adopted
by
St. Croix.
Why
should
St
Thomas
have
a
residing
judge
and
St.
Croix have
no judge.
If thereis
to be a
commissioner
let him
be for
St. Thomas.
Accordi-g
to
the
Rules
of
Business
I
recommend
that
this
draft of ordinance
go
back
to
the
committee
that
sat
on
the Cod: of Laws.’
2nd
Appointed
Member
(Noll)
Mr.
Chairman.
That
cannot
be
done.
This
is a
new ordinance.
3rd Member for Christiansted
Country
Distriet
(Robt.
W.
Skeoch)
remarked
Mr. Chairman.
1 fail to
see
in this
Or-
dinance
where
the judge-is
to
take
up
his residence.
The
com nissioner
is
for
St. Croix, then
the
judge
will rake
up
his residence
in St.
Thomas
Government
Secretary
(Ttmmons)
re-
magrked:
Mr.
Chairman.
It
is
the
in-
tention
of ‘he Government
to
introduce
a gsimilar
ordinance
in St.
Thomas,
that
will ieave
the judge
:ree
to decide
where
he will live.
We
would like to have
tnis
ani‘orm
on both
sides.
ond
Member
for
Christiansted
Town
(Canegata)
remarked:
Mr.
Chairman.
I
agree
that
this
matter
go
to a
commit-
tee.
We
have
three
other
important
matters
on the
order
of the
day.
3rd
Member
for Frederiksted
Countiy
District
(M.
M.
Skeoch)
concurred
in
the words of {the last speaker.
The
Chairman.
Do I understand
that
the
Honorable
Member
wishes
the
bill
to
go to the
committee
on
the
Code
of
saws?
Ist Member
for
Frederiksted
Country
District (Andersen):
1
will make it more
definite.
1
propose
to
send
the
Ordi-
nance
to a committee
of 9 members
and
appoint
the
same
members
who
sat
on
the Code
of Laws.
o9nd
Member
for
Christiansted
Town
((onegata)
re.rarked:
Mr. Chairman.
1
remember
very well
there
was
a
great
d-al of
eritiscism
about
the
Committee
of
wnine
members.
I
therefore
recom-
mend
that there
be
a
committee
of
the
whole
House.
lThe
Chairman:
here
are two
motion
before
the
House,1 will take
.the
last
first,
The
proposal
of
2nd
Member
for
“hristiansted
Town (Canegata)
that
the
bill
be
referred
to
a
committee
of
the
whole
House
was
put
to
the
vote.
5
members
voted
for;
none
against.
The Chairman
remarked:
The
bill goes
to a
committee
of the
whole
House.
The
Chairman
then
<ave
a recess
of
twenty minutes.
’
.
(To be continued.)
.
Dolse
LOCAL.
The Red
Cross
will conduct
a sale at
the
race
course
grounds
on
July
4th.
Particalars
will be published
later.
There
was
a fairly good
attendance
Sy
LH O
X
A vl
at the rheatie
ou Thursday
nizht.
The
show
was all right.
:
Up to the
time of going to press,
830
this
a.
m.,
no
information
had
been
re-
ceived concerning
the Mystery hut doubt-
less
she
will be here later, and advice
as
to this will be published
at
the
post
office
as
usual.
Correspondence
A
COMPARATIVE
STATEMENT
OF
PRE-WAR
AND POST-WALK
PRICES,
OF HOME
FOOD-STUFFS.
PRE-WAR
PosT-WAR
(Now Ended
2.
Years)
Milk
D.at. 6o Te
16¢.
Beef
p. Ib. 14 to 16e¢.
30¢,
Mutton
+
48 to 18¢.
.
30c.
Pork
14
'2s¢.
Fish,
sold
without stipulated
14 to 16c.
weight
- eqgual to about
6 to Bc.
Ta
the Editor the ‘*Avis’.’
