Ne je PAGE TWO THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 1930. WEST INDIAN NEWS INTERESTING TRINIDAD TODAY Member of French Parliament Calls at Trinidad JAMAICA Lunacy on the Increase SERIOUS OVERCROWDING Public Service Co.
AT MENTAL HOSPITAL Extending Their Activities in Island Deputation Place The Agitation For Railway Extension Company ſo Wesmoreland ing operations to embrace Is Greatly Interested in West Indian Federation IN sixty years of growth, from a on a TRINIDAD, August 20 de Pastes, a member of the French Committee for the Col onies, who is visiting the West Indies mission for his Government, told a Trinidad Guardian representative yes terday that what has been achiev ed by British administration in Trinidad is wonderful. COMPARISON de Pastes is perhaps the first member of the French Parliament to visit Trinidad, with the exception of Lau tier, who spent a few hours in this island on a journey from (Continued on page 3)
YOU WILL LIKE BANKING AT THE ROYAL a The Royal Bank of Canada G919 were in (Santa Ana Plaza) GRENADA 1695 West Indian Federation Was the Dream of William Calwey Donovan ODO IODO Dr. Leo Veteran of West Indian Journalism now no a sta Position Before The Jamaica Public Service GROWTH are gradually develGovernment opin their utilities and extend the 1908 entire island.
Says the Gleaner of the 13th single office in Halifax to a position At the present of international importance, there inst The Gleaner states that the ernment time they have before the Gov The Junacy rate in Jamaica is and the Parochial. has always been a sincere spirit of increasing. This was the opin agitation for Railway extension Boards various applications, alt helpfulness between this Bank and ion expressed by Dr. which was commenced here in of which will very likely be its customers. That was the spirit Hewson, Medical Superinten 1928 is again engaging public granted.
of the pioneers who founded this 1869 icht and Director of the Jamai attention and there is a strong Having gained the permission institution that spirit guides our ca Mental Hospital yesterday ieeling very much in evidence by of the Parochia! Board of Claros work to day the majority of the inhabitants don, the Company made appliconversa foretoon in a short tion with a representative of the hat Railway extension would be cation to the Governor in Privs Cleaner. And the difficulty is far more advantageous to the Council, under the Electric that have nowhere to put the levelopment of the banana in Lighting Law of 1890 for dustry than harbour improve license to serve certain area in extra number of patients comment. This view has been shar ing in from day to day.
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ed in by many prominent citi Com On the 23rd July last there As already stated the rens and when your representa (Continued on Page 7)
in the Jamaica Mental tive discussed this question with Panama Branch Herman, Manager Hospital as many as 1, 724 eaders of thought sometime mates, with Ward accomodaago, it was pointed out to him to Railway extension which Colon Branch Grosch, Manager tion running far short of that (Corner 11th and Bolivar St. that Railway extension would AFFECTS THE WELFARE number. On that day His Exbe the best means of develop of the parish industrially, fi cellency the Hon. Jelf, ing the agricultural resources nancially, economically and other Officer Administering of the parish increasing the wise. The harbour improvement the Government paid a visit to facilities for transport and could be undertaken afterwards the Hospital and went around rendering intercourse with other even by a syndicate as the all the wards, seeing for him Darts of the island easier and claims of the parish to Railway self the shortage that existed in profitable. With this feeling is a proposal ODOL 10 DOI that the inhabi the matter of accommodation.
quite rampant the people of tants have fallen in with. In There were then under construc Westmoreland will it is learnt some Pink two wards in the female be amply satisfied if the Govern that if a railway line was to be quarters it is suggested tion quarters, and these are ment could see its way to extend constructed to the Williamsfield nearing completion.
the Railway from Montpelier te banana district it would Surgeon Dentist the Williamsfield banana DEPUTATION SEES artea doubt result in the United GOVERNOR where most of the bananas are Fruit Company establishing a 23 Central Avenue Panama City.
Yesterday, the number of in being produced and are being banana buying centre there and mates in the Hospital was 1, 737 transported to Montpelier and that would greatly enhance the Green Island sea port. The fact growing of bananas along the Phore 1862. Box 1062 Ancon, and the position has gone so that Montpelier Railway acute of late that yesterday plains of Westmoreland Professional Services in all Branches of Dental Works tion is in St. James and Green forenoon a deputation of the Island port in Hanover, the con week were days of much anxiety Monday and Tuesday of this Board of Visitors to the Jamai veyance of fruit to these places in this town when telegraphic ca Mental Hospital waited on Office Hours to 12, to Sundays by Appointment His Excellency at the Govern seem to a good many citizens to messages at the Post Office in be a direct loss to the banana timated to ment Buildings, when the mat.
the inhabitants that ово 1000 TOD01 growers in the Williamsfield PODEODOR was brought to his notice a hurricane was moving towards section of the parish.
officially. The deputation was Jamaica.
headed by Dr. Wilson The improvement of the Sav The inhabitants were Superintending Medical Officer, ia Mar harbour will it is consi much scared and every house DOPO Jered be of great importance to and there were present Mr.
