PAGE TWO THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1930 INTERESTING WEST INDIAN NEWS BRITISH GUIANA ST. LUCIA BARBADOS JAMAICA Land Local Paper Urges The American United Fruit Gomdany Settlement Amalgamation of Public Fleet at Serve Notice to Scheme Offices in Windward Group Barbados Small Banana Growers GEORGETOWN, May Says Islands are Overtaxed and there Terminating Contracts for Taking is a Ponderous Machinery of Their Fruit Government yesterday. Eighty five East Urges Fusion of Legal and Police Departments of Three Colonies had been here a few days they began document it will not accept their that week.
banana holdings. Reconstruction of The No. Pier Writing in the Weekly Herald, under the caption People and Land settlement at Bush Lot, EsseThings Clennell Wickham says: quebo, was formally opened by the The American Fleet left a lot of The Mail of the 10th inst says. tween the company and owners of the Officer Administering the Governmoney behind when it sailed away It is understood that the United estate. re check was ultimately ment, the Hon. Douglas Jones, from Barbados last Monday. The Fruit Company has served notice upon decided upon with the result that the men appeared to enjoy themselves some of its contractors that at the bulk of the fruit found its way into Indian families, in all three hundred rouls from various parts of the coand it was noticeable that after they end of the period specified in the shipments which the company made lony, have been instated in model cotto make friends with local people, and bananas. These notices have, it is ages near to land suitable for rice growing and within reach of pasture The Voice of St. Lucia, of April it bigger and every time he looks at it could be seen visiting people homes said, been served upon owners of land.
5th says editorially: The address of he tries to blow it a little larger with and riding about in cars with their moderate sized large number of government of His Excellency the Governor read, the not astonishing result of an ex. families. They gave an emphatie lie Some of them have been contractors ficials, members of the public bodies by His Honour the Administrator at plosion. There are limits to every to the asseveration of the fanatics to the company for many years.
and other prominent citizens, attend the last meeting of the Legislative thing and with low prices for pro that prohibition has the moral supThe reason for this step is that the ed the ceremony.
Council and reproduced in this issue, duce, increased unemployment high port of a majority of healthy people company having extended its banana One priced foodstuffs and increased tax in America, Long enforced abstinence holdings in Jamaica to a considerable Hundred Feet of In the course of an address Profes is full of information, contains some Creosoted Piles Have cor Dash, Director of Agricul surprises and will be referred to ly ation, we are afraid the ground is does impair the ability of American extent, must give preference to its ture, and Chief Colonisation Officer, us from time to time.
being carefully, if unwittingly, pre sailors to carry their liquor, but they own fruit, in the matter of transAlready Been Driven said: The number of applications The first surprise that confronts pared for a burst of some sort.
have as fine an appreciation of what portation to northern countries.
Into Position has far exceeded the accommodation us is the evident intention to further In the first address delivered by His is good as anybody else. One fellow It is currently reported that recentavailable. Although as is evident all tax this already very heavily taxed Excellency at the opening of a meet alone of all the men got into trouble, ly the management of a large estate DIMENSIONS OF THE round progress has been very mark community contained in the sentence ing of the Legislative Council on 21st Somehow or other he failed to reach in a nearby parish, the banana from PIER ed, should like to issue a clear warn in connection with the recently in March 1925, he said: his ship before it set sail, and he which property are sold to the United ing that whether or not the scheme creased Customs tariff. Now, as told the Council in was to be seen last Monday a rather Fruit Company under a long term The reconstruction of the No. will be a final success, can only be It is gratifying to note that this Grenada while welcome the idea of mournful fellow. hope they won contract, became dissatisfied over the Railway Pier, in Kingston harbour judged in the light of the experience extra sum was realised but it is Representative Government because make it too hard for him.
unusually large percentage of rejec proceeds apace. Already creosoted gained, shall say, at the end of four doubtful whether further increases feel sure it may be to the advantage tions that occured when bunches of piles have been driven into the bed or five years?
can be found from this source except of these Colonies that it will conduce The presence of the American ships bananas were turned over to the Comof the sea, extending well over 100 WARNING GIVEN perhaps for protective proposals, and to more comprehensive and wider and the increased circulation of pany depot near the property. On feet southwards. Huge lengths of His Excelleney, in the course of some other source of additional views that it will lead to a money in consequence inevitably raise the occasion it is said that of 1, 100 cross timber have been bolted to the his remarks, said brieffly: The object Revenue must therefore be found.
