Temporary air service to Little Cayman featured on the front page of the 23 Jan. 1975 edition of The Caymanian Compass. A chartered flight linking Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac to Little Cayman began operation under Tom Hubbell, with the Civil Aviation Department granting permission for the service until 31 March. Tenders were to go out for a permanent service, with Linton Tibbetts understood to be interested in starting flights.
Also making the front page was a story on an egg shortage, with John Bothwell, who had about 14,000 chickens laying an average of 10,000 eggs a day, saying that while there was an issue for the last few weeks, it had been “overcome”. He explained, “We ran short of feed and the chickens stopped laying.”
The Caribbean Utilities Company had started installing the last major power line to complete CUC’s electricity service to all Grand Cayman communities, according to a story on page 2. The final mile of the new line, which would run from Gun Bay to the Tortuga Club, would involve erecting about 30 poles and two miles of cable.
Below that article, was a story on members of the public being asked to wear “appropriate dress” when seeking interviews with senior government officers or they would be turned away.
In its editorial, the newspaper addressed the need to inspect fruit at the dock. This point was mentioned during a debate in the Legislative Assembly on new health laws. While most fruit imported from the US is inspected by authorities in that country before reaching Cayman, “to the best of our knowledge the same does not apply to fruit coming from Central and South America”. Noting the lack of sanitary facilities to store the fruit at the dock before it is sold, the editorial said that produce from Honduras was seen “lying on the bare ground, fully exposed to the blazing sun”.
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