&tCroix Avis.
76TH YEAR.
CHRISTIANSTED.
V.I
U. S. A..
FRIDAY 20rH
JANUARY
1922.
sentiment
shcwn
in
Governmental
and
Parliamentary
circles
is
distinetly
fav-
ourable
to rat#fication of the pact
by Por
tugal
it
is
concluded
according
to
the
local
papers
the British Minister has
con-
ferred with
various
Portuguese
person-
ages
concerning
the
attitude
Portugal
will tadopt
in
the
event
an
ailiance
is
concluded,
between
Great
Britain
and
France.
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Advertisement.
IDS
are
requested
for
the
following
articles
wkhich
are
needed
in the
Ad-
ministration
of
the
Christiansted
Municipal
Hos:pital,
Richmond
Insane
Asylum
and
the
Leper
Asylum
for
the
mouths
of February
and March 1922.
Christiansted
Municipal Hospital.
Bread,
about
1200 lbs.
per
month.
:
Meat,
(Veal,
Beef,
Mutton
&
:ork)
about
600 Ibs.
per month
Richmond
Insane
Asylum.
Bread,
aoout
1250 Ibs. p~r month.
Meat,
(Veal & Beef) about 450 Ibs.
per
month,
[.eper Asylum
Bread,
about
1800
Ibs.
per month.
Meat, (Veal & Beef) about
640 lbs
per
month.
-
Bids
should
be
addiessed
to
Chief
Municipal
Physician,
St.
Croix,
V.
I.
and to hand not
later
than
January
26th.
1922.
All Supplies
to be of best quality.
ALEX. B.
HAYWARD,
Chief
Municipal Physician,
St.
Croie.
V. L
THE Colvert at ‘‘Concordia
Gut”
having
been
completed,
the
road
is again open to
Fublic traffic.
EDGAR W. MEYER,
“ Chairman.
For Sale
One Ladies Bicycle,
One Gents
Frock Coat.
Apply at this office.
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and Holidays excepted)
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aled,
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der the Act of March 3.
1879
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lg received
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same
deals
win mat-
ters of general interest,
and is
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name,
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antee
of good faith
The editor caunot
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dents
nor does he necessarily endorsethem.
TELEGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
Wew
York,
Jan.
14th.—Ger
nan
gold
estimated
at
between
ten
and
twelve
million
dollars
bhas
been
deposited
this
week with the Newyork Faderal
Reserv:
Bank,
it
was learned
yesterday,
evident-
ly in anticipation of
the
payment
to be
made
under
the moratorium.
The funds
were sent
to the
Jnstitution
as
the
de-
signated
depository
of the Allied repara-
tions commission
by the aceredited
bank-
ing
representatives
of the
Reichsbank.
The aggregate
shipment
is approximate-
ly $1,190,000.
Lordon,
Jan.
19th.—-The
Ilast
test
match
in
the
Australian
Rugby
tour,
played at Salford
on Saturday,
under
the
Northern
Union rules,
was
watched
by
18,000
spectators
and
proved
to
be
a
most ex~iting
game.
.t the
commence-
ment
the
Australians
attacked
frequent-
ly, bu-
met
with a stout
defence.
Eng-
land put
up
a fine
performance,
Hilton
scoring the first try.
The s2cond
try for
England
was
the result
of fine dribbling
work.
By
vinning this
game
England
takes
the
rubber,
having
won
two
and
lost one.
Manchester,
Jan.
15th.—Lord
Derby
addressing
the Lancashire
division of the
Nationalist
Unionist
Association
on
Sat-
turday
said
a
vast
majority
of
con-
servative
opinion
in
Lancashire
were
opposed
to the
holding of an
immediate
election
and
in
their
name
he appealed
to the Prime
Minister to
postpone
hold-
ing it.
Lisbon,
Jan.
14th.—Portugal
as
an
ally of Great
Britain
is
taking
great
in-
terest
in
the
proposea
Anglo-French
treaty
negotiations
at
Cannes
and
the
No. 15.
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Delco
--Light
OUR country
home
may
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situated.
The breeze
playing around
it may be most restful and refreshing,
but i you
haven’t
electric
light
and
power,
you
are
not enjoying
its comforts
to the fullest
extent,
You may
be two, Bix or ten
miles away
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town,
but
with
DELCO- LIGHT
installed,
you
can
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ence
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Think
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an advantage
it would
be
to
have
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your
house and
grounds.
Think
of a hot
eup
of coffee
and toast for
breakfast
without
the
use of the
kitchen stove,
ora
well-
cooked
chafing
dish
meal
aftera busy
day in the fields.
DELCO
-LIGHT
is
a complete electric
plant,
easy
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easy
to care for.
it will furnish
the home
with
an
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The experiences
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than
135,000
enthusiastic
users
in
all
parts
of
the
world
prove
that
DELCO-LIGHT
soon
pays for itself by
the work it does.
Let
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Mr.
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W.
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lanager
of The
Electrie
Power
Pl
nt at Christiansted,
call upou
you and
give
you all the
information
which
you
may need.
ROBT.
L.. MERWIN & CO.,
INc.
Agents.
Christiansted,
Frederiksted.
Furnished apartment
for Bachelors
equipped
with Electrie lights, Show-
er baths,
tc.
For particulars
call
at No.
1 Church
Street
Christiansted,
St. Croix, V 1.,
January
18th,
1922.
D
Notice.
WHY DONT YOU HAVE SOME
DOUGH-NUTS?
You
z2n call
or order
by Phone
from
The Victoria Hotel.
We also acezpt
orders
for Cakes
of any
description.
.
Christiansted,
St. Croix, V, I, Jan.
18,
1922.