LARGER SENSE OF the question of American annexation bunches, about 800 were rejected. The piles and equally heavy lengths of of this experiment is to ascertain ac If, as these words would imply it is RESPONSIBILITY of these islands, British territory is property has always been known for the same material have been put in curately the cost of settling people on the intention of the authorities to im. and citizenship, it must not be imanot for sale, as a general principle the high grade fruit which it pro position to receive the decking.
the land and the possibility of doing pose further taxes to swell the rev gined for a minute that Representa and doubt whether the West Indies duces, The structure will extend seawards so with success. The cost will be enue to meet the expenditure instead tive Government will add one penny being a coloured community would During last week the company a distance of 840 feet. The width much the same whether the people of cutting down expenses to the level to our revenue, nor will it with con really like closer affiliation with representatives began to reject fruit will be 90 feet. Four lines of railare settlers or colonists, except that of revenue, all we say is we are ditions as they are, be able to affect God own Country. The American that came from the property. The way will be constructed thereon, two in the latter case there would be the reminded of the boy with a toy bal any real reduction in expenditure; is a splendid fellow to work for, or management of the estate thereupon of which will go parallel to each other (Continued on Page 7) loon who keeps on blowing it to make that can only be achieved by a radi to deal with in business. He believes demanded that arbitrators should be into cal change in policy. In my view in spending money and in the efficacy called in to decide whether or not the THE STEEL FREIGHT HOUSE new machinery of administration is nt high wages as an aid to prosperity. bananas were not of the standard that which will surmount the greater porindicated, a more up to date machine (Continued on page 7) is required under the contract bery not so burdensome and not so (Continued on Page 7)
NEURALGINA costly. The old system of adminis tration in these islands with all its ponderosity, its officers with high Should be in every office to immedjately soothe any sounding titles should be got rid of and in its place new machinery erectneuralgic pain caused by excessive mental work.
ed which can be run smoothly at half the cost it is at present. This canNEURALGINA not be done by one individual; it is for the people who have now been INCORPORATED 1869 Should be in every school to soothe bad headaches given Representative Government to and reduce the fever of children consider and to explore, and it is the duty of those to whom the suffrages NEURALGINA of their country men have been given to go thoroughly into the question in order to benefit their people by PANAMA COLON Is completely Inoffensive and nourishes the heart reducing the cost of administration Santa Ana Plana Corner Ilth and Bolivar Streets and at the same time reducing taxation; small economies can be afFor sale both Wholesale and Retail fected; amalgamation of offices from time to time carried through, but Total Assets in Excess of 1, 000, 000, 000. 00 AT THB am convinced a radical change is required which can by no means be AMERICAN PHARMACY if you merely tinker with instead of scrapping the present costly burdenWith 900 Branches throughout the world, including some form of Administration, CO JAVIER MORAN, Proprietor Judging by subsequent utterances the following in the British West Indies etc. this Bank the Governor scheme of fusion with Panama.
is in a position to render the best possible service.
Trinidad did not find favour in other quarters. We have tried some amalgamations but they have not proved Antigua Dominica Mootorrat sufficient. There are, however, other Bahamas means of reducing the heavy exGrenada St. Kitts penses. It may be that Grenada and Barbados Jamaica (2)
St. Lucia St. Vincent, now enjoying the heyBritish Honduras day of prosperity, may not be desirMartinique Surgeon Dentist ous of pooling some offices with us Guadeloupe (2)
British Guiana (2)
OVO who are not paying our way and 26 are on the dole but joining with us 1:23 Central Avenue Panama City. will not affect their finances adversely but on the contrary will have Phone 1862. Box 1062 Ancon, HIGHEST CURRENT RATES OF INTEREST the effect of increasing their annual surplus and inasmuch as their exProfessional Services in all Branches of Dental Works PAID ON DEPOSITS penditure will be reduced they will be able to undertake works of imOffice Hours to 12, to Sundays by Appointment provement and utility.
It seems to us that the only objec babi (Continued on page 7)
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