1974 - 50 Years Ago - December Part 2

1974 - 50 Years Ago - December Part 2

16.-The problem of under-age drinking -has, led the licensing Bench to issue stern warnings to applicants for the liquor licences from January 1,. when. the new Licensing Law comes into operation.

17.-The Elfine Hotel, on Gorey Pier, which had, its licence revoked in June after complaints from neighbours of noise and disorderly behaviour, will be allowed to reopen its doors in the New Year.

18.-The 50p gallon of petrol has arrived in Jersey. Following yesterday's announcement by the UK' Government that wholesale prices could be raised, Island rates on all grades of petrol were increased by9p today-and further increases may well be in the offing.

19.-An application for an entertainments licence for the Demi des Pas Hotel, where the disco is run, was refused today. by the Licensing Assembly who said that the Premise's were not right far late-night entertainment

20.-In one of his last engagements befere retiring at the.end of the year, the Bailiff, Sir Robert Le Masurier, presented the Imperial Service Medal to the former States Offices telephonist, Mrs; Irene Devonia de la Cour.

21.-Police are investigating the death of a man found critically injured on the pavement at the rear of Sand Street multi-storey ear park shortly before L30 this morning. It appears that he may have fallen from the top.

23.-It seems unlikely that the illuminated Christmas cross- will appear on Fort Regent this year. The cross is obtained by /erecting  lights on the mast at the Signals Station, but high winds over the past few days have forced the men of the Harbour Works Department to postpone their plans.

24.-Proposals to allow 16-year-olds, to ride autocycles and farmers' sons to drive tractors on Jersey's roada are to be discussed in the near future by the States Defence Committee. There will also be talks about possibly extending the "life" of a driving licence  to three years. All 53 people, including two babies, on board a British Island Airways Dart Herald, miraculously escaped unhurt when the plane crash-landed at Jersey Airport at 7.20  p.m.

25.-Sandrine Riou was Jersey's only Christmas Day baby-weighing in at 7 lb. 13 ozs. Her mother, Mrs. Marie Riou. is the wife of a French farmworker. The couple have three other children.

26.-The Green Room Club pantomime, "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" opened at the. Opera House this afternoon.

28.-The Gas Company 'announced that the price of gas is to go up by an average of 51- per cent from April 1.

30.-The investigation into Jersey's Christmas Eve air crash' has been completed by the two inspectors from-. the UK Department of Trade's Accident Investigation Branch. They flew out of the Island this morning, leaving behind permission for the aircraft to be moved.

31.-Electricity charges are to go up by an average of 24 per cent from tomorrow.