The Bermuda Recorder

              tage six the bermuda recorder saturday august 6 1960 portugal settles itizens in africa in _.. ii i ... -■___■■■-_____■___—_— in i calling the caribbean south africa scored notes on programmes in the bbc's caribbean service for week beginning august 7 1960 mboya tells britain don't send troops malayan boycott to hit apartheid peasants get land and aid project aims at adding to white population valley project are 856 afri can families who were on the site before it was irrigated and who were permitted to re main and work irrigated plots of their own warns against force london university's overseas student adviser interview in calling the caribbean in addition to these regular features there are interviews talks and reports on anything of interest or importance con cerning west indians in bri tain kor instance in the last few weeks the programme has included interviews with mr and mrs la bordc and mr wong chong who recently sailed the atlantic from trini dad to falmouth mr justice waddington captain of th west indian rifle team at his ley and peter kempadoo w r has just launched his own pub lishing company in england three have also been reviews of exhibitions by two west in dian painters barry watson a new a.b.c.a and ronald moodv of jamaica discounts mau maus by ronald stead kuala lumpur — the through the medium of an of ficial order in the governu.c gazette there is widespread public support behind the gov guija mozambique — twelve new villages of peas ant farmers from portugal are being established here in the valley of the limpopo river 150 miles northwest of new fob k aug 1 tom mboya ol kenya wan britain last week against dispatch ol further treeps kenva it is b01 possible government of the federation nt malaya has decided to im pose a total boycott on the in ieduction of south african the portuguese peasants are brouirht t africa at govern ment expense each family is provided with a house stable tools two oxen one milk cow five calves two pigs five chickens and a rooster in ad dition they are allotted two and a half irrigated acres of land for each working mem ber of the family up to a limit of ten acres plus sixty acres of non irrigated land for this is the time of year when many young west indians will be journeying to britain to take up their places as students in universities and colleges throughout the united king dom not a few of them will be going to london university in which case they will almost certainly encounter miss mary trevelyau as overseas stu dent adviser to london uni versity mary trevelyau gives advice and assistance on lodg ing and general social life as it effects overseas students in loudon and in this capacity she has become well-known to many west indian students past and present at london university o(!(ls of all kinds to this et.untry lrom august 1 as the start of what the prime minis lci_cr sent out govern kenya fori ( lourenco marques a few more he said an explanatory letter is be ing sent to the commonwealth inline ministers while all other countries in direct diplomatic relationship with the federa tion ot malaya are being ap prised through their represent atives in the federal capital years ago there was only wild african bush count rv here on the eve o liu dejnutui tern the united states m ter tunku abdul rahman teimed an economic war upon the union of south the settlements are part of a overment programme to build up the white popula lations of both mozambiqu and angola portuguese pos sessions in africa it is ti pected that in the vn year be tween ims and 1m6 more than 15.000 families from i'or tugal will have been resettled in afriea mbov told report s ot iii africa in the hope that this will help compel abandonment there of the internal policy of apartheid or racial segregation con m ii i ii i i in to airlift an mfaiitrv battalion ol rn over km i juurnien t iti _____.. f the 2.000 grazing purposes strategi soldiers reservt asked by this eorrespou leu what he thought the conse quences v t re likely to be in relation to gatt general agreement on tariffs and canned fish is the chief item among imports from south africa worth 17,300,000 mal ayan nearly 000,000 u.s in 1_k9 against exports to south africa worth 15,900 000 malayan total trade be tween the two countries is thus worth over 11,000,000 and the balance in favor of south.afri ca is nearly 500,000 bepay in six years ilreadv in kenya the head of each family signs a contract with the gov ernment to repay the value of the farm at the rate of one sixth the value of each year's says there's no danger these are just examples of the interesting items which can be heard every tuesday in west indians over here there is no situation so urgent in kenya — no su.-h danger that ii requires this trade to which the federation sub-cribes the tunku replied maybe we shall be kicked out the first portuguese peas ants to come to guija arrived five vears ago their new village of neat five rona con crete houses with rec : tile roofs is at the center of a large irri gation project that em-'lovs the waters of the limpopo to feed crops over 77,000 i ■'•■ i that formerly were dry an 1 useless itiip over a period of six years s hers may leave africa niin t eeause of inefficienev peur health bad conduct or soine dther reason acceptable in calling the caribbean on wednesday miss trevelyan will be interviewed by joe sandars of british guiana who will ask her about the nature of her work and how success ful overseas students have been in fitting into london social and student life he will also question her about the exist ence of a colour bar particu laily in relation to housing