The Bermuda Recorder

              r cooking % drinking if h jb a j>m3s5ilf$sa0 0 bermuda jb recorder fcpi g%\m+mf gj^-uti&it hf : i purvis ltd wmj^mm , * s s5e :^ r * r - 9____m_ri\y m ah a s ents purvis ltd publiflhed bi-weekly price 6d wednesdays 1 saturdays k for volume xxxm hamilton bermuda wednesday october 3 1936 no ii american firm first eighteen divorce petitions slated for hearing williams demands to use freeport cause constitutional a total of 18 petitions foi divorce are slated for hearing in the current session of the divorce court which is being presided over by the chief justice the hon sir j t gilbeh four cases were dis posed of by sir trounsel on monday while judgement in two others was reserved 19o0 she obtained an ohic divorce and remarried late the petitioner went through . form of marriage and in april 1955 this marriage was an nulled when the supreme court of bermuda held that the ohio divorce was invalid in bermuda facilities in colony crisis in trinidad a subsidiary of one of america's leading pharmaceutica firms became the first to receive a licence to begin operations in bermuda's newly created freeport at the former dockyard at ireland islaud in a short ceremony at the fveeport the representatives of merck sharp and dohme internatioual ltd a bermuda-incorporated company and subsidiary of merck & company received the ke«ys to their plant from the crown lanels coroporation ' after legal argument be tween himself and mr robin son sir trounsel said he would not like to give a snap deci sion on the case it seemed tc present some difficulty and he had not seen a case quite like it before mr robinson replied that it was quite unique r.k.1 _!__. l at yesterdays sitting the court granted conditional leave to appeal to the privy council cil against the decree nisi awarded last month to wil liam leigh walker-haworth on the grounds of desertion by julia isabella walker haworth canadian conducts pokt-of-spai october 2 a constitutional crisis has developed here over demands of dr eric williams political reader of the people's xational movement which won 13 seats in last monday's general election he has demanded that the governor sir edwafrd beetham appoint at least two p.x.m members to the legislative council revival at evening light church mr arthur bmith chairmai of the crown lands corpora tion called the occasion a his toric one for the corporation which under the ireland island fveeport act 1956 is charged with operation of the area dr a t knoppers gen eral manager of the interna tional division of the parent company receiveel the key or behalf of the plant operators _________ 11 1 a . the bermuda reeport opera tion enables us to pool it etollar profits that we make through our operations ■ many countries ovefseas and then w invent them in ex panding our international activities in a way that should benefit the people in fflhff countries as well as our own employees and stockholders mr connors told the gather in ihe other deferred case was that in which mrs winifred may tucker of warwick east is petitioning for dissolution of her marriage to david tucker barrister-at-law and former m.c.p whose whereabout ak-e unknown represented by mr lt richards m.c.p the pe titioner charges desertion mi . i ________ i application for leave to ap peal on behalf of mrs walkei was made by her the hon j e pearman it was allowed on condition that the appellant produced 500 sacurity in one month ihe governor is keeping in close touch with tjie colonial office as a result of the issue he could give no assurance tc dr williams that his demands will be met except on the ad vice of the colonial office revival services are beiug h-lel nightly at evening lighl tabernacle pembroke by the rev r e stenall of toronto party s general secretary said today there are other ele ments in the community which will have to be considered pocock also said they might have to join some new party oi organisation canada who arrived m tne colony on september 28 will his wife the couple will be here from two to three weeks and are the guests of rev harold r thomas pastor oi the church and mrs thomas a i j t 1 he application was opposed by mv w r kempe attorney for the petitioner sir trounsel in giving leave remarked that there was a question as tc whether the separation of the parties was with the consent of the petitioner it was a matter certainly open to opinions other than his own the judge said the central committee oi the p.x.m met over the week end in a long session to decide what action would be taken in the crisis they were to make their decision known to the governor it is believed that the p.x.m would remain firm in their demands his xcelleney the cioverac sir john woodall was amonp the officials attending the ceremony at ireland island which was followed by a lunch eon at princess hotel where speeches were made by repre sentatives of the corporation government anel the firm the couple were married at st mary's church warwick on may 14 1936 and on xovember 3 1951 the peti tioner charges her husband de serted her without cause and had since lived separate and apart from her mi _•__ __ _. ...... kadase maraj leader ot the people's democratic party saiel the parly would meet to discuss what action they pro posed to take in the future maraj said the p.d.p endorsed the statement made by ash ford sinanan deputy speaker of the former legislature sinanan had condemned the action of the governor calling on dr williams before the final count as precipitate lie added that there were many aelvantages in the pru e.eut use of this type of pro fit sanctuary when it is organ ised and managed on a sub stantial basis he went on tej say that lie had full confidence in the ability of their manag ing director mr howard matthews to conduct the ; r nffairs here in such a manner mat all concerned will agree lhat this type of operation makes sense from bermuda's point of view as well as the i ompany's _*_-_ t *. 