MARCH 1974 - Part 1
1.—Cypriot. Christos Mahaed Georgiou was fined £200 by the Police Court this morning for organizing illegal gambling at the The Millionaires Caledonia Place, from February 1 to 19.
4.—Although there have been no further cases of foot-and-mouth disease since the initial outbreak nearly two weeks ago, Department of Agriculture officials are warning farmers against complacency. The Department’s deputy chief executive officer, Mr. Walter Tardivel, said this morning that the danger of a further outbreak has not yet passed.
5.—-—It was announced that the price of milk is to go up by ½ p a pint on March 31. The increase is due to the dramatic rise in the cost of raw materials and fuel during the last four months.
6.——Extensive premises at La Motte Street and Colomberie Close. including the Cory’s cleaner’s shop have been sold and are to be used partly for offices. The properties, 30 La Motte Street, 10 Colomberie Close and Colomberie Close Flats, have been bought from Mr. L. P. Stevens, of Sea Garth, Bel Royal, by Tableau Investment Ltd, for an undisclosed sum. .
7.—The restrictions on putting cattle out to grass—imposed following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease on February 19—are to be lifted from midnight tonight. But the Committee of Agriculture—who discussed the matter this morning—stress the. need for continued vigilance by the farming community.
8.—-The Committee of Agriculture has issued a lengthy statement on the outbreak. If there are no further outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, all the restrictions will be removed from midnight next Tuesday, three weeks after the outbreak was confirmed at Woodlands, St. Ouen. ‘
9.—-The full extent of the damage to the early potato crop caused by the severe frost earlier this week has not yet been ascertained, but it is expected to be “quite serious ”.
11.--A well-organized “ streak ” took the Weighbridge by surprise as a lone runner, wearing only plimsolls and red and white woollen hat, appeared from a car and ran some 50 yards along Commercial Buildings, before disappearing into one of the warehouses.
12.-——Householders are to pay 17 1/2 per cent more for their water from March 25. This amounts to about £1.20 per quarter for a three-bedroomed house. The increased charge for commercial users goes up by considerably more.
13.—The most comprehensive promotional programme ever devised for Jersey’s agricultural industry will publicize Island produce in the UK this year. Devised by Interlink Development in conjunction with the Jersey Agricultural Marketing Federation. it has now been given the go-ahead by the Committee of Agriculture.
14.—Jersey boxer Tommy Cavanagh. of Leonis ABC. won the London South-West middleweight championship at Battersea Town Hall in London. In the semi-final he beat B. Harry, of Wandsworth, and in the final he boxed superbly to outpoint the favourite, K. Graham, of Battersea.
15.-—-“ Jersey Evening Post" vernacular columnist Mr. George F. Le Feuvre (“ George -d’La Forge ") has been awarded Le Prix Littéraire du Cotentin for his " Jerri Jadis ”, the first full-length book in Jersey Norman-French. Much of Mr. Le Feuvre’s book is based on the weekly articles that he writes for the “JEP”. Jersey’s voluntary Meals on Wheels Service delivered its 100,000th meal, a total reached after 11 years or operation.
1.—Cypriot. Christos Mahaed Georgiou was fined £200 by the Police Court this morning for organizing illegal gambling at the The Millionaires Caledonia Place, from February 1 to 19.
4.—Although there have been no further cases of foot-and-mouth disease since the initial outbreak nearly two weeks ago, Department of Agriculture officials are warning farmers against complacency. The Department’s deputy chief executive officer, Mr. Walter Tardivel, said this morning that the danger of a further outbreak has not yet passed.
5.—-—It was announced that the price of milk is to go up by ½ p a pint on March 31. The increase is due to the dramatic rise in the cost of raw materials and fuel during the last four months.
6.——Extensive premises at La Motte Street and Colomberie Close. including the Cory’s cleaner’s shop have been sold and are to be used partly for offices. The properties, 30 La Motte Street, 10 Colomberie Close and Colomberie Close Flats, have been bought from Mr. L. P. Stevens, of Sea Garth, Bel Royal, by Tableau Investment Ltd, for an undisclosed sum. .
7.—The restrictions on putting cattle out to grass—imposed following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease on February 19—are to be lifted from midnight tonight. But the Committee of Agriculture—who discussed the matter this morning—stress the. need for continued vigilance by the farming community.
8.—-The Committee of Agriculture has issued a lengthy statement on the outbreak. If there are no further outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, all the restrictions will be removed from midnight next Tuesday, three weeks after the outbreak was confirmed at Woodlands, St. Ouen. ‘
9.—-The full extent of the damage to the early potato crop caused by the severe frost earlier this week has not yet been ascertained, but it is expected to be “quite serious ”.
11.--A well-organized “ streak ” took the Weighbridge by surprise as a lone runner, wearing only plimsolls and red and white woollen hat, appeared from a car and ran some 50 yards along Commercial Buildings, before disappearing into one of the warehouses.
12.-——Householders are to pay 17 1/2 per cent more for their water from March 25. This amounts to about £1.20 per quarter for a three-bedroomed house. The increased charge for commercial users goes up by considerably more.
13.—The most comprehensive promotional programme ever devised for Jersey’s agricultural industry will publicize Island produce in the UK this year. Devised by Interlink Development in conjunction with the Jersey Agricultural Marketing Federation. it has now been given the go-ahead by the Committee of Agriculture.
14.—Jersey boxer Tommy Cavanagh. of Leonis ABC. won the London South-West middleweight championship at Battersea Town Hall in London. In the semi-final he beat B. Harry, of Wandsworth, and in the final he boxed superbly to outpoint the favourite, K. Graham, of Battersea.
15.-—-“ Jersey Evening Post" vernacular columnist Mr. George F. Le Feuvre (“ George -d’La Forge ") has been awarded Le Prix Littéraire du Cotentin for his " Jerri Jadis ”, the first full-length book in Jersey Norman-French. Much of Mr. Le Feuvre’s book is based on the weekly articles that he writes for the “JEP”. Jersey’s voluntary Meals on Wheels Service delivered its 100,000th meal, a total reached after 11 years or operation.
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