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LOCAL ‘ We have becen asked to mentien that | the Native Brass Band will give a eon- ', cert on the wharf tonight. ‘ A public missionary wmeeting will be | held at Friedensthal Moravian Churen, ! this town, at 7.30 on Sunday evening. | Speakers will be announced tomorrow. | All are invited. ! It is regretted to learn that an accident | yesteriay befell Mr. kKdgar W. Meyer, | Chairman of the Road Commission, while | zoing through one of the upper stories of | Government House where some repairs i are being made, 1t appears that the flooring having been removed in some places, Mr. Meyer stepp.d on the lower casing wbich is only very light wood- work and rotten at that, and it gave way ; precipitating hi'n o the floor below, a | fall of some 16 {2c”. He sustained in- | juries to the head. and was rather bruised and shaken, but, it is understood, was not serioasiy hurt, | During the abaence. of Lt J. C. Geb- hard C B U. U. 5. N,.ohashort va- cation, Mr. Edgar W. Meyer, Chairman of the Road Commission, will discharge the duties of Asst, Public Works Ofii- cer, 1t Ils stated. R pair of the King Street road is pro- ceeding nicely., Already one block from Prince’s to King 'ross Sts. has been laid over. ‘the road rolle locally nicknamed “*Martin Luther’” because it stood so long one place it was thought *‘itcouldn’t do otherwise’”, is beinr employed with good effect in this work, The sloop Mizpah with maiis from St. Teomas arrived during the night, The U.S. 8. Grebe did not arrive yes- terday hut is looked ior today. Capt. and Mrs. R. H. Jeschke, Lt. Gebhard and Mr. and Mrs. Twiford are among the passgngers to embark on her. Report says that Prof. Harold J. Bene- die’, son in-law of Hon, R. L. Merwin, and urniil reeently Principal of the Theo- dore Roosevelt private Grammar School, Frederiksted, is the appointed designate for tne office of Assistant Director of Kducation vice Mr. Arthur E. Lindborg. Mr. and Mrs. Benedict are on their wed- ding tour and on their return will take up residence at No. 53 King St.,it is said. The show last night was not as well | attended as expected but was a highly entertaining one. The answer to the questibn of what is stronger than love was duty, to all appearances, A false report nos smugglers at Salt River bay put the whole prohibition s i3l AVS machinery in m~tion the other night, but after the rural neighbourho»d had been aroused and eifort made to putout to sea, it proved that the boais seen were simplv trawlers, The men were out turiling, and had no nighteaps with them. Correspondence Juli de 26th. Dean Misia Editah. Wz make Mr. Chabort rite in de Tribune dat Mr. Mulls: ¢oing de work iln Govanent House? Taint Mistah Mu'la doing it, tis Mr. Alfred Sima:ans—ds wideawake workman. As cose Mr. Mul- ia eould do such work, but he day on de wars—he ain been on dis job in de house at all. Mr. Simmans shud get de credit in dis caso. Tanking you foo space Mistah Editah, Youse WILLY FAIRPLAY. WANTED TOKNOW. Will. Mr. Olaf Larsen -inform us thyough the newspapors at what time ~ have we mertioned to him rhat the chal- | lenge published a few days azo from the - Alggt F. B. €. was not approvad by us. i Thanking you sir we remain, | MEMBERSOFTHE A. F. B C. | eil < —— - < S, is S | | TELEGRAMS. | SI. CROIX STATION. | Londen, Jnly 2hd.—lthe secrecy | agreed uzon by the British and Frenceh " (Jovernmen's concerning the reparations . documents forwarded to ine Allies is ba- ing closely maintained and it is 2xpected ' that another ten days will elapse before . any reely is received from the French | (Qovernment, owing to the delay in the ' meeting of M. Poineare and M. Theunis I to consult over the Britisa drafr note to ' Germany. It bhad b2en arranzed to dis- g cuss the Ruhr uestion in the House of ~ Commons on Lnursday, whnen the For- | eign Otfice estimates came up for con- sideration, but the Governmeaat, in the belief that such discussion at the pre- sent tnoment would not be helptul to the delicate negntiatious, has decided to post- pone the debate indefinitely. Berlin, July 23rd.—-Ordinary wisdom would seem to supgest that the best thing for the Germans to do in the pres- ent situation is to meddle the least possi- ble in current Anglo-French corversa- tions, is the advice Theodore Woiife gives today in the Tagebiatt, Officials and political circles appear to sbhare his con- viction, as German interest in the fate of the British not 2 may be said to be . wholly passive. ‘the newspapers are con- fining themselvas to a reproduction of the London and Paris editorial comment on the note. St. Johns, N. F. July 23rd. —This fore- noon Sir Richard Squires tendered to the Governor his resignotion as Premier and Colonial Secretary an<d advised 7is Ex- celleney to cali on the Hon. W. R. War- ren, K- C. to form a miristry. 'li is un- derstond that Sir Rietard alizged as his reascen for resigning host le crliicisms of the ccnducet of the Department of Agri- culture and insistent »jar.y denan:s, {for his dismissal from he Cabinei. The Squires Government has neld power since 1919, being sustainec a- a gzaneral elec- tion held last Mav and hal a maj ity o 3 ten members in a iegisiature 9f tal-ty six elecied mon, fLoadon, July 23:d -~ )ne thausand doek workers, participating: 1y the oiofficial strike, who started n archinz las: nigh: from London, reached [ibury this morn ing, as the workers tuere were & gning on at the docks. Th» mrehers |ersua- ded several hundred of tiz "iibu y men to join the strike and wo X was ¢ apped on two peninsular and oizaial tiners, two cian liners, two New Zealand boais and several small vessels, Paris, July 23rd.—Ali records mado hitherto wi h a heliconter were broken this morning when . Pescara. the Mrencn inventor made a il:ignt o 530 motersin the circle ten meaoters in diamoter from which he arose., Laier Fescara mude a flight in a straizht line of 450 rmeters. He was forced to desc:nd because of the dust which his propellers raised. On Monday morning Pescara will try oefore offirials of the Aczrociab D¢ France to make a circular fl zit of a kilomoater. Otta'va, July Z3rd.—Sunday next, July 299th, wi'l be nbserved in Canada as Peace Sunday. The League of Nations Socieiy in Canada has received a large number of requests for literature durinz tue past week, so that there is no doubt that the League’s work will be deait with quite extensively in the pulpis. London, Julv 23rd. —The contii.uation of the dockers strike led to what wus almost a unigoe incrient in the Listory of trades unionism, The sirike las npot the sauetion of the ofiiciul union .eaders and a meeting was cal ed yesteday in the east end of Londoa o enable Zrnest Bervin, Secretary of ithe Dock VWorkers Union, and Harry Goslingz, leader of the transport workers, to explain their atiie tude in refusing to sanction the strike. Fiva thousand workers iespondec to the call. They marched to the renc¢ozvous with bands and bans:rs. crowdnz the hall where the meetins was held to over- flowing. When Mr. Bevin and Mr. G_s- ling ascended the platform. they were received with silenee, buat befor. they could eommeance to s;eak, the storm broke. 'The entire assemblage bur.t ino hooing, which was interspersed with calls such as ‘‘traitors’’, ‘‘seabs’ and ‘‘blood- suckers’’. Then one of the unofiici¥ leaders arose and invited the audi nee to® show its contempt and loss of coniidence in Bevin and Gosling by leaving the hal.