1965 - 60 years ago - June Part 1

1965 - 60 years ago - June Part 1

2.—At a sitting of the Ecclesiastical Court, the Very Rev. the Dean referred to the increasing problem of overcrowded churchyards in the Island and the difficulty of finding new land for burials.

3.—A Housing Committee decision was overruled by the Royal Court today when they were condemned to pay the costs of an appeal entered by Associated Builders and Contractors Ltd. in regard to plots of land near the old Palace Hotel site at St. Saviour.

4.—In a smash-and-grab incident which occurred during the night at Esquire, the tailors and outfitters of 21 King Street, four shirts and five sets of cuff-links were stolen.—Before the Royal Court four local youths aged between 13 and 14 were bound over for squirting bleach at passers-by ; a fifth boy described as the ringleader, was bound over on condition he leaves the Island and does not return for a period of three years.

7.—Records tumbled at Bouley Bay today in the J.M.C. and L.C.C.'s second hill climb of the year ; a total of 3,000 attended.—The Jersey Swimming Club fête held at the Pool, Havre des Pas, raised £1,000 for their clubroom ; among other outdoor activities was the annual match between the J.R.A. and N.R.A. at Crabbe range.

8.—Damages amounting to over £200, plus taxed costs, were awarded to Mr. D. Krassnitzer at the Royal Court today after the Court had found that an accident in which his car had been involved in Queen's Road in May, 1964, was caused through the negligence, fault or lack of skill of Miss E. Le Gresley.

9.—Inquest held on the body of Mr. G. W. SkeIlham, a 50-year-old visitor from Uffington, who lost his wife the previous afternoon while swimming in St. Ouen's Bay, a verdict of accidental death being recorded.

10.—The Secretary of State for Home Affairs, the Rt. Hon. Sir Frank Soskice, P.C., Q.C., M.P., arrives in the Island at the beginning of a five-day visit to the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey.—At an electoral meeting held at St. John's Parish Hall, Mr. W. J. Tomes, who has been a Centenier since 1958, was elected Deputy for the parish to complete the term of office of the former holder, Jurat F. E. Luce.—Before the Royal Court in an action brought by Mr. S. J. Hamon, landscape gardener and contractor, against Granite Products Ltd. and Mr. D. S. Benest, auctioneer and estate agent, for payment of £180 9s. 9d., judgment was reserved.

12.—Four Jersey residents are among those honoured in today's Birthday Honours List : Mr. A. G. Harrison, Managing Editor of " The Evening Post," and Mr. J. W. Platt, chairman, Foundation for Management Education, are both appointed Commanders of the Order of the British Empire ; Mr. R. 0. Binet, M.C., chairman Jersey branch S.S.A.F.F.A., and Major Dorothy Angela Clough Fowler, T.D., W.R.A.C., (Rtd.), become Members of the Order of the British Empire.—The usual Government House levee in connection with Her Majesty the Queen's official birthday was held in perfect weather.

14.—After dropping from 800 ft. on to the sands at Bel Royal, 39 paratroopers from A Company the 3rd Bn The Parachute Regt., demonstrated and explained the working of their equipment.—Fire, believed to have been started by a tractor after it had been garaged in an outbuilding at Clifton Place, St. Peter, caused considerable damage to the building and its contents ; the tractor was almost burnt out.

15.—Verdict of suicide recorded at inquest held on a 61-year-old Frenchman, Eugene Joseph Marie Fleury, found shot-dead at his residence, Apple Tree Cottage, Bas du Marais, St. Ouen.—Judgment in an action brought by Mr. S. J. Hamon against Granite Products Ltd. was given at the Royal Court today, this being to the effect that Granite Products were discharged from the action and Mr, Benest condemned to pay plaintiff's claim of £108 9s. 9d.—St. Lawrence parish assembly fixes the parish rate the same as last year, i.e. 1s. 9d. per quarter.

16.—An inquest held on the 21-year-old Scot, Thomas James Hardie, if Glasgow, who died from injuries received when the " borrowed " car he was driving crashed outside Falle's Garage in Bagot Road early on Sunday morning, returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence.—A man and a woman convicted and sentenced at the Police Court earlier this month after admitting being destitute, appealed before the Royal Court today ; one appeal was dismissed and in the other a two month prison sentence was reduced to a three-year binding

17.—Gale force winds averaging 53 m.p.h. and gusting to 71 m.p.h. at times caused damage throughout the Island yesterday evening ; trees  were blown down and electricity and telephone lines brought down.—After hearing the evidence of five of eight witnesses, the Royal Court today allowed the appeal of 16-year-old Stuart Querée, who had been convicted at the Police Court with other youths of causing a breach of the peace.

18.—Before the Royal Court three teenagers all with previous convictions faced a total of 22 charges involving larceny and borrowing  of cars ; two were sentenced to imprisonment and the third remanded for inquiries as to Borstal.

19.—Eleven boats from the St. Helier Yacht Club who were among the 14 which took part in the "little Dunkirk "—the evacuation of Allied troops and civilians from the French port of St. Malo 25 years ago —go down to St. Malo for the anniversary celebrations.—Band of The Island of Jersey, led by Bandmaster D. Barnett, gains notable success in winning the Charles Cottier Challenge Cup in the West of England Bandsmen's Festival held today at Bugle in Cornwall,

2.—At a sitting of the Ecclesiastical Court, the Very Rev. the Dean referred to the increasing problem of overcrowded churchyards in the Island and the difficulty of finding new land for burials.

