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TELEGRAMS
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Sl. CROIX STATION.
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London,
Jan.
19th.—Aceording
to
a
well-known
statistician
the Jewish
popa-
lation in the world is fifteen millior s, and
;
there
are three hundred
thousand
.n
the
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British Isles.
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;
Paris,
Jan.
18th.—The
Clem:nceau
|
Cabiner
resigned
today
and
President
!
Poincare
has asked
M.
Millerand,
Gov-
|
ernor
of
Alsace,
to form
a
New
Cabi-
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net.
The outgoing Ministry
had
licenin
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‘oifice since
October
1917.
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Paris,
Jany. 18th.——The
Paris
cdition
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of
the
New
York
Herald
states
that
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President
Wilson
asked
for dzlay
»
the
|
League
of
Nations
on
tne
maite'
cor-
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cerning
th2 Saare
Valley, until
th2 Uni-
|
ted
Sctates
should
have
appointed
dele-
|
gates
toy the L2ague,
but
that the
Saare
l
Commission
has
been
appointed
withou:
|
reference
to the United
States.
Brassazls,
Jan.
18th. —Deep
emo
ion
is
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telc in dolland at the Alliad
dem:
:d
tfor
‘\
the extraditiva of formar
Eaperss
Wil-
|
liam, azeording
to a
despatch
from
the
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Hagaa.
[tis exp22tad
tonac
pressurz
will
|
b 2 brought
to bear
upon
him
to
surren-
der
vo untarily.
Stockholm,
Jan.
18th.
—~Efforts
10
me-
diaie
batween
emplayers
and
workers
ia
Swaden
have failed and
a
lockou-,
to be-
|
ginn Oil Lne twenly sixin, has
been
leclai-
ed.
As
a result,
nine
hundred
anl
fifty
tnousand
men will be
unemployved
The
employ ars assoeiation
may
later
:xtend
the
iockout
'n ali skilled labour.
£.
com-
mission
appointed
by
the
Goveinment
wiil bezin
deliberation
immediatel:
in the
interests
of coneiliation.
‘
Kingston,
Jamaica,
Jan.
18th,—The
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Government
is consideringa
provrsal
to
|
grant preference
to British impori
s noa-
biy cotion goods.
The rate
of exchang2
is haviog
a
prejudicial
effect
upin
the
f
Aamerican
market.
London,
Jan.
19:h —Somz2
memi2rs
of
the
Parliamentary
Labour
Party
have
gone
t¢ Dubiin
to study
the
condition
ol
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Ireiand,
among
them being Messrs.
Hen-
derson,
Adamson,
Clynes,
Wilson,
Par-
|
kinson and
Smith. Thev
will visit belfasc
Cork
and
oiher
centres
and
will seek
the
viewpoint
of
all
sections
of
I[rish
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opinfon.
v
cons:antinople,
Jan.
19th.
—P
otests
|
against
the reported intention of the Peace
|
Conference
to
dismember
the
Larkish
|
Empire
and internationalize
Constentiuo-
|
pie,
were
voiced at
a
great.mass
mect-
ing heid here,
and much
enthusias
1
was
arousec,
while Turkey’s inalienabl
vights
|
to Constantinople
were
discuss-d.
Re-
solutior.s
were
adopted
that
the
CJity
|
should remain the Capital and
sea:z
of t
e
Governmen:,
demanding
the
evacaation
of Smyira and
the
adjacent
regions
by
|
the Greeks,
and
the
immediate
c¢onciu
|
sion of Peace.
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Trinidad,
«Jan.
18th.—Admiral
Lord
Jellicoe
and Sir Robert L.
Borden
were
the
gyests of
horour
at
a
dinner
given
by th?Trinidad Union
Club
last
night.
ST
2.Bt
X
A VIS
His Kxcelleney
the
Soverior,
President
of the Ciub, presided,
and
there
was
an
attendance
of some
two
hundred
mem-
bers
and
guests
who
Ineluded
Admiral
Sir A. F. Everett and officers
of
H.M.S.
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“"New Zealand”’, ;*‘Calcutta’’ and
‘‘Con-
stance’”
Spzeches
were
delivered
by
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His Excellency the
Governor,
Sir
Henry
Aleazar, K.C.,
Lord Jellicoe,
the Hon
R.
S. A. Warner,
K.C.,
and
Sir Robert
Bor-
den,
and th2y
were of a
very high
®&dar.
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The toast
of
‘dmiral
Lord
Jellicoe
and
Sr R. Borden
were
enthusiasticall}
re-
ceived.
‘
Trinidad, Jan.
20th,—The
Ball given at
|
Government
House last
night
in
honour
of Admiral Lord
Jellicoe
by
His
Excel-
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leney the
Governor
and Lady
Chancellor
was
a briliant
supceess.
Admiral
Jelli-
coe and Admiral Everett
with their Staffs
entered
the Ball Room
at 9.30 p.
m.
and
|
-
dancing
was kept
vp until 3a.
m.
About
;
-
000
guests,
ineluding
niany officers
from
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i
H.M.S.
“‘New Zealand”,
*‘Caleutta’” and
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.
““Constance’’ were
present
and
the
Band
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of the “New Zealand’’supplied the musie.
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London,
Jan,
20th.—Lord Rubert
Ce-
cil, one of the foremost
advoecates
of the
|
League
of
Nations,
says
it
would
be
|
foolish
tn shut
our
eyes
to the faet tnar
|
the present
orgasization
of the
Empire
|
.
~
is
not
so perfeet
as
to be free
from dan-
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zor.
