The Bermuda Recorder

              for poking & drinking f m llt aa0 ssl wvlllimilw c1-uiilv mr 1 oxo r rqfl mi)l purvis ltd -■ ***** mm a & ents purvis ltd published bi weekly price 6d wednesdays 1 saturdays ok volume xxxiii ha ilton bermuda wednesday december 12 1956 no 37 revised report shows c£bny will make 111,051 surplus this year /. , 7 ~^^ mmm mm w ? i!*j :« £* 7 a bermudian way of doing things praised at speaker's dinner finance committee reveals plan for new form of taxation sir john cox defends anglo-french action ej a revised report on the colony's financial standing as of the end'of 1956 was submitted to the house of assembly on monday by the finance committee and adopted by the house it showed an estimated surplus on the year's operation of 111.-051 and an estimated balance in the treasury of 288,345 and criticize u n his excellency the governor sir john woodall told a gathering of nn mbers of colonial parliament heads of all gov ernment departments and other dignitaries on monday night that he has the greatest admiration for the way bermuda con ducts its affairs and has done so for the past 350 years presented by the chairman of the committee mr ernest vesey the report was signed by himself and messrs gilbert a cooper and l m barnes it g^nvs total revenue from january 1 to november 30 to be 2.816.546 and an estim ate 295,000 due for decem ber this will bring the total revenue for the year to 3.111.546 the report states : your committee is informed that amounts totalling 24.200 in respect to appropriations made during 1956 will lapse but will be required to be re voted in 1957 jury decide man's death was accidental he added that as long as yon can produce men like sir john cox who take a tough and independent view of what is good for bermuda you will prosper the governor in respond ing to sir john cox's remarks traced the history of the past 42 years and the efforts of the free world to stop first the kaisers then the nazis from imposing their will on others and since 1945 how britain and the u.s.a have endeav oured to stop the greatest menace of all — communism a verdict of accidental death was recorded by a coroner's jury enquiring into tlie death of ronald johnson 25 of somerset whose body was recovered from the waters of mangrove bay on sunday december llth he was be lieved to have fallen from a fire ramp nearby sir john the governor who is rounding out his first year in office was proposing a toast to sir john the speaker of the house of assembly at the an nual mr speaker's dinner at castle harbour hotel after paying tribute to the host the governor called three cheers for him and led the group in singing for he's a jolly good fellow members op st anne's guild choir were pictured in their newly dedicated robes after a special service at th p church recently from left to right standing are france vanlow ariebell burgess mrs palmer lambert mrs burneete simons mrs lillian tucker mr julian fubler jr sheridan young rev j matthew-payne rector miss jeanette smith palmer lambert mr alver simons rev r c walker shcllbe tucker kihiball and nigel tucker carrine raynor iiorac 0 smith jr sitting are marguerite fubler marchell cooper karren smith noella trott frances tucker phyllis tucker and louis tucker photo by bill simmons ■ his excellency went on to speak of how britain and france had incurred the in dignation of the united states and others in recent months but they can't do a damn about it he said as their action was part of the plan to stop expansion of the iron curtain in a vital area witnesses testified that the man had been drinking the night before and it is thought he may hav 0 gone to the water's edge to relieve himself lost his balance and fell over board it was also deduced that a missing guard rail on a fire hydrant ramp could have been a contributing fac tor in the man's falling over there will be a further call on the treasury balances early in 1957 in connection with the additional loan of 75,000 to which the house has baited but for which thc neces-ary resolve has not yet been passed tn the report submitted by your committee on 9th novem ber last the attached statement of the public works reserve fund showed a balance not ap propriated of 198.745 17 0 the house however has corn mitt itself to the appropria tion from this fund of a further 155.000 for the casemates prison and 170.000 ttk wat ford bridge there is thus a liability to be covered of ap proximately 126.000 and your committee feels in duty bound to recommend that this amount be placed in the fund the hour was well past mid night at this point and the singing brought a fitting climax to a long and pleasant evening marked by the free imbibing of the best wine in the bind greeks hit snag on cyprus plan states reason why commissioners the acting united states consul general mr david wharton caused many raised eyebrows when he rose at the end of the evening reluctant