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. g \ 5 A = & -rs : & f ao AN 24 LY% . B A \ ¥ N\ B 8| A &V,M(I P N\ NBIB L 8 @ S RCOR & O & & T L & et |8 | AJEN =Ry \§ Y ~“~;‘_._§-_~i§‘ E| a \ i?‘; ! ( “i‘ ““‘g 1§ /%}\;:%‘-_;."' w : 8 <y t!k/ o N e .g? /\‘39/ . e ATy e s v 781 H YRAR. CHRISTIANSIED, V.l U. 8 A. THURSDAY, 13ra MARCH 1924, football matech between teams repre- senting Ireland and Wales. The Duke accompanied by Mr. Thomas, left the train at Newport, which is the birih- place of the latter. The Duke laid a wieath on the cenotaph and inspected a gathering »f ex service m~n, sjeak- ing at a luncheon subsequ nily, the Duke said he regarded his visit to the birthplace of on 2»f Waies foremost sons as a most pleasant duty, Mr. Thomas in a short speech, recalled his you'h »s an errand boy and said it was the British Constitution that had cnabled a humble boy to return to Lis 01l home as a Seeretary of State and accompanied by a member of the Royal Famy. Suech a constitution was worth preseiv- ing. The Prince of Wales lert Padding- ton by a later treain for Cardiff, which was decorated with flags in his honoar, He was given a wonderiul recepuion in Cardiff. Rerlin, March 9th— Exbplaining the proj-ci of a gold eredit bajrk to the Bul- get Committee or the Reichilagy, D). vehaeht President of the Reiehsdani, said that the capital would be two hundred million gold marks and that toe bank would be entitled to issue notes {0 the extenui of one hundred million goll notes, The shares would be on the vasis of (ne pound sterling, as also tue new nink notes. He advocated that :he board of Direciors should be exelusively Grrman and that the eapital should b 2 deposited atroaill and the bank manazed by the Roich:bank and remaia outside of po.ities. The one hund-ed nullion io notes, woich the bank is entitled to issue, would be employed in buying [o cign currency es- pacially pounds and doliars, waich vouid La circalated ia Garmany to s raising the total capital of the bank to live hundred million go d macks. Dr. Szoaedt earpha- sizad that the project was not aimed at introdueinz a new eurrency, but at es- tablishing acre it bank aond theretore it should be proviied that the bank’s eapi- +al must be supoled in Pounds sterhing, London, March 9 'h.—luvestigating the unemployment doie, rather thaa spending it, is the latest proposal §of the Laicour Government. Pians have been formulated and will be submitted to;Par- liament shortly to extend tiie payment of the dole to boys and girls of fourteen years of age, instead of only to those of sixteen, which is the limit under the present legislation. The former age is the statutory time for leaving school throughout the greater poriiod of the THZ ST. CROIX AVIS is printed and published daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen al the Avis Office. TERS:--50 cents mor thly i1 alvance, 2 cents per siagle copy. Enterel as second class matter May og6th 1917 at the Post Ofice at Christian- gted, St. Craje, V. Los the U. 8. A. un- der the Act of March 3, 1879. Contribution to this paper w.il be glad- lg received when the same deals with mat- ters of general interest, and ts accompa- nied with the auther’s name, a3 a guar- antee of good faith. Theeditor cannot be responsible for the views of his correspor- dents nor does he necessarily endorse them. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. London, Mareh 9th—Mr. Winston Churehill, Inderendant eandidate 1) the Abbey Wesiminst r by eleetion, hus issued an electionr address in ‘vhich he says, '‘Although he do not giudege the experieneced Trade Uniounists their speli of offiee and although I recognize the pa- triotism of some of the leading ministers and maony labour men, I am sure the whole spirit of the sociaiists party ani the doc rincs they prucaim w:ll be des- tructive to the welfare of Great Britain a~d the greatness of the Emvpire. lam sure tha socialist party will not allow {heir representauves Lo govern oo mod- erate lin’s very jone.”’ Melbo irae, Ausiralia, March 9th.--- The Prenier Mr. Stanley Bruce, arcived here on 3aturday on his return ‘rom Lin- don. Mr. Bruce inan interview, said (hat air defence wouid becoie on 2 of tne most important and most delicate ques- tiors for consideration by the Common- wealth Goverament. He said he was sanguine that the Imperial Gover ment would agree to grant the preicren ces embodied in the resoid!ions pass- ed by th: imperial Beonomic Conference in Londcn. He paid tribate to Mr. Qan- say Mac Donald and denied a report that the Premier had slighted bim in Eng- land. On the contracy,Mr Brace said, his reiations with Mr. Me pDonald were most cordial «nd he was satisfied that the impire was gafe in the hands of the Labour Government in Londo. London, March 9th.— I'ne Duke of York, the Premier and Mr. Thomas Seeretary for the Colonies, sharad a saloon in a train from Paddinzton Sta- tion to Cardifl yesterday, to attend the No. 59. ~ country and today there are thousands ~ of youngsters who are unable to find ' work after they leave school. It is pro- . posed that the boys and girls shall only receive the dele son condition that they | attend juvenile educaticn eentres until ~ employment is found for them, and . this way it is hoped that their general . efficieney will ba inereased rather than . diminished as resulis today under the i wasteful methods that make them idle | during the eritical months of their life. | Oiher proposals now being considered t and praectically agreed to, inciude unem- | plovment jusurance of workers who lose their j-bs througn strikes and loexouts in which they do not take any part. The proposals are likely to meet with strong | opposition on the ground that any such | extension of the dole 1s likely to demor ! alize industry. | New York, March 9:th.—Mr. Alfred Smith, President of the New York Cen- . tral Railway and President oc Director . ot many railway and industrial enter- . p ises throuzhout the Uniied States and Canala, was thrown trom his horse in Central Park yvesterday and died without regaining consciousness while being tak- ea toa hosptal. Aithou_.h 62 years old | the railway president wasin exceiient ' heal h and hors back riding was one of | hs[avuri e reciéatiogs, ; Newv York, M reh 10th —Respon ibility | for the downward course of the French franc is laid to the macuinations of Ger- . mans and Germ n baskinyg institutions ' by M. Poincare in a special cabled ionter- view whieh wiil appear in Mareh 12th. issue of the ‘'Outlook.”? Certain Germ- . ans estimate thut thedeelire in French | frane value ruay cause genticr treatinent ! of Germany by Fiance’’, M, P.incare d ciared. H:ving dreetly contributed { tothe faiof the Fran 2, German banks | now reveal therr aim. Fut they do nut i reckon rigbt. France witl show herself ( as firm as ever iusist ng on reparations . as they have be2n es ablist.ed, Ihis prin- | ciple once sottied, Franc 2 will, on the | other hand, cooperaie 1 the methods of | payment asin geneial economic restora- | tion, by ecouciliatory measures. The French Government’s aciion, and it only, has® brought about the meeting of com ' mittees of international experts in which we place great hope. If a satisfactory solution for us, acceptable by us, of the present problems, 1s at last ‘reached, it ‘ will be due to the persevering efforts of (Continucd on 4th page.)