. The Cuba review. 10 THE CUBA R E r I E W. Donald St. Clair Gainer British Acting Charge d'Affaires, Havana Donald St. Clair Gainer is a native of Northampton, England. He was educated at Charterhouse, and also studied in France and Germany. During 1913-14 he was a member of an Arctic Exploration party. In 1915 he entered the foreign service, his first appointment being Vice Consul at Narrik, Norway. During the evacuation of North Russia by British forces in 1919, he handled the naval transports. During 1920 he was appointed Vice Consul at Bergen, and in 1921 transferred to Ha- vana. Shortly
. The Cuba review. 10 THE CUBA R E r I E W. Donald St. Clair Gainer British Acting Charge d'Affaires, Havana Donald St. Clair Gainer is a native of Northampton, England. He was educated at Charterhouse, and also studied in France and Germany. During 1913-14 he was a member of an Arctic Exploration party. In 1915 he entered the foreign service, his first appointment being Vice Consul at Narrik, Norway. During the evacuation of North Russia by British forces in 1919, he handled the naval transports. During 1920 he was appointed Vice Consul at Bergen, and in 1921 transferred to Ha- vana. Shortly after his arrival at Havana, he was promoted to Second Secretary of Legation, and in June of the present year was left in charge of the Legation during the absence of Mr. Godfrey Haggard. Union Club Not only the Automobile and Aero Club of Cuba is to have its club building on the Malecon. The Union Club, one of the oldest and most important clubs of Ha- vana, which numbers prominent men of politics and business among its members, will soon erect a club house on the Malecon near the Hotel Miramar. The contract was awarded in a recent auction to the known Cuban architects Arellano y Mend- doza, who are constructing the new Sevilla- Biltmore hotel building. The club will erect a two story building which will have all modern appointments. The cost of the building will be $166,300, and work will be started soon, so as to have the building completed at the beginning of 1924. Building in Cuba A building boom is in full swing in Cuba. A certain amount of marine and municipal construction is being carried out, but the boom is chiefly a of the combination of high rents with lowering prices for con- struction materials. Prominent among present projects is the building of an ex- tension to the Seville Hotel—a new sky- scraper for Havana—and the construction of new premises for the Canadian Bank of Commerce. In the rural districts, im- portant street paving and municipal con- st
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