The Bermuda Recorder

              iff j i always fbe8b fl h bermud canada's best ' published bi weekly fl "?■ fl 1 for cooking & drinking j^hecorda vj f im j . purvis i co.ifp price 4d wednesdays saturdays 6d __ l chmi ww ____«* 5 kermuda wednesday december — . tv fl arin\^s concluded icommissioner dalziel gondii _________________ '§■ at southampton methl ,__ m the annual congress of the berri ivation army was brought to a closel hmeeting in the evans bay methodistfl the congress got underway m ion saturday with a welcome fl bir-eeting in the hamuton citadel fm mmmmmmmmmammmmmmaneil william il mm volume xxvm 12 1951 no 41 governor warns labout hasten iiiiiiiiih towards legislators longress cp's want official ■ last night information about reserve police head slowly attitude colony's problems final meeting t church defer extending police commissioner's power until news is received p division of the sal night with a public church in southampton issues raised at dinner given by speaker of assembly four u s n fliers killed in plane crash in sound jim needed to i ut christmas seal sale over top because members of the house of assembly were unable to get information concerning the proposed appointment of the commandant of the local reserve constabulary they delayed making a decision on a bill giving the commissioner of police w der powers over the force until they get the desired in formation ' • bermuda's legisators and top government officials were warned last night by his excellency the governor sir alex ander hood that while bermuda's hasten slowly motto in dealing with its many problems is a very good one in some ways it can also become a vice he was speaking at the dinner given by the speakey of the house of assembly sir john cox m.c.p at the castle harbour hotel i't luimflm-h^i dalziel territorial commander 01 the salvation afmy in can ada and bermuda who came from his canadian adquarters with mrs dalzi o conduct the yearly gatherflgs it was climaxed on sunday when the congress rally was held in the wesley methodj__t church the commissioner was the imncipalfl h a formal board of investiga tion has been ordered set up to enquire into the crash of the pby catalina flying boat which carried four united states fliers to their death in the waters of the u.s naval operating base yesterday the hon w w davidson in presenting the bill for second reading explained that it would enable the commissioner to call out the reserve when the governor is not available in responding to a toast pro posed by major gilbert cooper sir alexander outlined some of the island's immediate prob lems which he listed as popu lation transport control hous ing and above all preserva tion of the natural beauty of the country with less thau two weeks to go before the end of its drive the 1951 christmas seal com mittee iieeds 1,000 to com plete its objective by christ mas up to this morning the amount returned from the sale of seals amounted to 3,124.15 mrs gladys hall executive secretary of the tb associa tion observed this morning that though the sale is going very nicely 1,000 is a lot of money to raise in less than two weeks but she felt con fident that it would come in if the public remembered to buy seals to use in their gift wrap ping ant is we should defer making a decision on this bill that last year he spoke about the mosquito campaign which has had a considerable effect he praised the whole hearted support of the public in eradi cating one of the dangerous domestic carriers mr f c misick stated that the motion under the circum stances is wot reasonable but iis adoption might be obviated it mr vesey himsef informed tiie house who the commandant was wspe,aker er^h pflirm.c.p was thsfl khainnaa greetings fl hbroughf the hanifl ■ the williamsfl mr aitkenfl be . p . , the boardb social welfart mr dawsonb flpf the rotarjfl fl____^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^k w . . . mmwtw^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^m b^were m"jorfl m mm kavid huxley i attoruey ociifl m fldesignate wil-b i j a.m.e s«*>*;-s r j v.ai-fl pfvwavrwl lutert j be'rtidge pastor offl xx 1^^^^^^^^^b!ibffs^wik^s^^fl reh for tltfoutth an church juul hi i i in i nl b fi rospeet gymiictm bs ,. bww ? i^^mb_"^^b l 1 g tl^g _. x ., f^^^^gsio being f-nndnefph thm phrist f.hn_tch warwick . 3e___t__ftrftlre of the garr_,sofl_^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^bj zze^lw . ii i jr ks^tis^s-xts r^^rtllelx a repeat p^ss y v tker l^^flflflmf^^nm^sdclp us in tcgst ir^™t f m ffi the women's rauy at the ham 1 „ «' , . "■■ »»«■>■• who th o„„nan.li say you know what your job is council f^^^^^complet a nou - . '! ml £ hfc p iltx>n citadel at the conclu i , . . , bmmi "* _.