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ST KR A )5 CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE 830 THURSDAY EVENING 8.30 lhe W eaker V essel . ® A 6 Reel At raction, with: MARY MAC LAREN, at her very best, She works them up, she gives a brand new start in the enjoyment of photo dramas. Come and see this vividly divertinz, up to the minute drama. This is a story of the everlasting battle of the sexes, principally concerning how ore Abby Hopkips solved the matrimonia; problem for herself, and how she beeame an individual through the experience. ADMISSION: Reserved weßes s sMO (General Entranee.......... .. iiane see e T R | Coming! Coming!! “The Lure Os The Circus” ORDER OF THE DAY for the sth Ordinary Meeting of the Lolonial Loanal for St. Greix, MONDAY, March 1, 1920, at one ‘ o’clock p. m. ‘ 1. Colonial Council Bill No. 23. Resolution autnorizing the Governor to increase amounts bndgetced for the currentfiscal year by a pcoreen- tage not to exceed that by which the rates ~f exchance for the current fis- cal year exceed che normal rate. In- troduced by Government. 2. (Colonial Couneil Bill No. 24. Resolution authorizing the Governor to sell the parcel of land and build- ing known as East Hill School, si:ua- ted in East End Quarter A, in the is- land of St. Croix. 3. Colonial Council Bill No 24. Draft of An Ordinance introduced by Ist. Member tor Cnristiansted Coun- try District (Stakeman) respecting (he apoointment of employees of the Municipality of St. Croix. 4. Coionial Council Bill No. 26. Drarc of an Ordinance introluced by Isi. Member for Christiansted Coun- try Districc (Stakemann) concerning - the remission and refunding of cer- tain taxes assessed or coilected on properties usel ror ralizious puar- poses. 5. Colonial Councii Bili No. 27. Interpellation to Government, intro- duced by ist. Member tor Christian- sted Country Distriet, (Stakemann) in regard to the re-opening of the Richmond Sore-toot Hospital. Colonial Council Office, St. “'roix, Feb- Funary 24. 1920.° ROBT. . MERWIN, Chatrman. | V¥ between Strand and Prince’s ; LOS] Streets A GOLD B::OACH. ; Finder will be rewarded on . bringing same at this office. | The Industrial Brass Band will render | a concert an the wharf this evening, ' Sl | Due to the calm weatherithat exist the ! ?reule has \not arrived from St. Thomas l s yet. | [t is reported that the Navy B=nd is to ' be sent to St. Thomas‘cn the Vixen next ' Monday, and that the men will be put in . middy dress instead of the present style . of uniform which is said to be obsvlete. | The exhibition of The Brass Bullet, - which proved a serial of extra attraction, ' was conclode. at the theatre on Monday . night when the audience was a very . large one. It’s hoped the management f will soon be able to secuie as fine a film, The Revd. Mr. Babeock delivered an ' interesting and instructive lecture lasc Sunday evening in the Sunday Market - and held ‘a tremendous audience spell- . bound during his discourse which dealt chiefly with his life and expeariences among ‘he people of Atrica to whom he paid tribute in regard to their intellectu alyard advancement apace with west- ern civilization Mr. Babeock lef: for St. Thomas on Monday and is expected so - retura to this island shortly when he will speak on his adventurous trip across the - Irish Sea where he was torpedo-d by a - aecqman submarine, We are sure none ~ wiil vegret spending an hour or so listen- ~ ing tn this interesting speaker an 1 would recommend *hat all wio failed to hear him the first time emb-ace the opportun- ity of doing so now. g One ‘‘Peter’’ in West End News of yesterday in commenting in that paper on what is presumably the recent ex- change of letters between Mr. Leader and Mr. La Beg<a. says ‘‘we are surprised to see Avis taking an active part’’. What is meant by this remark is certainly more than can be deduced from the cir- cumstance of this paper having accepted correspondence from both gentlemen and published the same without comment, that not being our business, and it furthermore being the poliey to afford space to all correspondence within reason- able limits, not assuning any responsi- bility for the opinions of writers Hr necessarily endorsing their views. When will people know this? - ’ . " . The Gongressional Gommission. On Monday the 9th of Fobruary at 9 o’clock a. m. a public meeting was con- - vened in the Colonial Council Chamber ~at Christiansted, for the purpose of an inquiry into the iocal conditions at pre- ' sent existing in the Island, and what in . the view of the inhabitants would tend io . improve those conditions in the future. ‘; The Commissioners conducted their | investigations in a systernatic ond fair | wmanner, and sverviody had an apnortn . nity of expressing their views who car:d | to do so. ‘ At the closing of the iavestiga'iors, . the Chairman invited the different mem- bers of the Commission to address the meeting which they did, and gave us an oratorical treat, the like mary of us - never had the pleasure of listening o . before. ‘ The Commissioners said in vart, ““We | have only been in the Island four days, . but we think we have during that tir:e . discovered the secret of your troubie, ' whichinour opinion is the lack of urity.” . As an example, they drew a word p:ec- | ture of a good navigator in an open boat | on 2 rough sea, trying to make port, but . on account of the oarsmen pulling against . each other could not make headway. This example they claimed illusiratyd | the island’s condition very weli to their ' minds, the large concerns’ workirg . ~ against the interests: of tle small ones, . the laborers working against the inter- | est of their employers, and all tendirg . ~ to decrease production and retard pro | gress. | They claimed that St. Croix was a beautiful island. with as good soil as they had ever seen, and a sufficient area to support a much larger population than } the Island at present had, if worked in - a proper manner They admonished tle ~ laborers to give good honest work ard ~ respect rheir employer’s property, and - do their share in increasing the produc- tion of the llsland, if they expected bet- ter wages and conditions, and make it possible for teir employers to meet their