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€5 a1 vVI Z ST. MARY’S MOVIES - Tuesday, May 29, 1923 8.15 P. M. Douglas Maci.can IN “The Home Stretch.” 5 REEL COMEDY. “SNICKY’S HOME BRUN™ 2 REEL COMEDY. General Admission.... . o e- s SCHOOL ATTENDANCE REPORT NO. 37, | Week Endirg May 25, 1923, | Municipality of St. Croix. Per- | Percent of cent of ; Pupils not Attend- | Sehool Cla s tardy. ance. | Christiansted Jr. High 9759 100.00 | L.a Valiee Rural 100,00 100,00 | Frederiksted Public 9493 99.08 | Diamond Rural 100.00 98.28 i Frederiksted Jr. High 100.00 98.18 | Peter’s Rest Rural 100.00 97.84 | Christiansted Public 9680 95.58 | La Princess Rural 93.03 9480 | Friedensf{eld Rural il 902 | Frederiksted Senior High 99.00 92.40 | tion of Fiesident F. H. Knube! and President H. A. Weller of the Minis- tevium of Pennsylvania., Dr. Edwin Heyl Deik, bnd Revs. R. H. Gearhart and J. D, Krout cfficiated. Rev. Mr. Hut goes as a missionary to the Virgin Islands on May 19th. —7The Lutheran, May 17th. ILOCAL The s. s. Romanita, a considerably | emaller steamer than the Marina, arrived | here on Saturday with 45 bags mail, and | general cargo, as weil as the following | passengers: ; From Porto Rico—Peter Guilof. From ‘ St. Thomas—Emile Alard, George Ritz- l berg, Nathalie KEchenagucia, Lancelot | James, Rev. Father Holland. | Tonight the last instalmant of J’ Ac- | case will be screened at the Christiansted | Theatre: see ad elsewhere in this issue. } A football mateh between the Merry i Boys and Merry Juvenile was played on Holger Danske yesterday afternoon and ended in a draw--both sides scoring 2 I goals. ! T LEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Trinidad. May 24th.—At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday the action of tha2 Canadian Government in repealing the dumping clause on sugar was discussed and the f{oliowingletter addresszed to the Minister of ¥inance Ot- tawa was read. ‘'We have the honour to confirm the despateh of cur cable mes- sage to you of the 19th instant reading’’ protest against abolition dumping clause which will allow American sugars refined from toreign raws to be impoerted into Canada as long as West Indian refined is shut out under Duteh standard colour test, also urge this is prop r time recon- sider Duteh standard test and thus allow British West Indian refined sugars enter Canada without restriction and enjoy preference uuder trade agreement. *‘This cable was sent forward after the consid- eration of a cable message from Canada a.lvising that the new Canadian tariff re- peals the dumping clause on sugar alone, While this action by the Canadian Gov- ernment will, in the opinion of the Com- mittee of this Chamber, inevitably re-act on the market for our raw sugar in Can- ada, in emphasis ol the view expressed in our cable, we are direcied (o respect- fully point out to you that the repea!l of the dumping clause repeals undue pre- ference against British West Indian re- fined sugar in lavour of Awmerican sugar refined from foreign raws espacially in view of the fact that our refined sugar is debarred from open competition in the Canadian market through the operation of the Dutch standard colour test. Such Mr. GUSTAVE K. HUF, a middler | in Mt. Airy Theolocical Seminary, was | licensed on May 3rd in St. Matthew’s | church, Philadelphia, Pa., to perform | ministeriai aeis until the next meeting | of the east Pennsylvania Svnod. This | was at the request of the West Indies ! Mission Board and under the authoriza- treatment the Committee of this chamber ! is firmly of the opinion is munifestly un- \ fair, and not in the best interest of inter- ’ Empire trade and therefore not in keep- ! ing with the spirit which prompted vect- | procal arrangements between Canada | and these colenies. We therefore, re- | spectfully, but strongly uvrge that the | question of the Duteh standard colour ‘ test should now be abolished and thus allow British West Indian refined sugars ! to enter Canada without restriction and | enjoy vreference under the trade apree- - ment of 1924”. The following cable {rom | M. Aspinali was also read and discussed: | **Advise proceed ecautiously pending | further details from Ottawa and consid- | eration of possible effects of chanve in . British direct consumption sugar. ‘*Aould . point cut that Duteh stardard regulation { applies equally to American and British . sugza:s. Our Montreal corresponlent -~ considers new tariff me2ns increased econ- . sumption and censequently benefit to . West Indies’’. The chairman said he + did not agree with Mr. Aspinall’s views | aud thought it would deprive the small | West Indiza islands of a2 market on t which they always had considerable con- i trol. | Laqsanne. May 25rd.—The Allies have I abandoned a formal session of the Near East Conference, probably until Satur- l day. in order to seek a settiement of the troublesome problems to avoid a rupture of the Conference aud fird a solution of the Greco Turkish differences arising over reparations. An effort is boing f made > straighten out the reparations [ m:.tter by inducing Grecce to cede some territory to Turkey, in jreturn for renun- ciatior of an indemnity. The British delegation has issued a long statement reviewing the work and affirmingz that much has been accompvlished. It adils that both tie Allies and Turkey want | peace, "‘but there is no short cut to the . end all are seeking’’. The British state- | ment says that the Allies have pre-ared | a new fori.uia for judicial safeguards | for foreigners in Turkey, which they ' hope wili at ieast afford a basis for dis- ‘l cussion, and concludes with an appeal for | patience, because the Allies are dealing . with a new Turkish Government which | is intensive'y sensitiv2 in regard toits | sovereign rizhis. ? Ottawa, May 23rd.—The changes con- | tained in the new budeget resolutions jn- ' troduced by the Finance Minister today i are somewhat more extensive than what | was anticipated. They include changes { in the tarifl, in the sales tax, in the ' cheque tax and the tax on confectionary I and beverag:s. The new sales tax will | not come into foree until January Ist. 1924, ipsteac of on the Jrst of August " pext. Tae reduction in the maximem | tax on cheques from (wo dollars to .~ one dollar goes into effect when %as- l sented to by the Goverror-General. The repeal of the special tax on eonfec- tionary and b2veragzes goes into gffezt on