ly as he said to make an unscheduled speech on behalf of the american community in bermuda american consul speaks resign posts and the serving of a sumptuous sirloin steak dinner athens dec 9 — arab league countries have pro posed privately to the creek government to put the cyprus issue into the hands of the united nations but the pro western greeks fearing that the soviet union might jump on the arab-cyprus bandwagon at the u.n so far have re sisted the arab blandishments the island as a middle east outpost the hon ii d butterfield told the house of assembly yesterday that the treatment of offenders commissioners have asked the governor that they not be re-appointed on january 1 next year the occasion was the ninth at which sir john cox pre sided over and the 25th he was privileged to attend hoard dr r e shaw pathologist et the king edward vii hos pital said death was due to drawirng associated with a fracture of th e skull 3 greece would offer turkey trading privileges including a customs anion with cyprus there is lktl 0 hope in athens that the greek pro posal will be accepted some greeks go so far as to say that turkey a traditional neutral wants to break off its balkan alliance with greece and yugoslavia because of vague war fears sets keynote th p speaker himself set the keynote of the evening by drawing attention to the gravity of the international situation which he said fills us with a feeling of great dis quiet and uncomfortable fore bodings sfr john strongly endorsed anglo-french inter vention in the suez dispute whil 0 he criticised the stand great britain's friends he said ther e were no dif ferences in outlook between the united states and great britain h e likened the pre sent situation to that which existed between two parents anxious to have their daughter married one seemed to want to push her into marriage while the other wanted to hold on and let thingrs work out an other wav inspector johnson of the somerset police told the jury that no foul play was sus this statement was given in replv to two questions r.sked by mr e t richards whether it was true that the commissioners resigned en bloc and what changes in policy precipitated this course pected the arab talks may in part . be the reason for premier con stantine karamanlis warning in belgrade last week that the cyprus question may become a general international problem with possible dangerous and wide repercussions unless it is settled quickly president of wilberforce dies meanwhile nato's south east extremity has been threatened by new moves in greece and ■ turkey the turkish parliament is studying a plan to extend turkey's territorial waters to twelve miles mr butterfield said thero have been no changes in policy but the members of the com mission were disconcerted with the long term policy of ths senior training school being located in the casemates takinir tbe above para graphs into consideration it is seen that the estimated treas ury balance shown in paraj graph 1 is reduced to 63.145 against whicji there is no pres ent commitment wilberforce ohio dec 9 dr charles leander hill fifty president of wilberfotce university died of a heart con dition in a springfield hospital on saturday dr hill had served as president of the col lege since 1948 he also attacked the united nations not only for their handling of th e hungarian situation but also the suez dispute with regard to the former sir john said that if the situatiton were not so tense and the stark tragedy of it all so real we could laagb at th e ineffectual voice of the united nations asking plaintively that the door be opened to allow observers _ to enter to se e what is going forward within the country britain and united states both had the same objectives world-wide in the middle east and against communism there may be a few disagreements as to how they went about things and no matter how much they were discussed in public the english speaking world must keep together and it will the consul declared the greeks have informed the united states and other friendly powers that they are willing to back the following three-point program concern ing cyprus your committee is greatly concerned over the position of both the public works reserve fund and also the school build ings reserve fund although by the above recommendation the actual commitments would he covered there are urgent and substantial r-quirements for which the funds must be augmented there is still a question of a new post office to be settled in addition to which your committee received on ixjf november a list of school building requirements total ling 9 690 and other public works amounting to 5.883 but it is not possibe at the moment to find the funds re w umb :■% dr hill was well-known in bermuda not only by the many students who sat under him at wilbetforce but by friends made during a lecture tour he made here during 1950 with mrs hill ~ » vat . , 