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source from which he can get informa- Alon.: i v S o . : -2nd Membear for Christiansted Country District (B2rg): Isay we can get vau- able-infor nation from the ~plan, but I ‘d> not know whether we as legislators are qualified to go into details on tech- nical matters. .~ The:Viee-Chairman: Porsonally, are ‘yousatisfied? ¥ 2nd Member-for Christiansted Country Distriet (Berg): -Yes, Fam. ' j ~ To be continerd. ro o R . e i We hava b2en asked to mention that e acerts will bz given -by the Native B-ass Band tomorrow afternosn and the Industrial Bind 1n the evening, = .The Esxp:zriment Station has just re- ceived from the States a thorouzhbrad bull ealf with the view to eventually improving the breed of cattle. The animalis understend to b 2 a tine speci- men and biz for his age. West End News refers to him as giving “plenty of milk and excellent meat.”” As 8091 as waean spare the time we shall en- deavor to get a glimpse at him when being milked. @il Two hydroplanes arrived here yester- day afternoon and left again at 7 o’clock this morning. -e : The Industrial Band played in the bandstand last night. ' The two guns are now on board the iighter leaving onlv the parts, ete.-to be taken in. It is understood that the work willbe completed and that the ships will sail on Wednesdy next week. The s. s. "‘Catherinz’’ is due on schoa- - dule tim>, having 36 tons of cargo for this island. Correspondence Churistiansted, St, Croix, V. L. .- . January 25, 1924, The Editor, St Croix Avis, Dear -\ir. Editor: In today’s Tribune it is proposed to name the public cistera after ex- - Governor. Hough. As far as investiga- . tion--shows Dr.-D. C. Canegata, elected member of -the Cdonidl Council for Chris- tiansted -town,: was the. propanent-and originator of the .scheme to provide a water supply for this town. It is cus- tomary and very American to use in these instances the name of the -financier as in the gase of public danationsby Cirnegie, Rockfeller and Mergan. The name.l am about to prepose may be somewhat un-.. usual especially in these islands where we shear. so much -of.''navy -appropri-- - ations”,-hutif we are desirous- ofgiving . - 5T oLy LV R this child its lightful name, then call it AMERICAN‘T’A_XPA-YER. > = T by : . H. BERG. tElected Member, Country I)ist. eC— TR S—— ——een G G Landslide in St. Kitts i 1S itys St. Kitts, Jan. 24th.-~A landslide ap- parently of considerable aimensions took place at*MountMisserv vesterday. Th2 inhabitdnts at Sandy Point were alarm- ed by rumbiing noises at 11.30 and again at 12 o’cloek and Some time laterin the day when the méuntain was clear it could be seen from the public road that there had been a landslide at Mowsnt Mis- sery, apparently the'southern face of the pcak breakinz aw=v into the ¢rator. .- TELEGRAMS. - ‘ST.: CROIX STATION. London; Jan. 23rd.—The Cabinet ap- pointments of Mr. Ramsay Me Donald that attract most attention are those of Viscount Chelmsford as First Lord of the Admiralty and Mr. John Wheatley as Minister of “Health, The namingof Lord Chelmsford comes as a complete surprise; one Conservative newsbaper calls it. a '‘great: shoek,”” for nobody has guessed. that'he had any atliia ons with Labour and:th2. date of }is con- version is quite sunknown. Th: Vis- eount is prominent as a former Vce roy of India who introduced there cer- tain administrativa refoerms which dis- pleased the Conservatives at home. He also has been Governor. of Queznsland, New South Wales, and has taken a conspicuous part in educational werk, Mr. Wheatley’s inclusion in the Minis- try is generally regarded as a ‘‘sop”’ to the® Glasgow extremists, to wiich group he belongs. Irorn in humble circumstanc:s, Mr:. Wheatley worked 22 years.in the coal mines.. He is now a publisher in Glasgow and considered the most intellectual of the Ciyde-side Sncialists.. As .Minister of Health he will be responsible for the burning question of rents and housing, con- cerning which the Glasgow. continent has been much disturbed. His appoint- ment was recommended yesterday b7 his fellow M Ps. from his Fome city.. Par- liamentary seats must be found for three of the new-Ministers who are not mem- bers of ‘the -Commons, namely, Arthur- Henderson, Secretary of State for Home - Affairs, Sir Sydmey Olivier, Secretary of- -for India and Brig. General Caris- - topher Thompson, Air Minister. How-- ever it is expected that the new Head of India Office will-be:made a Pegr and thus become one of the Government represen- tatives in the Heuse of Lords. Theigis also a possibility that General Thompson will receivea Peerage. Whetaer all the - Ministers whose appointments 'wete an- - nounced-will belong-to the Cabiget is as” ‘vet unknown, for althéugh' some officcs always carry cabinet rank.-others arve : t the diseretion of the Premier. It is un- derstood, however, that the new Pre mier contemplates a large <abinet,- in- ‘tending to-delegate a great deal of .the work to Committees of Ministers. Des- pite the fact that tha seals of office were rot exchanged yesterday between _the outgoing and incoming -Ministers, - the Daily Express says -Arthur Hendérson ‘has alredady taken -aver: his duties ps tlome Seeretary and ils dewotihg' himsell to the railway strike crisis. . It is-under- stoed that Mr. Macbonald will hold: his first cabinet meeting this atiernoon. Omagh, Irelaad Jan, 23vd—"The year 1923 was the wettest in "a centuarv, ac cording to records kept ar lLenfel, the residence of C01..J..8. Buchanan. Iti esiimated that more than 56,000 -tapns o/ water, 56.11 ineches, fell on rach statu» acie. The number of rainy daysin th: year was 271. Castletown shed recovds shows that the precipitation thereabouts was 8.9 inches above that of 1922 and 10.1 tnches higher'than the average for the preceding ten years. ‘ Lyons France, Jan. 23rd—An automo- bile propelled by gas, geacrated from the combustion of eharcoal,” was given whai was pronouncedas a successiul test here yesterday in the presence ofa largs num ber of government officials and technicat experts. - Ihe nach ne traveled 60 miles on 33 jounds of charccal, costing 25 cents, or less thon ovefouith the co-t ol gasojine. The eharcoal gas 1s generated in a compartment built into: the. rear of the body-of the car. The process is that of an Alsation engineer. ; New Yk, Jan. 23rd-Raw sugar ad-’ vanced 4 cent today on sates of 10,000 bags of Cuba's, for first half ‘February shipment, at 6.63 duy paid. : No othey business was reported;, Active -Caban and Eiropean buying, piompted by the firmness of the spet marker, the price ruling abroad and a more ac¢uve ‘inquivy’ for refined sugar, accounted for a sharp advance In the raw sugar futures mark-’ et. Final pric:s were at about the best: of the day and from five to 16 points’ above the previcus close, Although better inquiry w2s reporied for relined- sugar, pric s renibed unchangedat 825 to 8.60 for tin~ granuia.ed. Refined fut- ures were nominal. : : Liverpool, Jan. 23rd.~The railway strike has crzated a serious coal shortage here, both for ship bunkering and indus- trial and domesric purposes. Unless “in- creased coal supplies are available by‘the end. of the week thereis danger of a’ partial holding up 5f shipping. =~ ° ~ Washington, Jan. 23rd.—Orders ~for the removal'of all mipes and obstructions from the port of Frontera, Puer o Mexico and Vera Cruz, were issued today by the revolutionary authorities ‘at Vera Cruz the State Department w:s adyised. by.. Contstl Wood st Vera Cruz: ~ *"""~