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FOR RENT. THE upper floor of No. 30 King’s - Cross Street Christiansted, fur nished. Apply to A. E. STAKEMANN., ~* AUCTION. T the request of Lawycr~ Stakemann on behalf of Mr. JOSEPH E. BOUGH as attorney to Miss SUSAN BOUGH will be offered for sale at a public auction to be held at the undersigned Office in Government House on Thursday the 14th of Octo- . . per 1920 AT 3 OCLOCK P. M. 5I'he Property No. 23 in Company Street in the Town of Christian- sted. Conditions for the sale, dppraisement and other documents will be filed at the office and may be previously inspected at Lawver Stakemann’s Office in Christian- sted. Christiansted’s Vendue Office, St. CUroix. September 27th 1920. Fee: Fr. 10.00 } Say ten Francs ) WIILH JENSEN LOCAL. As will be noted in Mr. Pretto’s ad., the price of raw sugar has been fur- - ther reduced to 17 cents a pound n any quantity. The theatre was crowded last night and the show was as interesting as before, the chapter of the serial shown being very exciting. The S. S. Parima from Windward on her way to New York is due at Frederik- sted at 6 o’clock on Friday morning. | At request of Mr. Einar Svendsen itis made known that he is not the author of | the communication which appeared in | the Avis of the 2bth instant signed | “‘Fleetric Current Consumers’’. Mr. Svendsen also desires to correct the statement in Movie Admirer’s letter in yesterday’s Avis to the effect that the Clucching Hand and the Exploits of Elaine were shown by Mr. M. B. Leavitt both those serials having been presented by Mr. Svendsen at the Christiansted 'heatre, the only serial shown here by Mr. Leavitt having beer the Fatal Ring. ST, . CEegl K 8 % TELEGRAMS ; ST. CROIX STA LION. N:w York, Sept, 22nd.—Pitted against a picked team representing all New York the Incognito cricket team in the eighth match of their tour scered 277 runs at . Livingston; Staten Island today. The first days play was marked by sensation- al batting on the part of Mr. Jardire, last years Oxford university Captain . who ‘scored ‘another *eentury, his ftotal | reaching 123. He batted for twohours | and twenty five minutes. New York | had scored 54 for the loss of three l wickets when stumps were drawn for the day. Play will be resumed tomor- row morning. : e Toronto, Sept. 22nd,—Steps were ta- kes this morning to found a Federal Chamber of Commerce in Canada “when a resolution introduced by Mr. Marriott of Toronto was adopted by the Congress of [iaperial Cham: ers of Commerce at to- day’s session favouring the project. A | committee wasappointed toact in the mat- ter. The Congress also endorsed a reso- lution advocating admittance of Colonial Boards of Trade and Thambers of Com-- meree to an International Chamber of Commeice, and a resolution for “stricter observance of the mail routes in the Em- pire. The resolution was endorsed as affecting correspondence. Demerara, Sept. 22nd.—H. M. S. ""Cal- cutta’’ with H. R. H. the Prince of Wales arrived here at daylight yesterday. At ‘ 10 a. m. His Execellency Sir W. Collet went off with his suite to pay his re- | spects to His Royal Highness. The land- 1 ing took place at 10.30 a. m. and a very | large gathering assembled on the wharf and gave the Prince an enthusiastic re- f ception. The arrangements were excel 1 lent. His Royal Highness and party then went in procession through the principal streets of Georgetown and everywhere excellent decorations for | his reception were noted. On the pier | was drawn up a guard of honmour of | armed police and His Royal Highness | complimented them on their smart ap- | pearance. Included in the reception were | numerous persons from the country dis- tricts and the reception was really a fine i spectacle. The cheering was simply”in- ’ spiring. At the reeeption at the Court .| of Policy Mr. A. B. Brown, senior mem- i ber of the Court, read a cordial address of | welcome and in his reply H. R. H. refer- | red to the wonderful resources of British | Guiana, the sugar cane, rice, bauxite. [ gold, diamonds, balata and other indus- | tries. After the cercmony the Prince | motored to Govt. House where he stayed with his personal staff and in the after- | noon he vrent to the races a.d remained | throughout. A very fine lunch, given by | H. E. the Governor, was aitended by a | large number of persons. The principal | race, the Prince’s Cup, was won by | ““Carry On’’, a horse. belonging to Mr. | T. Flood. The Prince backed two win- ners during the day. After the races H. R. H. repaired so Govt. House where a state banquet was given at which the leading people in the colony were pres- - ent, in fact, two balls were given, one at Govt. House and the sxe':oug.l an over- - flow - ball, at the Town Hall. H. R. H. - went to the Town Hall first where he stayed a considerable time and then went back to Govt. House. The ball over, the Prince -slept’ at Govt. House and this morning inspected the constabulary par- ade,- visited-the hospital aad then went on board H. M. S. ‘“‘Calcutta® at about 11.30. There were large numbers of pec- ple along the wharves to see him off and bade His Royal Highness farewell with tremendous cheering. i Grenada, -Sept. 24th.—Punctually as previously arranged H. M. S. *‘Renown’’ with H R. H. the Princ. of Wales and party arrived at 9a. m. H. E. the Gov- -ernor, accompanied by the Administracor of St. Vincent, members of Executive Counecil and two aides-de-eamp procceded on board the battle-cruiser at 9.30 a. m. to pay their respects to His Royal High- ness, who ‘with his staff landed at the wharf and was received by H. E. the Governor, His Honour -the Administrator of St. Vincent, the Chiel Juatice, mem- bers of the Executive and Legislative Councils, Chairman of the District Boards and the Clergy. After inspecting the guard of honour of' the volunteers and the cadets of the Grenada Boys School, the Prince proceeded through elaborately decorated streets and arches to the Court House, where he inspected the officers and non-commissioned officers and men’ who took part in the war. On arriving in the Council Chamber, H. E. the Gov- ernor said a few words welcoming His Royai Highness to the Windward Islands. Addresses were then read by the Hon. D. S. Defreitas, senior unoécial mem- ber of the Executive Council and unoffi- cial member of the Legislative Council and by His Honour 8. Joyce Thomas, acting Administrator of St. Vincent. In the course of his reply to these addresses the Prince said that he was delighted to set foot in the ancient colony of Grenada and thanked the Governor most sincere- ly for his cordial welcome and loyal ad- dress. He was remindedof the visit paid to the colony by the King who had very happy memories of those days. He was himself delighted to be making bé_s “first acquaintance with the eolony. "He' felt that his journey in the vast empire had not only been pleasant but an inspiring experience. He was sorry tp be un- able to visit St.” Vincent but - asked its Government and people to ae- cept his thanks.for their address pre- sented ‘in Grenada. He was glad to learn of their prosperity and would al- ways take deep interest in.their welfare. After these addresses he visited the Market Square where he.spoke . the school children gathered there. The par- ty then went to Govt. House and from there tothe Grand Etang. The Prinee