A report in The Barbadian detailed a critical meeting of the Board of Trustees and Directors of the Barbados General Hospital, highlighting the institution’s severe financial difficulties just four years after opening. The Governor acknowledged his absence from prior meetings due to an oversight, while George Donovan warned that without immediate funding, the hospital risked closure.
The harshness of the judicial system post-emancipation in Barbados was emphasised as courts handed punishments out for what would now be considered petty crimes.
Notices of plantation properties for sale.
The Barbados Agricultural Reporter reported on a court case involving Joseph Ford of Rockland, St. Michael, who was accused of obtaining money under false...