THIS DAY IN OUR PAST

The following events took place on June 12 in the years identified:

1979:Five

of the island’s 12 sugar factories are shut down because of the heavy and prolonged rains, dealing a blow to the expected production target for 1979. A report says that Jamaica Sugar Estate in St Thomas; Innswood in St Catherine; Monymusk and New Yarmouth in Clarendon; and Holland in St Elizabeth are down and several others are operating considerably below capacity. Hampden in Trelawny was forced to cease operation over the weekend, but resumes grinding on a small scale on Monday, June 11.

Frome in 1979.Westmoreland,

plague by setbacks, including several weeks of labour unrest before the commencement of crop and an accident to its machinery, is reported to be under water. Reports from cane farmers have also indicate that they have been hard hit, and efforts are being made by the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers’ Association to put a value on the losses. Cane fields are flooded, making it impossible for reaping to go on and for haulage equipment to function. Belgium’s top play1989:ers,

number one Jean Michael Salve and number two Thierry Cabrera, arrive in the island for the Rothman’s International table tennis tournament set for Stephanie Hall on June 13, Thursday, June 14 and Friday, June 15, starting at 7 p.m. each night. Seven other international players are expected. They are Lars Millbert and Johan Fallby of Sweden, Nigel Taylor from Wales, England’s number four Skylet Andrew and Matthew Syed, Giedoen Joe NG – Canada’s number one, and Dexter St. Louis – Trinidad and Tobago’s number one. The overseas players will join seven Jamaicans in the 16-man tournament. The seven Jamaicans are Stephen Hylton, Garfield Jones, Michael Hyatt, Keith Evans, Andrew Lue, Oral Sinclair, and Owen Irving.

Today’s Gem

“Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a pulsating desire, which transcends everything.” – Napoleon Hill