rhe
harbor
improvement
proj2et
wili be
heldin overnment
House tomorrow,at
10
a.
m. and
those
interested
and
intending
tosubmit
data
are reminded
of the
.ocea-
sion.
It
goes
without
saywng
that
the
diccessity
for
having
the
channel
en-
trance
o
this
harbor
adequately
im-
proved,
and
the
anchorage
properly
dredged,
cannat
be
too
s'rongly
recom-
mended,
and
it is
hoped
tnat
everyone
who
has
the pride
of his
home-town
at
heart will take advantage
ol the
cpportu-
nity of saying,
or
doing whatever
18
re-
yuired
to make
this enterprise
an
accom-
piished
fact.
The s.
s.
Lake
Narka
saiied from
New
York on Friday the
31st.
Dec.
1920,
hav-
ing
250
tons
of carge
for Frederiksted
and
90
tons for Christiansted.
£..
The
next sailing
from
New York
will
be
the
"*s.
s. Tupper’’
on
the 15th.
inst.
‘"he Creole
is here
today
with St.
Tho-
mas
and
some English
mails
OFFICIAL
NEWS
4 e
1921,
Judge, Frederick
G. Mc Kean,
jr.,
was
adiministered
his oath
of
office
by
Gov-
ernor
Uin
n
on December
31.1920.
Michael J.
Nolan,
recently
appointed
by Governor
Oman
as Director of
Police
of the
St.
Thomas
Police
Force,
enter-
&l
upon
duty
on
January
1,1921,
re-
lieving Wesley Morpingstar
who
was
re-
lieved
from duty at
his
own
request
:in
order
to
re-enlist
in
the
U.
S.
Marine
Corps.
Jesse
0.
Leary,
Boatswain
Mate First
Class,
U.
8.
Navy,
recently
attached
to the U.
S. 8.
Vixen was appointed
Dis-
trict
Chief of Police
by
the
Munieipal
Police
Commissioner
of
St.
Thomas
on
Dercomber
31,
1920,
to
fill the
vacancy
caused
by the resignation
of
L.
Laniz
Government
Attorney
George
A. Key-
ser who arrived
in St.
'Thomas
recently
on
Government
business
will
return
to
St.
Oroix
in a few days.
'L
e
e
TELEGRAM-:.
ST. CROIX STATION.
Auckland,
Dee,
31lst.—Australia
lost
her
tennis
laurels
here
this
afternoon
to
the
challengers
from
the
United
States.
The Davis Cup,
the
trophy
em-
blematic
of the worlds tennis
champions
changed
hands
when
the
last
ball in the
tenth game
of the fourth
set
was
driven
out
of
the
court.
Australia
has
won
this
cup six times,
the British
Isles
have
been
triumphant
on five occasions,
while
today’s
victory
makes
the
fourth time
tfe United States
have
wonit.
Rallying
aiter losing the first set
of today’s double
matches,
Willian: Tilden of Philadelphia
and
Wm.
Jobhnston
of San Francisco,
re-
st
U ROLX
AV ]S
vealed
the same
tennis
wizardry
that gave
them vietory in the singies
matches
yes-
terday.
Their opponenis,
Norman
Brooks
and
Gerald Patterson,
fought
desperate-
ly
to
stem
the
tide of defeat,
but
were
outplayed clearly by we Americans.
ihe
match
was
a
brililant
contest,
an
epic
in the history
of
the
game,
piayed
up-
der
a bright sky
@=4ith
the
sun
ol south-
ern’
Summer.
The .chaliengers
lost
the
first set.
4to 6
but
took
the
three
re-
nmining
sets
6 to 4 6 t 0 0, and
6 to 4.
Londou.
Jan.
Isi.—oOa
the
New
Year
honours
list
published
today
appear
the
names
of
Sir
Wililam
Henry
Man-
ning,
to
be 6.
€.
M. G.
and
Major
H,
E.
S.
Cordeaux,
Governor
oif
the
Ba-
hamas,
to
be K.
C.
M. G.
"
London,
Jan.
Ist.
The
[London
Times
this mornirg
quotes
a
statement
made
in Govt.
circles
that
an
attempt
to b
tain
guarentees
more
effective
than
«
mere
truce
for a
cessation
of
hostilities
in ireland,
have failed.
:
Melbourne,
Aus ,
Dec.
31st.
-The
se-
cond
test
mateh
between
the
English
team
and
Australia
began
here
today
in
very
hot
weather.
As
in
the
first
-
vame,
Englard
lost the
toss.
Armstrong
of the A-stralians,
secing
that
the
wick-
et
was
in excellent shape,
elected
to” wut
his
side
in
first.
The
score
stood
at
282
for six
wickets
at
the
end
of
the
_
day’s play.
-
:
London.
Jan.
Ist.—London’s
prosper-
ous
section
hailed
the
advent
of
the
new
yeariwith noisy
gaiety
surpassing
anything
seen
sinece
Janvary
Ist
1914
Outside
of
St.
raul’s
Cathedral
there
was
the tilne
honoured
gathering of
the
poorer of the city and
the erowd, perhaps
larger
than
usual,
was
more
decorous
than
it has
often
been.
