NAt &[~ e 2\%& L St Croix Avis 76TH YEAR. THEST. CROIX AVI> 18 printed and pu*lished daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G Johansen at the Avis Office. TERMS---50 cents monthly in advance, - 2 cents per single copy. ntered as second-cla:s matter 'lay 26th 1917 at the Post Ofice at Thristian stel. St. Crote. V. L ofthe . 5. A., n der the Act of March 3. 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glad- lg received when the same deals win mat- ters of general interest, and is aczompn nied with the author’s name, as a guar- antee of good faith. The editor caunot be responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorsethem. TELEGRA Ms. ST CROIX STATION. London, Sept. 19¢h. -The labour min- istry states that sixteen tables of statistics show a decrease of twon per cent in the cost of living at September firsi, as comparad with August first, and that the cost of living is now one handred and twenty per cent above pre- war figures. Dublin, Sept. 19th.—Mr. De Valera may cali the Dail Eireann into session to deliberate on the situation brough* about by thz latest note sent to Dublin by Mr. Llioyd Gzorge. Calicut, British, I[ndia, Sept. 19th.— Reports from the town of Nilambar, about twenty-five miles east of this ci- ty, state that chief Kunhammad has proclaimed the districts of Urand and Malluvanad as an independent moslem kingdom, and he is said to threaten a massacre of Europeans there. ' London, Sept. 19th.—The ‘‘Yoikshire Post’’, the chief organ of the Govern- ment in the north of Engiand, utters a warning against the scheme of Mr. Winston Churchill for grouping the crown colonies and the crown states for administrative purposes under a high commissioner for each group. The “‘Post’’ says it by no means follows that the scheme will meet with the approval of the colonies concerned, each of which has a very distinct character and that there is indeed danger in the effort, now evident 1n more than one field of imperial administratign, to cre- ate a sealed pattern of orgunization on one universal moddle. London, Sept. 19th.—The first of the CHRISTIANSTED. V. 1. U. S. A., 'FRIDAY 23rRp SEPTEMBER 192! balloors {c get away in the James Gor- don Bennett internationai race, which started yer.ercay, was heard from this morning., ‘Thit was the '‘Banshee’’, an Englisk «ntry. piloted by Baldwin. The message said the ''Ranshee’” had land- ed at Salnav, .near Carn arthena, Wales,”’ Philadeirhia, Sept. 19th. —William Til- den of this city is again the national cbampior. He won the 1921 title by defeating Waiiace .lohnson, also of this city, by 6-1, 6-3, 6-1, in the final round of the tweniieth annnhal championship singles tournament of the United States tennis association, in 'vhat is said to be the record time of forty-three minutes He rosc to super heights in his play this af.ernc.n and tle speed and ac- curacy-of both his service and return strokes so dazzled and smothered John- son, thet the latter was placed in such a position that he never for a moment appeared to have even a fighting chance, LIST GFUNCLAIMEL MAILFOR THE WEEK ENDED SEPTEMBER 17, 1921. Miss Margarite Adams, Eugenn< Baptist, Miss Audrey 7. Bastiar, Andrey E. Bastian, 1 Water Gut, Mrs. Frances Blyden, David Brandon, ‘ Master Harold Charles, Mrs. Axelina Charles, i{2) Mary Christian, ( Mrs. Jo®eph Firancis Mr. Hezekiah Franecis, c/o Mr. Edward : Francis, Mr. Christian E. Henry, Walter James, King St Miss Elvina Jueliun. 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