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(Alexander) remarked: Mr. Ckaiiman. 1 | agree with the remarks of the Honorable | 9nd Member for Christiansted Town that | a public market and an abattoir are not the same. I also agree that the fee sug- : vested in the ordinance shouid go to- | ward cleaning the slaughter house Fur- ther ther> is a big difference between butchering ard the selling of fish and fruits. The butcher payvs a fee and ‘here- | fore are more entitled to the use of the abattoir. A butcher should have a fiee access to the abattoir at any time. | 95d Member for Christiansted Town (Caneguta) remarked: Mr. Chairman. | I am surprised to know that my honor | able friend has so litile knowledge of | local conditions. He should snow that | no animal ean be slaugntered without be- | g inspectad by the Sanitary Officer. Ist NMomber for Frederiksted Town (Jackson: 1 know an animal was slavghtered sometime in the couniry | witinout raving been ipspected, 9nd Member for Christiansted Town (Canegata): As regards the case the Honorabie Memoer bhas refered to [ un- derstand that the Sanitary Department | gave per miscion for the slaugntertug of | the animal. ! 2nd Member for Frederiksted Couniry | Distriet (Curry) :moved that a commitiee | of five members be appointed (o reecive and report on the Ordinance. To he continued. | LOCAL New York, Porto Rico and St Thomas mail consisting of 70 odd pieces was re- ceived here via the Catherineon Satur- ¢ay. QOur previous note as to 50 bags re- forred only to mail from San Juan. A sharp and soakinz shower of rain amounting to 8¢ lines fell in this town yesterday afternoon occasioning the post- ponement of the concert by the Native Brass Band. The Native Brass Band entertained a large gathering with a popular concert last evening. We welcome back from theislands af- ter an absence of three weeks Revd. and Mrs. C. Stanley Mayhew who arrived by the Parima this morning. eilit e s TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Allahabad, India, April 24th. - More thaa 1,700 persons have died from plague which h s been ravaging the Punjab since the first of the year, during the pasi forcnight, according to statistics made public yesterday. Os 70,000 cases reported sinee the first of January, 54, 000 have been fatal. Paris, April 24th—The toot of a steam whistle kas repizced the boom of ihe sun- rise and sunset gun in French navy 51TL2OOI A VIS vards, in pursuance of the programme of economy now under way. The aunuval saving in ammunition, it is estimated, wil! amount to several thousand franes. Moscow, April 24th— Roumania’s re- ported action in purchasing 400 airplanes and other equipment from France, has prompted an appeal by General Frunze, assistant war commiseioner to the Rus- sian workers, directing them to prepare themselves for arfy pos-ibie attack on the Federal R:public, Addressing a confer- ence of noa party work nen of the Mos- cow distriet, he said the Red Army must ba strong, not only in spirit, but iu tech- nical equipment, so as to repel invasion from any source. Paris, April 24th—-France today entered the race for the long distance supremacy in the air. A military airplain took off secretly from Vilia Coublay and headed for Japan. The flyers hope to estabiish a record for sustained flight. The first jump was to be an unprecedented one, a nonstop flight to Constantinople, 1,935 kilometres away., The Air Ministry did not announce the departure officialiy, ‘be- cause itls planned, unless the plane sue- ceeds in reaching Constantinopie in one jump, to cail it a false start. [he most carefui preparations have been made to show France’s predominance in the air. Karachi, B. 1., April 24th--The flight of 790 miles here from Bupderabbas, Per sia by Major MacLaren and his compan- iois in the Britist arvoansd the worid ven- ture, was made without incident. The weather conditions were ideal and the arrival was exactly on schedule tume. All the airmen were in excellent heaith, al- tnouzh a little weary and somewhat deat. Their arrival hereends the first stage of their world flignt. They now have covered zbout 4,890 miles, or ap- proximately ore fifth ot the total dis- tance. The next section to lTokio is rovghly 5,880 miles. Simia, ludia, April 24th- The British ryund the world flight, now at Karachi, will not g=t under way again before Friday or Saturday, zceording to advices today. Some minor defects developed in the blg amphibian whea 1t reached Kar- achi yesterday, it was said, and Ma- jor Maclaren commanding the expedition decided to overhaul his plane. From Ka- rachi the flyers, now well ahead of their United States army co npetitors, who are heid upin Alaska, wiil,flyto Nasrrabad then to Calcutta. Paris, April 24th.—M. Poincare in an election speech delivered at a banquet of the Republican Federation tonight, an- swered the reproach that he had neglect- ed home politics, by setting forth at great length the proposed programme of the new Chamber in the way of social and ecoromic legislation. "‘At the same time,”” he added, ‘I must regret that the vnew Chamber, just as the one whose mandate ds about to expire, will above ali have 1o cast its eyes beyond the frontiers io safecnard France's rights and consoli- date the peace of the worid.”” The P'reir- ier then proceeded to define the guiding principles of nis forelgn poliey and can tinued ‘'We shall study the new econo mic regime, which the Treaty of Ver- sailles obliges us to pegotiate at an early date with Germany herself, to{ obtain reparations and puoarantees of safety without giving any one a pretext to mis- represent our peaceful intentionsfand let slip the opportunity cffered us by your successin the Ruhr, by the report of the experts and by the preliminary decision of the reparation commission, In a word, we shali seek to accomplish settiement, but not exchange solid gua- raitee for mere Gernhan promises, tle insincerity of which, according to pu:t experience, coes not inspire confidence. and rot rely blinaly in advance on a deb. - «r who has doue nothing up to the pr sent to discharge his otligations,”’ St. Johns, N. F., April 24th. -A wanrt of confiderces vote was carried against the Warren Government in the Nev - foundland Legislature late today, by u vote of 16 to 15. ihe whole fabric of the Warren Government came tumbiirg down this afrernoon, immediately aticr the openine of the local assembly, Men- bers of the Lower House had just re- turned from the l.egisiative Counc! Chamber, when Premier Warren rcse in his place in the house and staicd that he had bui seven men eut of a totel membership of thirty six on his side. Immediately Mr. Richard Cramm moved a resolution of want of confidence the Government. The motion was sup- ported by thne Opposition, who were theve in 1 ree. Seattle, Wash., April 256th.—A severe earthquake was feli here this worning. Residents pronounced it the most seve e tremor in this distner for many years. No damuage has heen reported, Erassels, April 25th.—Prince Vie or Napoleor. head of wne tiouse of Bou:- parce, has sent from DBrussels instruc- tions to the Bonaparte Party in IFranee to vote the straight Republican Tiekei at the coming Paviiamentary election- “You wiil vote with discipline,”” the ip structions read; ln favour of the patri- otie candidates, who are resoived (o ere- ate in the Republic a Government of or- der, authority and with an essential guu- rantee of internal peace and external security. “"You will oppose energeti- cally the Communist and international candidates, who arc 1n league with the countrys’s enemies. Place the inieresis of France and the honour of serving it above our political aspiraticns and por- sonal preference.”” Geneva, April 25th.——The British Gov- ernment has filed with the Sceretariat of the League of Nations for regisiia- tion, the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the Pacific Treaties of 1921 and 1922.