^^^^^^^ i would ako fclook in jhej rec0n ( ui^^^^^^mmmmmmmwmmwp gatl0^i^^^^^^^^gj^m__i^the^^^^^^bb^^bi^^bb^^^^^s^m^^^^^^^^^^^^b^^^bb ■ directionfl fl going fl there is also a provision where by the executive can excuse a reservist who fails to attend on reasonable grounds the enquiry has been order ed by commander e.j fisher commanding officer of fleet air service squadron 795 to which the plane was attached turning to the question of prision reform the governor spoke of the great steps taken towards the redemption of young criminals bermuda is _ rtunate in having such a fine body of working in this direction under ir roger hall and he expected great things from them in th future club mr ernest vesey comment ing on the great urgency exer cised in the formation of the reserve constabulary said it was strange that no informa tion had been revealed about the appointment as of a com mandant he asked mr david son if he eould say who has been appointed was wh'spered months ago that captain ross winter hon member for paget had been selected for the post.f mr vesey wifo sits next to captain winter replied that he d d not have the slightest idea who it was mr percy tucker shouted back that he knew like every body else after some cross words be tween himself and mr tucker about who was telling lies mr vesey moved that the coinra ttee rise and report pro gress the house divided evenly on the vote mr b c c outerbridge who was chairman of the com mittee cast his vote a favour of the motion given great thought you have given great thought to these problems and you have planned a lot the governor declared but every tome i want to find out some thing about other probems i get the answer yes there was a committer set up in 1945 or 1946 and i say what was the result they say i don't know ibut there was a committee went on to about the motto hasten fc^lt is a very good lean a spokesman at the base ths morning said the names of the dead men are being with held until their next-of-kin have been not fied he stated that the plane had t'hree offi cers and five enlisted men aboard eral liam the governor expressed re gret that there was no xlan sard system for keeping records of legislative prb'e&ffiitgs f 2 lack of its results in the execu-i tiy^knowing just how^arjjgj labouta^m jhe hon member replied that he would be delighted to sn swpr mr vesey but he was absent when the decision was made and s nee then he has not nter^sted himself in the matter uiriciently to enquire who was chosen the dead include all the offi ce.s and one enlisted man th boriie^o^three of then^iavt anfl of the stanley rev the of the next big function being sponsored in aid of the drive bakes place on saturday at the the flschool s've officer twob sixpence you carry h your meetings benevolent dictators in ouf flulults children . yfl you areb stand not on the_^h going but go mayor cooper praises governor mayor cooper in proposing to the governor praised him for his friendlihess and warmth of spirit and stated he has de veloped a great understanding of our probems and maintain ed a great interest in the colony our problems have been lessened by his sound and very wise judgment he said thanking the major for his very flattering and generous remarks the governor recalled that when he came here two years ago he considered his first impressions were that anyone who came to live in these very , delectable islands had come to a place where they were sure to be happy i now can say that these ha e been two of the happiest vers of my life paid your 1 inn 1 1 iin in iiit^mii hi li nl lin women of the army were read brigadier george hartas leader of the army work in bermuda presided over the rally on sunday tie presented the commissioner who com mented on the friendliness and warmth of the rally he said continued on page 6 ocean view golf dredging of channel near two rock the four survivors are re ported to be in the u.s.a.f hospital at kindley field one of them is stated to be serious each year the school raises 1 money for an english charity and this year mrs anderson the school mistress has decided to share the proceeds of this pantomine with the tb associ at on and the other part will be sent to england for the bene fit of blind children club gutted by earfy morning fire mr james pearman kept his listeners in a highly risible mood for fully twenty minutes as he proposed the toast to the executive council — those auto cratic but benevolent dictators the colonial secretary the hon 0 r arthur responded he likened the government of bermuda to the operation of a large hotel with the governor as the managing director the members of the house of as sembly as the shareholders the trade development board as the chef hired at great expense to look after the finer needs of the guests .... passage urged ly injured last night with the help of a large derrick barge salvage teams from the base had located the plane and raised parts of it assembly asked to approve plan submitted by director of