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78TH YEAR.
CHRIBEIANSIED,.
V.l U.. 8 A..
THURSDAY,
24t
JANUARY
1924,
could
ba quarriad
for three siillinzs
por
ten.
It
aiso
quoted
Dr.
Foches
lLeshe,
Geolozist,
as
saving
the
b
ds
were
''a
michty
source
of
heat
and
power
from
which
we envld
draw,
for
our
industries
without spending
monev
on
forerzn
oil.
I'he magnitude
of
this
d scovery
means
that
we
ecan
supply
a‘l
eur
needs
for
cheap
power
lignt and
heat
for
centu-
ries.’””
Hoecla‘ms
the
beds
make
Great
Britain independnut of
foreign
Fsappiics
in time of war.
Swansea,
Jan.
20h.—Forty
thousand
spectators
witnessed
the
loternational
Rugby Football
Mateh
wheih
was
plaved
inshowery weather
onSaturdav
atternoon
betwean
Enghind and
Wales
and
which
was
won by the
tormer
by
17 points
(0 9
At balf time the
score
was
11
to
3
ex-
cept
for one
rush
into the English
twen-
ty-five early in the
game,
the
play
fav-
oured
England.
The
Weishp:
then
plaved
with
more
dash,
but
could
not
gain
any
advantage,
the
nrslisa
for-
wards
having
much
more
spezd.
‘ihe
Engziish
backs
handled
cleveriy,
London,
Jan.
20.h.—50
far
as
Mr.
Winston
Chur
hill
broadside
may
Fave
been
expected
to
inilience
the
actual
Parliomentary
situaiion,
it has
compliete-
ly wniscarried.
As previously
expliined,
his
suggested
plan
fails
to flt
into
the
groove
of accepled
Partiamentary
proce-
dure
and
at
most
it
is
hkeiy
to
detach
some
Liberal sympathizers
from
voting
for
the
Labour
amendm:at
reending
non-confidence
in
tre
Baldwin
Govern-
ment,
but cannot
delay
the
¢il nax.
“CONCENTROL”
THE CONCENTRATED
WOOD
PRE-
SERVER
AND WHITE ANT DIES-
TROY ER.
ONCENTROL has
been
proved
to
suc-
cessfully
preserve
wood
irom
decay
of
all kinds,
and
is
thorouzihly
suit-
able
for
the
[ropies.
It
is
a
strong
enemy
of the
White
Ant,
and
being
a
thorough
disinfectant
aed
antiseptic
it
ean
be
confidently
recommended
for
the
treatment
of woodwork
of all kinds
It » not inflammable and wili always keep
in excellent
condition.
CONCENTROL
Is the finest
Wood
Preserver
on the
Market.
ROB’T.:L.
MERWIN & CO.,
INcC.,
Frederiksted.
Christiansted;
THE
ST. CROIX AVIS
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class
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26th
1917 at th2
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der the Act of Maich 3. 1879.
Contribution
to this paper
wi’lbe glad-
(g received
when
the
same deals with nat-
ters of general interest,
and is
accen
pa-
wied with the
awthor’s
name,
¢s
a quar-
aniee
of guod faith
The editor cannot
be
responsihle
for the views of hisoorrespor-
dents
nor does he necessarily endorsethem.
TELEGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
London,Jan.2lst.—A
strike
of the rail-
way enginemen
comprising engineers
ant
firemen
started
at midnight. The
announc-
ed of thestrike
was
made
at the headguar
ters of the organization,
The strike
wus
called without the support of the Nation|
Union
of
Ra’'lwaymen
and
the
railwauy
clerks,
organization,
the
members
ot
which will eccntinue
at work,
unjess
coer-
cion
is employed
to force
them
to take
the strikers
places.
Despatches
from
the
provinces
report
strike
mceiings
at il
the
big
railway
centres,
butit
will ke
impossible
to discover
how far the strike
has
been
effective
for
some
hours.
Athens,
Jan.
20th——Premier
Venizelos
on Saturday,
annoeunced
that in the
com-
ing referendum
to
determine
the future
regime of the country
he
would
vote
in
favour of a Republic.
London, Jan.
20th--What
is elaimed
to
be
one of the
greatest
and
richest
oil
bearing
shale
beds
ever
discovered
has
been
found in West
Somerset,
according
to the Evening Star today.
The
bed,
cov-
ering a large acea,
issail
to have
a
min-
ing surface
of six-hundred
to
seven
hua-
dred feet,
which the
experts
here
say
is
unprecedented.
The beds,
itis
deciared
contain
the best
values
ol oils,
compara-
ble
only with the
greea
river formaiion
¢
in
Colorado,
hitherto
an
unparaiicled
example of oil shale
wealth.
['he
news
paper
quotes
Mr.
Larattee
Larkin
a
British engineer
as reporting
that
1t was
safe to base
the
commercial
produciion
of the bels at 9,000,000,000
tons
of
oil-
shale,
wih an oil
content
of
more
than
1,000,000,000
tons
valued
at
3,000,000,
090
pounds.
He
estimated
the
shale
No.
19.
.
.
*
Airican
Wethodist
Episcopal
boiiin
1l
Chargh
Kolise,
HE work
of eur
Chureb
is laovinz
or-
E.
card.
The
General
Managewent
of
Othcials
feel,
that
we
are
doing
such
a work
as
o gain
the appreciation
of
ail
and
we
thank
those
who
heip
in
the
work,
1 he following are
our notieesz:
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Wednesday
Night.
Bible Class,
Thursday
afternoon.
Choir Rehearsal,
-
Night.
Class
Meeting at 7:30.
Sunday Morning at
6:00,
© Early Praver
and
Praise
Service,
e
b
10:00.
Regular
Preach-
ing
.
at
12:30.
Sundayv
School,
"
Night 7:00
Evening
War-
hip
and
special
Ser-
mon,
titeme
' OUR
HOMES.
.
AT GROVE PLACE
Friday at 7:00.
The Board
Meeting.
i
"
800,
The
Genersl
Class
Meeting,
Friday
is
Consniratton
Day
for
this
Church.
Sunday
mornine.
Sunday
School.
e
noon.
Regular
Yreaching.
AT FREDERIKSTED
CHIIRCH
Wednesday
N.ght.
Class
Meeting and
-
Official board.
Surday
at
1:30.
Sunday
School.
s
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Preachiny.
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OPiICAL AID.
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your
order,
broken
lens
or
prescription
through
the
mail,
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and plants
MOULD can
be
had
frcm
MARCUS
PAKRK well
pre-
pared.
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