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“orable 4th Crown Member has by ex- “‘amples shown the meaning of the “word ‘‘Superior’’ or ‘‘Saperiority’’ “‘in this respect and the Vice-Govern- “or does not really believe thece can “he different opinions about the true “meaning of the word. "'lst Member for Christiansted Town “(Stakemann) said that he originally “‘solely form=d the minority in the “‘Committee, later on it consisted of “twn of the members He thought “‘his meaning or interpre.ation of the “word ‘‘Superior’™ was correct and in “this connection he should mention, ‘that one of the members, of the ma- “‘jority in the Committee had said, “‘that as the Captain was the master of “‘his ship, the School Director must be ‘‘the master of the teaching staff, but ““he considers that this opinion con- “forms his own, namely about the own- “er of the private school -who is the “‘Captain must also be the master. “‘lg he, however, as now acknow- “ledged by the Speaker of the Com- “mittee and His Excellency the Vice- *‘Governor only Superior of the ““teachers at the private Schools “‘when visiting them and -only at ‘“‘that moment, then it is all right, “‘put he must not be allowed to go “‘to the -Teachers and say; ‘'l don’t “‘want that’’, ‘‘you must not do so”’ gt o 0 No's. 1. Bbout the disci ‘““pline, the word Superior gives a ‘““ yrong impression to the Teachers, “*the pupils and the public. Let them “therefore understand the sense or “meaning in which it was taken under “‘this discussion. I'he Speaker there- “fore wanted distinctly recorded in the “Couneil’s proceedings, thut under the “discussion on Par. 63 (62) with the “proposed amendment, it was under- ~*stood, that the School Director is not “superior of Teachers _f the Prevate “‘not subsidized Schools or of Teachers giving Home instruction in any other “way than now contained in 2nd Sec- “‘tion of the original Par. 62 (new Par. “*63) which the Speaker read. If that ‘*is understood the Speaker had nothing “‘to object to this side of the Drait but “‘eould vote for it on the strength’ “‘that the Discussion eventually serves ‘‘as a means of interpretation shouid “‘occasion arise. “The School Director argued that he “cannot discharge the Teachers; even “the Teachers in the Communai Schoois ““he cannot discharge, but he can “‘remove Teachers of the Public “‘Schools and suspend them, there he ““has a power. but that power hc has “‘not in the Private Schools, where he “*can only supervise. It had therefore “been better if he had been called Supervisor of the Private Schools ard *‘ofthe Home instruction. ““4th Crown Member (Rubner-Peter- “sen said, that his Tneaning as Mem- “per of this Council, as Chairman and 5. C-RETX AVI> ‘‘Speaker of the Jommittee, and as ::School Director is, that he is superior Hos the .Teachers in so far as rules are given in the Draft: “‘immediate’’ was ““wrongly used in the Draft and since ::the whole clause has been struck out, he cannot see any difference between ‘‘the Government and the Honorable ‘“‘lst Member for Christiansted about “‘the true meaning of the Draft. . the member continuing.—There it is plainly shok’n.‘hat permission was not required for private schools. To be continued. The Right Revd. C. Colmore, §Bishop of Porto Rico arrived here yesterday afternoon from St. Thomas by the sloop ‘‘Reliance’’ and will hold a Confirma tion Serviee in St. John’s Chureh at 7.30 this evening. In yesterday’s issue we published an . advertisement for a free movie show at the theatre next Wednesday night when under the direction of he Sanitation Ser- . vice there will be exhibited views of in- _ terest to the publie health and which it is suggested that all avail themselves of seeing. The S. S. Korona from New York is looked for in St. Thomas today and in Frederiksted tomorrow. Christiansted . anail for the islands will go forward at | 9a. m. | TELEGRAMS. | ST. CROIX STATION | New York, Aug. 29th.— 'he strike of . Longshoremen in protest against the . imprisonment of Lord Mayor Mac Sween- | ey, which began last Thursday, when | 2,000 workers quit, apparently has col- ' lapsed. Everything was quiet along the | water frort, today despite the efforts ' ¢f pro-Irish women picket-. No diffi- culty was experienced im getting men . to unload incoming British ships, steam- . ship officials said. ' Nev York, August 29th. —Employees of the Brocklyn Rapid Transit system, . struck at five o’clock this morning, fol- . lowing a vote taken two hours previous ly. Traffic on all subways, elevated ana ' surface lines, virtually was disrupted. . Tonight all lines virtually were paralyzed. " No surface cars were running and only a . meagre number of trains were -crawling . over the elevated and subway lines. ' Those were under police protection. " The ' strikers are members of the Amalga- . mated Association of street and electric . railway employees of America. They . are asking a wage increase of 267 and | upwards, an 8 hour day and a closed shop. | Montrea , August 29th.- -Mr. Ross pro- moter of the scheme under which a yacht publicly subseribed for by Canadians ana to be designed, manned and skippered by Canadians, shall compete for the Ameriea’s (Jup, nas written an " open letter Lo Sir I'nomas Liptoa'’ In which he urges the irish Baronet to. withdraw his declared intention to compete again for the cup in 1921 in favour of a Cana- diar challenger, or to agree to a proposal to make the next race a triangular con- test and at the same time to mutually impress upon the New York Club the great desirability for a change from a semi-inside to an altogether outside sail- ing course and for an entirely different class of yacht for these races. New York, Aug. 30th. - More than one million Brooklyn residents whe depend ed largely upon the Brooklyn Rapid Tran- sit Coy. to take them to business to- day, were reduced to improvised and primitive methods of conveyance by the strike of the company’s employees that virtually paralyzed the entire transit system, subways, elevated roads and trollexs. The strike went into effect early on Sunday morning after the men had previously voted to postpone action, pending further efforts to adjust wage demands. Halifax, N. S.. Aug. 30th—It was an- nounced at the Halifax shipyards this morning, that the launch of the hull of the “‘Canadian Mariner’’, the first steel ship built at the shipyards or anywhere ' Ise in Halifax, would take place on Saturday next. The ''‘Canadian Mariner’’ was well advanced when the strike began at the vards and an earlier date has been set for the launching, but the strike de- laved It, Washington, Aug. 30th. —llialy has in- formed the United States that the two Governments are practically in aecord as to sentiments concerning Russia and Poland contained in the recent American note, Mr. Colb announced today. Belfast, Aug. 30th.—A Curfew Law will be Introduced ir Belfast tomorrow night, extendirg from 10.30 p. m. to 5 o’clock in the morning. Melbourne, Aug. 28th- [irnest Bar rv won the sculling championship of the world 'rom Arthur Feldon of Austra- lia today by 12 lengths. Paris, Aug. 30th.—Cardinal Amette, Archbishop of Paris s dead. During the war he made a record of being nota bly courageocus, especially during air- raids in which he repeatedly exposed himseltf to comfort the wounded. Geneva, Aug. 30th. -~ \n international niiners strike wiil be definitely declurced shiould the British miners decide 10 this effect. The strike was arranged be- tween British miners delegates and ithe Germans, IFrench and Beigians diiriny their congress in (eneva in the first week in August. It is learned now that as soon as the British miners strike, no coai from ermany. Belgium or France will be allowed o leave for lnglandg. The miners in these countries will cease work and demand the nationalization of their mines. The international min- ers federation wiil also appeal ic the United States miners not to allow coal to ieave the United States.