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ter, Chief Petty Officer. by said Depart- ment, The Navy Bands are noted not only for their good musie, but particular for their good behaviour, deportmen:, neat- ness, and cleanliness of uniforms. While wishing the departed bandsme: ~success in their new field endeavour, we must also congratulate the Officers at Co- co Solo in having among them as good a set of men that has ever donned Un~ cle Sam’s uniform =—The Sparks, Jan. 15th TELEGRAMS. , ST. CROIX STATIQON. Lond>n, Jan. 18th. -Forsvth Smith, Canadian fruit trade commissioner in Liverpool, writing to the Pall Mail Ga- zette today, corrects the statement re- cently made in the press that Canadian apples were selling at 130 to 140 shillings a barrel whie importers, prices . were generally 100 shillings below th:z price fixed by the food controllers. He says the Canadian grower receives no more than 22 to 30 shillings a barrel. The retailer for merely handing out the con- tents of the package received more than the zrower for his working growing, cultivation, spraying, picking, grading and selecting fruit for export. This is surely a startling anomaly, he concluded. New York, Jan. 18th.—While there was no change in the spot price of raw sugar, which remains 43 cents for Cuba shipments, sugars vere easier on siles of 13.000 bags for prompt shipment, @ 4 7116 cents cost and freigat, ejual 1@ 5.46 for centrifugal. Refined was quiet at 7.85 for fine granula:ed. Sugars fu- tures were quiet and easier under com- mission house selling. Tokio, Jan. 18th.—Proprsals emana- ting from the United States that Japan, Gr:at Britain and the United States “‘tlke a naval holiday’’ is eloquent proof that despite fabulous riches of the Uni- tel States she wishes to curtail national expenditures and therefore the proposals are intende¢ more to help the United States than to contribute to the peace of the world, said Marquis Okuma, ex-Ja paonese Premier. in an interview here today. He asserted the United States should first consult Great Britain relative to the suggested suspension of the naval programme. ‘‘Only whenr an Ameri- can-British agreement has been reach- ed,”” he said, ‘‘can Japan be in a position to consider thiss proposition. Japan’s naval programme is fixed at the mini- mum necessary for national d=fence. Ottawa, Jan. 18th. The agent of the British Ministry of Food in Canada has been athorized to purchase first quality (Canadian butter at a price equivalent to 300 shillings per hundredweight - cif. This'is the highest price paid here by the ministry for butter supplies. ° “New York, Jany. 18th.—British boxers madea clean sweep over Americans here 5.1 LR A VIS last night in the first international ama- tuver tournament stagod by International Sporting Clubs. The*champions of the London police foree and the British Roy- al Navy defeated the best of the res- pective American Clubs before a large crowd in the Ball Room of the Commodore Hotel. Captain Chandler, heavyweight champion of the British Army, won the decision from private John Courtwright, Camp ““¢lbridee, Maryland, in the first bout. Watson, the champion of the Brit- ish navy was awarded the decision over Ritchie of the Hampton Roads Station, in the third bout. Millin, middleweight king of the London ‘‘Bobbies’’, defeated Johnny Ruffin of the New York forces. The eoard was swept clean when Hugh Brown, light heavy-weight, knocked out sergeant Ben Davis, an Indiana dough hoy. The bouts were witnessed by are presentative crowd. Boston. Jany. 18th.— The stock broke:- age and investment security firm of Ernst' Smith and Co."have filed a volun- tary petition in bankruptey. Assets of $1,397,308 were eclaimed and liabilities $846,094 given. - Santiago, Chile, Jany 17th.—A violent earthquake was felt ‘here at 9.30 o’clock this evening. Hundreds of persons fled to the streets in alarm. No serious dam- age ha: been reported. , Dublin, Jany. 18th. --And official pro- clamation has been issued in Tipperary forbidding fairs, markets and public assemblies in the Tipperary, ashal and Killenaule districts, owing to the mur- ders and attacks on po'ice barracks. Pzoris, Jan. 19th.—The abandonment of the plan of fixing the total' amount of reparations to be paid by Germany, - and the substitution of annual payments, has becn agreed on by the French, Brit- ish and German delegates. says Berlin desp tches to '‘Le {Journal’’, The news- paper says that for a period of five years the annual payments would be made in kind under the terms of the arrangement made. _ : o Adelaide, Jan. 19th. Australia com- pleted second innings in their 3rd cricket test match with England here today and scored the fine total of 582 runs. The innings saw three cen- turies. Armstrong 121, Kelleway 137 and Pellew 104. Cricket experts state that Stonewalling innings of Armstrong yesterday was the finest ever seen in Australia.. At the close of the day’s play, England lost one wicket for 66 runs. b The Hague, Jan. 19th. The official correspondence bureau denied reports in circulation that the members of the Ho- henzollern family had been ordered to leave Holland because it was stated the Allied diplomats have informed the Dutch Government that they were plan- ning a counter-revolution in Germany. New . York, Jan. 18th.—The number of persons arrested for intoxication in - New York City during th first year of ' prohibition enforcement was 156 greater ~ than the fyear betore, a comparison of ~ statistics made public at the magistrates ) court disclosed today. Fiom June to . December 1920, the monthly scale of ~arraignments in court has increased . steadily. Male ,alcoholic cases in Belle- vue Hospital have doubled since probhi- . bition became effective, and woren pa- ' tients are also more numerous, declared ' Dr. Menas Gregory, director of the in- . stitution’s psychopathic and aleoholit . wards. - New York, Jany. 19th —The market ~ for raw sugar under more liberal offer- ~ings declined to the basis of and quarter ~ cents for Cuba’s, cost and freight, equal to 5-39 for centrifugals. . Theie were sales of 20,000 bags of Porto Rico’s afloat and 10,000 bags Cuba’s for prompt ship- ment. Refined was unsettlad by the decline in raws although prices were un- changed at 7.75 for fine granulated. The easier feeling in the spot market led to scattered selling in futures and prices at midday were 3to 7 points net lower. NEW YORK, January 20th 1921. Fiour, Blendad Clears St. Lawrence I<rand - pr. brl. $9.50. Meal, Kilndried per 100 tbs $2.00 New Season’s Pork per brl. $37.00 Heavy Mess Pork per bbl. $29.00 Sugar---Crystals maximum per 100 ibs o $5.39 ; Molasses Sugar 89° test, no quotatioi. Cotton, Middling Upiand, at Liverpool per lb. 9 43-1004. t;xchange, New York and lLondon, 60 days’ sight $3.72 t,xchange New York and London, sight $3.724--8.75% LONDON, Jan. 20th IY2I. Sugar, Demerara Crystals, Govt. eontroll- ed price, duty paid 1295. 9d. *“ Demerara Crystals free of con- : ——trol—duty-paid-635. 675. ‘“ Moscovado Govt. co trolled price, duty paid, 1245. 9d. o " free o1 control duty paid o 355. 80s. - fine 755. iyerman Bezat 382/, r.0.0. n) sale; White Java sugar cif United Kingdom - .nominal 425. od. Demerara Rum, per gal. nominal. Trinidad Cocoa, Good Middling Ke-! no- minal per cwt 675, 70s. Cotton, Medium Fine Sea island, at Liv- erpool per |b. nominal Bank of Kugianl rate of Diseovint per cent. 7. Consols 47%. Three per cent rents in Paris Fecs. 57.55. All prices subjecet to correction. Wh.t L° delivered in Chris- : IL€ LIME tiansted at 'sl.oo pr. barrel from 10 January 1921. PHILIP SAMUEL.