L Crolx 2Wns.
80tH YEAR.
CHRISTIANSTED, V.IU.8. A..
FRIDAY,oxp MAY 1924,
motor
cars.
These
workers
fear loss of
occupation
if the protectinn
afforded
by
the duties
is
withdrawn.
“The
eatire
Conservative
Party
al-o
favor reten-
tion
of
tie
duties,
which
will auto-
maticuily expire
or May
Ist unless
re-
newed.
London,
April 28th.—The
Irish
Free
State
Government
has
sent
a
note to the
Colonial
Office,
asking
that
it
give
effect
to
the
boumdary
article
of
the
.
Anglo-Irish Treatqdwithout
further
de-
lay,
says
a
despatch
to
the Daily Mail
from
Dublin.
All efforts
to
adjust
the
boundary
line
between
Ulster
and
the
Irish
Free
3tate
have
proved
unavail-
ing.
Last week
another
conference
on
the subject
was
held in
London
between
representatives
of Northern
and
South-
ern Ireland,
it came
to naught.
Under
the terms
of the Anglo-Irish
Treaty,
the
British
Government,
in
case
of failure
by the
Northern
and
Southern
Govern-
l
ments
in Ireland
(o reach
an agreement
|
is
to
appoint
a
bcundary
ccmmission
|
which will draw
a
definite
line between
the respective
territories,
|
Wellington,
N.
Z. April
28th.— Mr.
|
Massey,
the Premier,
speaking
at
a state
|
lunckeon
bere
tcday
to
the
(fhicers
|
of the visiting Special
Service
Sqguadron
|
oh
a
cruise
roumd
the
Fnpire,
seid;
|
‘*Great
Britain
alpne
cannot
besr
the
|
whole
burden
of
naval
deferce.
The
|
Dcminions
have
dove
their
share,
but
|
more
is required if the
sea
force
is
to be
kept
in an cflicient
siate.
The
last
has
not heen
heard
of the
Sirgapore
naval
base
schen.e,
ard
the
Deminions
must
stand
to
their
responsibilities.””
He
|
hoped
that
the
Admiralty
wculd
ask
|
New Zealand
to maintain
another
cruiser
|
on the
Pacificc
Vice-Admiral
Sir
Fred-
|
erick Field, commander
of the
squadron,
|
stressed
the fact that for many
years
o
|
come relianc>
must
be
placed
on
naval
|
power.
With regard
to
the
Dominions
|
he advocated
three
cruisers
as
a
mea-
|
sure of safety.
There isa
want
of
un-
|
derstanding
between
the people at
home
|
and in the
dominiens,
he
said,
and
an
interchange
of cruisers
would
do
much
|
to breakdown
the misunderstanding.
He
|
was saticfied
that the visit of the
special
|
squadron
to
the
dominions
aould
do
|
much
toward
establishing
the
desired
‘
better understanding
between
the
peo-
ple thereof and those of the Motherland.
¢
London, April 29th—The budget
pres-
|
ented
by the
Chancellor of the
Evcheq-
|
uer in the
House cf Commons
today pro-
|
vided for a reduction
of three half
pencs
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ST. CROIX STATION.
Puris,
Aprii 28th.--M. Andre
Tardieu,
spokesman
for
ex-Premier
Clemenceau
in the Chamber of Deputies,,
was
pulled
from the platform bygCommunists
while
electioneering
at
Sartrouville.
A
mes-
sage
today
said
M.
Tardiue’s
clothing
was torn and he
was Sbruised
by
blows.
The meeting
was suspended
in
disorder.
London, April 28th—The
rapid
spread
of sleeping,
sickness
in
Great
Britain is
causing considerable
alarm.
In January
last
there
were 75 cases,
February
217.
March 468 and in the first three
weeks
of
the present
month 649 cases
were report-
ed.
The proportion of deaths has
not been
large,
but the afterleffects
of the disease
very often
are
serious.
London,
April 28th—Mr.
MacDonald
has
cancelled
some
of his
engagements
to speak
in Wales,
in order to preside
at
a meeting of the Cabinet
¢n the
subject
of the budget
tomorrow. morning.
A dif-
ference apparently
has arisen among
the
miristry on the proposed
abolition of
the
sickenna
duties and
in some
quarters
it
s
predicted
that a
crisis may arise
over
‘he guestion.
The
crucial
point
in view
of ail political writers
is the question
of
retetion
or abandonment
of the Macken-
na cuties
on motor
ears,
bicycles and
mu-
sica:
instiuments,
clocks and
films.
The
chai-eello: of the Exchequer
is known
1o
_avcur al olishing the duties
and
can rely
upon
a majority of the Labourites and Li-
ve::is to -upport him,
butthere
isa
scc-
tior
of the Liberals and
even
scme
of the
Lat urites
who wish
the duties retained
~
tielnerest
of
the workers in
certzin
incustries,
notably
the manufacture
of
Neo.
100.
per pound
on sugar.
The
tea duty
is
re-
duced
one hulf.
The duty
on
dried fruit
would
not be renewed
under
the
budget
provisions and
would
lapse
on August Ist
The
budget
schedule
provided for
a
re-
auction of one
half in the duties
on cocoa,
coffee
and
chlcory.
The
chancellor
re-
commended
also
that
the
corpora-
tion
profits.
tax
be
abolished.
He
an-
nounced
that
the
Labour
Govern-
ment
is
unable
to
endorse
the
late
Government’s
domtnion
preference
proposals.
The
Chancellor
prefaced
this
anncuncement
with
the
statement
that
we on
this side of
the
House
never
be-
lieved
thzt
the
interes®
of
the
Em.
pire
could
be
best
served
in
the
long
run
by
a
system
of tariffs,
Mr.
Snowden
added,
howxever,
that
the late
Government’s
pledge
to submit
the
pre-
ference
pioposals
to the
House
of Con-
mons
would be fulfilled to
the fullest
ex-
tent.
It was
not proposed,
he added,
to
ask
Parliament
to
abolish
the
prefer-
ences
now in
forece
but the Labour
Gov-
ernment
reserved
full liberty
to propose
whenever
it is deemed
exvedient,
to
re-
duce,
or abolish,
all kinds
of preferences
now
granted.
No alteration
in
the
In-
come Tax
or the
super
tax was
proposed
by the Chanecllor
and
no
changes
in the
postal
rates
are
proposed-
The
Chancel-
lor estimated
the
total
cost of all the
re-
duections
in
taxation
recommended
this
year
at 31,000,000
poun
8
and in the full
fiscal
year
at
40,443,0)0
pounds.
He
therefore
would be left w.t'h
an estimated
surplus
of 4,024,000
pounds.
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