This Day in Our Past May 1: "Down With The Gas Station" |
1959: Minister of Trade and Industry Wills Isaacs performs a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new blanket factory on Washington Boulevard. It is scheduled to be the largest ever built in Jamaica under the auspices of the Industrial Development Corporation.
1962: Government approves a proposal submitted by the Independence celebration committee.Chairman Theodore Sealy announces that Government has also approved expenditure of about £350,000, and that further finance is to be allocated for spreading employment among the people but this will be done by government departments and local government.
1970: The Anglican Synod passes a resolution calling on Government to bring the National Lottery to an end. The resolution is moved by the Rev J.T. Clark, suffragan bishop of Kingston, and seconded by the Ven E. Maxwell, archdeacon of Surrey. The resolution states that the National Lottery is having a demoralising effect on a national scale and should be ended.
Source: Digjamaica.com
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