the girls havo
to be
wild
over
him
for
his good playing he
is going to show.
We hope the day
will be
a fair
one,
so
from
now
we take the opportunity
of in-
viting all those
interested
to witness
this
sport.
Names of
players
will
appear
in
to-
morrow’s issue
of this paper.—Com.
73
¥
St. Thomas News
This
morning
we
had
the
pleasure
of
seeing
a clock
made
by our
welli
known
wateh maker Mr. Joseph Granie.It stands
outside
‘his place
of business
to give the
time of the day to passers
by.
One
side
is
Roman
numerals,
and
on the other
is the
name
of the
maker
who
used
bis
name
of 12 letters
beginning
with
J
for
one
o‘clock and
ending with
E.
for 12.
A
feature
of this clock is that works,
hands
and dials were all made by Mr Granie.
We
congratulate
this gentleman and feel
sure
it is a piece
of
work
to
be
proud
of.——
St,
Thomas Bulletin, Febuary
3rd.
The members
of
the
Colonial
Council
asseimnbled
last
evening
at the
Council’s
Committee
rooms
for
the
purpose
of
considering
the
situation
created
here
by the
extension
of
the
Volstead
Act.
All the members
resident
in
St.
Tho-
mas
were
present,
each
and
every
one
giving
his
opinion
on
this
important
matter.
The
consensus
of
opinion
prevailing
was that in view of the disastrous
effects
that
the
mentioned
would
surely bring
about
in
this place,
where
such
a
mea-
sure
was entirgly
unnecessary,
the local
iaw
having
covered
all that
was desird
it was
the
bounden
duty
of
the
Coun-
cil to make representations
to
Washing-
ton
on
the
subject,
and
a
committee
was
elected
to
draft
a
suitable
resolu-
tion,
viz:
Messrs.
Corneiro,
Francis,
Holst, Moorehead
and Stakemann.
This Committee
will
get busy
on
Mon
day
afternoon
at
five
o’clock
so
as
to
have
everything ready
for an extraordi-
nary
meeting
a
few
days
later.—St.
Thomas
Bulletin Feb.
4ih.
TELEGRAM»s.
ST. CROIX STATION.
London,
Feby.
4th.—According
toa
cable
from
Pretoria
it
is officially an-
nounced
that
Sir
Edgar
Walton,
South
African
High Commissioner
in London,
will represent
the
Government
of
the
South African
Union
at
the Genoa
con-
forence.
He
will
be®*
accompanied
by
an
economical
technical
adviser.
Athens,
Feby.
4th.—A
Royal
decrwe
has
been
issued
calling
to
the
colours
the Reservists
of 1910
and 1911, who
are
ordered
to
report
before
February
13th.
The semi-official
News
Agency
declared
the order
was not prompted
by the situa-
tion in Asia Minor.
New York, Feb. 4th. —British exchange
sLU
B ULR
A
YIS
rates
broke
aii
high
records
for
two
and
a
half years
in
thls
market,
today
demand
steriing
rising
to
$4.32.
This
is an
overnigat
gain
of
15/8
cents
and
an
advance
of
1034
cents
from
the
re
cent
lower
rate
and
compares
with a
minimum of $3.19
registered
here exact-
ly
two
years
ago.
All
other
fereign
exchanges
moved
forward
with
the
British
rate,
greatest
strength
bein=
shown
by the Dutch,
Swiss,
and
Scandi-
navian
countries.
Montevideo
Feb.
4th.—The
report
published by the
London Daily Mail that
Lady
Shackleton,
widow of
the
famous
explorer,
had
decided
to have
her
hus:
bands
body taken
back
to South Georgia
Island
for
burial,
caused
amazement
here,
particulagly
in the
British Colony,
which gives the report
no credence.
Cap-
tain Hussey,
who brought
ti:e
body
here
from
South
Georgia
Island,
where
Sir
Ernest
died,
declined
to comment
on
the
report.
As far
as
can
be learned,
there
have
been
no changes
in the
plans
of
either
the Uruguayan
Government
of the
British
colony to
render
honours
to the
dea
exploer
on
Feby.
11th
the
date
fixed for
the embarkation
of the
body
fcr
England
on
the
British
Steamer
“*Andes’’. The British Charge D’Dffairs,
however,
expressed
surprise
at the
re-
port from
London and
said
he
received
no
communication
to
that effect,
either
official
or unofficial.
It
was
understood
at the
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
that
Chaneellor.
Buero
would
represent
the
Government
when
the body
was started
on the
voyage.
London,
Feb. 4th.—The influenza
epi-
demic
is on the decline here, according
to
the total
death
last
week
as
cumpared
with
those
of previous
weeks.
