ONE of the great landmarks in the history of the League will ever be the reception given to the members of the 1933 West Indies Cricket Team and their friends by our President and Mrs. Harold A. Moody at the Waldorf Hotel on the eve of the first test match, Friday, June 23rd. Th

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Much praise has come to the League as a result of the first n umber o f th e fifth vo l ume o f th e KEYS. Thi s presen t num b er c ; "tains the second part of the Conference Report and we believe 't will merit like praise. My message must be brief but there are two things I wa

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are made subordinate to that of the white settlers. The frican's economic future is, in a word, hopeless. Yet in spite of all that, he pays taxes far in excess relatively speaking of his earning capacity. He pays a hut tax of 12/- a year, i.e., 12/- for each of his wives. This i