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find out wiaat other expenses are neces- sary and let us know and we can make provisions. A road roiler is not anex- periment: there are twenty-seven road rollers in Porto Rico, and since their in- troduction there the cost of road main. tenance has decreased somewhat around two hundred or two hundred and fifty percent. *Ne are having dry weather now, and sufficient of it to discour- goe auy oot pho tills the lang, 86 it scems to pie that this aues- tion 2bout maintenance is outof place I claim that maintenance ean be consid- ered afterwards. As far as reconstruc- tion goes, that should be at pubiic ex- perse. That’s the position as 1 see it. 20d Member for Christiansted Town (Canegata) remarked: Mr. Chairman. As a member of the Committee which i 3 responsible for ti:is bill I wish te say that it seems to me as if the majority of the Committee and the Goveruvment 1s in ae- cord. The Committee pruposes to get the roller, scarifier and stone crusher op this year’s budget and maintenance On next year’s budget. 'hal’s the reason why the Money Bili is introduced in its present form. I propose that ' iscussion be sus- pended on this matter until aiter recess so as to give Members of the Committee a chance to discuss the matter wiin Gov- ernment, Ist Member for Frederiksted Country District (Andersen): Mr. Chairman. I have already proposed that Ist Discus- sion be closed. 2ud Member for Christiansted Town (Canegata): My motion is an amend- ment to yours so it must be put first. 3rd Member for Frederiksted Country District (M. M. Skeoch) woaid like to know which of the two motions the House must vcte on first. The Chairman answered: The sceond motion being an amendment to the fiist that will be put to the vote first. The Chairman put the motion made by and Member for Christiansted Town (Canegata) that the matter be postponed until after recess to the vote. 8 members voted for; 4 against. The Chairman: The motion is carried. The Chairman remarked: The Labor Investigation Commission Report has been printed and circulated. There are extra copies on hand in the Council Of- fice; if members desire to have any ex- tra copies same may be had by apbply- ing to the Assistant of the Council, Ist Member for ,Frederiksted Town (Andersen) proposed that a copy of the Report be sent to Judge Towner in the United States. The Chairman answered the Memher and said, —That will be attended to. The Chairman tlen gave a recess of 20 minutes. : (To be continued.) LOCAL. Attention of readers is inv.ted to the oL gs B 1Y notes appearing under the space allotted to ‘'Postal Irnprovement Week’’. There will be something new each day, and it is believed thatethese notes will contain something of igterest to all concerned. A big audience greeted the Drazon’s Nat at the theatre last night. Tonight an attractive programme will be sereened at S:. Mary’'s Hall, show beginning at 8 15; see programme in this izcue. Ac per advertisement in this issue the Danish Club and Reading Society will exhibit the Greenland film (a series of views in the King of Denmark’s visit to Greenland) in the Christiansted Theatre tomorrow pight and at the West End Movies on Tuesday night the 9th.. at beth places at 8.15 sharp. Members witn friends and acguaintances have free ad- mission. i TELEGRAMS. ST-CROCIX STATION. New York, Aprit 26th.—At a luncheon given by the Pennsylvania Society yester- day at the Hotel Plaza, in honour ofField Marshal Joffre. attended by four hundred persons, Mr. Beeck, Solicitor General of the United States and Mr. Schwab, Pres- ident of the Society, eulouized the guest of honour. In the course of his speecan Mr. Beck said that in dealing with her problems of rceconstruction France was not only badly understood, but unappre- ciated, but that he had corfidence in her clearness of vision-in handling the ecrisis which might arise. He referred to tae antl-French propazanda and concluded with an appeal to respect the difiiculties by which France is confronted and to be thankful to her for her immense saerifi- ces. After the repast, the Field Marshal { APROVEMENT WEER POSTAL [MPROVEMENT WEER, May Ito 6 “‘Service is the supreme commitment of life. Iwould rejoice to proclaim the era of the golden rule and ecrown it with the autocracy of serve:’’—PRESI- DENT HARDING. In designating the week beginning May 1 as Postal Improvement Week, Postmaster General Work aims at stim- ulating all employees of the department throughout the country to greater interest and greater enterprise in order to perfect the Postal service of the country by en- listing the assistance of the public to the end ihat there may be be ter cooperation between the patrons of the offices and the p_rsonnel of the system, for, in last anal- ysis, the real postal system of the coun- try includes thuse who prepare mail for transmission as well az those who are employed in the postal system proper. visited the American Academy of fine arts and in the evening assisted at a din- ner given by the Mayor, at which many notable persons were present. London, April 25th--Both sides to the shipyard workers disput2, which invol- ves abcut three hundred thousand men, now on strike, have azreed to terms for a settlement of the contrcversy. Under the agreement there will be a cut immediately of ten shillings weekiy in the wages of the men, and 2 +ix shii- lings cut, which the employers ordered, will be split into two instaiments, tak- ing effect respectively in May and June. Camb:ridge, Mas<. April 25th—The Oxford and Cambridge Lacrosse team today meted out a five to two defeat to the Harvard team. The play of Wans- borough who scored two goals for the invaders and, the work of his team- mates,iNeylan, Pe2rson, ard Clark, were the features of the game, Londen, April 26th.—According to a despatch frem Genoa, a note from the Allies will be presented to ihe Russian delegation tomorrow, and practically will be an ultimatum demanding unequi- vocal {replies on four principal puints. The first of these is the payment ot Rus- sia’s war debts, either in their entirety, or with some reduction, based on her cu- pacity to pay. Secendly the payment of her pre war debts, with the granting of a necessary and reasonable moratorium. Third, an indemnity for all dameges caus- ed to foreigners and fourthly, the resti- tution of confiscated property to the for- mer owners. The other points will be drawn up after consultation by the Al- lies today and an endeavour will be made to force Russia to present a reply at the earliest date. in order that the conference may be brougnt to a close before May tenth. BelTast, April 26th.—An attack on a lorry laden with soldiers of the Free State forces was made yesterday by Republi- cans at Mullingar. A number of shots were exchanged and several of the Free Staters were arrested. Paris, April 27th.—M. Poincare this morning submitted to the members of his cabinet Mr. Lloyd George’s proposal relative to a meeting of the Supreme Council at Genoa, but its discussion was deferred, pending the receipt of certain information awaited from M. Barthou. Another meeting of the Cabinet has been fixed for this afternoonr, but in official cir- cles it is not believed there will be an early meeting of the Supreme Council at Genoa. It is however known that M.Poin- care has pointed out that the question of the penalties io be applied to Germany would only arise, for submission to the Allies, when the Reparations commission has concluded its negotiations with Ger- many and if the latter should then be in default, and of which the commission would then inform the powers interested. Until then, M. Poiacare observed, the question will not be svbmitted to the Supreme Council.