While
many
new
cases
are reported today,
most
of these
are diagnosed
as
a mild
form of
pneumecnia,
of
which onlya small
per-
centage
are
serious,
Fears
of a nation
wide epidemic,
such
as
was
experienced
in
the
war
days,
have
subsided.
The
malady
has
caused
officials great anxiety
during
the last
months,
becauseit was
feared
that it was
the old ‘‘flu’’,but
so
far
it
has
not
developed
into
anything
like
the former
epidemic.
At its worst
there
were
only
about
on 2 hundred
deaths
weekly
in
London,
aud
both
deaths
and
new
cases
have dropped
off
greatly.
The
disease
here
so far has
not
shown
signs of the
malignity of
the war
time flu.
St.
Johns,
N.
F.,
Feb.
bth.—A
fire
here
today
caused
SIOO,OOO
damage
to
buildings
on
Water
Street,
the
principal
business
thoroughfare
of this city.
Six
business
houses
were burned
out.
London,
Feb. sth.-A Reuter
despatch
from
Brussels
says
that
Louvain
Uni-
versity have
received
a legacy of twenty
thousand
pounds
toward
special
build-
ings for cancer
research.
Edinburgh,
Feb.
sth.-The
Internation-
al
Rugby
Football
match
on
Saturday
afternoon
between
Wales
and
Scotland
ended
in
a draw
each
side
making
nine
poinfs.
London,
leb.
6th. -A
mob
of
two
thousind
Indian
nationalist
volunteers
and villagers attacked
the
police
offices
at Chaurnai
on February
4th,
and killed
tie entire staff of officials, the watehman
and eight armed
police
who were
sent
as
reinforcements,
says
a telegram
received
by the India Office here
today from
the
British
Commissioner
at
Gorakphur,
in
the Northern
section
of
the United Pro-
vinces.
The police officials
were burned
and
the bodies
of those
killed were strip-
ped and burned,
says
the telegram.
Two
of the volunteers
were Kkilled and
several
wounded.
London,
Feb.
6th.—The
strike
situa-
tion in South
Africa
appears
to be work-
ing toward
a crisis, according
to Johan-
nesburg
messages.
Despatches
to
the
Exchange
Telegraph
Company
and
the
Central
News
say
that amid
wild cheer-
ing
a
huge meeting
of mine strikers
on
Sunday
passed
a
resolution
requesting
those
members
of
Parliament
now
in
Pretoria
to prociaim
a provisional Govt.
and
declare
a republic.
Reuter’s
Jchan-
nesburg
correspondent
details
various
disorders.
Several isolated
atten.pts
have
been
made
in the last few
days
to wreck
railway lines and
a
concerted
attack
was
made
Saturday
on
the
mine
telephones
which
was
frustrated
by the police.
At
a meeting
bheld
in
the
town
hall
the
Chairman
intimated
that dispite the
pro-
gress
with
Premier
Smuts,
all the strik-
ers
must
obey
orders
and ‘‘pull out’’ all
strike
breakers.
Another speaker
warn-
ed
the officials,
who
are
working
the
.essential
services
that
they
would
be
“‘pulled
out’’ on
Monday.
A
Pretoria
despatch
states
that
the
Premier
with
Mr. Malan,
the Minister
of Mines
and
Industries,
is conferring
with
deputa-
tions of the industrial
federation
and the
Chamber
of mines
in an attempt
to reach
a settlement
of the
labour dispute
which
has
tied
up the
Rand
gold mining
dis-
trict for the better
part of a month.
New
York,
Feb.
6th.—The early raw
sugar
market
was firmer with Cuba’s for
prompt shipment quoted
at 23/32 cost and
freight equal
to 3.70 for
centrifugals,
an
advance
of 1.32¢.
Porto Rico’s
were
nom-
inal.
The
firmness
in
the
spot
market
caused
a
steadier
feeling
in
raw
sugar
futures
and prices
at midday
were 2to 5
points
net higher
on covering and buying
by trade
interests.
Prices
were unchang-
ed at 5.10 for fine
granulated.
The only
businesss
in refined futures
was
a
sale of
one lot of May at
60 or unchanged
from
Saturday’s
close.
Tokio, Feb.
6th.—Marshal
Joffre,
who
has
been
a
guest
of the
Japanese
Govt.
for several days,
left here today for Kyo-
to on his
way to
Korea
and
China.
He
expects
to sail from Shanghi
for Victoria
on March 12th.
After atiending the ded-
ication ¢t the Pacific
highway, the noted
French
General
will make
a
tour
of the
United States,
and Canada.