The Bermuda Recorder

              wednesday may 15 1957 the bermuda recorder page four south africa bans british anthem blindness in west africa kenya industries first survey ghana's economy n y governor urges president ban bias appalling facts inspiring to watch the swift transformation from apathy to exuberant high spirits adverse trade only small funds are available to complete schemes already undertaken and to initiate a few further schemes that are self-supporting the importance to ghana of the volta river project in creases against this back ground but the future of the project is problematical the sums required are large and ghana will need considerable external assistance continues the report from our own correspondent continued from page 2 surveyed began to build up around the call of south africa since its inception in 1918 makes it more rightfully south africa's an them than god save the most of the blind live not in towns but in remote tribal areas and by methods which the society is pioneering in other parts of africa an ef fort is now being made to train them as farmers and village craftsmen balance london by airmail a y g — a report on the firsi survey of industrial produc tion made in kenya and cover ing 1!>54 shows an increasing range of products now being produced in the colony _ although no comparisons can be made with previous vears since this was the first survey the report suggests that the scope of secondary industry in kenya is expand says eisenhower could act now without waiting for from our own correspondent from our own correspondent legislation london by airmail may 8 — an appalling inci dence of blindness iu british west africa is referred to in a report just published by the british empire soccity for the blind london by airmail may 8 — for the first time in many years the new inde pendent state of ghana has an adverse balance of trade queen new york may 12 gov harriman called upon president eisenhower yester day tn exeivise his executive powers to reduce the effects of race prejudice instead of waiting for congress to tak action on proposed civil rights legislation nevertheless mr strijdom's sudden mode of announcement of the change without consult ing english-speaking south africans appears to have planted in their thoughts onee again the suspicion that the afrikaner nationalist govern ment is bent on destroying their british identity this is shown in an official report published in london this week at ikeja near lagos the buildings are now being erected of a farm craft centre for the blind which will experiment with growing local crops train selected blind farmers and provide a comprehensive course for fu ture instructors village centres are to be establsihed in all four west african countries in eastern nigeria a centre is now being built where cured blind leprosy patients can be rehabilitated and resettled in their homes iii a report of the society's blind director mr john wil the price of cocoa has fallen even below the figure of the end of december and shows no tendency to rise says the report only the fact that the crop was a very much larger one than was estimated has enabled the budget to be balanced son v says : detailed sur veys have now confirmed the appalling fact that there are 400,000 blind people in nigeria ghana sierra leone and the effects of this restric tion mi development can til ready be seen in the shrinking of the market in some com modities and machinery as the larger schemes reach their conclusion this aspect of the economy must be intensified but there is little sign of any general trade recession there are already indica tions that a liberalisation of dollar imports may be on the way this is only to be ex pected in view of ghana's favourable dollar balance mg of ihe 20 industrial groups listed building and construc tion accounted for the great est gross production neark 1 1 i.i ii ii i.unjjb a contest is in process which will determine whether the ethic of the south can be localized or whether the na tional ethic will be leveled down to its lowest sectional denominator he told a luncheon meeting of the citi zens councils of the ne v york state commission against discrimination ironically it is ihe afri kaner's fear of having his own identity swamped by british traditions that motivates many of the nationalist government's actions in parliament and which very possibly lies be hind mr strijdom's abolition of the british union jack and national anthem at leasl 50.000 of them are children 130,000 people of working age and most of this blindness w h i c h probably claims 20,000 new victims each year results from preventable < iainliia pmore than llnrteen htindre t secondary industries were operating in kenya in 1954 excluding small units employ ing less than 5 people as it is the continuing low prices are causing a severe strain on the reserves built up over the last three years as farmers have still to be paid the guaranteed price and the export duty met grain milling was the next largest contribution to gross production with 7.1 million followed by the meat dairy and canned products industry with 5.2 million ten other industrial groups each contri buted over 1 million in terms of gross output disease working in partnership with governments local or ganisations and missions the society plans to provide ex pert staff to manage experi mental schemes and to assist with the establishment of many new projects expendi ture from the central fund totalling more than 10,000 per annum has been authorised for this work during the next few years cna blindness on this scale pre sents an unprecedented chal lenge to the skill of doctors and welfare workers and that challenge is being taken up with all the resources that the society the government and i lie local organisations can mobilise suggests four lines afrikaners isolated for the first time for many years the balance of trade has swung against liana and the balance of payments this year will show a fairly sub stantial deficit this too will