works the ocean view golf club house located on the old gar rison golf links near prospect was completely destroyed by tire shortly after midnight last night . all that remained of the u ooden clubhouse which had unly been erected and furnished lew mouths ago was a small t.crtion of the wall lac ug east aud a heap of ashes covering i in totally ruined golf clubs aud other personal property of the members he fire was spotted around 12.30 a.m and an alarm was turned in two engines from the hamilton fire brigade ar . vd on the scene several minutes later and prevented the ire . _ urn spreading to the dry trees surrounding the area fanned by a strong south wind the bu ding blazed bril iiamly for more than half an hour and was seen as far away us bailey's bay by a taxi driver who turned n a report to the poli.-e station the n look at the rancho grande a i ecommendation that the area between two rock pas sage and dundonald channel be widened a ad edged to a depth of 30 feet . as forwarded to the house ot assembjy on monday in a message from the governor jmmfcl iwjg '■" ' ***' ..'. ' : '■ i'-'-m 9 e ~ • ' ir 3___b b_p wmm ■ -_____§__! iu i h ______ t :^ v ~ _■' :- rr':-r:r mm m ■<*! * _____! t f ■ ' '- **'^_____________ r ft mil b_l m w'l : __________________________■ b ■ < ,■. flfl fl am __________■ ■* ■ v jflfl l bfl b b i a~lk x r b \ 411 b p 1_l ljh fl 4v*3___-fl fl bv fl t3 i fr mt ■ i pt fl i flfl mwfz ip ** b i _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the honour of proposing to the legislative council fell to mr dudley spurting who spoke of the undignified and rather flippant parliamentary practice which requires members of the house of assembly to refer to the council as another place accompanying the message \. as correspondence from the director iof public works and from watlington & conyers the director urges that the work be carried out and since t is not authorised by the channels improvement act 1:)37 it has to meet the approval of the legislature extends sympathy to u.s.a the governor then called at tention to the absence of the commander of the united states naval forces captain franklin earns and expressed deep regret over the tragedy at the naval operating base which caused his absence our sym pathy goes out to the u.s navy to the relatives of those who suffered and to the men now in hospital we hope they v ill soon be on the way to re covery the pregnant negative last night however he pre ferred to regard the council as the pregnant negative preg nant because it is full of wis dom and negative because it seldom initiates legislation mr spurting went on to pay tribute to the chief justice sir brooke francis who is president of the council and was attending his last dinner in that capaeity in responding the chief jus tice declared he had seen many changes in the membership of the council his ten and a half years rank him as third in seniority the council he said is not a rubber stamp and urged very strongly that its member ship be increased to twelve proposing the toast to the in the letter from watling ton and conyers it is stated that during low water and when there are strong winds captain leslie banyard master of the queen of bermuda is caused much anxiety when en ter ng or leaving hamiton har bour in the area mentioned i.ir a b place vice-presi dent of the club was informed f the fire early this morning ! ■ said the buidiang was in sured the director of works fur ther states in his letter that with regard to the widening at frazer shoal it is recommend ed that the channel be widened from nothing at two rock passage to 150 feet at no 44 bony making the channel 500 x'eet at this point the esti mate for this work is six months 4 ttj after reviewing the present world conditions sir alexander turned again to the local scene r i he past year he said has been one of complete prosperity naver before has there been s eh a large influx of visitors he was very happy over the prospect of the colony saving some of its cedars recalling medal for french in korea when mr fred barnes opened his rancho grande bar beque restaurant^^^court street a little over a year ago he promised his patrons something different in the line of food and service since then he has gone all out to live up to that promise last week the ' rancho grande opened with a completely new look after being closed for a few days for renovation read in saturday's recorder about the new features of this pop paris nov — france will strike a speoial medal for its volunteers iu korea the cab inet decided today that the award will go first to the men of the french battalion now 1 eing rel'eved who have taken so large a part in the joiat . nerifice continued on page 6 ular eating place w ax sf f i look tor tbe black and ye,low box new self dealing wax paper ! 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