1974 - 50 Years Ago - July 2024 Part 1

1974 - 50 Years Ago - July 2024 Part 1

1,—Over 100 destitutes have so far been sent back to the mainland at Island expense—more than twice as many as in the first six months of last year. British Airways operated their first scheduled Jet passenger service from the Island this morning using an 86-seater BAC-11, series 400.

2.—Because of a steady fail of rain in the last nine days of June, the average for the month was up on past years.

3.—Property developer Mr. Gerald Symonds’s multimillion pound plan to build a “ new town ” of 2,400 homes on Land reclaimed between the Esplanade and Elizabeth Castle has been turned down.

4. —The man who last month escaped from Newgate Street prison and spent four days hiding from an Island-wide search was sentenced by the Royal Court today to four years in jail for attempted rape.

5.—-A young Londoner who pushed a 65-year-old taxi driver to the ground because he refused him as a. fare was fined a total of £50 by the Assistant Magistrate.

7.-—-Every seat was taken for the gala performance of music and ballet led by prima ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn, and the applause which brought a concert by top artistes to an end went on for more than five minutes.

8.—-Thieves who broke into Le Douet Farm, Léoville St. Ouen, the home of Mr. Graham Webb, sometime today, stole the safe which contained cash, jewellery, stamps and coins valued at more than £5,000.

9.-—The anti-submarine frigate HMS Dundnas anchored in St. Aubin’s Bay this morning at the start of a six day visit to the Island.

10.—Ralph Shanahan. the man who hit a 91-year-old woman with a milk bottle after breaking into her home, had his nine year jail sentence cut to six on a point of principle by the Channel Islands’Court of Appeal today

11.——A Channel Islands’ team is to visit London next Friday for talks on the Kilbrandon Report. Representatives from Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney will meet officials from the Home Oflfice and the Foreign and Commonwealth Officer to discuss the implication of the report with regard to the Channel Islands.

12.—-Jersey growers who, after an indifferent potato season, were looking forward to another million pound plus cauliflower bonanza this winter, could well be facing a crisis. The recent lack of rainfall has seriously hampered germination in the seed beds with the result that there is likely to be a severe shortage of plants.

13.—Housing has been found for all the 38 new schoolteachers coming to the Island to start work in September. A Housing Department spokesman said that their advertisements in the “ JEP ” had produced nearby 50 replies, as a. result or which accommodation was now available for all new teachers.

15.—The CID are investigating the theft early today of £1,600 in cash and cheques from the safe in the office at L’Auberge du Nord, St. John.