through another man's eyes move he said — but this is a possibility we took into consideration when taking this action for the past six weeks jan carew has been giving short talks under the heading vig nettes of london in which he gave his personal impressions and reminiscences of scenes places and people in london this week sees the beginning of another series of vignettes by wilson harris tjje british guianese author in the course of which he will cover such as pects of london as the nation al gallery tin-pau alley the kensington roof gardens and highgate cemetery the violence in southe^i rhodesia and fears ifl hvtt^^^^^^kliii t'trons 1 1 _ . u\^h en eiteil by britain as justification for thn ________ a \ a ft no difficulty is envisaged in making substitutions for south african imports because the federation's own fishing indusiry now provides enough from the sea to meet the coun try's needs in other matters — such as chemicals for example to the government optimism aired the chief crops are cotton the prime minister added that the effectiveness of this practical step of leadership in seeking to mobilize world opinion and economic pressure against apartheid depends for its success upon the extent to which malaya's lead is follow ed in other countries wheat rice maize and vege tables the broad fields are producing excellent yield movement of new tnops in i the area two similar projects are • > be undertaken in moza.it a <•■ li;i to government ig rieitltiiral experts who are snnervi^iir the undertaking mr mboya secretary-gen t al of the new nation-wide po litical party the kenya af.i can national union said th ■ troop arrivals would result n a loss of confidence in bri tish ai'ministrators and a - the united kingdom and west germany can provide al ternative supplies bique one of tin revue riv the change from portugal to africa has not been wi»h out its ri-rors temperatures and humidity in the limpopo valley dnrng the hot months from december to march aro often far in excess of those ex perienced in portugal in ad dition more than 16 per cent of the new settlers studied over a two vear period wer found to have contracted bil harzia a parasitical disease of africa that is spread in west indian girl guides and the other on the zambesi and three are scheduled for angola where a 000 families have been settled so far in mozambique 4.">00 families are already in thei^new homes and 1.200 nmrl girl guides from countries all over the world have been gathering in britain for the the tunku is optimistic that those in the east will back up the federation in the imposing of economic auc tions on south africa though he does not expect western countries to follow his line since they sec the matter in a dii lei cut perspective the tunku told this corres pondent that the reaction in gatt to the federation's defi ance of its regulations is like ly to depend on the attitude taken by south africa he pointed out that the federation is a valuable member of gatt describable broadly as celebrations during july and august to mark the jubilee of the girl guide movement among them are representa tives from the west indies and the voices of some of them can be heard in calling the caribbean on tuesday among them will be cynthia hill and barbara ross of trinidad and also grenada's beauty queen margaret redhead his first programme this friday will be about holland park — a place of many moods monastic and emliant ing retaining traces of the stately architectural home of the hollands now given over to peacocks reminiscences and avenues of trees ' possible lack of co-opera tion with the british govern ment he discounted the fears of ■ man man revival are ex peefed next month population pressure eased in addition to giving the portuguese african territories nn>re white settlers the reset tlement programme is help ing to relieve overpopulation in portugal according to of ficials in charge of the pro ject here plan s africa sanctions malaya's decision to prohi bit the import of all goods of south african origin after july has already been report ed to the prims ministers of the commonwealth countries including the prime minister of the union of south africa the only country in the whole of asia with money to spend mr mboya who left fir africa last wednesday aft r lour days in the united states said that kenya hoped for in dependence in 1961 aiiinir the first moves of the new gov ernment he predicted would be the imposition of economic sanctions a_ainst the union of south africa including the closing of kenya's airports to this derives mainly from the fact that it produces about one-third of the world's natural rubber and tin the federation joined gatt in l!»57 the year in which malaya became independent of british control water the bbc caribbean service is broadcast daily at 23.15 — 23.14 gmt nevertheless most of the settlers plan to stay typical are senhor and senhora joa iuini meguel who came to guija from idemira in south ern portugal with their twin sons i'd years old we came here to see if we could get n home said senhora meguel as she proudly showed her home me visitors we have a ♦ en-acre farm that we have paid off and we will stay the west indian contingent put ou their own turn at a re cent display given by the guides at wembley stadium their performance included a steel band and a jamboree calypso specially written for the occasion by pat castagne both the band and the calypso can be heard in tuesday's pro gramme west indians uver here wavelengths one of the major parts of the project was the construc ton of a barrier across th i limpopo to divert lis watci into the fields a network ol 150 miles of