to the
tax payers
of thissland.
,
sovernment
Secretavy
(Timmons)
re
narked:
Mr.
Chairman.
Just
a matter
of
intformation.
[t
is
noted
that
the
first instaiment
will fall
ue
oun
July
1,
1921,
and
the
second
on
the
lst
day
of the
3rd
month.
The
time
fixed
has
already passed,
and,
of
course,
25
per-
cent his
not
been
paid.
Is it the
inten-
tion
to mage fifty percent
pavabie when
the second
stiail
have
becoine
due?
4th
Appointed
Member
(Bluckwood)
remarked:
Mr.
Chairman.
While
1
be-
lieve this
is in aceordance
wit
the
Fed-
eral
lncome
Qax,
it ssems
to me
a
case
of making
it
convenieanl
for
tax payers
to pay
their
tax
without
having
1o
put
themseives
out
to
pay
it.
When
we
nave
aa
ineom:
we
[fave
monzy
to
pay
Hul taxes,
bul
wien
Wa
nave
no
income
{ chink
it reasonable
Lo
give
us
time
0
pay
It.
My
opinion
is,
this
ils
faking
the right
ste
..
Government
Secretary
(Timmons)
re-
markea:
Mre.
Caairman.
This questios
was
presented
(0
Government
some
months
ago
by ihe
HonorableitMem-
ber
for Fre_eriksted
Country.
Dis..
(Andersen)
and
he
was
advised
at
ibat
time,
that
itax-payers
might
provabily
set
aside
a
sutficient
sum
to
pay
their
tax.
You nive
s3ix
months
beyond
the
taxable
period.
lu
the
United
States
the
tax
will
conse
1a
foree
beiore
the
30in
of
June.
lo
narmoay
with
that
Qoveranen!
would
be
very”glad
to
se-
cure
a
wax whien
is provided
by that iaw.
26
percea.
may
be
remitted
with
th-
dling of
the
recurn.
1
would
suggesi,
tnerefore,
thai
this
dratt
be
amended
so
that two instaimancs
be
paid together
and
that would
be satisfactory.
2ad.
Appointed Member
(Noli):
That
1s what it is
now.
Secretary
. P'im nons:
It
reads:
Pro-
vided however
one
instalment
snall
be
paid on
the
Jst.
day
of July.
3rd Member
for Christiansted
Country
District
( Robt.
W.
Skeoch):
That’s
wßat il eans.
Government
Secretary
(Itmmons):
‘There
1s
no objection
3rd ‘Member for Caristrarsced
Jouatry
Discrict (Robt.
W. Skeoch)
proposed
thal
Lst.
Discussion
be
closed.
fae
Cnairman
put
the member’s
pro-
posa:
Lo t..e
vole.
10 members
voted
for;
none
azainsi.
Isr.
Discussion
closed.
3rd Member for Christiansted
Country
District (Kobt.
W. Skeoch)
proposed
that
Znd Discussion
come
on today.
Ist
Member
for
Christiansted
Town
(Abramson)
seconded
the member’s
pro-
posal.
It was put to
the
vote and
unanimous
ly
carried
that 2nd Discussion
come
on
today.
.
No one requesting
the
word 3rd
Mem-
ber for Christiansted
Country (Robt.
W.
Skeoch)
proposed
that 2nd
Discussion
be
ciosed.
St
CcH
TY ANV LS
CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE
£.OC.
THIS
EVENING
B.OC
|
. IHE GREA]S UPER SERIAL
'
“ELMO THE FEARLESS”
r.pisode .
66’?&‘;‘”&9 Sm“ggler?'s
Cave“
-
-
Kpisode
6.
“The Sattie
Under
The Sea”
Show
concludes
with
Z
reel
Comedy.
Secure
your ticket in time.
e
(Th?ilf’ire*n
20
and
i()v
e
e
The
men:ber’s
propesal
was
put
to the
voie and
unapim
rusly carrred.
