THIS DAY IN OUR PAST

The following events took place on January 14 in the years identified:

1948: A meeting of the Jamaica Imperial Association is held at the association’s offices at Barry Street, at which Rudolf Elder, the chairman, presides and distinguish guests John Norman Tweedsmuir and C.B. Hickling are present to hear the views of members on various aspects of Jamaica’s agricultural life, conditions under which crops are grown and produced for local consumption and export, prices paid for exported crops, and the necessity for protection against severe and strong foreign opposition in guaranteed markets. Norman and Stuart Buchan, and Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield are guests of the Jamaica Imperial Association. They are in the island to gain first-hand knowledge of Jamaica and its problems, which he hopes will be of help to him in debates in the House of Lords.

1952: The Trade Union Congress (TUC) is not represented at the conference held at the Labour Department in an effort to find a settlement for the three-union dispute at the Jamaica Telephone Company Ltd. Florizel Glassspole, TUC general secretary, says he is unable to attend the meeting and asks for a postponement. The National Labour Congress (NLC) and Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) representatives, however, think the issue is too urgent for a postponement and proceed to discuss it, on the basis of tentative proposals. George Scott, labour adviser, presides and present are Thossy Kelly, representing the NLC; Hugh Shearer representing the BITU; Leslie Ashenheim, R.P. Gardner and W.J.F. Clarke, representing the company.