the matter
is agair: placed
before you for
consideration.
:
2nd
Member
for Christiansted
Town
(Canegata)
remarked:
Mr. Chairman.
One
thing has struck me—l think
there
is
a
misprint.
Under
Miscellanéous
Fees.
Jury Commission
fees
should
be
Fres.
10 instead
of Frs.
15.
Government
Secretary
(Gaffney):
It
has
been changed
in St.
Thomas.
‘2nd
Member
for Christiansted
Town
(Canegata):
1
have just, been
informed
by
the Government
Secretary
that while
the
fees
here
for Jury
Commission
is
Frs.
15 it has
been
changed
in St.
Thom-
as
to Frs.
10.
[
wish
to bring
in
an
amendment
to
the
effect that
the Member
on the
Jury
Commission
who Fas
to
travel
from
Frederiksted
to
Christiansted
be
paid
trave.ling
expenses
in
addition
to
the
fees:
also
witness
fees—A
professional
witness
should
not be
paid the same
as
an
ordinary
witness.
Take
a
medical
man,—of course
I
am
not
speaking
for
myself, -he
should
not ba paid the
same
as
an jordinaary
witness.
In
all
other
couatries a professional
witness
receives
a differer‘ fee
to that of an ordinrry wit-
ness
whenever
he is summoned
to appear
invourt,
...
'
;
2nd Member for Frederiksted
Country
Distriet
.(Curry)
remarked:
Mr.
Chair-
man.
1 wiil answer
the
Honcrable
2nd
Member for Christiensted
[own and
ex-
plain—An expert
witness,
if
he
is
a
party
or part of the
res
jestae,
receives
no
pay, but if he is summoned
‘in an
ex-
pert
capacity he
can
demand
his
own
fee, and if he is not paid he can refuse
to
go into court and testify.
This
is
cover-
ed
by
a general
law,
and
itis
the
law
prevailing today.
Expert
witnesses
are
protected.
e
:
Ist Member
for Frederiksted
Country
District
(Andersen)
remarked:
Mr.
Chairman.
Just
a few
words in regards
to Jury—l¢
seems
fair
to
p'y
jurymen
twenty cents
per
hour instead
of Frs.
10
per
day.
A
man
may sit
one
hour
in
court
and receive
Frs,
10 while
another
may
sit for
twenty-four
hours
and
re-
eaive
the same
Frs.
10.
I thiuk it would
be
a great saving
to the
Community
if
jurymen were
paid by the
hours.
To be continued.
LOCAL.
The.S.
S. ‘‘Guiana’’ will sail from New
York on January
4tle 1923.
The Adventures
of Tarzan
will be
con-
tinued
at the
Christiansted
Theatre
tais
evening.
See ad on first page.
We exteud hearty
congratulations
and
best
wishes
to Mr.
and
jMrs.
Holger
Esmann
of Est.
Mt. 'Pellier
whc today
celebrate their Silver
Wedding anniver-
SEbYS,
W
$1 BRI
X
A YIRS
The
schooner
‘‘Creole’’ sailed
for St.
Thomas with
mails and
passengers
at
5.45 p. m. yesterday
and willreturn
this
evening
calling at Frederiksted
for this
run only,
x i
The
S. 8. "‘Parima’’
from :New
York
via
-St. Thomas arrived at Fred=riksted
at 3 p. m. yesterday
and sailed
again for
the Islands after
a short
stay,
having no
passengers
and but'a
very small
cargo.
She ‘hrought 48 bags
mzil for Christian-
sted
most
of which was delivered to box
holders
last evening.
:
We. thank Mr. R.
H. Amphlett Leader
for his customary
"‘old year’’ coniribution
which
will be
published
in tomorrow’s
issue.
Readers’
attention
'is
invited
to
this
article
which
is particularly inspir-
ing this
year.
i
:
PASSENGERS
LIST.
-
Dec. 23rd —From"
St. Thomas
per
s.
s,
Marina—Donald Boreham,
Lawyer A, E.
Stakemann.
From Porto
Rico:—Johanue
‘Svendsen,
Eirar Svendsen,
Allan Queale,
‘Etnest
Johnson,
Irene
Rj-:ix, Theodora
‘Dunbavin.
bl 2
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MOZART’S “GLORIA” (12TH
~
MASS.
The above number
by one of the jgreat
masters
of
music
was
rendered
in
ex-
cellent istvle
by
the
Lutheran
Church
choir of Christiansted,
on Christmas
Eve
and Christmas
Day,
Mr. S.
A. Smith
pre-
sided
at the organ.
