, 1915-02-06

Let us now begin to bHild new buildings
aud we would see the difference to former
days. 1t could not help always to tud fault
with everything.
l8t Member for Christanstel Town
(StaEentq3U) was glad to see the hon. last
Speaker maintaining unity, bnt ii we only
went on saying yes to everything, then le
Us just rs well make away with the whole
Council, then it was useless wasting your
time in sitting here.
Bird Member for Ftederi ksted Country
District (L'0tneY replied, that having q little
common sense he cOnSid cred it Of more beue-
fit to work together than always promoting
friction.
4th Member for Christiansted Country
District ~(SchmtegeIo,c) remarked TINT we
had a right to ask questions only it was done
in a polite manner.
1at Member for Chrjstiausted Town
(Stakemdnu) replied that he should be glad
to lenrn poIiteness from the hon. last Speaker.
LIST Member tor Frederiksted Town (CJu{-
ty) would make some remarks which must
not be Construed rs criticism. not that hs
was afraid of criticism, but the circumstances
were not favourable for it. Most OF thu hon.
Member would admit, that the present at
minlstrntion has worked under nnDucky cir
cumstancee, almost every year something un-
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and now the war therefore The present adj
ministration could not be looked upon as hay-
ing had as good luck as former admiui5tra-
t!Ons.
Concerning the Militia he could refer to
his remarks before in the Council to- iuy.
HIS Excellency had advised HIM to 90 to St.
Thomas and see the Miitia there, but y0u
could not draw any comp iris N between
these two Militia Corps, YOU could not expect
the people here to b. Of the same as as in
st. Tnomas. With regard to the uniform he
believed something could be done to polu
l0rize the Corps.
He had only one remark to m Ike concern
ing, the Sanitary Department. 1t w s much
to be regretted, that Government ntd not
taken steps to appoint an oec0noma at Pc
ter's Farm Hospital. The speaker was IA
member of the Council in Governor Cold'5
time, and it was quite distinctly lail on, tht
the Inspector and the Oeconoma should be
different persons.
The mid wives training in Copenhagen was
Of great use, but at the same time these
trained wo nen should be protected in heir
work, there had been some complaints that
nurses attended at births, +. INST. some fami-
lies in Frederiksted had been allowed to
send to the Hospital for nurses to attend ia
cases of births.
The Chairman (haJ7e1) interrupted bv say
ing that it had never taken place in Oh is
tiAnsted, and he would take the matter ND.
If it came to his knowledge, of course people
had q right to use sicknurses under such
circumstances, but not at the act Of giving
birth, thnt was " right belonging to tho
midwives
LIST Member for Frederiksted Town (CouZ-
ts1) continued The hon. 3rd Member for
FrederIksted Country District (Lunney) had
given some plausible reasons for the increase
of the Building expenses. There was one
item which be, the Speaker, could not tn6
on the Budget, that was a covered wharf ia
Frederiksted, more than five years have
passed since it was promised, tie tracks
have been laid, but the building seems to be
forgotten. meanwhile in Chrlstiansted the
wharf has been repaired, the Custom Honso
likewise, he Post Office now gets extra help,
certainly the Post Office in Christiansted
has less to do than III Frederiksted. The
other day he saw His Excellency, who had
just arrived with the American steamer from
st. Thomas, standing in deep thoughts look
ing at the goods landed from the steamer
aud spread over the whnrf, aid it struck
him, if His ExceIlency now was thinking on.
wnat loss for the merchants it was, when the