take care
of himself,
and
with that
in
|
view|
propose
this
amendment
to
the
|
Resolution.
The speaker
handed
in
his
|
amendment
which is as
follows:
|
AMENDMENT
|
t> Colonial Council Bill No.
28.
;
Fourth
Council,
First
Session
1923-24
|
e e
|
Change
from sth
line to
read:
}
That
the Governor
be and
he is hereby
authorized
to create
a fund in the
Colon-
ial
Treasury
of St. Croix to be
designat- |
ed
the
'‘Public
Works
Furd
for
New
|
Construetion’”
to which:he
shall
transfer
|
such funds
as
may
remain
unexpended
|
apon
the date
of approval of this Resola-
|
tion for all
new
construction
as
appro-
priated
by the Colonial Council
in accord-
ance
with the
budget
of
1923-24
under
ltem
51 of budget
for
the Public
Works
Department
and additional
Money
Biils
passed
during the 1923-24 Session
omthe
Colonial Councii:
Pr¥vided
that said
ex-
penditures
shall
thereafter
be
charged
to this fund,
and
when
the projects
are
comple:ed
any
funds
remaining
unex-
penaed
shall
be covered
into the Colonial
Treasury
of St.
Croix and
the fund
abol-
ished.
F. ANDERSEN
sth Membe:
for Frederiksted
Country District.
4th Member
for
Frederiksted
Country
District (Andersen):
Mr. Chairman.
Has
any
one
looked into the legality ot such
a
transaction?
ond
Member
for
Christiansted
Town
(Canegata)in reply
to
he last
speaker
said, —Mr. Chairman
Any
member
can
introduce
a
Resolution
in
the
Colonial
Council without
esking
any
one
to
look
into the legality of it.
4th
Member
for Frederiksted
Country
District (Andersen):
Can
a fund be
cre-
ated
by resolution
or
by
an
ordinance.
ond
Member
for Christiansted
Town
(Canegata):
Ikrow of nd
law requiring
that
a tund be ereated
by an
ordinance.
Ist
Member
for
Frederiisted
Town
(Jackson)
remarked:
Mr. Chairman.
The
ereating
of a fund requires
a
special
or-
dinance.
but
this
resolution
can
take
cave of this fund.
I would
like to
state
that any portion of the Federal
appropri-
:
ation
that has
gone
to make
up our
defi-
|
cit for the fiseal
vear is
a part of our bud- |
get and should
be expended
as voted for,
;
I don’t
think
it
should
go
back
to
the |
Federal
Government
hecause
the purpose
|
for which it has
been
appropriated
has
|
not been
accomplished.
This Resolution
|
takes
care of it and
covers
it.
|
92nd
Member
for
Christiansted
Town
|
‘Canegatl)
remarked:
Mr.
Chairmzn.
|
The Honorable
Gentleman
is
wrong.
|
|
know it has
been
the practice
that funds
|
appropriated
and
not used
at he ead
of
the fiscal
year
reverts
to
the
Colonial
Treasury.
That’s how
we
have
our
Re-
serve
Fund and it did not take
an ordin-
ance
to create
it.
I think the Resolut
on
is in order, but if the Honorable Member
=T
(PO
AN
thinks it is not
the word
resolution
can
be changed
for the
word ordinance,
|
|
Ist
Member
for
IFrederiksted
Town
|
(Jacksn)
inquired
what
the
reasen
18
|
-for creating
the Fand.
f
(To be continued.)
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Graduation
Oration
|
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g 4 11 5
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Ol DLET
|
Be
AYELE SCHADE
-
;
(Concluded
from yesterday’s
Avis.)
|
I
People
who
think
that
opportunity
is
|
to be found only
in
annther
country
are
as
foolish
as
the
man
who
searched
all
|
over the world for diamonds.
This
man
|
.
at
last
returned
home,
tired,
thin,
his
spirit broken,
tor though
he had
looked
and
looked
he
had
found
no
diamond.
'
One evening
as
he
sat,
a
worn-out
old
~
man,
on 'is doorstep,
his tired eyes
were
|
.
caucht
by
a stranze
glean
from
a piece
|
-of dull misshapen
rock.
He
looked
at it
|
stupidly for
a few
jninutes,
picked
it
up
|
|
firally,
and
examined
ir, and
ne found
|
that
the diamonds
that
he
had searched
|
the
world
over
for,
were
atl
his
very
i
doorstep-—aeres
and
acres
of diamon
s,
,
There
are
acres
anl
acres
of diamonds
|
in
8¢ Uroix!
Oh
there
are
not
percy
|
and
acres
of those
common
stones
seen
'
in engagemen:
rings,
but there
ave
acres
'
and
#eres
of Divmond opportunities.
|
What
can
we doin agricaiture
2
""No-
|
thing’’says someone,
we, haven’tennuzh
'
rain?
