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nineC(Mi» StudentsAt kill's HotlSC;Recesstleaner P*r!i*mei^ry Repdrt*r3E BUDGET or Spring Session of the House oi Repre-.tativesefldect “yesterday m. The summer adjourn-'’ it is ^expected to last until second \or ;third week iii ;ober when the Autumn sion will begin.is anticipated, however, ' that adjournment will be ‘broken byWITH 75 -WINDSHE HURRICANE which was reported in: theeastern Caribbean yesterday is likely to affectJamaica this evening. At midnight last night theWeather Office said 'that the hurricane, had an equal chance of hitting_ Jamaica direct or passing to the north or south/^ut that in iny case it appearsthat the hurricane will affect this • island witheasterly winds and intermittent rain.The midnight report stated that the hurricane'vwas estimated at 11 p.m. EST to be about 100 miles south of Cape Beata, south* ermost point of the Dominican Republic There was nothing tp indicate any change of speed or direction—i.e. the speed and direction-were estimated to be 18 fly 20 miles per hour—westward, and it was expected to continue on that speed and direction during the next 12 hours.bort. session of the- House intember, in order to; lefts. j oi, fts present .‘direction.- theWeather Office Midnight ‘release continued—it was likely to begin affecting Jamaica seriously, soon'afted lunch today, and the centre might pass over or very near to Jamaica at about 6 this afternoon. Advisory messages would be issued today as frequently as possible by radio and other means, so that all available information as to whether the storm was expected to pass to the north or south on actually over the island would be made known.Movement;e approval to be given to‘*~Th'e nates ✓ of expenditure of the gston and St. Andrew Corporator 1951*52, which has just i completed and is before Gov-nent for consideration.K.S.A.C. Estimates•The Mayor, Mr. Ken Hill, H E., contacted the Minister r Social Welfare yesterday and fopived an assurance from him at thit Government would faclll-1c the financial arrangements of te SAt by calling a short meet* € of the -House during the adornment in order to deal with to clty estimates; which wonhl s ynduly held np otherwise : -clay in approval of the KSAC’s hates has been causing concern municipal circles over the past weeks. It has been pointed out there are urgent works to be ied out which cannot be* done l1 the estimates are * passed.irticular reference is made to “necessity for repairs ahi 1m* ;ements of roads in rural1 St. [rew. Some., of these roads~*re ly Tione, and should- there be u ricane or heavy rains it is feared all the work which has been e will be wiped ouVhnd cost of iir§ will ..be much greater than jresent._The Weather Office added that op the rate of movement at midnight the hurricane was unlikely Jo develop further in intensity and was not likely to produce stronger wind than earlier reported, i.e. /5 miles per, hour at the centre. A hurricane that is developing. does not normally move more than. from .10 to 12 mile's perTOTT=-dHRy~be moving at from 18 to 20, and it was-likely that the. 75 miies per hour-at the centre would probably be tho^wwucimutVi. —■* The afternoon - * report from the Weather Office said the hurricane]Sangster For REC* . ** %rJf4 •, . • ,- * • 9*0 f . •.- 1 '• •I* •Offers ^Pla[n,‘ Govt..POLICY for the increased production .of food _ crops to meet the island's, food needs was discussed in the House of Representatives yesterday ona motion put forward by Mr. Norman Manley, K.C. (E. St. Andrew), who proposed a line of action whichhe felt that Government could successfullyJfpllaw for the'maintenance of food production and theTHE HON. DONALD SANGSTER,• x Minister for Social Welfare, leaves the island tomorrow morning by plane for Barbados to attend meetings of the Regional Economic Committee of the British Caribbean Territories in that colony. Mr. Sangster- expects to visit Puerto Rico or other British Caribbean islands before returning to Jamaica. He will be away about two weeks.The -.meetings of-the-^Gommittee begin bn Monday with sessions of the Executive Council of the Committee which is comprised of -Mr. Sangster, representing Jamaica, «4he Hon. Albert Gomes, representing Trinidad,-tVOTEDTOHIS EXCELLENCY. Sir Hugh Foot, the Governor, in conversation, with AnhnUtiaun, Nigerian medical student of Howard Uni* Versity, who is here - attending the' Co-operative Course, during a visit of students of the course to Kint’s House yesterday.. -——Story on'page; 3.provision of,markets dt remunerative prices^The Hon. W. Alexander Bustamante, Leader of the Majority Party, speaking for the Government detailed what steps Government had taken, and vtes ; now taking, - in this direction, and added that the resolution moved by Mr. Manley Would assist Government and himself in the implementing of the policy now ‘being pursued by the administration in consultation with agricultural organisations. 1ResolutionMLhad^a forward* motionT of 18.-to 20\ miles per hour and attending winds of 70 to 80 miles per hour.„..... .. . , During yesterday and last night.l addition, it is said,, there might- the. hurricane moved from a position damage to house* and peopie 1m miles south of Mona Island, travel-ht lose their ,Uyes from 'floods TTng westerly‘along a course whichshould'pass about'100 «outh ofJamaica:' 'The .Weather Office said it only required a' variation of three hr four points tnvthe coyrse of thea resist of the * bad corujjfion- inf roads. 1For Murdereorge Wynter.” a^convict doing a ve-month stretch in-the General[tentiary. died in the Penitentiary's pital yesterday morning. Luther mels, another convict, doing a ►year sentence., has.been chargedmueJAemif a**/lng„British Guiana^ and Mr. Grantley Adams, representing Barbados.The meetings of the lull Committee are expected to start .on -Wednesday.