, 1912-03-30
EI,EGRAN Ms
ST. CROIX STATION.

nut on lie twenty second and attended
Church service on the twenty fourth.
The report of the Committee Of the Foike-
ting upoa tbe ST. Thomas harbour cenees-
sion is expected after Easter.
L4:eutenent, Colonel Ditlevsen has been
oppoiutad Daunebro9smand. and Captain
VanDsurs, Knight OF Dannebrog. upon retire.
u,eps fro,D the West Indian force.
The deaths are announced OF the former
Director Of Soroe Academy, Hoh, and the
author Ferdinand Bauditz.
The ST. Croix left Norresundby on tne
twenty seventh.
ropdou. March 29th The coal owners
have thanked Mr.. Asquith and agreed TO
ocoo,t the Minimum Wage Bill, but the Min
a,e. Tederation by one hundred and twenty
ona to two las ordered a bal OF to be count
cd on April third, and rejected q proposal
that the ballot should be accompanied by q
recommendation of the Bill. Acceptance OF
the Bill is expected everywhere except iii
Scotland and South Wales. In Scotland
many hewers employ their own laboufers,
therefore the FIVE shillings' minimum would
fail upop the hewers, who are now frequently
xayjnp less. The South Wales Unions arc
stii} strong, also Durham and Derbyshire, but
elsewhere funds are nearly exhausted.
The railways have lost two million poanls
of freight earnings, and this traffic except t3r
perisnable goods will ba saap 'ndei after
Aprl third, there will also b. no cheap Els-
ter fares. Mr.. Mckenzie, on behalf OF Mr.
Asduth, has promised protection to miners
raslminu wo.k. Ten thousand soldiers arc
,ada, m at Aldershot, anl troop trains are
il readiness. Five hundred have been seat to
CannocE. Staffor7shire, and ano her detGci-
,nant 10 BIZ ubkinai ,Doabig!s hire, where riots,
considerable in themselves, but remarkably
small considering he dim snsions OF the
xtrixo. have occurred. Ten thousand will re-
sumo in Warwickshire.
The Lords passed HE second reading OF
The Minimum Wage Bill yesterday, but
postponed The committee stage on ac-
count of difficulty of phraalng % Govern"
meDt amendment to suit both sides.
TIE MARQUIS OF Landsowne said there
was no opposition to amendments,tha Bill was
accepted upon the Governments responslbll-
ty. acting under pressure OF o colossal coa-
sp;rucy, utilizing alleged grievances OF the
miners to consummate the consplrasors OBJ
;ects. hat is. the Minimum Wage Bill was
occepted like the Assurance Act, although
en.olly disiked, the Lords thus abdlcate
tao functions of a revising body.
Tn Times reports dissenslons between
the Trade Un;on Socialist wings ana the LII
Louritef. who a~malgamated in 1909, and Sc
rarstion is now Threatened as q result OF the
Trades Uniops prevailing over the Socialists
obiginy them to oppose the Minimum Wage
Bill when they wished to abstain from ITS
third reading. ar. Ramsay Mcdonald says
this vote has embarrassed the labonr move
neDt. The Socialists will stump tAe coun-
Try fol- The Bill.
Al the County of London SESSIONS Mr..
Wallace, the Chairman. has sentenced thirty
five S~ntfraaettea, the majority to foaf months
inDrtonment, twelve to six months and one
to eight months. A grandnother OF sixty
eight, although she protested against her re-
lease, was bound over.
Upon the further hearing OF the case
against tia editors of Woes for Women"
evidence was given that large sums had
haan diahnraad. a single oh que for seven