NIGHT CLUBS SHOULD NOT BE OPENED AT 2 A.M.
(The Daily Chronicle September 26, 1977)
Appellate Court Judge Mr. Victor Crane has said that night clubs should not be open at two o’clock in the mornings. This is the time that people should be asleep.
The remarks from the Justice of Appeal were being directed at a 22 year old man who claimed that he had just come from a night club one night when he became involved in a fight that led the police to put him on a robbery charge.
Michael Anderson was before the Court of Appeal arguing that he was wrongfully convicted for the offence of robbery with aggravation on February 2 last and urged the Judges to quash the conviction and set aside the eight year prison sentence.
But Justice Crane who presided said that there was no merit in the grounds of appeal and told Anderson that he was fortunate at not receiving a whipping.
The Judge added:”If I had the power, I would certainly impose a whipping on you in addition to the eight years prison sentence.
Justice Crane told Anderson that at that time of the morning when he was, as he said,  wrongly charged with a crime , he should have been in bed rather than being on the streets molesting passersby.
The appeal was dismissed and the conviction and sentence were affirmed.
Other Judges were Mr. Keith Massiah and Mr. Justice Jhappan.

ST. GEORGE’S CATHEDRAL ORGAN TO GO ELECTRIC
(Daily Chronicle September 18, 1977)
The St. George’s Cathedral organ- one of Guyana’s national monuments – will be heard at a farewell “recital” next Sunday, a day before its massive structure is dismantled, changing its mechanical system to electric control.
After 84 years of faithful service it was decided that it was time for a change. The organ will have the same sound but according  to organist  Clifton Bowen with electric power its performance will be more reliable among other things.
The old organ, its cylindrical-conical pipes reaching to the top of the building takes up a sizeable portion of the church.
Its intricate system of over two thousand pipes, steel  wires and bellows have stood up for 84 years without problems.
The organ was erected in 1892 by Bevington and Sons London and re-voiced in 1954 by J.W.Walker & Sons Limited special organ builders to King George.
Two experts from J. W. Walker & Sons will be here next week to dismantle the organ.
The operation is a very intricate one and will take the better part of three weeks.
It will mean among other things the taking down of the 2,000 odd pipes which are of varying sizes, some of them the size of pencils.

COURT FINES 15 JAYWALKERS
(Daily Chronicle October 7, 1977)
The campaign against careless use of the roads being waged by the Police Traffic Department took a turn yesterday when fifteen pedestrians were fined $50 each at a City court on charges of using the roads carelessly.
Senior Magistrate Norman Jackman imposed the fines after the defendants had pleaded guilty to a charge of walking in a manner likely to cause obstruction to vehicles using the roadway.
The Magistrate issued warrants for nine other jaywalkers who failed to appear in court to answer the charges.
On the previous day Magistrate Lashley Babb fined seven other jaywalkers $50 each.

STUDENT 19 IS BERBICE DIWALI QUEEN
(Daily Chronicle November 8, 1977)
Nineteen-year old commercial student Sarojni Rajkumar (Miss Flamboyant Films) of Mon Choisi West Coast Berbice is the Berbice 1977 Diwali Queen.
The Queen was crowned and sashed by the 1976 Diwali Queen Miss Chandrawatti Ramballie in the presence of thousands of people at the Mental Hospital ground  Fort Canje Saturday night.
On stage Sarojni displayed an Indian air hostess blue sari elaborately decorated with bronze sequins forming diamonds with a rose in the center of each diamond.
First Runner Up was 19 year old Rozana deFreitas (Miss Guyana Distilleries) who also won the best personality award.
She wore a purple sari with gold sequins and matching shoes.
Second runner up was Miss. Davi Misir (Miss Guyana National Cooperative Bank) – the crowd favorite.
She won the best smile award.
Third runner-up was Theresa Swami (Miss National Insurance Scheme) while fourth runner-up Kim Henry sponsored by Guyana Wrefords won the best stage appearance award.

Clifford Stanley can be reached to discuss any of the foregoing articles at cliffantony@gmail.com or cell phone # 657 2043.