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P bl. ® üblication. T is hereby brought to public notice that Income Tax return forms may be obtained at the Office of the Des- patching Secretary for the town and country district of Christiansted and at the Office of the Police Judge, Fred»rik- sted for the town and country district of Frederiksted. Special atieation is in- vited to the folleawing requirements con- cerning Income Tax: A return is required of each and ev- ery person (including corporations) hav- ing a total (gross) lncome of KFrancs 4,500.00, or over, Non-residents (including non-resident corporations) are not entitled to the exemption of Franes 4,500.00. ~ Income Tax /Returns must be filed, at the ,Despatching Secretary’s Office, on or .before March 31, after which date Income Tax Returns will be received only by the Court. For failure to make return on or be- fore jMarch 31, any person (including corporations) required to do so by the terms of the Urdinance shall b 2 liable to a penalty of not less thar Francs 100.00 nor more than Franes 5,000.00. Government of the Virgin Islands of the Uniied Scates, St. Croix, January 29, 1921 C. W. FOX, I’)%spatching Secretary LiOCAL. The Elservie Liznt System of this town with power-nouse and everything else belonging toit has again changed hands having b2en purchased last week by tae island’s most oa: rprising business man, the energetic and esteemed merchant of frederiksced, Robt. L. Merwin Esq. We are glad 0 see Mr. Merwin extending hiz interests to Christiansted and hope they will be fuliy repaid. The elzctric plant is defective chiefly in its engines whieh will now be replaced by propar motors to ensure good, reiiable service, and it is expected to have it in operation with a minimum of delay. the public will uadoubtedly welcome the restora- tion of the electric light system, a civic improvement which the community had naturally grown to appreciate and has beon greatly handicapped without. The attention of patrons of the Chris- tiansted Theatre is requested invited to the change of programme For the show this evening when instead of *‘The Yellow Menace’’, previously announced, =there will be prescnted the first three episodes of “‘The Midnignt Man’’, a 36 reel. serial wito James J Corbett of pugilistic fame as the hero. [nis film waica toe man- aegment Delieves will please everybody should appeal specially to those interest- SIT. S ROUOTA A Xirs ed in the manly art of self-defence, and afford them the singular cpportunity of witnessing true-to life scenes from the career of one of the most notab'e holders of the world’s heavyweight chsasion ship. See programme on first pave o! this Issue. : The 8. S. Tupy. . which was reported due tat Frederiksted on Saturday last, is now understood to be expecied "nly tomorrow morning. Up to the present the week-end mur has not arrived. The Pocahonftus which teok the place of the Virginia this trip reached Frederiksted yesterday for mai! but did not brinz.any. The Daspatching Secretary received a radio message on Sat- ur-day evening from the Government at St. Thomas advising that the Tadousac had brought the mail from San Juan and that the St. Croix portion should be looked ffor Monday (this) afternoon, probably by the same boat. The Post- master endeavored to have ail the inail for St. Croix sent over by the Tupper, but as already mentioned she hes been delayed and won’t be here until tomor- row. : TELEGRAMS». ST. CROIX STATION. Paris, Jan. 27th.—Mr. Lloyd-George is understood to have taken exception to an article in a Paris newspaper criticiz- ing his atiitude on various questions now beirg discussed by the Supreme Allied Council and has protested to M. Briand regarding the tone of the French press, says the Qeuvre: ‘‘Sineel was treated this way’’, the newspaper quotes Mr. Lloyd-George as saying, ‘‘l tel! you I will never come to Paris again.”” M. Briand in consequence of this protest appealed to newspapers lasb night to use modera- tion inp writing of the work of the Su- preme Council. ‘‘lam supported by all of you’’, he declared. ‘‘lndiscretions, pure invention, were printed this morn- ing which do not please my interlocu- ters. If that goes on, you wiil make it impossible for any more meetings to be held in Paris. Cork, Jan. 26th,—Mary Bowles, a 15 year old girl, was courtmartialed today, but sentence was deferred. The girl was arresced after she had been discon- ered crossinga lield with arms in her possession, having dropped a Lewis gun in her flight from the police. She also was found to be wearing steel body armour, which was produced in court, as were the arms. At the trial she refused to plead and remained silent. London, Jany. 26th. —The Prince of Wales today attended the Australian Day luncheon and had a great reception both in person and on account of his r: ey speech on his experience in his tour of that dominion. - London, Jany 26th.—Sir Jas Craig, who has been prominent in the coun- cii of the Ulster Unienist for many years has accepted an offer from the Ulster deputation, now visiting London, to put his name before the local people of the six counties for clection as their leader, pro- vided his selection should meet with the unani nous approval of the Ulster Uni- onist ("ouncil. : Dublin, Jan. 26th.—The crown slar witness in th2 case againsi 4 men charged with the murdering of one of the 14 oificers who were killed here on Nov. 21st has mysteriously disappeared, and the case has been adjourned. . l.ondon, Jan 26th. —Mzny delegates to the National Conference ot the Micers Federatiot, which is in session here, ad- mitted today that the reduciion of weges was inevitable., The object of the yres ent session of the conference is considor the attitude to be taken cowards tne labot conferences on unempioyment. London, Jan. 26th.—A poiiiical sensz tion has been created today by a r«baff, whic Mr. Lloyd-George has reczived in his own territory. The Cardigan Liher- als have refused to accept as thew candi- date, in the forthcoming by-eiectioir the coalition ecandidate, Caprain ruest Evans, and have nominaied instead Mr. Llewellyn Williams, a champion of ihe anti-Lloyd George liberals. When the vacancy ocearrad it was assumed thul the seat would go to Capt. Evans as a matter of course. He is one o:f the Premier’s private secretaries and a former member of Parliament. Abermule, Wales, Jan. 26th.- -Fiftzen persons, 12 of whom were passengors, were kiiled in a railway wreek n-ar here today Many oihers were injur:d The wreck occurred when the coast 2x- press co lided with *a train from Moni 20 mery. Lord Robert Vanetempest, broih- er of the Marquis of Londonderry, was= among those killed. Paris, Jan. 26th. —The Allied militar, experts today handed the Supreme Cc li2- cii their report of a plan for the .is- bandment of German military units. Paris, Jan. 26th.- The Supreme Coin cil today decided to recognize Lervia Ind Esthon as sovereign states. Most of .ae day was spent in private discussions re- garding reparations. : Berlin, Jan. 26th.—Germany has agreed to a plan of five yearly instai- ments for the payments of reparations as to the basis of further negotiations with the Allies. Germany desires, how- ever, that the negotiations fixing the amount of the instalments be temporariiy postponed. Copenhagen, Jan. 26th.—A Riga des- patch says that Victor Kopp, the Soviet representative in Germiany, arrived in Riga yesterday and declared that Ger- many’s recognition of Soviet Russia was practically an accomplished faet. He said that the German independent so- cialists next week would present an in- terpellation in the Reichstag and demar?fi