https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/35654 2026-04-11T03:01:42Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/58666 Title: The Gozo Observer : Issue 36 : Summer 2017 Editors: Briguglio, Lino; Calleja, Joseph; Cauchi, Maurice N.; Camilleri Rolls, Caroline Abstract: 1/ Editorial -- 2/ Sandra Portelli - Women: Pregnancy and Childbirth in Gozo 1867-1914 -- 3/ Godwin Vella - A Description of Gozo at the Turn of the Eighteenth Century -- 4/ Geoffrey G. Attard - Ġorġ Gauci: The Talented Craftsman and Carpenter from Gozo -- 5/ Joe Zammit Ciantar - The Civil Defence in Detroit (Mi.) USA and Gozitan William Pace -- 6/ Daniel Meilak - Wrapping up a Zealous Life - The Discovery of an Eighteenth Century Parish Priest’s Will -- 7/ Geoffrey G. Attard - Book: Spirituality, Devotions and Traditions of the Augustinian Friars in Gozo -- 8/ Joseph Calleja - Recent Activities at the University of Malta - Gozo Campus -- 9/ Lino Briguglio - 36th Edition of the Gozo Observer 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/24328 Title: The civil defence in Detroit (Mi.) USA and Gozitan William Pace Abstract: It is said that during World War I (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), President Roosevelt was deeply concerned about the safety of the Americans. He instructed the Government to establish a Council of National Defence to help co-ordinate resources for national defence and stimulate public morale. State and local communities set up their own defence councils even though the volunteer groups did not get involved in actual civilian defence. In those years the aviation industry was still in its infancy and military attacks from other countries could not reach America. However, in the 1940s, with the outbreak of World War II, the situation was different. 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/24327 Title: Gorg Gauci : the talented craftsman and carpenter from Gozo Abstract: Nicknames still play an important role in our islands especially when one is trying to make a find-out about a particular person. Gozo, being the smaller island of the archipelago, with a community where people know each other well, nicknames are still commonly used. Ġorġ Gauci, the renowned craftsman whose name is attached to the parish Basilica of St George in Victoria, was and still is referred to now that he has passed away, as Ġorġ ta’ Frallillu. 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/24326 Title: A description of Gozo at the turn of the eighteenth century : part 3 Abstract: Renovated in 1667, the Governatorial Tribunal inside the Castello is chaired by the Governor, a judge for civil and criminal cases, a fiscal officer and a notary. A night captain and other supporting personnel are also attached. Its archive preserves all civil and criminal cases and related registers and documents from 1551 onwards. Earlier records were reduced to ashes by the Turks. Petty litigations where an ounce or less is at stake are chaired by an idiot judge. The Governatorial Tribunal complex incorporates also three detention units, namely one in the Governor’s house, another affixed to and accessed through the sentinels quarters, and a third abutting onto the archive. The Jurors’ Court at Rabat is presided by four jurors, a treasurer and a notary. They hold their sittings in the notary’s banca where all registers, acts, case files and related documents from 1551 onwards are kept. As in the case of the governatorial archives previous records were lost during the 1551 assault. The Juror’s Court employs four inspectors to regulate the open public spaces, shops, taverns and butchers on the island and certify the weights, scales and measures in circulation. They are to report any contraventions detected and advise the Court on the penalty to be imposed, which is not to exceed 15 tari. Said inspectors are obliged also to disseminate all edicts issued by same Court. 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z