1 if cyprus is allowed to be joined to greece following a free and secret plebiscite greece would permit the u.n to act as guarantor of full educational religious and com munity activity autonomy for the turksh ethnic minority the latter would enjoy equal citizenship rights as well as machinery for quick appeals to the u.n in case of any griev " other speakers during the evening included commodore g e hunt r.n and brigadier j m rice-evans of prospect who responded to the toast to ii m forces proposed by mr g a cooper also colonel philip best u.s.a.f and captain james lang u.s.n who responded to the toast to the united states forces which waa proposed by lt colonel j c astwood deputy speaker of the house he was an unsuccessful can didate for the bishopric at the mat a.m.e conference and he was being talked of as the next governor of the yirgin islands what evidence could be more eloquent than the eye witness accounts of thousands fleeing lail v from the cer tainty of death or something perhaps less merciful sir john asked personal and social 2 greece would a<_rree to let the north atlantic treaty or ganization of which both greece and turkey are mem bers fix military status for cyprus in accordance with turkish demands this would answer turkish fe rs that cy prus forty-five miles distant ; might become a greek military threat demilitarization for cyprus has been mentioned as a possibility by greeks but appears an unlikely solution in view of the western need for ances criticises britain's friends turning to the suez canal dispute sir john commented on how our friends seemed oblivious to the fact that time does not stand still and how all appeals to the u n against nasser's action re sulted in nothing but intoler able delay and fruitless talk it seemed almost certain that if britan and france had not embarked on their recent action the u.n might never ilrs yvonne smith brown returned by b.o.a.c on satur day for a brief visit she is boose guest of miss mindelle smith of north street hamil ton mrs brown will leave for new jersey on friday and will quired the toast to the clergy of bermuda was proposed by mr a d spurling and responded to by bishop anthony l e williams your committee is of opin ion that the present sources of revenue will be able to sustain the actual running ev uses of government but tlie drain on our resources brought about by the purchase and rehabilitation of the surplus crown lands will make it difficult if not impossi ble to finance urgent capital expenditures unless some addi tional source of revenue is put int^)pffect with respect to the crown lands the total cash outlay to date has been 650 000 in addition to which is the approved further loan of 75,000 referred to in para 3 above your committee has this question of an additional source of revenue under con sideration and will make a re port thereon early in the new be accompanied by het son mac worth d.s.t and reconstituted milk measures to be considered * ■ * congratulations to mr a b place managing editor of the bermuda recorder who cele brates his birthday today and most certainly would not as yet have been brought from words to action when the house of assem bly meets this afternoon , one of the first orders down for consideration is the expiring laws continuance act 1956 which contains among other things recommendations for continuance of the daylight saving time for another two years and extends for two years only the bill prohibiting sale of reconstituted milk in the colony for human consump tion both are highly contro versial issues schools close on friday * * • mr brunell robinson of pembroke left the colony by eastern airlines on saturday for a trip to the united states hospital * * • however it still seemed premature to hope that there was any determination or even a fixed intention to press on quickly to a just settlement further there was th e paralys all schools in tin colony will close on friday not for christ mas holidays and re-open on january 7 as a reneral rule the christmas holiday is about a fortnight long bat this year because of the way dates fall within the school calender there will be a longer than usual break the many friends of pilot r busty bean of somerset bridge will regret to learn that he is ill at the king edward newly weds mr and mrs eugene wilson were pictured alter tin marriage on november 29th at the seventh da v advent ist church in hamilton the groom is the son of mrs edna wilson of cedar hill and the bride is the former miss melba robtison daughter of mr and mrs eugene robinson also of cedar hill warwick photo by ed kelly insr power of the veto tjhich with almost complete certain ty would be used by an un scrupulous and powerful na tion to impede or defeat the ends of justice mrs anna gumbs of angle street is home after visiting her son in jamaica l.i * * * year i in s i s t on slliff cf@p whole ouange orange juice man m tmf fe __*•»'