“nd Discussion
closed,
Sra
he:
for Chrtstiansted
(-
"
PHsivier
W.
Skeock®
rcuwmarkeq:
Mr
Chaivman:.
“slamr
.£ecing
wWith
such
good
fellowsh.;
-.oday,
it
Govern-
ment
has
vo objection,
I
propose
trat
Brd Liscussion
come
00
toeay.
With
Government
and
the
Council’s
"
copsent
3rd
Discussionr
opened.
|
No
¢t
e requesting
the word,
the
Secre-
|
tary
(Canegata)
read
the
bill
and
the
|
.
Chairman
put
same
to the
vote.
|
1t was unanimously
adopted.
'
ibhe
Chairman
remarked:
The
bill
is
|
~
adopted
and
will go
to hovernment.
,
|
(o
be continued.)
‘
o
e
A
j
‘
SAMCAL.
Gurrent
rumnors
are
in
circulation
to
|
the effeet tha: former
Judge
Malmin
has
been reinsiated
1n
his
posiilon
and
Wili
be
nhere
shorily.
verybody
is
talking
"
about it, but there
is
no official coniirma-
"
tion
to our
knowledge.
o
:
A small
mait
consisiing
of dut
14 bags
.
from the States
and
the usual
Porto
Rico
|
|
and St.
Thomas
mail, arrived here
yes-
|
-
terday
noon
and
is being delivered
this
8.
m
|
['be
Industrial
Band
rendered
an
ap-
preciated
programme
in
a
public
con-
|
cert
here
last night.
|
|
>
;
}
;
Rzmember
tenight’s
continuation
of |
of
Elmo
the
Fearless.
Some
exciting
|
|
features
are
contained
in
the
parts
on
[
~
the programme.
~
‘
{Zirespondence
NMr. Editor.
In your
issuve
1 fattidey’s
date
there
appeared
scme
figries
hiemr
s
Studious
Cheerviy’
SFe
cthey
sice
of
the stcry
runs
i) us:
Pre war lakcor 46
cerie
fer
cay.
Fost
war
B¢,
to
§ILO
lel
Gay.
Ard
vby
should
nct
the
iakeurer
get
nre
'Fer
Fe
got
in
bre war
cese?-ora
1
ke
gpels
more,
must
not
tle
prcdrce
of
the
farm
give
more
in
(rcer
1o
peel
experses?
Let
me
ask
' ‘Studicus
Cheéiver’’ if his
salary
is
not
more
today
then
it
wes
in
pre-war
days?
Surely”
his
salaiy
was
raised
to
meet
the bhigl
cctt
of
living:
has
he
ever
proposed
(¢
tave
bis inccne
lowered?
No
he
would
121her
sing
Psalms
and
thank
Goed
Ihat
ke
is doing
so well if even
every
cne
else
sinks,
then
in
a
few
years
when
bhew has
amassed
a geod
amcunt
throueh
high
wages
and
cheap hiving return
10
his lovely country
of ““Monkey and
Rice.”’
FAIR PILAY.
TELEGER- MS.
Sl CROIX STATION.
London, June
23rd. —Flight I.ieut Proc-
tor,
one of the
most
famous
of air fighters
who
won
the
Victoria Cross
in the war,
bringing
down
60
enemy
airplanes
and
28 balioons,
was Killed
last evening when
lis piane
crashed
while
he
was practis-
ing
over
Salisbury
Plain.
When
atan
altitude
of
3,000
feet,
he «tarted
a
jcop,
but the machine
went
into
a
nose-dive.
Lieut. Proctor’s
death
was instantaneous.
London.
June
23rd.—
Mr. Hughes,
Pre-
mier
of
Australia,
in
a speech
here
last
evening,
said
that
in
1820 the
dominicns
purchased
£180,000,0060
worth of British
goods,
On
a
p:
r capita
basis
an Austra-
lian
as
a
customer
was
worth
to Great
Britain £lB.