draw down ghana's free re the dutch-descended afri kaners occupy a comparatively isolated position at this south ern tip of arfica where their intense desire to preserve their language a derivative of dutch and traditions has given rise to a driving nation publication of the second development plan is expected in june no details are yet available but it seems clear that when existing schemes are completed further ex penditure must be on a modest scale and above all on he suggested these four lines oi presidential action 1 the scope of the presi dent's committee on govern ment contracts should be ex panded so that all companies doing business with the gov ernment will end discrimina tion in employment " small firms serves industry in kenya is still largely in the hands of small firms and 71 per cent of all industrial establishments em ployed fewer than 20 people in 1054 but in terms of out put the few large firms were of greater importance and the 290 establishments which each employed more than 50 per sons together produced 75 per cent of the total gross output of kenya industry river blindness alism halt to development schemes likely to be revenue earning on at least self-sup porting in the shortest possible time cna after four years of pains taking research the society's scientists have produced a plan for controlling river blindness the scourge which had darkened the lives of whole communities in west africa the report says that as a result of this situation a halt must be called to development 2 through the exercise of his powers of appointment the president can and should be encouraging those who comply with the constitution while discouraging those who flout it he made no men tion of specific appointments with whieh he agreed or dis agreed this in turn has impelled them to eliminate british style and customs wherever possible since their return to governmental power in 1!)4s housewives seen as untapped idea source berkeley castle in use 800 years this is a source of constant concern to many english speaking south africans who remember the height of anti british feeling during world war ii when even certain members of the present govern ment party volubly supported nazi germany campaigns to kill the blinding flies are beginning and drugs which offer hope of reducing the blindness risk of people already infected have been used unexperiment ally continued from page 3 continued from page 3 courtyard aud high above au interlacing complexity of roof strutting in the octagon _ kitchen the massive chimney breasts took the eye upward to a huge beam which carried the criss-crossing of the brace . in every room and corner were the trappings and portraits of den field in 1513 and one of his threadbare bannerette still hangs in the great hall moie recently a lor«j berk - e i mi mleil a regimen against the young pretender at culloden in 1745 and others fought in ihe naval battles of the wars against france although no survey was carried out for 1955 the east african statistical depart ment a high commission service ik . started on a survey for 1956 forms have already been sent to all industrial firms cna music publishers and adver tising agencies often return envelopes unopened but mr lewyt tries to encourage good ideas 3 through his power tu ear-mark funds for public im provements he can encourage demonstrations of integration in neighborhoods si hools and public projects these british-descended citi zens are concerned at the ap proach of a republic in south africa which is the logical se quel to the chain of events such as abolition of the union jack and british national anthem and the declared goal of the government local blind welfare organ izations sponsored by their governments and supported by every section of the com munity are now at work he pointed out however that women with ideas should try to find a company that can use the idea recalling a sug gestion he had received to im prove a diaper he said the idea was not for us it may have been good for a diaper manufacturer urges state action an ancient family for about four hundred years after berkeley castle was built in henry lis reign said charles ross there is scarcely a notable event in english history in which t berkeley wasn't involved rober tl of berkeley was oao of the leaders of the barons against king john and was a signatory of magna carta his son maurice took part in the baron's war iu henry ill's reign and his grandson fought according to one account at the battle of evesham where simon de mont fort was killed 4 without congressional action he could have long ago appointed a commission of men and women of good will from all parts of the country to provide the moral leadership to mobilize the national conscience in accra and kaduna you see blind < raftsmen making a living three years ago they were street beggars says mr wilson king murdered there lu 1322 thomas iii of berke ley who had joined in the re bellion against edward ii was imprisoned and his estates but four years later when granted to hu i despenser but four years later when queen isabella and roger mor timer berkeley's father-in law had driven out edward berkeley was released and given custody of ihe deposed king there could be no serious doubt that edward had been murdered at berke ley and that the government rubber packing problems some english - speaking south africans are concerned lest the character of the gov ernment's intended republic become completely afrikaner and little regard be shown for the rights of english-speaking south africans or their lau as for compensation mr lewyt said that depends 011 the idea and how much it will contribute to the saleability of a product the w uild-be in ventor may make i . u outright sale or may bi le for a royalty discussion in london blind children from many tribes are coming to school in increasing numbers and it is london by airmail may s — a delegation is die in london on may 21 to dis cuss problems of rubber pack ing tor export it is under the leadership of the malayan