1986 - 40 years ago - November Part 2
17-23 November
EDUCATION'S plans to reform the Island's secondary school system are strongly criticised by teachers. They say that turning Hautlieu into a sixth-form college and closing d'Hautree would severely restrict the options available to students.
The death is announced of Senator Jane Sandeman and many tributes are paid to her courageousness both as a politician and as a human being who coped valiantly with long-term illness.
The Education Committee lodges a proposition asking the States to appoint a body to look into the censorship of public entertainment.
A Territorial Army unit and a "shopping list" of items required by the UK military are minesweeper option defence contribution.
A special advisory committee on AIDS is set up by the Public Health Committee and it is admitted that the disease is expected to become a serious threat in the Island.
Plans are announced to cut the number of Police Court sittings in the New Year because there will be only one Magistrate. The situation is described as "appalling" by Centeniers Association president Alf Vibert, who says that the authorities have not acted quickly enough to solve the Court's alleged efficiency problems.
24-30 November
A £30 million "marina town" including housing, holiday flats and 1,200 yacht berths is planned for Havre des Pas by a private consortium headed by Advocate Richard Falle and Mr George Carter.
In his Budget speech Jersey's "chancellor", Senator Reg Jeune, announces big increases in tax allowances and increases in the price of drink and tobacco.
Pupils and parents join teachers in expressing concern and dismay at the Educations Committee's plans to restructure secondary education in the Island.
The Prime Minister of Great Britain, Mrs Margaret Thatcher, personally re-affirms that the UK Government has no plans to alter the constitutional position of the Channel Islands.
The entire Island is declared an infected area when fowl pest is discovered at a farm in St Lawrence. The farm — d'Amport at Les Gelletes — is sealed off and the slaughter of 5,000 birds is ordered.
Over half of Jersey's cauliflower crop is estimated to have been lost and Jersey Farmers Union president Mr Len Holmes says that growers are experiencing one of the worst situations he has ever known.
Senator Dick Shenton threatens to resign as president of the Postal Administration Committee if an Establishment Committee suggestion to recruit a new Controller of Mails from outside the Island is acted upon.
In his Budget speech Jersey's "chancellor", Senator Reg Jeune, announces big increases in tax allowances and increases in the price of drink and tobacco.
Pupils and parents join teachers in expressing concern and dismay at the Educations Committee's plans to restructure secondary education in the Island.
The Prime Minister of Great Britain, Mrs Margaret Thatcher, personally re-affirms that the UK Government has no plans to alter the constitutional position of the Channel Islands.
The entire Island is declared an infected area when fowl pest is discovered at a farm in St Lawrence. The farm — d'Amport at Les Gelletes — is sealed off and the slaughter of 5,000 birds is ordered.
Over half of Jersey's cauliflower crop is estimated to have been lost and Jersey Farmers Union president Mr Len Holmes says that growers are experiencing one of the worst situations he has ever known.
Senator Dick Shenton threatens to resign as president of the Postal Administration Committee if an Establishment Committee suggestion to recruit a new Controller of Mails from outside the Island is acted upon.
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