The big news announced on the front page of the 5 July 1973 Cayman Compass was the passage of the Public Order Law, to preserve order at public meetings, marches and processions. In general, the legislation aimed “to prohibit disorderly behaviour and conduct likely to provoke breaches of the peace”.
An article inside also discussed legislation, this time the law on wildlife protection, specifically on the hunting of game birds. Under the law, among the birds whose taking was restricted were pea dove, white wing, baldpate, white belly, coot, snipe and migratory duck.
Mosquitoes continued to make the news five decades ago. A story headlined, ‘No Need For Alarm’, the Mosquito Research and Control Unit noted its staff were “working at full speed and full strength in an all out effort to contain the aedes aegypti in the George Town area”. That species had been discovered during a check on 18 June, “after the island had been free of this pest for 20 years”. MRCU Director Dr. Marco Giglioli, when asked whether the mosquito had spread to other areas, said he could not confirm or deny that but added there was no reason to worry.
One final story on the then Legislative Assembly dealt with dangerous drugs, their usage, increase and diversity. The article ‘Full Debate On Drugs’ described the arguments, which took up an entire afternoon session of the law-making body. A motion to add LSD to the list of dangerous drugs was passed, while a second motion to increase prison sentences for drug offences was defeated. The president of the LA, K. Roy Crook, said, “We intend to keep drugs out of the Cayman Islands so far as is humanly possible.”
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