It would be
extreme-
ly difficult to
attempt
to
point
out
for
praise
any particular
voice in
this
grand
music,
as
the
soprano,
alro,
tenor,
aond
bass
did justice
to their respective
par
s,
Considering
that
the choir
members
are
not
what
¢we
may
term
vocalists,
and
some
not even acquainted
with the
rudi-
ments
of music,
great credit is due
them
for the fine
rendition
of «his
music
by
Mozart, and
we
must
also
note
that
Mr.
Smith
filled
both
positions
of
organist
and
choir director
at the same
time.
The
organ,
a
fine
instrument
responded
to
the masterly
touch of the popular
organ-
ist.
The Church
was filled with an
anxious
erowd,
and
some
of
the
ecritics
went
there
with the express
purpose
of
hear-
ing this beautiful and soul-stirring
num-
ber rendered
by
the
choir,
-as
the
talk
was rife among
some
as
to whether
that
choir could render successfully
such
kind
of music,
but
we are proud
to say,
it was
rendered.
We congratulate
Rev.
Anton
Jensen and
his
able
Church
choir,
and
thank
them for the
musical
treat
given
all, and hope
that they will give
us
ano-
ther select
number
soon.
We also
listened
with
satisfaction
to
Mozart’s 2pd.iMass
on
Christmas
Day
sung by the Anglican Chrreh
choir.
'The
effect was pleasing.
Give us some
more
of these.
;
:
‘
.
Music oft hath such
a
charm
to
make
bad good, and
gcod
provoke
no
harm—
Shakespeare.
:
:
SOME LISTENERS.
:
TELEGRAMS.
-
ST. CROIX STATION
-
Quebee,
Dec. 22nd.—A heap
of smoy
ing ruins
amidst
scorched
walils
was
gl
that was left this morning of the
fine o1
Basilica which has
been
the pride
of th:s
district because
of its age
and
the beayry
-of its interior.
The fire which
broke oyt
in the early
hours
this
morning
in
tje
roof defied all the efforts
of
the
firemen
‘to control it and
destroyed
the church
in
a
few
hours.
With
the
sacred
edifice
was
burning
the
Presbyterian
adjucent
while this
morning
the
fire department
was deluging the ruins
to prevant
sparks
fiying to the Cardinal’s
palace,
which hud
a4
narrow
escape.
Incendiarism
js
be-
lieved
to
have
been responsible
for
the
outbreak,as
the
chief
of the
provinejn|
_ police force received
a'letter
telling him
“ 'the Basilica
was
to be burned
on the 28th
"
of this month.
Among the contents
par.
ticularly prized
was the gr:atorgan,
said
to be
one of the finest in the
world and
a
numter of paintings
of
sacred
subjects
by Vandyke
and Raebarn.
;
Paris,
Dec.
22nd.—M. Poincare
appear-
ing before
the
FKoreign Affairs
commis-
sion
of the Chamber
"of ‘Daputies
today
insisted
that the Washington
naval agree-
ments
should
be
ratified
at
the
earliest
possible day.
The Premier
was
seennd-
ed by
M. Briand.
M. Fointare’s
'recom-
meniation
forratification 'caused
the
pro-
vision that the Brandegee
amendment
in
the
United States” Senate, ‘stipulating
in
effect
that.
the
accords
did not
convey
-
any
intimation
of military participation
of
the
Washington
accords
concerning
the Pacific Ozean
which perhaps,
he suid,
will not please
Japan
but will place
us
in
a supericr positioa
in
our relaiions
with
the United States.
M. Guernier,
general
repotter
tor the Foreign Affairs
commis-
sion,disagreed
completely with the Govt's.
point of view and complained
of the fsil-
ure of
the
United
States
authorities
1o
produce
the
French
translation
of
the
Washington
negotiations
until four
days
ago when
the
immense
volume
of
2,500
pages
was
delivered
to
the
commission.
London,
Deec.
22nd.—The
(Canadian
press is able
to
state authoritatively
that
there
is not the faintest
idea
of any
offi-
cial
action
being
taken
to
change
the
name of the Britizh Empire.
to
the
Com-
monwealth
of Nations,
as was
suggested
in
a press
cable yesterday.
The
subject
has
never
been
discussed
in
responsible
guarters
nor
has there been any serious
representation
on the matter.
:
Dublin,
Deec.
23rd. —Two
hundred
and
sixty-four Republicans
held
prisoners
in
Mount Joy prison,
were
released
today,
having signed
a declaraiion
of aliegiance
to the Free
State.
=Four of these
releas-
ed
were
women.
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