Lords Attack Plan to Cut British Navy Happy and Prosperous New CAR and haven the Money to Purchase USED CAR DEPARTMENT and pick yourself an Unexpensive Serviceable Machine DONT LOSE TIME, COME TODAY mo THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1930 PAGE SEVEN British Guiana Shippers Bring in Electives Think it Dr. Leo Pink (Continued from page 2)
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Dentist Surgeon and the leaders of the strikers enunless he was satisfied that Sir quired of Mr. Hollar whether it was Gordon was in a position to expect Earl Beatty And Earl Stan will be taken from those allotted to his intention to meet the demand of 23 Central Avenue Panama City.
that he would be restored completely hope See Weakened Admir. the battle fleets or from those the strikers, Phore 1862. Box 1062 Ancon, to health and vigour not to come the Mr. Hollar replied with an emhere and get a State funeral in the alty If Plan Is Carried out guarding trade routes. Since Professional Services in all Branches of Dental Works end of the World War, said Earl phatical no; and the strikers left.
colony for a long whilo he should ASK FOR 70 CRUISERS Stanhope, the policy of successive batch of about 25 also visited the Office Hours to 12, to Sundays by Appointment not permit him to return. It should British Governments has been one No. Pier yesterday, loitered a short be conveyed to the Secretary of State that they entertained grave Britain Needs Twenty Six solely for defense and the preserva. while and went out again.
tion of peace apprehension as to whether His ExNew Ones In Ten Years, There was threatened strike ASKS FOR SEVENTY CRUISERS among labourers in Spanish Town Year to all World War Commander cellency health could be depended This poliey had been for the de who were employed by the Railway upon to permit of his returning to Asserts 20 Do fense of the whole empire and to to unload a number of tracks that the colony. Most people would be glad to hear that he was restored to carry out this policy experts have had been sent down there, but the LONDON, Dec. 18. Earl Beatty consistently recommended, among would be strikers who commanded the British Grand changed their health and was able to resume the other things, seventy cruisers, he minds and turned on the job.
tasks he had begun and Sir Gordon Fleet during the latter part of the said These cruisers included ships Speaking to a representative of the IF YOU NEED had his unstinted admiration World War and until his retirement Mr. Cannon asked whether the prein 1927 was First Sea Lord, warned belonging to the dominions navies Mail yesterday, several shipping and also ten ships over age sident could tell the Council somethe House of Lords to day that the agents and coal contractors express British situation in regard to cruisers recent announcement, appar ed the view that the demand of the thing of the true position of affairs.
was indeed serious and urged that ently authoritative, however, made strikers was unreasonable and could NO INFORMATION twenty six cruisers be laid down it appear that a position was reached not be met, having particular regard The president said he was about to within the next ten years.
where Britain would be content with to the fact that if the demanded insny in reply to Mr. Webber remarks Earl Stanhope, former Civil Lord fifteen eight inch gun cruisers of creases were agreed to by the comthat the Electives had not been proof the Admiralty, had asked the gov. roughly 10, 000 tons and thirty five panies and contractors the cost of perly treated that he could only say that any information the Government the reduction announced in the numernment whether, in consequence of cruisers of approximately 6, 500 tons coal to the consumer would of necescatch and carrying six inch guns. sity have to be raised and the cost a lew one had received was communicated at her of cruisers to be maintained, the This made a total of fifty cruisers as it is, is considered high.
once to them.
Admiralty has been relieved in any Inetand of reventy.
SHIPPER IS INTERVIEWED Mr. Cannon inquired whether any way of its responsibilities for defence Dor this incinde the ships be WHY NOT VISIT OUR word had been received since the last The manager of a leading shipping and whether the cruisers so reduced incing to the Dominions and those time the Government communicated interviewed company, which yesterday; Britain can retain though information.
