PAGE TWO THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY AUGUST 16, 1980 INTERESTING WEST INDIAN NEWS ST LUCIA TRINIDAD Where Asphalt Comes from never once on JAMAICA Development of Big Programme Of Improvement In hacking out the pitch and loadIn This Island St. Mary Parish way which leads to the factory that SO ODO Dr. Pink BRITISH GUIANA New Governor Says the Five Acres and a House Colony Needs Help BARBADOS LAND SETTLEMENT SCHEME IS APPROV.
Financial Assistance Must be Procured Barbadians Who ED BY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY Says the Evening Advertiser in Interest of Entire Community of a recent date Have Been Knighted Memorandum to be Sent to Have you ever wondered late issue of the Daily clear of entangling himself in po Govenment where asphalt comes from? Chronical says editorially: licy commitments. At the LegisA Distinguished List good deal of it is obtained from The Daily Chronic of June lative Council on the day of his The voice of the 16th ulto, of 4, 000 a year for five years a marvellous natural lake in the 14th, states editorially: arrival, on the occasion of the says: and with that to settle 200 fam(From Advocate. ilies at the rate of 40 a year on island of Trinidad in the British In keeping with the traditions, Municipal reception the day afAt a meeting of the St. Lucia British Guiana has been doing ter, and again yesterday when The following is a list (arAgricultural and Commercial Crown and other lands adjoining West Indies.
the projected central highway.
its new Governor uncommonly Men have been digging asphalt three of the important tanged in alphabetic order) of Society held at the office of the most Castries Town Board on Mon Each family will be provided. or pitch, as it is also called)
well in the matter of reception local institutions took the oppor. Barbadians on whom the honoun and entertainment. So far the tunity of welcoming him he of Knighthood has been conferday afternoon the plans of the it is planned, with five acres of out of this lake for many years, Legislative Council, the Munici skilfully avoided policies and red within the memory of many Chairman, Mr. Frank John land, a dwelling house and sub and it has been estimated that persons still living in this island pality, the Royal Agricultural programmes, and son, for a land settlement scheme out sistence allowance for the first they can go on digging it Sir Henry Bovell, and Commercial Society, committed himself to any policy.
the in for the next five hundred years the interior of the Colony two years, repayment of the cost Sir Evan Carter, Chamber of Commerce and the That was so unlike the Guggiswere approved by the Society. of house to begin by instalments without coming to the end of it!
Sir John Carrington, Sugar Producers Association berg attitude that the studied The intention is to obtain a at the end of five years. mar. This is because, as soon as a Sir William Chandler, Pres have hastened to do him honour, evasion of a definite programme sum of 20, 000 from the Colonial ket will be found for the hole is made in the surface of and we have no doubt that ident of the Legislative Development Fund in instalment product of settlers.
in could not but be noticed and the lake, fresh pitch bubbles up the space of the next few weeks commented on. Nevertheless, we Council from below.
many other representative insti do not think Sir Edward lost Sir Boucher Clarke, Although not exactly liquid, tutions will follow suit.
any prestige in the comparison Sir Charles Clarke, Attorney the Pitch Lake is very soft to General Now there is one compensat. Public opinion regards him as a walk upon. You could see your ing advantage which this ad cautious administrator who is Sir Frederick Clarke, Speaker, tracks dress giving and compliment not prepared to take chances in House of Assembly it if you walked across to watch the men busily conveying period affords, and it order to justify a reputation for Sir George Deane, is, an opportunity for the man in briliance, and British Guiana Sir Aubrey Goodman, New Industries the street to size up the new has suffered so much at the Sir Allan Grannum, ing it on to a funny little railGovernor by weighing his utter hands of a galaxy of brilliant ad Sir Hebert Greaves, ances. As a matter of fact the ministrators that we now welon Sir Brandford Griffith, Snr.
pomp and ceremony usually asties are removed.
come the cautions and prudent Governor The St. Mary Parochial Board sociated with the serving of a leader as against a representa Sir William Brandford Making An Edible Coconut Grifhave carried road close to the lake is per to a completion haps, the only movable road in new administrator novitiate tive of the talents.
Oil Free From Rancidity fith, jnr. Governor sleveral works which cannot but the world. It is built on a bed of can be linkened to a baiting ex Sir Edwards has made it quite Sir Eyare Hutson, Governor The Gleaner of recent date be of great public benefits, and periment, since during clear that he, at any rate, is Sir Henry Jackson, Governor.
pitch, and slowly. ever period it is customary for the labouring, under no delusion as Sir Charles Packer, says: they have now under consideraslowly it moves towards the people and their representatives (Continued on Page 7)
Sir Randall Phillips, Doctor to the difficulty of the task he We always encourage the delake.
to throw out many sprats in has undertaken in British Guia and President of Legislative velopment of new industries in 20 ово IODO the endeavour to fish Some ODO na. At yesterday presentation the Island and especially manCouncil.
whales.
ceremony he stressed the oner Sir George Pile. President of ufacturing industries that serve Leo as outlets for the vast amount of Long before he arrived in the ous nature of his duties and Legislative Council.
colony. Sir Edward had made it raw material that goes to waste, was at pains to point out that Sir Conrad Reeves, quite clear that he is not to be only by the loyal co operation of Sir John Sealy, Attorney Genand so we welcome the proposal which is rapidly taking shape to Surgeon Dentist drawn by the ordinary methods all parties could he hope to eral.
and, whatever else he has secure any measure of success. Sir Herbert Sisnett, manufacture coconut oil, copra, done during the four days he has am entering, he said, at the Sir John Thomas, Speaker of and by product from the coco 1:23 Central Avenue Panama City.
of been among us, he as certainly of great prosperity, but on an era nut (says the June number House of Assembly.
shown his determination to steer (Continue on Page Continued on Page 7)
the Journal of the Jamaica Phone 1862. Box 1062 Ancon, Chamber of Commerce. that 100 It will be remembered 1050 Professional Services in all Branches of Dental Works some time ago experients were carried out here to see if an edible oil free from rancidity Office Hours to 12, to Sundays by Appointment could be manufactured from the coconut; then little more was ODO IODO 10 DO ODOBODO heard of the matter. It is gratiPOD01 оно ODO 2000 1010 fying to see now that this proINCORPORATED 1869 ject is taking a definite and practical shape. Head Office: Montreal, Canada The figures showing the trade in coconuts and by products for Ceylon (where this is a staple in NOW THAT THE ENGLISH TEAM PANAMA COLON dustry) is before us. In 1929 the HAS TOURED THE WEST INDIES exports were 1972 million nuts Santa Ana Plana Corner 11th and Bolivar Streets 77 million lbs. desiccated and copra over two million lbs. In Get a copy of the addition to these there was Total Assets in Excess of 1, 000, 000, 000. 00 good trade in coconut poonac.
bristle fibre, mattress fibre and coir yarn. The Jamaica trade for the same peiod shows exports of 40 million nuts and million and read the records of past With 900 Branches throughout the world, including lbs. copra. There has been the following in the British West Indies etc. this Bank exportation of dessicated coconut since 1926; since then no one AND is in a position to render the best possible service.
has manufactured it here.
Coconuts and Copra take fifth place in our exports but a large Antigua Dominica Wonderful Work of 240 odd Pages Montserrat amount of the output that is not Bahamas Grenada St. Kitts marketed could be readily utilised. Some of what generally goles Summary of Contents: Barbados Jamaica (2)
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