irrigation canals also was built 16.84 metres — 17810 me/s 19j1 metres — 15070 me i 13.92 metres — 21550 he i implications weighed this was done july 6 in a i able explaining this step is taken only after very careful deration of the various implications of this country's obligations under gatt the tunku said this boycott will not affect the federation's cost of living and that the measure was adopted regard f such consequences ally way because the cabinet feels there is all too great a danger of protests against apartheid turning out to be nothing more than words — whether in the united nations in common wealth conference or any place else local times union aircraft jamaica — 6.15 p.m trini dad and the eastern caribbean dwelling and working among the 4.500 families of portuguese in the limpopo he spoke of plans to send 250 kenvan students to amer — 7.15 p.m british guiana — 7.30 p.m british honduras — 5.15 p.m or 5.45 p.m accord ing to season ican universities this year the government felt im pelled to adopt this course in view of south africa's policy toward its own negro and col ored people and the insuper able barrier which this policy places in the way of normal relations between south africa and other african and asian nations a topical magazine programme and he emphasized the ur_"iit need f kenya and other east and central african states ta college-trained administrators and technicians west indians over here is a regular magazine programme which can be heard in the bbc caribbean service every tues day since it aims to be as topi cal as possible it is difficult to give much advance notice of the contents but certain fea tures appear every week such as student news — being re ports on the activities of west indiana at universities and colleges in various parts of the united kingdom : cricket — an account of the performances of the west indians playing in county cricket in britain and occasional reports on games played by the wanderers and other west indian club sides and reports on the activities of the west india commission the british caribbean associa tion and other official west indian bodies in or visiting britain f.r rollocks agency court street hamilton real estate travel insurance licensed auctioneer collections land in every parish we arrange your mortgage and minor repairs taken care of immediately with landlords approval phone 1-5802 duty free mail order service offered conferred with kennedy the voting african leader i iiine to the united states un der the auspices of the afri can-american students foun dation of which he is an afri can director daring his visit he conferred with the dem ■■- icr.ijtie presidential candidal », john f kennedy and i v secretary general dair haa marskjold men feel young again do you f*«i old tired devltallied and unable to enjoy the physical pleasure of life as frequently aa in your prime if ao just go to your chemist today and aak for vi-taba thlt new medical discovery work faat to tttmulate your gland and body ao that you feel younger stronger and eager for phyilcal ac tivity at all times don't give up and be old before your ume get vi tab at your chemist today feel younger tomorrow complete satisfaction or money back guaranteed the government intends to maintain this stand until such time as the south african government gives sufficient indication of its sincere inten tion to tackle its problem in a humane way american travellers limit d to just a few days in canad i or mexico can still shop the world on a duty-free basis through a new mail-order service being offered by the duty-free shoppers cata logue travel agents through whom the catalogues are dis tributed share in the profits by commissions received and the extra service they are able to offer their clients fully illustrated the catalogue lis's famous-name brand merchan dise — perfumes from frame watches from switzerland cashmere sweaters from scot land german cameras fine leather goods etc complete ordering instructions are in cluded in the catalogue all merchandise is fully guar anteed with service facilities available to the purchaser throughout the u.s safe ar rival of merchandise is insur d by a leading american com pany the service has offie s in new york san franeiso and ieneva switzerland notification to the people o r malaya'that they can no long er import south african goods of any sort has been made he spoke at a press confer ence in the carnegie interna tional center u.n plaza at 46th st e w * \ it is end rheumatism while you sleep job printing red cross aids con if you iulter sharp stabbing pain if joints ar awollen it ihowi your blood it poisoned by terms and aclda and bad kidney action other symptoms of kid ney disorder are strong cloudy urine burning itching patteget getting up night backache leg palna n*rv uanata dullness h*adach puffy ankle circle under bye lack of knsrgy ete ordinary medicine can't help much you must kill the germ ruining health cystex end the trouble by removing the cause oei ctstbx from any chemist on guaran tee to put you right or money back act now fp 14 hour you will f**l better me __. _ _ and be com • • cy stex g^r • ar imnn itowhia tladd we can satisfy you 13 medical teams sent by 9 lands answer un plea if you want geneva july 30 — the in ternational red cross said here today that thirteen med ical teams from nine lands totaling fifty-one physicians and nurses had been assembled for emergency service in the magazines booklets pamphlets yes your child needs calendais billheads letterheads weddfjig envelopes titk-b^fostonj^l^dgers etc invitations virol congo f^m the red cross of 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