthg.
to worry very little indeed. Transpor pensation. The Company now boldly There being no further business, tation however, is a modern essen states that, as it is losing money the meeting separated.
tial an essential, by which every on the tram service, it proposes to MODERN TAILOR community is measured; when that discontinue that services. Of course ceases it is generally understood that not a word is said over the light and House 40 the community is either going out of power rates; because unfortunately MEETING TO ESTABLISH business or is content to go back to the City was betrayed and the two 3rd November Street CO OPERATIVE CREDIT the days of desolation and primeval issues dealt with separately. Sir Gor Guachapall Panama City SOCIETY isolation.
don Guggisberg, in one of his meIt has been the policy of the New morable addresses soon after his An effort to establish a Co opera Daily Chronicle for some time gone arrival in the colony, wid that he tive Credit Society by demonstrating to avoid raking up the past. Wars was astounded to find that the City to peasants of the island the value of have been fought, lost and won, and was not generating its own light co operative action has been started it is our earnest desire not only to and power supply. On that occasion Omphroy Auto Supply in Barbados and quite recently a forget those days but do work with we kept silent; as nothing seemed to meeting of peasants was held at every element of the community, be gained by saying how and why Repair Shop Welchman Hall, St Thomas Parish. whether they were former friends the city parted with such a valuable Organ Repairer Muller Building About 500 small holders attended for foes, for the furtherance of the franchise.
and there they listened attentively to best interests of our community. It is and was the common method CALIDONIA PANAMA No 42 be Governor who addressed them But, we do invite friend or foe to from biblleal times to the present to Telephone 280 on the use and functions of Co op. say whether, in this threat of desc sell one birthright for a mess of Calldonla Road erative Credit Societies in relation lation now confronting the city, apottage. Georgetown does not even KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK to systematic cultivation and in paper of progress and enlightenment get its mess of pottage. It was shown creased production.
would be justified in remaining a miragee, and today we see that the la The peasants of the island, it was silent, and in making no reference mirage as we knew it did consists stated, are somewhat suspicious of whatever to that past which sowed of nothing but burning sands. It was every hand at the the Agricultural Credit Act. They what we are now reaping today. As canvassed are suspicious of the joint and sevsuredly, we have no intention to time, that the tram service would POPULAR CIVILIAN AND UNIFORM ral liability which the Bill imposes place at the bar of public opinion never pay its way: for the Electric on all members of a Credit Society any of those wžio are responsible Company now to advance that a TAILORS and they entertain fear of dishonesty their own bosoms, for today threat transportation services is gratuitousin a degree of guilt known only to reason for depriving the city of its PAN AMERICAN House 77 on the part of some of the mem to the city; but this cannot prevent ly insulting. We await with interest Room ORANGE CRUSH bers. us from referring to the circum the action of the City Pathers, 23rd Street Chorrillo COMPANY It is felt however, that what is stances at all. Continued on Page 8)
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