Perhaps
not,
for
such
a
crop
as
i
slvar
oane,
E’Hlf’ na
‘~!
oeree
[‘l'f‘fn heaven
has ordered
as
to rais2
eane
tor
all
erer.
pity.
Cain
other
things
be
raised?
Ask
|
the exparimantal
station
ask
the
scaool
~
children
at Diamond
School.
“We are airaid
to raise
vegetables,
in
fact
anything
but
sugar
cane;
we
are
afraiid
we should
find
no market.”’
Thus
some
men speak.
Well,
cartain-
l
ly some
of
us
have
intelligence
enougzh
and energy
enough
to
create
a
market.
The very appearance
of
a
problem
like
that exists
tor
us
to solve
It.
it is
to soive
problems
like
that
that
the government
18
training
chi'deen
to-
i
day.
Trained
minds
are
wanted;
pzopie
|
are wanted
who can
think
seientifically
'
and
who are acquainted
w.ty
the
islands
|
conditions.
An
old
saving
is
""Know-
f
ledga
is Power.”
The
United States
and
|
St Croix r=aiz>
that
the
trained
minds
|
can
work with the governm-at
and
help;
.
whereas
the uatrained
minds
inste
wd
of
.
a help
is ofien
a hirderanc?
to
the
gov-
.
ernment.
And this is one of the reason’s
why
s) inach
money
1s
being
spent
on
-
edueation.
But
aeres of diamonds
ar2
not
only
to
be
found in agriculture.
They
are
to be
found
in
the
various
trades
such
as
plumbing, earpentry
tailoring,
shoemak-
ing, machinists
work.
We
all know how
few
the
plumbers
are
on
this
island
Other trades
are likewise
short
of
men-
Going
into
office
work
we
find
men
and
women
wanted
who
can
write
a
good hand
who have
a bead
for figurine.
who
can
type
write,
who
ean
manaue
other people.
As for
girls particularl,
the hospitals
are eaver
to take
girls
into
trainineg who ean
think quickly and
obev
well.
From
one
20d
of
this
island
to
the other
there
are
opportunities
wait-
ing oniy for someone
keensighted
enough
to pick them
up-
Onece
St. Croix was called
the
Garden
of the West
Indies
Oh
classmates
and
Cruacians,
let
us make
her worthy of thai
name
again.
Let
us
who
are
graduat
ing tonight solemly
resoive
that
we shoo
ourselves
worthy of the
education
given
s,
If we wish
we
ean
make
8t
Croi¢
flower once
more.
And
we do
wish.,
W
are the chiidren
of St. Croix and
we
wil
bring honor
to our country.
TELEGRAMS.
ST.
CRUIX ST ATION.
Paris,
June
27th.—United
Press.
** Mr.
MacDonald
and
[ have agreed
thatif G
many is loval, she
will not
be
disturbed
but
that
if she
is
not
loyal,
she
wil
not
be spared.
‘‘'That
was
M.
Herriot’s
deelaration
in
the Chamber
of
Deputies
yesterday,
when
he
cutlined
the
resul
of his
recent
conversatiops
in
Londoun
and
Brussels,
3. Herriot
also
gave
the
results
of
his
taiks
in
a
speech
before
the Senate.
‘‘Mr. MacDonald
has
Infor-
med
me
that
in
case
Germany
defaults
Manoland
solemnly
promises
to
remain
heside
the
Allies,”” he told the
Senators
He stated
that in
Brussels
he had
found
Premier
Theunis
and
toreign
Minisie
Hymaus,
of Belgzium,
o fuil accord
wi h
the French
viewpoint,
'l have
not
hud
the slightest
difficaitv
on any point,” he
said
I have
raised
ihe
auestion
of inter-
Allied d2bts
with M. Mactionald.
He ad.
mitted
that
the question
must
be taken
up without
delay.
[insiste?,
and
shu:l
insist.
that
France
is
in
an
unfavourable
positicn
unless
she attains
an
equitable
solution
on this potnt.”’
Berlin
June 27th—United
Press.
It s
leaned
that
the
Alliesinrend
to
invite
Germany
(o participate
in
Loundon at the
confeeence
on
Reparations
and
the Ex-
perts
Report
oo
July
16in.
It is
expee-
ted
that
"vcion
Ministers
Streesman
and
possibly
Chancellor
Marx
wlll
ct-
tend.
Dablin,
Juae
27th.—3tatements
made
today indicated
the
early
release
of the
remaining
political
prisoners,
of
the
Free
State
Government.
President
Cos-
grave
said
that
the
Governor
General
would be advised
to
remit
the unexpirad
terms
of sentenced
prisoners
except those
guilty of ordinary
crimes.
Replving
1o
Deputy
MeGra.h,
President
Cosgiave
said
that
he could
not
answoer
at presen.
whether
it would be
proposed
to release
Austin
Stack
and other
Republican
lead-
ers
before the
adjournment
of the Dail
next month.