We esuld
eentinue
indefinitely,
he
|
says,
the system
by which
the
direction
|
f our foreign poliev would
be exclusive-
|
'y in the
hzads
of the
Mother
Country,
|
chough
anv
blunder
might
effect
the
®
orosperity
and
the
nativnal
existence
of
|
the Empire
Buat,
econversely,
it was in-
|
defensible
that
seme
e
auvinistic
out-
|
.
~
huwst
(r adminisirative folly committed
|
by the Government
of a distant
dominion
|
without
consultation
with
the
Imperial
|
Authorities,
might
plunge
the
Empire |
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into foreign complicatio.
s.
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Loundon,
Jan.
19th.—The
regulations
|
of the
Ministry of ‘Food
regarding
the
|
exportation of tea have been relaked
|
!
New York, Jan.
19th. —Liquor
valued
|
at
five
million
dollars
has
been
seized
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since Friday.
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'
Berlin,
Jan.
19th.
-Proposals
by
the
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Allies for tie postponement
for five days
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of the occunaticn
of certain
poin:s
nave
l
.
Deen.
agrezd
uppn-
by
the
Germans.
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.
[ransport
<lelays
sre
stated
to
be
the
j
.
cause of the postpcnement.
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NEW YORK. Jan.
20th
1920,
5
-
Mour, Blen'2d Ciear St. Lawrence
[rand
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;
pr.
brl. $12.25
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Meal, Kilndried
per
100 bs $3.57
1
Jew
Season’s
Pork per brl. $45.00
!
Heavy
Mess
Pork
per bbl.
$45.§0
;
Jugar---C®stals
(Confirmed by
Brokers)
|
per
100 lbs.
$7.28.
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Wolasses
30
test pr 300 lbs.
no
quotation
|
Cntton,
Mid llingUpland, at fLiverpool per
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:
Ib. 27 85-100 d.
i
Zxchange,
New
York
and
London,
60
|
days’
sight
$3.63%
|
itxchange
New York and Loandon,
‘sight
|
$3.66%
LONDON, Dec.
20th
1919.
:
Sugar-Demerara
Crystals duty paid price.
fixed by the Royal Commission
per ewts
.
‘
104s. od.
-106 s. od.
Muscovado,
89°/- basis,
floating
terms
in
bond, Ditto duty paid.
635.
6d.
- 955. od.
German Beet 88°/;, f.o.b.
no further sales
during
the
war
White
Java
sugar
cif
U.
Kingdom
ecif
-
without engagement.
86.0.
White
Java
Sugar,
cif Uunited King-
dom if arrives
before 27th
December
85/
Demerara
Rum,
per gal. nominal.
Trinidad
Cocoa,
Good
Middling
Red
per
cwt
128s.
od.
130s.
od.
Cotto
Medium Fine
Sea
Island.
at Liv
errool nominal per Ib.
Bank
of England
rate
of
Discount
per
cent.
6.
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OBITUARY.
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News
was received
this
morning,
of
.
the death
in "rinidad
on
the
afternoon
.
of Friday the
16th inst.
of Mr. Bartholo-
-
mew Bornn,
after
=2n illness o* but
prac-
-
tcally tour
weeks.
The
deceased
who
'
was
not
only very well known
here
but
'
beloved
and
esteemed
for
his
amiable
-
qualities, and
who for practically his life-
|
time was engaged
in all charitable works,
social, religious and
otherwise,
was born
|
here
in September
1832,
Hence,
he
had
'
not
eonly long
sincc
passed
Lis
“three
.
Score
years
wnd ten,”’ but was
tasc
merg-
ing in his 90th year.
Truly a blessed
age!
'
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Through
the falling
away of
trade
he
-
left with his family on the 20th November
|
1905 for.Trinidad,
where
he
ever
since
‘
resided.
He leaves
behind
a widow, four-
|
teen
children,
and
alurge
number
of
.
grand-children
and
great-grand-children
|
tolamenthisloss.
All of this large family,
.
with but the exception of the Widow Mrs.
|
Vance
and daughters
and
our well-known
|
and
esteemed
townsman
Corsul
David
'
O. Bornn,
and
scns,
are residing
abroad:
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somein
New
York,
others
in
Havana,
|
Cuba,
but
the majority in Trinidad.
*
It his life time among
us,
Mr.
Bornn
|
manifested
great
concern,
and
evinced
|
much
interest
in the
uplifi of
the
poor,
|
and by his kindness
and
gentleness
won
|
the
hearts
of one and
all.
Nothing
was
t
»f too much
trouble for him to undertake:
|
he
was always ready
and
willine to
as-
]
sist
every good
and
wor:ihy
cause,
and
'
now
that his allotted
space
on
earth
is
|
run, and he has been
calied home by
the
|
Master,
we
can
but
bow
our
heads
in
|
submission
to
the
Divine Will, heping
!
that
a life spent
and
given
to
so
many
|
good and useful
works
will
but
receive
|
its just reward
in the land of light.
|
Te
the
sorrowing
and
grief-stricken
.
members
of
the family
we
beg
to
ex-
I
tend
our
sincerest
sympathy,
assuring
.
them
that
as
the decegsnd
was
Very
in-
~
timate with,
and
well-known
10 us,
that
|
we
toon grieve with
them.
‘‘Whatsoever
|
the Lord
pleaseth,
he
doeth.”
He
has
~
but taken
our
departedp friend into
ihe
“‘realms of bliss and felicity.”’—St. Thom-
as Mail Notes,
Jan. 19th.