THIS DAY IN OUR PAST

The following events took place on November 7 in the years identified:

1969: Ashenheim, Neville leader of government business tells the Senate that the administration of justice is not the business, of the government, but the business of the judges themselves and the Judicial Services Commission. Ashenheim speaks out strongly in a debate on a bill providing for the appointment of a tenth puisne judge to the High Court; the same measure that had sparked a fulldress debate on the administration of justice in the House of Representatives. 1971:director Jerry Craig,

of the Jamaica School of Art, declares open an exhibition and sale of prints at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Library. The exhibition is put on by the Association of Friends of the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Library. Proceeds from the sales of prints will go towards several projects that they have planned for the library, such as the purchase of books and of paintings mainly by West Indian artists. Craig says that he is pleased to see that Jamaicans are not only buying paintings but prints also. However, he expresses regret that none of the prints is by West Indian artists. Referring to one of the projects that the association is sponsoring with the aid of funds from the sales, Craig says that in a young country, one can barely succeed without books. “Without books,” he says, “we won’t get very far.” He adds that he is a great believer in books and the good influence of books. 1973:$155 A guarantee of

a ton is being offered by the Government to sugar producers for output in the upcoming 1974 crop, to enable these producers to meet the higher labour and general costs projected to arise from the crop, authoritative Government sources disclosed.