1965 - 60 years ago - May Part 2
18.—The Bailiff of Jersey, Mr. R. H. Le Masurier, D.S,C. officially opened the 54th conference of the British Waterworks Association at West Park Pavilion. 600 delegates and their wives attending.
19.—Richard Harding Murray Stableford, who was recently sentenced death by the Full Court for the murder by shooting of Patrick Wilkinson on December 11, has been reprieved and the sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
20.—After a man had been seen in the staff flats at Noel and Porter in King Street. early this morning the entire block of flats was investigated by the police: four holdalls packed with men’s clothing valued at £400 were found ready to take away and three men were later arrested. R.J.A. and HS. Spring Cattle Show held at Springfield. First meeting on the season staged by the Jersey Motor Cycle and Light Club at St. Ouen’s Bay.
21.—Appeals were entered at the Royal Court by three betting offices in two amusement premises against recent decisions by the Gambling licensing Authority. At the Royal Court the residue of the personal estate of a hotelier’s widow who died in squalor amounting to £3,000 as authorized to be divided between three cousins.
22—Party of 23 French dignitaries arrive in the Island as guests of Condor Ltd. and a reception and lunch was given by the Tourism committee. Following the findings of a number of dead Colorado beetles on beaches in the north and east of the Island, spraying precautions were ordered to be taken.—-Twenty-seven Channel Islands take part in the Jersey—Guernsey race for the Piccadilly Trophy, the winner being the Jersey boat Arrow. owned by Mr. G. Godfray.
25.—The spacious new departure lounge at the Airport, costing £81,600, came into use for the first time today. On the La Moye course today, Mrs A. Lindsay (Guernsey), the reigning title-holder retained the CI. Ladies Amateur Golf Championship by defeating the Jersey champion Mrs S. Leapingwell, by 9 and 7.
26.—At a sitting of the Full Court today, Deputy F. E. Luce. of St. John, took the oath of office as a Jurat of the Royal Court (vacancy being caused by the retirement of Jurat C. Orange). At a St Ouen parish assembly it was decided to vote a sum not exceeding £30 for the purposes of commemorating Sark's colonization 400 years by natives of the parish.
27.—Inquest held on the body of 16-year-old Malcolm Emile Falle, who died following injuries received when the bicycle he was riding in collision with a. minibus on Grouville Coast Road on the evening of May 9, a verdict of accidental death being returned ; a second inquest was held on the body of Francois Taillabnesse, a 59—year-old kitchen porter, whose body was found lying at the foot of a disused quarry at the back of Westmount Works, a verdict of accidental death being recorded. In an official statement today Channel Television announced that it is to sell a controlling interest (51 per cent) of its shares to the Associated British Picture Corporation Ltd. Residents at Les Pouquelaye area hold protest meeting at Town Hall against the deal by the Island Development Committee to re-zone the area for industrial purposes.
28. —The sentencing of three of four 13-year old boys who pleaded by at the Royal Court to stealing from and causing damage in churches was deferred for six weeks today ; the fourth was placed probation for two years. Antl-fluoridation meeting held by the Jersey Anti-fluoridation Association—At a meeting of the Jersey Drag Hunt and Chase Club in was stated that, a profit of £1,500 had been made on the year.
18.—The Bailiff of Jersey, Mr. R. H. Le Masurier, D.S,C. officially opened the 54th conference of the British Waterworks Association at West Park Pavilion. 600 delegates and their wives attending.
19.—Richard Harding Murray Stableford, who was recently sentenced death by the Full Court for the murder by shooting of Patrick Wilkinson on December 11, has been reprieved and the sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
20.—After a man had been seen in the staff flats at Noel and Porter in King Street. early this morning the entire block of flats was investigated by the police: four holdalls packed with men’s clothing valued at £400 were found ready to take away and three men were later arrested. R.J.A. and HS. Spring Cattle Show held at Springfield. First meeting on the season staged by the Jersey Motor Cycle and Light Club at St. Ouen’s Bay.
21.—Appeals were entered at the Royal Court by three betting offices in two amusement premises against recent decisions by the Gambling licensing Authority. At the Royal Court the residue of the personal estate of a hotelier’s widow who died in squalor amounting to £3,000 as authorized to be divided between three cousins.
22—Party of 23 French dignitaries arrive in the Island as guests of Condor Ltd. and a reception and lunch was given by the Tourism committee. Following the findings of a number of dead Colorado beetles on beaches in the north and east of the Island, spraying precautions were ordered to be taken.—-Twenty-seven Channel Islands take part in the Jersey—Guernsey race for the Piccadilly Trophy, the winner being the Jersey boat Arrow. owned by Mr. G. Godfray.
25.—The spacious new departure lounge at the Airport, costing £81,600, came into use for the first time today. On the La Moye course today, Mrs A. Lindsay (Guernsey), the reigning title-holder retained the CI. Ladies Amateur Golf Championship by defeating the Jersey champion Mrs S. Leapingwell, by 9 and 7.
26.—At a sitting of the Full Court today, Deputy F. E. Luce. of St. John, took the oath of office as a Jurat of the Royal Court (vacancy being caused by the retirement of Jurat C. Orange). At a St Ouen parish assembly it was decided to vote a sum not exceeding £30 for the purposes of commemorating Sark's colonization 400 years by natives of the parish.
27.—Inquest held on the body of 16-year-old Malcolm Emile Falle, who died following injuries received when the bicycle he was riding in collision with a. minibus on Grouville Coast Road on the evening of May 9, a verdict of accidental death being returned ; a second inquest was held on the body of Francois Taillabnesse, a 59—year-old kitchen porter, whose body was found lying at the foot of a disused quarry at the back of Westmount Works, a verdict of accidental death being recorded. In an official statement today Channel Television announced that it is to sell a controlling interest (51 per cent) of its shares to the Associated British Picture Corporation Ltd. Residents at Les Pouquelaye area hold protest meeting at Town Hall against the deal by the Island Development Committee to re-zone the area for industrial purposes.
28. —The sentencing of three of four 13-year old boys who pleaded by at the Royal Court to stealing from and causing damage in churches was deferred for six weeks today ; the fourth was placed probation for two years. Antl-fluoridation meeting held by the Jersey Anti-fluoridation Association—At a meeting of the Jersey Drag Hunt and Chase Club in was stated that, a profit of £1,500 had been made on the year.
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