1 . *• a seasoned minister kev stenall told the recorder thai he has had some marvellous experiences through which people have been supernatural ly healed and helping others lead a christ controlled and directed life the judge commented thai there was no evidence why the husband left he added thai assuming it could be proved why tucker left he wondered if it did not go to show that it had not been the respondent's intention to break up the household although it was a necessary consequence of his action to put it bluntly sir trounsel said the respondent was fleeing from justice during the election cam paign dr williams opposed the nominated system in a single chamber government the 13-member p.x.m bloc would need the support of the nominated members for a working majority in the coun cil although messrs merck sharp and dohme were not the first organization to utilize the facilities at the formei elockyard they were the firsl to get a licence under the free port scheme their premises are located in the building formerly housing the cashier oi h.m dockyard the building was completely reconditioned by the crown lands corpora tion it has a floor area of 8.000 sq uai-e feet judgement in the case which edgar edgerton tucker sought dissolution of his marriage tc helen tucker on srounds oi her desertion was 3eferred by the chief justice appealing for the petitioner was mr walter n t . h robinson who for the past five years kev stcnall has been a travelling bmle teacher for the pente costal assembly of canada to which the evening lignt tabernacle is affiliated he has travelled to many parts of canada and the united states he formerly was engaged in pastoral duties mi ii • . . police took precautions against violence at the public meeting held by the p.x.m at harris promenade san fer nando last night the meeting was conducted without inci dent described the case as unique mi l_"_l * a ___«__ jl jll a _• _ another outcome ot the gen eral elections is the decision ol the party of political progress groups to dissolve the party failed to gain even one seat in the election they contested nine seats michael pocock the * our bermudian subsidiaiy plays a key role in our plans lor expanding our inter national operations as our plans fot expanding material ize it will become a main cuannel through whieh many cf our most important products v ill be compounded packaged warehoused and shipped mr connors stated he added tnat it will also be the cha.i ncl in whieh we perform the nest important function of revolving the fruits of out work for re-investment the petition stated that the couple were married on july 20 1945 at dayton ohio in ihe public is invited u attend the revival services a the tabernacle and to hear the visitors dr hnc v uiams was closely guarded on arrival more than 2.000 persons attended raising war ships in manila bay at tne luncheon mr join t connors president of merei & company thanked the people eif berinuela who had been sc helpful to them in establishm the company here he assured the colony of the company's e and help to do th lest possible to make their modest operatious here a suc e-ess and a small but real benefit to bermuda and its e itizens worlds biggest salvage job nearly finished petitions listed court hears tale cases listed for hearing lr the present session include the following : they are : tr — ur 1 m .__. /_ _• mam la une of the big gest jobs of marine salvage ever undertaken is being com pleted here in manila bay of hot electricity first ship salvaged fron manila # bay was the 500-fool japanese light cruiser kiso _ 5,000-ton-man-of-war whieh was floated after five months of work the ship later was cut up for scrap it is easy to understand then why our activities here are important to us and why wt are so very pleased and giateful for the fine welcome leeeived we hope that oji plant and our operations will help serve as an example to auract other applicants to these islands so that the free purt may become a fine and lasting success and develop m tin manner envisaged by the f_.rsee.ng people in bermuda ', mr connors concluded vivian maude trott peti tioner vs charles washing ton trott respondent ;' violel jane usher vs frederick "\\ iliam stanley usher ere john desilva vs mildred louise desilva ; pauline jtannette madeiros vs abel leroy madeiros mildred gray berkley vs edmund glad stone fitzgerald berkley constance delight wilson vs robert xorman wilson ; george nathaniel hilgrave burchall 3 amelia catharine burchall hilda adelaide decosta ta v<ires vs louis tavares tne younger cyril vme_ot hoare vs victoria isabelle hoare ; lola ismay josephine caisey vs vivian reginald caisey frederick robert pack wood vs eunice gloria pack wood grace lavina legall vs donald legall saiso stat eel mat rner no plans whatsoever fo evil - smelling chemica tions on the part of tin company here mr connors described the legislation estab li.ming tiie freeport as ar outstanding example of states manship badly needed in i world that depends so much on international trade japanese salvagers are al work now on the gfroup of 5 ships being raised cut up oi blasted apart for steel scrap al manila cebu and cavite the ships were mostly japanese freighters sunk by american bombing planes in the fall of 1944 the hulks al ready have yielded more than 50,000 tons of scrap for japan ese steel mills two women were committee