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'\'\' : Lt ) l N \@ / /\\?@ -/\i | 'V / \\Q /\\\ \\\\ (/Ii I\t % (.‘5“ 75TH YEAR CHRISTIANSTED, V.I. U.S. A., TUESDAY. 280 DECEMBER 1919, late today, and wage-scale committees | of miners and operators adjourned sine die. Miners reported that all districts | ir. the United States went into executive | session immediately afterwards to de- cide the Union policy towards the strike. Carticipants went home tonight, and where the break left the coal scrike con- ditions, no one of them, miners or oper- | ators, would say. Like-wise, in official | quarters there was silence. ; Ottawa, Nov. 27th.—Admiral Jellicoe | was in conference with-the Hon. C. Bal- lantyne, Minister of Marineand the Na- | val Affairs, today. Tomorrow he will meet a sub-committee of the Cabinet. Admiral Jellicoe, accompanied by Lady Jellicoe and members of his staff, arriv- | ed in the city this morning and are guests at Govt. House. Another distin- guished visitur ac Govi. House today, is the Commander in Chief of the North American Station, Viece Admiral Sir Mor- gan Singer, who is attended by Paymas- ter Commander Damber. They arrived last evening with His Excelleney from Halifax, Rome, Nov. 28th.—An official decree puts on the retired list 200 Generals, 1,600 superior officers, ranking§irom Col- onels to Majors, and about 20,000 subal- tern officers. This is the first step in the reduction of arms to the lowest pos- sible limits. "MAILSCLOSE for New Yok, ¥ Y., by 5. 8 Parima, at 4p. m. to-day. - NOTICE. UE to the reconstruction of some of D the Pit Privies and in order to make the fees more uniform, the tollow- ing scale or charges for removal service of Privy Pits are effective from this date. All bills rendered for services previous to this date are payabie at the former | rate. Loads. Amount. ... . = ... B 0 ‘All joads in excess of FOUR, 50c. per load. G St. Croix Nov , 21st, 1919. H. V. HUGHENS, Chaef Sanitation Officer. THE ST. CROIX AVIS : ¢s printed and pubdlished daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Office. THRMS---50 cents monthly 1 advanee, 2 cents per single copy. lintered as second-class matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- ated, St. Croix, V. L of the U. S. A. gun- der the Act of March 3. 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glad- ly received when the same deals with mat- ters of general interest, and is accompa- nied with the author’s name, as a quar- antee of good faith. The editor cannot b responsible for the views. of his correspon- dentsnor does he necessarily endorsethem. TELEGRAMS - ST. CRQEX STATION. Manilla, Nov. 26th.—The’ grave shor - age of rice, the staple food of the Phi- lippine Islands, makes it necessary for sunnlies to be sold only by tickets. Rice eards have been issued throug : the province. London, Nov. 27th.—The long vaecant Consul-Generalship to New York is being fillad by c¢a: transfer of Mr Henry Glos- ter Armstrong irom Boston. . Brussels Nov. :Z7th.—The New DBel- gian Cabinet, under the Premiership of M. Delacroix. comprises all the former ministers with tn 2 exception of Baron de Broquestilie, who is succ ieded as Minis- ter of the in erior by M. Poulet. M Pes- tree, Socialist, becomes ilinister of Arts. Melbourne, Nov. 27th.— Sir Joseph Cook, Minisier of the Navy, in a speech today at Aibuary said that while whole- hearcedly supvoorting tne L.;ague of Na- tions, ne thougnt Great DSritain should keep its po>vder dry. The Empire, he de- clared, could nct clo e its eyes to the pre- paratigns the Americans were making in tfurtherance of their Pacific poliey. London, Nov. 27th.—Tae Prince of Waies is awsured a big popular recep- tion on his return to London, which is ex- pected to be next Monday. The King has decided that instead of driving di- rect to Buckingham Paiace, the route of the Prince will be an extended one in open carriages from Vicioria Station to Westminster, and through Parliament Street, Whitehall, Charing Cross, Pall Mall, to Constitution Hill, so that the people will nave an ample ovbportunity of giving the Prince a welco ne. © Washingron, Nov. 27th. —i. :zotiations looking toward the settlement of the na- tion-widei coal strike, were broken off No. 2?7 Frederiksted Apothecary’s Hall OFFPERS HORLYCH’S MALTED MILK MELLIN’S FOOD Peter’s Cocoa Tetley’s Tea, Pto. 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