3.—A Housing Committee decision was overruled by the Royal Court today when they were condemned to pay the costs of an appeal entered by Associated Builders and Contractors Ltd. in regard to plots of land near the old Palace Hotel site at St. Saviour.

4.—In a smash-and-grab incident which occurred during the night at Esquire, the tailors and outfitters of 21 King Street, four shirts and five sets of cuff-links were stolen.—Before the Royal Court four local youths aged between 13 and 14 were bound over for squirting bleach at passers-by ; a fifth boy described as the ringleader, was bound over on condition he leaves the Island and does not return for a period of three years.

7.—Records tumbled at Bouley Bay today in the J.M.C. and L.C.C.'s second hill climb of the year ; a total of 3,000 attended.—The Jersey Swimming Club fête held at the Pool, Havre des Pas, raised £1,000 for their clubroom ; among other outdoor activities was the annual match between the J.R.A. and N.R.A. at Crabbe range.

8.—Damages amounting to over £200, plus taxed costs, were awarded to Mr. D. Krassnitzer at the Royal Court today after the Court had found that an accident in which his car had been involved in Queen's Road in May, 1964, was caused through the negligence, fault or lack of skill of Miss E. Le Gresley.

9.—Inquest held on the body of Mr. G. W. SkeIlham, a 50-year-old visitor from Uffington, who lost his wife the previous afternoon while swimming in St. Ouen's Bay, a verdict of accidental death being recorded.

10.—The Secretary of State for Home Affairs, the Rt. Hon. Sir Frank Soskice, P.C., Q.C., M.P., arrives in the Island at the beginning of a five-day visit to the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey.—At an electoral meeting held at St. John's Parish Hall, Mr. W. J. Tomes, who has been a Centenier since 1958, was elected Deputy for the parish to complete the term of office of the former holder, Jurat F. E. Luce.—Before the Royal Court in an action brought by Mr. S. J. Hamon, landscape gardener and contractor, against Granite Products Ltd. and Mr. D. S. Benest, auctioneer and estate agent, for payment of £180 9s. 9d., judgment was reserved.

12.—Four Jersey residents are among those honoured in today's Birthday Honours List : Mr. A. G. Harrison, Managing Editor of " The Evening Post," and Mr. J. W. Platt, chairman, Foundation for Management Education, are both appointed Commanders of the Order of the British Empire ; Mr. R. 0. Binet, M.C., chairman Jersey branch S.S.A.F.F.A., and Major Dorothy Angela Clough Fowler, T.D., W.R.A.C., (Rtd.), become Members of the Order of the British Empire.—The usual Government House levee in connection with Her Majesty the Queen's official birthday was held in perfect weather.

14.—After dropping from 800 ft. on to the sands at Bel Royal, 39 paratroopers from A Company the 3rd Bn The Parachute Regt., demonstrated and explained the working of their equipment.—Fire, believed to have been started by a tractor after it had been garaged in an outbuilding at Clifton Place, St. Peter, caused considerable damage to the building and its contents ; the tractor was almost burnt out.

15.—Verdict of suicide recorded at inquest held on a 61-year-old Frenchman, Eugene Joseph Marie Fleury, found shot-dead at his residence, Apple Tree Cottage, Bas du Marais, St. Ouen.—Judgment in an action brought by Mr. S. J. Hamon against Granite Products Ltd. was given at the Royal Court today, this being to the effect that Granite Products were discharged from the action and Mr, Benest condemned to pay plaintiff's claim of £108 9s. 9d.—St. Lawrence parish assembly fixes the parish rate the same as last year, i.e. 1s. 9d. per quarter.

16.—An inquest held on the 21-year-old Scot, Thomas James Hardie, if Glasgow, who died from injuries received when the " borrowed " car he was driving crashed outside Falle's Garage in Bagot Road early on Sunday morning, returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence.—A man and a woman convicted and sentenced at the Police Court earlier this month after admitting being destitute, appealed before the Royal Court today ; one appeal was dismissed and in the other a two month prison sentence was reduced to a three-year binding

17.—Gale force winds averaging 53 m.p.h. and gusting to 71 m.p.h. at times caused damage throughout the Island yesterday evening ; trees  were blown down and electricity and telephone lines brought down.—After hearing the evidence of five of eight witnesses, the Royal Court today allowed the appeal of 16-year-old Stuart Querée, who had been convicted at the Police Court with other youths of causing a breach of the peace.

18.—Before the Royal Court three teenagers all with previous convictions faced a total of 22 charges involving larceny and borrowing  of cars ; two were sentenced to imprisonment and the third remanded for inquiries as to Borstal.

19.—Eleven boats from the St. Helier Yacht Club who were among the 14 which took part in the "little Dunkirk "—the evacuation of Allied troops and civilians from the French port of St. Malo 25 years ago —go down to St. Malo for the anniversary celebrations.—Band of The Island of Jersey, led by Bandmaster D. Barnett, gains notable success in winning the Charles Cottier Challenge Cup in the West of England Bandsmen's Festival held today at Bugle in Cornwall,