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“..., representing an angel
holding a shell, is similar in form to one in Inverness
Cathedral and is very beautiful. The handsome
wrought-iron chancel screen was the gift of Mrs. Wood-
gate Jones and the side screen was presented by the
married ladies of the colony. The altar rails were the
gift of Professor Austin of Salt Lake City. The elec-
trolier in the chancel was given by Queen Victoria, the
brass cross at the altar by the Church of Antigua, and
the lectern by the Church of Barbados on the occasion
of Bishop Austin’s jubilee. The Gothic Shrine made of
carved oak in the north-west transept was dedicated
in 1930 to the memory of Bishop W. P. Austin, first
Bishop of Guiana, and Primate of the West Indies,
and his successor, as Bishop of Guiana, Bishop W. P.
Swaby.
In High Street, which runs south from the Georgetown
Club, the two most conspicuous buildings are the Vic-
toria Law Courts and the Town Hall, a modem Gothic
building designed by Father Ignatius Scoles, S.J., and...”
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