1986 - 40 years ago - May - Part 1

 

1986 - 40 years ago - May - Part 1

April 28—May 4

MR Barry Shelton, the director of a company declared en desastre in 1982, calls for the resignation of the Viscount, Mr Mike Wilkins. He also asks the Attorney-General to look into the Viscount's handling of the case involving the company, Jomen Ltd.

A man escapes with coins and rings worth £1,600 from a King Street jewellery shop. Staff at H. Samuel disturb the thief as he grabs the valuables from an open safe in the rear of the premises.

Traces of radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl power station accident in Russia are found in samples of milk and grass taken in the Island but they are dismissed as "minimal" by the Civil Emergency Officer, Col. Bill Clayden.

Antonio and Veronica Mileti, a couple involved in a "sham" home buying scheme to evade Housing regulations, are each fined £15,000 by the Royal Court.

The vice-president of the Public Health, Deputy Robin Rumboll, says that the committee will not support a contribution to the cost of keeping the Netley Castle convalescent home in Southampton open. He adds that this might prejudice the present reciprocal health agreement with the UK.

The Parish of St Mary says farewell to its Rector, The Rev. Michael Harrison. Mr Harrison's place is to be filled by the Rev. Peter Manton until a permanent successor

 

Evidence given by suspended St Helier Centenier Peter Pearce is called into question at the Police Court. The Centenier's account of the arrest of a man accused of assaulting the police is alleged to be at variance with evidence given by States Police officers.

May 5-11

INFORMATION about Jersey's "blueprint for the future", Volume 2 of the Island Plan, indicates that greater efforts are to be made to preserve the countryside.

The Frenchman detained after a shotgun siege in St Mary in April, Jean-Luc Le Moual, is released on bail after a Police Court appearance.

An Agriculture and Fisheries Working Party is set up to look into the introduction of safety regulations for fishing boats. The move is made five years after the matter was first brought to the attention of the States.

Deputy John Le Gallais, president of the Resources Recovery Board, reveals that local oil companies have so far recovered £3 million from consumers because of the special premium imposed to cover capital investment in La Collette fuel farm.

W. E. Guiton and Co. Ltd., the parent company of the Jersey Evening Post, announces pre-tax profits for 1985 of nearly £1 million.

 

Success is also recorded by de Gruchy's, the largest single store in the Channel Islands. Pre-tax profits for the year ending on 31 January amount to over £900,000, three times the level of the previous year.

There are angry scenes at a Liberation Day wreath laying ceremony attended by a Russian military attaché. Demonstrators almost come to blows when an anti-Soviet group tries to lay its own wreath at the Westmount memorial to Occupation slave workers.