говор holder actually fortified them Nethersole, Dr. Lewis the commercial interest of the selves with nails as a preven Crooks, Very Rev. Fr. Francis cown but it is felt that this is tive measure against the invadKelly, and Rev. Canon minor matter when compared ing disaster. Ramson The deputation discussed the NOW THAT THE ENGLISH TEAM matter for some time, and the members were given a careful HAS TOURED THE WEST INDIES His Excellency was quite satisGet a copy of the fied that there was good foun dation for the reports with regard to over crowding, and expressed the hope that every Would Dispel, Large Number of thing that could be done would be done to minimișe this, provid, con Economic Problems of Colonies and read the records of past ed funds would allow make the Writing editorially on our belief that a large number Exuarything possible to Cricket Veterans of the economic problems of happy the lot of the unfortunate 17th ulto, the Daily Chronicle these Caribbean Colonies would AND inmates is done by the Superin says: The West Indian Sugar Com disappear if there was a federa tendent, and the Medical staff Cricket Tours 1900, 1906 1923 attendants and the latest effort mission of 1930 is the first tion. Lord Olivier and Mr.
being put forward by Dr. Hew royal commission to visit the Semple stress the agricultural Wonderful Work of 240 odd Pages West Indies since the view point son is to procure a Radio phone whole of the Standing which will be the means of established It appears to us, they say Summary of Contents: broadcasting the latest song Conference. Its remarks on the not only that the simplifica History of West Indies Cricket for 60 years and dance hits, relaying same federation question are there tion of the system of Govern Full Particulars of 1900 Tour, hy a net work of loud speakers fore of particular value.
ment of the Leeward Islands To the zealousi federationist, it and St. Lucia is necessary, un Interesting Report of the 1906 Tour, sum of 30 has already been sollected to this end, and the might seems that Lord Olivier less the existing system is to be Magnificent Records of the 1923 Toui, Superintendent expects to get does not go far enough. But af maintained continuosly at the Photographs of the Teams and 16 Individual in about 100 so that he can ter all, while the Commission cost of the Imperial Exchequer.
Players secure a first class instrument er terms of reference were but that an administrative assowide, it was esentially a Váluable, structive, Historical, accurate, Complete and ciation of these islands with mission to enquire into the ag St. Vincent and Grenada would Interesting ricultural and economic situa be more conducive to their agriDENTIST HOWELL tion, and naturally did not Price 50cts.
de cultural progress and prosperity: vote any great portion of its and to the maintenance of a House No. 912 La Roca labours to a thorough examina continuous, instead of an inter Copies to be had from the office of the WORKMAN Can»l Zone tion of this paramount question. mittent, policy of land settle We have already expressed Panama (Continued on Page 1)
TOPO ter very CRICKET! CRICKET. DO BRITISH GUIANA hearing. It is understood that Federation of the Carribbean Islands West Indies Cricket History Commenting upon recent public meeting in St. Vincent in favour of Federation of the Leeward and Windward Islands as a preliminary to the larger is sue of a Federal West Indies, the Grenada West Indian, of August 12th, says editorially :This scheme is no new one, nor is the agitation new But the call is obviously becoming more insistent, and at times like this one is tempted to ex claim as Wordsworth did of Milton. Donovan, thou shouldst be living at this hour for Fede ration was the lofty dream of William Galwey Donovan that he strove despite all opposition, to make a living reality. That was why he called his paper, founded for the purpose of ex pounding his dream The Fe deralist and Grenada People.
Donovan is dead but the torch he left burns still. We must keep it alight.
The arguments in favour of Federation are too numerous to lilate upon again at this mo ment. The West Indian has taken Donovan dream for its own and has made Federation its watchword. It has put for ward Federation as the door to political freedom and many great thinking men have seen in it the only means of salvation.
Lord Balfour of Burleigh, Maj or Wood, now Lord Irwin, Lord Elibank, Lord Olivier, and lat terly Rev. Andrews, the great educationist, who spent three months in these parts have all supported it. Sir Fred erick Seton James, the late Governor of the Windward Is lands included it in thig Credo, at his first public utterance af ter taking over the Government of these islands. Almost his last public utterance before he left supported it when in St.
Lucia he said that he had come to the conclusion that all the (Continued on Page 3)
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