rubber export registration board and will have talks with the rubber trade asso ciation of london and u k rubber manufacturers the delegation will study methods of inspection and handling of rubber in the u k and will visit tyre and other rubber manufacturers — cna he urged also that northern and western mates take in dividual initiative in civil rights measure xew york he said should continue to set the example by expanding the powers of the state commis sion against discrimination it should have the authority to initiate regulatory action wherever discrimination exists instead of having to wait for complaints it should also have a budget commensurate with its task gain seen in war on race bias guage doubt persists too as io whether the republic would re main in or outside the britisii commonwealth mr strijdom has frequently stated that this will have to be decided when the time conies des pite reluctance to retain the tie with britain many govern ment members are keenly aware of the widespread advantage in matters such as trade de fense and so on which go with commonwealth membership continued from page 3 statf members found a more complex case an employee whose church urges him to spend a good part of each day proselytizing felt his employer was unfair in repeated at tempts to keep him at his bench no decision was made staff men noted since the gov ernment contract had termi nated before they arrived ou the scene bad '„..... ? in 1265 had probably been implicated banish painful skin blcnn'shes fau with dr chase's o-ntnent thomas ii served edward 1 in the wars against wales and scotland and took his part in the earliest english parlia at the trial lord berkeley had got away with the thin story that he had not been at the castle at the time the soothing medil ed ingre dients in dr chase's ointment provide anl i protection against inlce.i.u allay pain and suffering it relieves such condi tions as eczema boils pimples blackheads cold sores ments a berkeley was cap tured at bannockburn another was taken prisoner at poitiers and another at chatillon the last battle of the hundred yesrs war thomas lord berkeley was one of the english commanders at flod a century later a family dis pute about the title to the es tates gave rise to what was said to be the longest lawsuit in the history of the english courts it lasted from 1417 until 1609 and ended with the last private battle in the his try dr chase's ointment . . . get the laree-si/e tin six times as much q 9 lory of england in the civil war charles i had stayed at the castle on his way to be siege gloucester in 1643 but in september 1945 it had been taken by a parliamentary force and the breach then made in the wall of the keep was still there klan leader won't speak at city college on the other hand tbe emergence of ghana as the firs't african member of the com monwealth and which will presumably soon be followed by new members of the com monwealth such as nigeria has placed a new complexion on the matter in south africa the degree of cooperation be tween this country and these new african commonwealth countries in the next few years may largely chart south africa's future new york city college students will get no chance to hear a leader of the ku klux klan in the foreseeable future the student council invited asa carter klansman an 1 officer of other segregationist organizations to speak on the campus but mir carter turned down the invitation in a tele phone call from birmingham yesterday if it is a member of the berkeley family spoke in the broadcast of the mauy interesting things to be seen which include the suite of ebony furniture re puted to have been in sir francis drake's cabin on the golden hind visitors will capture here he said the feeling that for a few brief hours they are living in past centuries virol job printing we can satisfy you builds healthy air force has bomb that just talks his decision was based on the fact that dr buell gal lagher president of city col lege said earlier in the week that he would not approve the appearance but would permit it mr carter said yesterday that this showed a closed-mind attitude and meant that lie might give his talk in a climate of hell raising and rabble-rousing if you want children l!l___l-__l!l ift-j magazines booklets pamphlets negroes in boycott cal irs billheads letterheads baltimore may 7 the air force has devised a new method by which it hopes to talk enemy troops into sur rendering wedding invitations envelopes act against movie houses in greensboro n c tickets posters ledgers etc a high-flying bomber drops a bomb-like gadget after de scending to 12,000 feet a ribbon type parachute opens slowing the missile's fall ar 6,500 feet the missile breaks apart and a sixty-six-foot main parachute opens with part of the missile still attached greensboro n c may 12 — negroes called for a boycott of movie houses re cently they acted after a negro minister had been ordered to a segregated bal cony when he presented his invitation to a preview of the ten commandments this in turn he said would be used against him in the left-wing press in the south and might work against him when he comes to trial in birmingham on may 20 on place your order now with growing children need virol because virol has the ingredients that build health and strength and plowing energy just see what's in virol malt extract refined beef fat glucose fructose egg orange juice mineral salts added vita mins yes the essential food factors your children need put them on virol today the union printery two indictments charging as sault at 5,000 feet the nose of the remaining part separates exposing a speaker then from 4,000 feet to the ground the speaker broadcasts a taped plea to enemy troops to sur render printers and publishers of the bermuda recorder the population of greens boro in guilford county is 190,320 of whom 37,235 are negroes many of them college students this was the first such protest in the state advertise in the bermuda recorder — it pays court street hamilton