ior trial in the supreme court en monday by the wor h martin godet on charges oi fraudulently diverting and consuming electricity which their neighbour had to pay for to the court by detective bgi f m duerden alleging weil man to have said that hi.l hired a room from williams a^d tfiat about two montns previously the electricity had ben cut off from herbert's room hill was reported to lave said that she came into t__e room and asked if she oulel play the radio telling wellman she could plug ar extension cord into the socket in williams's property am four destroyers refloated also refloated were the japanese destroyers okinami hatoharu akebono and akis himo lo accomplish this vast sal vapre job the japanese broughl a fleet of 149 ships boats and barges to manila several hun dred seamen divers laborers and salvage technicians have been engaged in the work whieh goes on continuously seven days a week a 1 . . 1 l •*. pleading not guilty to th charge were clarice alvin wellman and evelina effie liill who were released hi bail alleged statements by tne accuseel read in couyt revealed them to have admitted using the current from the apartment of marie elizabeth yi illiams but saying that thr;v did not think they were i • at tar as we are conei-rnec month by month since sal vage began in the summer oi 1955 the masts and upper wotks of war-blasted hulks sc long a familiar sight in manila bay have been removed by pontoons dynamite and acety lene torches police investigate alleged assault on woman two fined for having tv aerials this was the only time i did it i didn't think i was stealing mrs williams nevei said i could use it but she had saiel she would think it over '. so hill's allegeel statement read it continued : w wanted to play the radio so e cord was put in the socket v t e didn't take the radio to my i _ . _. • i _____*. according to the philippine government there are 124 war time wrecks in manila bay alone many of these will nol be salvaged though because they rest in deep water o otherwise are situated unfavor ably for diving and blasting t 1 _.__ i scrap shipped to japan d 1 1 l j scrap has been shipped te japan where much of it will return to the sea again in new tankers and freighters sliding down the ways in japan's ship building boom /-«.__. . __ i i iwo pembroke residents were fined 1 each in the hamilton magistrate's courl yesterday for erecting televi sion aerials without a permit of the public works department blcalmf chief witness at the pre liminary hearing was mrs williams who said she oc cupied an apartment on vic toria street hamilton and rented one of the rooms to hill and another to william uriah herbert wellman ihe wit - mam said was a frequent visitor to herbert's roqin ihe police were calleel oul early on monday afternoon te investigate an alleged assaull which resulted in mrs gilda anderson of pembroke being treated at the king edward vii memorial hospital the report of the ine-ident was made to headepiarters by mrs xellie swan at about 2 p.m for several years after the war scrap metal pirates did i lively business stripping wrecks of iron steel and othei salvageable materials so many strippers became engaged in the illicit trade that the gov ernment assigned customs patrol boats to visit the wrecks and chase away the marauders a a c sl _ l i room because it was too big this was the first time th ct-rd . had ever been in the socket mrs williams has al ways been complaining about electricity bills cost ot removing wrecks will apply against japanese war reparations and irepre sents the first payment on tokyo's war damages bill with the philippines ' ci l _ _ ._. nixon avoids bias ihey vvrt-e mr donald wes ley gayle owner-manager of sunset lodge hotel and mr walter henry darrell who is employed by the government as a marine pilot mr gayle in answering his charge pleaded innocently guilty the magistrate the wor mar tin godet remarked that's an unusual plea in hotel stops graxd rapids mich o t 1 — vice-president richard hurvey work on the project started in 1953 in july anel august an noticed her electricity bill rose ham about 2 2s a month i espectively on september ii 2 10s 4d and 2 13s lolh she noticed an extension wiie leading from her kitchen d.or to herbert's room she reported the matter to the _ _ 1 ■ _ on monday evening a reporl was received at headquarters from mr william henry mayer of pitt's bay road pembroke - that a six-volt battery was stotlen from his boat which was mooreel at the lane m tnixon said today he has a standard rule against quartering his campaign er te urage in hotels that have s racial discrimination policy mr xixon gave his views at a news conference here h v as asked why hs party made maele a sudden change in besides the wrecks in manils my the japanese salvors have agreed to attempt salvage of 3f more hulks in other areas il has been estimated by the gov ernment here that philippine waters contain 390 wrecks ranging from landing craft tc submarines and 10,000-ton freightors as part ot the salvage agree ment between the philippines and japan the latter has the right to buy salvaged scrap estimates are that at least 100,000 tons can be recovered by the expedition before it leaves philippine waters a year or so from now quake in jamaica ivtinubluin jamaica oct 1 — a heavy earthquake shook kingston just after noon to day there were no reports oi st-rious damage or casualties a banana thief raideel the patch of mrs tucker fowle al mangrove bay somerset ovei the week-end and made of with bananas valued at 45 but left three bunches police a statement was submitted continued on page b insist on sliow op whole orange o-ange juice rift-ma piffif