At
the
strike
of
twelve,
the
streets
surrounding
the
ancient
edifice were-filled with a
din
o
bagpipes,
mouth
organs,
accordians,
hu-
man
vcices,
playing and
singing
~"Auld
Lang Syne’’.
London,
Jan.
ist.—The
post
of
Vice.
rov
of
India has
been
offered
1o
Bari
Reading,
who
it is believed,
wil aceept
the
appointment,
says
the
Daily
Mail
today.
The appointment
of a Chief
Jns-
tice as Viceroy, however,
the
rewspaper
cornments,
would be
unprecedented.
London,
December
31st.-
“'Witnin
six
months
two powerful parliaments
will e
working for Ireland for the amicable
set-
tilement of a guestion
which has
caused
much illfeelirgand misunderstanding
be-
tween
QGreat
Britain
and
the.
Übited
States,
and
thus will
be opeued
the hap-
piest chapter in
the
history
of the
Eung-
lish
speaking
peoples
of
the
worid”.
Phus
spoke 3ir Hamar
Greenweood,
Culef
Secretary
for
Ireland,
in an
unexpected
reference
to
Ireland
ata
dinner
at
the
Bath
Ciub tonight
at which
the
Cornell
Cross
County runners
were
given
fare
well.
Sir Hamar
was
proposing
a toast
to Lord Desborough,
long famous
1o Brit-
ish
athletic
circies,
who
presided,
when
he
gave
what
is
considered
an
officia)
+
view
of
the
passage
of
the Home
Rule
+
Bill, namely
that
south
Ireland
would
.
accept
the bill as
a
solution and work to-
.
ward
¢ harmonious
union with Great
Bri-
¢
tain.
The Chief
Secretary
declared
.he
spoke
with
a full sense
of his
responsi-
bility as
a
Canadian
with
Welsh,
Irish
-
and
Rhodesian
ancestry.
.
Paris,
Jan.
Ist —lt
{s
semi-officially
.
stated
that
the
FYrench
Government
~
has
handed
a
note
to
the
German
Am-
bassador
calling
attention
ito
the
fact
.
that
Germany
has
not
tulfililed
her
en-
gagements
entered
into
at the
Spa
con-
ference.
After declaring
that
the French
Govt.
has
noted
violations -of
the
Spa
agreement,
the
communications
toi the
ambassador
savs
the
Allies will
have
to
consider
the matter.
:
London,
Jan.
Ist.—Dr.
Sthamar,
the
'
German
Ambassador,
yesterday
was
-
summoned
to the Foreign Office where he
.
went into conference
with
Earl Curzon,
the Foreign Secretary.
The conversation
which
foliowed is said
to have
been.
es-
.
pecially
directed
towards
the
situation
arising over
Germany’s failure
to
carry
-
out
the Spa
agreement.
Nothing official
18 fortheoming with
regard
to Great
Bri-
|
tain’s position
in the
new crisis,
but it
is
!
generally
understood
that
the Govt.,
is
|
awaiting.d
an
important
announcement
'
from General Nollet, chief of the French
i
military
mission
in
Berlin
and
Marshal
i
Foch’s
report.
o
*
NEwW
YORK,
Jan: 3rd
1920.
.
__Flouy, Blendad Clears St. L.awrence [ran¢
L
pr.
bri. SB.OO.
.
"Meal,-Kilndried
per
100Ds
$2.40
I New
Season’s
Pork
per brl. $37.00
|
Heavy Mess
Pork
per bbl. $29.00
.
Sugar---Crystals
maximum
per
100
ibs
{
$5.26.
Molasses
Sugar
83°
test,
no
quetation.
i
Cotton,
Middling Upland,
at
l.iverpool
'
;
per
lb.
8 74-100 d,
'
Exchange,
New
York
and
Lendon,
60
;
days’ sight
$3.50
Exchange
New
York
and
lLendon,
sight
.
.
$3.533%
'
LONDON,
Jan.
3rd
1820,
.
Sugar,
Demerara
Crystals, :’
vt, controtl=
[
ed
price,
duty r#d
1295,
9d.
|
¢
Demerara
Urysials
free
of
con-
trol, duty paid,
60s. - 655.
‘*.
Moscovado
Govt.
co
trolled price,
duty paid,
1245.
94
g
i
free
o1 control duty paid
‘
31s.
-
475.
o
fine 755.
German
Beet 88°/c f.o.b.
no
sales
White
Java
sugar
cif United
Kingdom
nominaib
os.
od,
.
Demerara
Hum,
per gal. nominal.
Trinidad
Cocoz,
Good Middling Red
no-
minal
per
ewt
{25
Gbs. .
Cotto::. ‘Medium Fine
Sea
Island,
at Liv-
-
erpoo!
per 'b. nominal
.\
Bank
of
England
rate
of Diseount
per
i
cent.
7.
.
Consois
44%.
Three
per cent
rents
in Paris
Fes.
57.55.
All prices subjecet
to correction,