The Third Annual Agricultural Conference held in Barbados was organised by the Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies and brought together colonial officials, scientists, and planters from across the region.
William Thomas Shorey was captain of a whaling ship from the 1880s through the 1900s, the west coast’s only Black captain at that time.
Heavy showers fall giving relief to the country after weeks if unbearable heat.
Rum shop owners faced problems as legislators were on the brink of increasing the price of liquor licenses.