Government were in communication they have reached the age limit?
stated, Ordinarily the carriers are The President replied that nothing with Messrs. Grell Co. on the subpaid a penny po basket and for overreduction of twenty cruisers had been received since.
jeet.
time they receive twopence a basket.
from seventy, said Earl Stanhope In the meantime almost all the would either mean reducing the thirEach basket contains roughly 100 St. Lucian Student other West Indian Colonies are being ty three cruisers on the trade routes pounds. Counting trimming, ete. we supplied with electric light plants.
thirteen or practically taking pay out for landing and shipping four During the year Grenada and St. nway all cruisers allotted the bat: shillings a ton. The price we charge (Continued from page 2) Vincent have had plants installed. te fleet.
to ships to 32 to 33 a ton. The coal asked, what about the proposal of In the Leeward Islands, Dominien, costs us 28 to 20 ton AL CALLS IT IMPERIAL QUESTION Messrs. Grell Co. and Messrs. Antigua and St. Kitts have working Earl Beatty said this the present day we are selling at a was not a Fairbanks, Morse Co. now that plants while in Montserrat and Nevis political or a party matter but an loss to combat with Panama and St.
Petters Ltd. have stated that they electric light, Ice and cold storage imperial question.
Thomas where coal is loaded by macwill supply machinery but will not plants supplied by Petters Ltd. are hinery two or three times more quick.
undertake the operating of an elec being installed. The responsibility of the Admir ly than we do by hand. If we want ally, he said, is to provide a naval ei to do plenty of business we would trie plant. We are apparently the only ones strength adequate to carry out the have to reduce the pay to a halfpenny The answer to this question was who have not yet serapped the old supplied by the Chairman of the system of lights but the time is not merament policy, and protect our u basket ordinarily, and a penny overSOR communications, trade routes time. Thus we should be better able Castries Town Board at the Board far distant when we shall have floods and dominions and colonies from to compete.
last meeting when he said that the of light by pressing the button.
oversen attack. This responsibility This strike is more likely to rei not only to the British Govern sult in reduction of pay than inment but to the empire, and it is STREET BRANCHI crease. It is a pity that self seek for that reason we are concerned to er are misleading the carriers to know what has been done, what is PHONE 329 such a pitch as at present.
being done or will be done at the forthcoming parley in London which would in any way weaken the hands of the admiralty in carrying out that declared, whose naval commitments heavy burden.
and obligations are so great and so Farl Beatty held that the eruiser complicated as the British Empire In the World Pocket It is inconceivable that there question with which the conference and high in the World would deal was vital because with should be any one opposed to arrivLoteam.
cruisers the defense of Britain ing at an agreement with the United Custom Tailor trade routes and ser communications States or any other nation. It is ia primarily concerned.
equally inconceivable that anybody will lose sight of the fact that the On any average day, he conMISTELI. THE JEWELER tinued, there are 9, 500, 000 tons of empire is one whose communications English and American Styles ALL KINDS OF JEWELRY British shipping to be found on line are the sea, and it is on the protecQULITY GUARANTEED of communication extending over tion of the sea that it depends.
NO. CALIDONIA PHONE 569 20, 000 miles. The smallest number GOVT. ASSURANCE of cruisers required to work with the On behalf of the government, Lord battle fleet was assessed at Washing Thomson, Minister of Air, assured ton at twenty five and could not be the Lords that the policy of the govaltered in any circumstances. To day ernment, so far as the empire is we have fifty nine cruisers built or concerned, had not altered a single building, and that does not include point.
the 1928 programme, which was sus That poliey is to provide security pended, or the 1929 programme, re for the empire in all its aspecte, garding which, as far as the public he said, and any suspicion that the is aware, nothing has been done. To government acted without consulting maintain the number at fifty within the Board of the Admiralty is enAND the next ten years we must lay down tirely unfounded. What we are putCATHEDRAL PLAZA twenty six new cruisers.
ting first at the naval parley is polSEES NO PROPER PROVISION jey, and the government feels absoEarl Beatty added that Britain had lutely confident that the Admiralty Wonderful Work of 240 odd Pages dropped her number of cruisers from will be able to continue adequately and see the finest Assortment of seventy to fifty and was entering the to discharge its responsibilities for Summary of Contents: forthcoming conference with an ex naval defense.
History of West Indies Cricket for 60 years tremely low limit of cruiser tonnage. At the same time, he said, sible to deal in the figures asked for.
Lord Thomson said it was impor Full Particulars of 1900 Tour, Interesting Report the 1906 Tour, there was no present indication that He believed that two Australian proper provision was belng made, cruisers were included in the figure Magnificent Records of the 192 Tou, even with the reduced figures and of fifty.
Photographs of the Teams and 16 Individua Selection of the tonnage which had been put Earl Stanhope urged the governPlayers down.
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