^Subjects for dfiwusslon at these• sessions win be the report of the British West Indian trade delegation which reeenUy visited the United Kingdom and Canada under leadership of t£e Hon* Alex-ander BostamdEC*, the netting/up of the 9W1 Trade tiommlaaUntr Service In ^appointment of*n ExaWivfe'Secre-' “tary to tht Economic Committee. Advisers to Mr. Saunter *will be£9,640 For Crown Lands, Settlements£22,000 St. AnnProperty DealSUPPLEMENTARY EXRENOITUp: in the sum of £150,000was yesterday approved-of / Representativeshurricane tor « eertre spass over AndlhfHon.ttehthisShould the hurricane followthe. line indicated and pass to the V\t. jtrong . windsand rain, particularly along the southern sections, will' continue until tomorrow morning.At 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon, according to* the Weather Office, the disturbance--was 140 miles south of Ciudad Trujillo;—Santo' * Dominglt;57 This is the.same disturbance which on Wednesday was in Ihe eastern Caribbean, and it had been expected to veer northwards towards the Turksard W. Youngman. M.L.C., president of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce;U.S. Deports~towards completion of floodrains of October, 1950. ~In'addition, first.in StandmgivSS^ nance Committee which met - etrly yesterday-morning and-; then in: the 'Ho^se, APprwktthe sup'pltmentary expenditure*^;of £9.640, Xo. repair. d;tmage . done to Crown Lands arx£23 hmd setUements throughout the island during the , October tains, in the division £1.^50 for 'Cnnvn“LandSTStnd-£^,880-for the Land^SettJement*.in pwjsentlng the report of the tcommiUee* Mr. - Sangrter- 4»id that J he covered two items, both relating : to flood damage repairs in respect ' to Jand' settlement roads, amounting to £8;640, which Included Crown' Lands. and in-respect *to flood * dam-;aKt repairs, a sum of £150,000 Sup-* caused by the#flo^' • Biggest proprty deal in St. Ann mtHs ‘fummnrLawrence Kimball et al sold Upton 'f«Sn$aunders (Jca.) Ltd., I or the sum©r £22,000.The St. James. Benefit Building, Society~soid lands at Mpntego Bay. to* Samuel Hart and Son, lt;1928). for£4,500.. .* Charles Vendryesret aLJifins-femd * partTurnbull Penr~* St~ therlne to Richard;. A, Arnold et. for £3,200. sndyMy'Hsniidid, r•nft Pmy J uVfor - ivr-£2-000.Mr.The resolution m8v£cT~tby Manley read: ^WHEREAS the current food shortage . reveals a dangerous tendency to reduce the volume ot home grown'food )in Jamaica;AND WHEREAS it is a majoryto make an increasinglyelement of any sane • agricultural policy to make an increasingly larger contribution to -our ownxix.Senncth Royes transferred No.1QI17 Surbiton Avenue. St. Andrew to Jennie E. Lindo for £3,500. 4h- • *- GleaniLONDON, August .In my etxortir^ cditaiiua complete, cross*section*^ ;IfcrllisK '.opinion and reaction toward*?Jamaica cigars in relation to 5 the /ASufto-Guban Blacki f*!nti J.IJ RedPact, it Wae-neoeasary to resort to • plementary ’ Expenditure. £100.000 of four ctmsmV,-namely, the gen , the. latter amount would *be al-; located to..the Public Works Dcpart-; men.t„„Ior .repairs to roads damaged,l in fh* htirrirjirti* last andfood needs:.ANILJVHEKEAS. the mainten-—ance of food ^production and the provision of markets at retnpner-** ativc ■ prices for -iood ctops“Ts,. vital to farmers and• tenants:BE*IT RESOLVED 'that this House recommends t$e etWdish- * ment of a policy for increasing-. home-grown food- supplies and T advocate* the following as a ba-^jd^Ior .such policy:* '• lAvAn immediate' survey toine-where land is neededy be-made -available for Zykor food production,K The introduction of mca--sure * to compel that such land.-ailalBill In House» uti . ^ ^ i e% btlllior the establishment of astrgd gxanjg. ] asaajs,The view-'** of khe retailer canrrot !th° Tame of tne Jiousr. oi.ncp —-ba made available to responsible tenants for growing food crops:__3,_ Creation of iRe machinery contemplated by--thc .AgriculturalSmall Holdings vLaw tq^ adequately protect both land own*or* -and-tonants ... • • —M I I1C View* US. WJie CJT - - --taken--lightl^-rHek-corner into di- j tivw^yesterday.^4,-Restoration,of the functionsof the Marketing Departmen^inrelation to iood production—ta By re-opening al! Marketing Depots; tt) Providing transport and other facilities; lt;c) Providing improved storage for -home growtrfoods. f —^r .prov|sjon of special credit^-SALARY~~of TamaicaT3 ’Goveror is £300 higherthan it* was last “year.* Salary increases have been the order of the day in lop Government circles this ~yearTReq$ntly - Member* of the House approved of salary increases apd allowance increases for* members of the Legfelature,;: excepting the President of the Legislative , Council. . , ’ • *.Earlier, however, the salary ■ of-* the Governor had been. increased by. . the sum of £300. which was-provided .for in the 1951-52 estimates. 'Salary, of the Governor is now £4,800 instead of 31te* £4,500 provided by law with duty allowance at £ 1,500,as provlded“by law, this jjavingJ««L~_increased from £1,0C0 to/£1.500 .in . the 2949-50 estimates..Other Increase* to the .Gover- ”uuv's staff -brings the King4^-Ifacilities for food .growing farm-r tlAf frtHouse personnel increase*- tUs. year to £796. ^ ' _•.- KtlH earlier. Executive ’Council had approved of increased travelling and subsistence for Nominated Members of Executive Council and it was on this basis, it is reported, that Minister*’ '^ravelling l and-~-subsistence' -- -scales were fixed by the House re-cently. *
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