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10 PAGE TWO THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 1930. WEST INDIAN NEWS INTERESTING TRINIDAD Progress in the Oil Industry Increase of Over One Million Barrels Over Previous Year Trinidad Produces More Oil Than any Other Part of British Empire Compare these Accounts JAMAICA The Coronation of an African King at Edelweis Park Der US JO GALANCE so INC DATE is good So BALANCE JO DATE ORCA Forward SA Der rast 70 BALANCE 10 10 103770 Which one is yours?
BOTH started with 50. One has remained dormant through neglect, the other shows a substantial balance gained by regular deposits of small amounts which most people squander monthly on trifles.
You Can Save 000 in Four Year by Barling 84. 32. West. The Royal Bank of Canada On Monday night says the ney General. The conversation Gleaner of the 20th ulto. Edel between them, was very interweis Park was the centre of esting, as it touched upon the attraction for a large number American branch of the propaof people when Councillor Mar ganda toward freeing Africa.
cus Garvey presented the dra The Secretary of State informed ma, with a cast of nearly 100 the Attorney General that this persons. The Coronation of An propaganda had involved four African King. There were million Negroes in America thrbe acts and twelve Scenes in and that he was asked to do the play. The first scene of the something to suppress the act first act, which was very im ivities of the agitators there.
pressive, portrayed the holding Scene five was laid in New York.
of religious services at Liberty It showed the leader of the Hall, the Supposed Cathedral movement under close scrutiny Headquarters of a propaganda to create for the Negroes a Naby members of the Department tion in Africa. The second scene of Justice.
of the first act, was laid in Paris, In act two, scene, one, the in which two prominent states chief propaganda of this Movemen took part in a conversation ent was arrested. In this scene touching on the possibility of the Mr. Henry acted as District Negros of Africa achieving Attorney and Miss Gladys their aim through the propagan Warren as Assitant District Atda that was being felt in Amer torney. In scene two of the ica and other places leading to same act, Newboys, on the ward the freedom of the natives. Streets of London and Paris, In this scent, Mr. Edwards sold large quantities of papers, played the part of a French telling of the arrest of the leadstatesman and Mr. Roxie Wiler of the African Movement in liams, that of a prominent Eng. New York.
lish statesman. The third scene of the first act, was laid, in West The climax of the play was Africa. Mr. Ranny Williams, reached in Act 3, Scene 1, when who was supposed to be a West after fiery speeches were deliAfrican, delivered a powerful vered by natives in Dahomey, spech stirring up his country. Senegal, the Soudan and other men, toward declaring for their parts of Africa, a battle ensued independence.
between the natives and a forAfter this scene, a very im eign power, in which one Prince portant conversation took place Manoa Cojo led the imaginary in Washington, between army of the natives. signal the Secretary of State and the victory was gained after which, Attorney General. Mr. Prince Cojo was selected King Levy played the part of the Sec. of the Soudan. There was retary of State and Mr. coronation scene, Mr.
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8901 Herman, Manager Panama Branch (Santa Ana Plaza)
Colon Branch (Corner 11th and Bolivar St. Grosch, Manager 1695 BRTISH GUIANA DOI OPOL 1000 ODO Dr. Leo Pink Proposed Central Coffee factory for one Surgeon Dentist 23 Central Avenue Panama City.
Phone 1862. Box 1062 Ancon, a Professional Services in all Branches of Dental Works Office Hours to 12, to Sundays by Appointment The Guardian of recent date exceeded that of sugar and its says editoriallyproducts in the boom year and Although the oil industry was a little under that of cocoa.
Trinidad does not offer employ As a means of providing emment to as many persons as the ployment, the oil industry could sugar industry, its rapid deve probably be of more service loclopment and value as a revenue ally according to observations earning industry, especially now of the Legislative Council. The that she Locoa and coconuts fact remains, however, that the have in upon evil days, must daily average number of persons be. ded with thankfulness employed by this industry in community 1929 was 5, 369 or just 33 fewer than the daily average in the satisfactory nature of the preceding year. This means that stration Report of the probably 20, 000 persons are beInspector of Mines for last year ing supported by the oil industry which has just been issued, was in Trinidad.
not unexpected It is hoped that the scope for In his message to the Legisla employment in this industry will tive Council on February 21, the explaind in proportion to its de Colonial Secretary, then Acting velopment which during the past Governor, gave an indication of three years has been almost the rapidly expanding oil indusmarvellous.
try of Trinidad ROYALTY COLLECTION He also mentioned that he had Another feature of the report been advised that recent devel(Continued on Page 7)
opments appeared to show that Trinidad oil deposits might be greater, and in consequence the life of the industry might be longer than had previously been supposed.
This is welcome news to every interested in the welfare and progress of Trinidad.
In his report, the Inspector of Mines states that there has Quality Products been a marked increase in the production of petroleum by over july 22. Mr. DeFreitas, a 1, 000, 000 barrels more than that candidate for Legislative Honwon in 1928 and that for the first ours, who has been on a visit time on record, Trinidad had of the North West District reproduced more oil than any other cently met the farmers to aspart of the British Empire.
certain their views with regard On the assumption that the to a Government Central Corpleak of production has been reached in India, it is believed to Factory equipped on modern that with Trinidad steadily in steam dried coffee, the idea belines to produce best quality, creasing production, in a few ing that the tarmers should be years, the output of oil will enabled to produce coffee on a greatly exceed that produced definite standard to meet iorin any other part of the Empire.
eign demand. The idea was stess HALF TOTAL EXPORTS ed that there was wanted The Inspector of Mines di product so graded that buyers rects Special attention to the could rely on its quality.
fact that for the first time on The farmers discussed three record, the value of mineral exports in the year under review other proposals. 1) Whether a amounted to over 50 per cent of coffee factory should be structed and entirely managed the total domestic exports.
The value of petroleum proand operated by Government; ducts exported, was more than (2) whether Government should double that of cocoa, and nearly subsidise either one of the existthree times as much as those of ing factories in the district so that it would be able to put in The trtal export value of pe dernised plant to produce coffee additional equipment and motroen noduct amounted to of cocoa, 1, 464, 127: that is on demand on the marsugar, molasses and rum should not allow the farmers of ket. 3) whether Government 31, 729.
iew of the fact that the Opute and substance in the disSugar industry is now threaten trict a sufficient sum of money ened by economic conditions and to enable him to construct such and cocoa by disease, Mr. Catherall a factory on such terms observes that unless there is a conditions as Government may marked recovery in these two decide to impose.
industries, by far the largest. The three proposals were disproportion of the exports of cussed at length by Mr Dethe Colony in the near future, Freitas with a body of farmers will be from the mineral indus at Mabaruma on the 16th and tries.
with another community of Support is lent to this pro farmers at Morawhanna on the phecy in consequence of the fact 17th and in each case the farmthat in the boom year of 1920, ers were in support of the third when the values of exports of proposal.
agricultural products, reached Meetings were held at both their peak, the figures for sugar places.
products and cocoa, reached At the conclusion of both 737, 291 and 3, 226, 329 respective meetings Mr. DeFreitas was ly.
pledged the unanimous support It will be observed that the of the voters in the Constituvalue of exports in oil in 1929 ency.
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