Sir:—
The
above
siatement
is
brought
thus
prominently
before
the public,
be-
cause
I
St.
Croix we
are
apt
to
take
-warything
easy,
and
may
be said
n2ver
to
see
what
stands
glagingly before
our
eyes:
and
how
-so
to speak
one
smail
section
of the populatior sticks
the finger
into the
eyes
of the bulk.
More to follow on
this subject.
Yours
taithfully
STUDRIOUS OBSERVER.
C’sted,
24 June
1921.
TELEGR = MS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
London,
June
21st.--The
King
and
Queen
were
given
a
remarkable
send
offt
at
‘he
railway
station
here
today
when they departed
for Holyhead
on
the
way
to Belfast
to
participate
in the
state
opening of
the
Ulster Parliament
tomor-
row, A great crowd had gathered,
repeat-
edly
cheering
the
king
and
queen
and
sang the national
anthem.
Al intervals
in the cheering
there
were
many shouts
of
‘‘Good Luck’”
and
‘‘safe
return
to
your Majesties’””.
The
station
was gaily
decorated.
The
King
and
Queen
will
embark
at
Holyhead on the royal Yatch
early tomorrow
and
proceed
to
Belfast.
Barbados. June
22nd. —Lt. Colonel
Jen-
kins C. M.G. Colonial Secretary
sailed by
S.S.
Ingoma yesterday
for London where
he will tranship for Southern
Nigeria,
London,
June 22nd.—Sugar
in stock
on
the 18th.
inst
was
233,000
tons.
Last
year
161,000
tons.
Hurlingham,
Polo
Field,
June
22nd.
The United States
today regained
posses-
sion of the international
polo trophy,
de-
feating Great Britain in the second
match
by
10 to
6,
and
winning the series,
two
matches
to
none,
iondon,
June
2Znd.—A
sensational
report saying
*hat
the
plague
is spiead-
ing ‘‘rapidly throughout
South
Eastern
Russia
from Persia
to Siberia’’
was
pre-
sented
yesterday
at
the
pan-Russian
Health
Congress
in
Moscow
by Health
Commission
Samasjko,
says
a
central
news despatch
from
Helsingrors.
Cho-
lera
was said
to be raging
ir the
south-
ern and middle
provinces
of Russia
and
it was said
that
there
was
hardiy
a part
of Russia
free from malaria.
The
health
commissioner
attributed
the
epidemic
-
to enormous
swarms
of flies
and
gnats
which are carrying
the
disease.
Paris,
June
22nd.—French,
British
and
Italian
Ministers
to
Greece
sent
a
communication
to
the
Govt.
in Athens
vesterday,
exiending
an
offer of media-
tion
on
the part
of
the
Allies
between
the Turks and
the
Greeks.
The
prepo-
sals
will be examined
by
the Greek
Govt
upon
the return
of
Premier
Gounaris
to
Athens,
who
is
at
present
at
Smyrna,
~
but who is expected
at
the
Greek
capi-
~
tal
soon.
The
‘““Echo
de Paris’’ declares
-
that Lord Curzon and
M. Briand
agreed
.
during
the
conference
here
last
week
~
that the liberty of
the
Dardanelles
and
|
the
Bosphorus
was
essentizl.
[lf
the
|
Turkish
nationalists
enter
the
neutral
E
zone
defined
by
the
Sevres
treaty,
the
|
newspaper
says
they will be
opposed
by
|
allied
soldiers.
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Commander
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AS
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with jurisdiction
throughout
the
Virgin
|
Islands
of the United
States
of
America
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and particularly
for
the
performance
of
|
notarial acts
in
which
either
the United
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States
Government
or
the
Government
|
of
the
Vicgin
Islands
of
the
United
‘
States,
or the employees
of either of said
i
(jovernments,
may
be
a
party,
and,
;
without
fees
therefor,
is hereby
author-
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to use
the
following seal
in
connec-
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acts.
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1921
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Governor.