In
1916, in the middle of the First World War and in the face of low wages and
attempts to limit emigration to Cuba
and the Dominican Republic ,
Joseph Nathan organized a petition requesting uniform wages for agricultural
workers and government regulation in setting the size of tasks and hours of
work. However the Administration felt
that it had no right to interfere in relations between a planter and his
labourers. In November of that same
year, undaunted by this response and perhaps even motivated by it, Nathan and
others annou..
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1934, December: The Wade Estates paid their workers a Christmas bonus of 8d per ton of cane cut. Other estates paid only 3d per ton cut. Some estates refused to pay any bonus to their workers.
1935, January: There were cane fires on several sugar estates near Basseterre.
1935, 20t Jan: Estate workers from all over the island attended a Universal Benevolent Association meeting called by its Secretary, Joseph Nathan . He advised them that since there would be..read more
Eyewitness: Cyril
Halbert
Date: 28 th January 2005
Place: National Archives
Cyril
Halbert was about twelve years old in January 1935. He was a student at the Grammar school which
at the time was run by Mr. Williams, an English man. The teachers were Branch, Wooding and
Matheson. There were about forty boys at
the school. ..
The Berkeley
Memorial in the form of a clock
and drinking fountain stands in what is known as the ‘Circus’. Tourists and
locals gravitate towards it for different reasons. Tourists like to take photographs of it;
locals like to ‘lime’ on its base on Fridays. In particular young people can
often be seen sitting and chatting there in the early evenings. During the day many taxi drivers who wait for
fares sit on its base to discuss political matters and solve international
problems!
The
memorial which was built in Glasgow has seen..
On the 30 th March 1859 the House of
Assembly addressed Governor Robinson who was temporarily relinquishing his post
as Governor-in-Chief of the Leewards and showed its appreciation for the
numerous public works that
have been executed,
such as the supply of water from the mountains to the Town of Basseterre; and
in connection therewith, the adornment of the Square with a handsome fountain
and Garden; the Pier, The Treasury Building and Light House and the new Church
of St. George’s ”
F...