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THE CUBA REVIEW 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



DOCK WORKERS 



The dock workers of Havana have obtained 

 their demands without striking. At a con- 

 ference between the delegates of the unions, 

 representatives of the companies and Sub- 

 Secretary Montalvo as mediator, the men 

 received all they demanded, save the question 

 of higher pay, which is to be left to the Sec- 

 retary of the Treasury . 



The men received the eight-hour day, with 

 working hours from 7 to 11 A. M. and 1 

 to 5 P. M. for day work, and 7 to 11 P. M. 

 and 12 to 4 for night work. 



The dock workers' demands have been 

 pending since February, when their threat- 

 ened strike was patriotically withdrawn, when 

 the revolution broke out, in order not to em- 

 barrass the Government. 



SEA CAPTAINS 



A bill was passed by Congress, which pro- 

 hibited Cuban merchant ships or ships flying 

 the Cuban flag from being commanded either 

 by foreigners or by Cubans who had been 

 naturalized. 



President Menocal vetoed the bill ow^ng to 

 the present state of war and the scarcity of 

 sailors of Cuban national ty. 



SANTIAGO 



It is reported that when the rebels evacu- 

 ated Santiago de Cuba they carried with 

 them $187,000 from the provincial treasury 

 and $140,000 deposited as sureties on mining 

 denouncements. 



HAVANA COURTS 



President Menocal has sent a message to 

 the Senate calling attention to the fact that 

 the bill passed creating three new courts in 

 Havana, one of instruction, the correctional, 

 and one municipal, will require an additional 

 appropriation to be effective. 



PETROLEUM 



Prospecting for oil has received great at- 

 tention in Cuba recently and a great number 

 of oil claims have been requested from the 

 Government. The press of late has devoted 

 much space to sensational reports of dis- 

 coveries of oil in Cuba. Up to the present the 

 actual results have shown that at Bacuranao. 

 some 15 miles west of Habana, the Union Oil 

 Co. has two wells, whose capacity produces 

 about 25 bbls. of oil per day. 



ORIENTE 



A commission of Congressmen from Oriente 

 province visited President Menocal recently 

 to ask him for public works and improvements 

 for Oriente. 



NICARAGUA 



A representative of Nicaragua believes that 

 its production of tobacco could be greatly 

 increased and has sent a request to Cuba that 

 expert tobacco planters be sent to Nicaragua 

 to engage in the cultivation of tobacco. 



GERMAN MINISTER 



Friedrich von Verdy du Vernois, German 

 Minister to Cuba, sailed May 1 for New York 

 via Key West. The Minister received his 

 passports several weeks ago, but time was 

 granted to him to arrange legation affairs. 



VEDADO TENNIS CLUB 



The board of directors of the ^'edado 

 Tennis Club has placed their clubhouse, 

 grounds and yachts at the disposal of Presi- 

 dent Menocal for whatever use the Go\ern- 

 ment can make of them in the war with 

 Germany . 



HAVANA 



Statistics of the captain of the port's office 

 show that 5,546 j^assengers arrived in Havana 

 during the month of April, while 6,964 sailed 

 during the same period. 



SHARK SKIN 



Cuban waters are infested with sharks, and 

 it is reported that the Cubans have been ex- 

 perimenting with a view to making use of 

 shark hides for leather suitable for footwear. 

 A shipment of 10,000 hides to New York for 

 this purpose has been reported. 



