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Correspondence with Harry Hynd, MP, 12 Oct 1945-17 Oct 1952

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Correspondence with Harry Hynd, MP, concerning the following territories and topics:

Palestine:

  1. the Jerusalem municipality and the appointment of the Mayor: fols. 1-2.

British Guiana (Guyana):

  1. adult suffrage, and the Franchise Commission: fol. 1v
  2. government provision for the building of churches in areas populated by indigenous people: fol. 16
  3. the sugar industry: labour conditions, strikes in 1948, the shooting of workers on the Enmore estate, and the Commission to inquire into the position of the industry, with letters from Creech Jones and Rees-Williams: fols. 17, 21-29
  4. the recommendations of the Venn Committee's inquiry into the sugar industry: fol. 37
  5. the recommendations of the Evans Report: fol. 40
  6. poor conditions in the Georgetown Hospital: fol. 42
  7. rice prices, 1951: fol. 64.

Colonies, general:

  1. the co-operative movement in the colonies, and the proposal to set up a Co-operative Department in the Colonial Office: fols. 2, 6
  2. the appointment of mass education officers: fols. 3-4
  3. scholarships in accountancy for colonial students: fol. 3
  4. International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention of 1939 concerning 'master and servant' legislation: fol. 3
  5. steps to amend trade union legislation in the colonies: fol. 6
  6. the provision of training in England for demobilised colonial ex-servicemen: fol. 6
  7. administrative arrangements regarding Labour Officers: fol. 7
  8. copra contracts: fol. 50, 62
  9. the need for a common wage scale in the colonies for civil servants of all races: fol. 74.

Malta:

  1. infant mortality, and the milk supply: fol. 2v
  2. the threatened resignation of nine labour councillors in connection with dismissals from the dockyard: fol. 4.

Nigeria:

  1. Labour Exchanges, and the resettling of demobilised troops: fol. 5
  2. the enforcement of regulations dealing with factory conditions, employment of juveniles, etc.: fol. 5.

Sierra Leone:

  1. Freetown Municipal Ordinance and local government elections: fol. 5.

Bechuanaland (Botswana):

  1. Chief Tshekedi's memorandum (see MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/17, folder 2, fols. 101-104 for more information): fol. 6
  2. exclusion of Tshekedi from the Bamangwato Reserve: fol. 55
  3. the number and composition of local councils: fol. 55.

Trinidad:

  1. strike by the Federated Workers Trade Unions: fols. 7-8, 10
  2. freedom of expression of a broadcasting company: fol. 7v
  3. the establishment of a free port: fol. 7v
  4. ten-Year Plan of Development: fol. 8
  5. strike of Seamen Workers Union: fols. 8, 10
  6. free auditing of trade union accounts: fol. 11
  7. subsidies for food stuffs: fol. 12
  8. expenditure on the Caura Dam: fols. 22, 25
  9. criticisms of the new Constitution: fol. 26
  10. political activities of civil servants: fol. 35
  11. wages of sugar workers: fol. 70.

Kenya:

  1. strike in Mombasa: fol. 10
  2. African representation on the Legislative and Executive Councils and on the Nairobi Municipal Council, with a letter dated 10 Oct 1949 from Creech Jones: fols. 30-31
  3. expenditure in 1949 and 1950 on African education, with a letter dated 17 Jan 1951 from Griffiths: fols. 37-39, 53-54
  4. criticism of the Beecher Report on education: fols. 55, 56-61
  5. action taken regarding the Hartwell Report: fol. 67
  6. negotiation machinery for agricultural and dock workers, with a letter dated 13 May 1952 from Lyttelton: fols. 72-73, 77
  7. coffee prices, 1949-1952, and the wages of African workers: fols. 74, 77
  8. the employment of Afrikaners in the Public Works Department, and the need for an apprenticeship system for training African workers: fols. 75-76.

Mauritius:

  1. demand by the Government Servants' Association for an increase in the war bonus: fol. 11
  2. sugar industry, and the low price paid by the British Ministry of Food: fol. 11v.

Tobago:

  1. Medical and Dental Services, with a letter dated 1 Jun 1948 from Creech Jones and a report from the Governor: fols. 13-14, 18-20
  2. cultivation of land and land settlement, with references to the Roxborough Estate, with a letter dated 1 Jun 1948 from Creech Jones: fols. 13-14, 18.

Antigua:

  1. labour relations in connection with an American tourist organisation, the Mill Relief Properties Ltd.: fols. 32-35
  2. financial relief for civil servants: fol. 50v
  3. land settlement: fol. 50v
  4. trade union troubles, 1951: fol. 63
  5. composition of the Legislative and Executive Councils: fol. 63.

Jamaica:

  1. development of a pineapple industry: fol. 36
  2. wages of sugar workers, and welfare facilities, with a letter dated 29 Apr 1952 from Lyttelton: fols. 68, 71.

Windward Islands:

  1. private purchase of land in the Geneva Estate in Dominica, and the intervention of the trades union: fols. 39, 43-48
  2. rioting in Grenada and the arrest of trade union leaders: fol. 41
  3. the reduction in 1951, owing to lack of funds, of the Ten-Year Development Plan in Grenada: fol. 52.

Bahamas:

  1. experiments with guided missiles: fol. 40.

West Indies:

  1. progress towards Federation: fol. 42
  2. Pioneer Industries legislation: fol. 67
  3. increase in wages and improved welfare facilities as a result of increased price paid for sugar: fols. 68, 71.

Fiji:

  1. copra contracts: fols. 50, 62, 69.

Barbados:

  1. resolution passed by the Workers Union on the need for the appointment of a Factory Inspector: fols. 65-66.

British Honduras (Belize):

  1. the part outstanding of the Hurricane Fund granted in 1931: fol. 67.

Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania):

  1. negotiation machinery for agricultural and dock workers, with a letter, from Lyttelton: fols. 72-73
  2. trade unions in 1951, and the proposed appointment of a Trade Union Adviser: fol. 80
  3. Tanganyikan (Tanzanian) workers employed in South African mines: fol. 80.

Uganda:

  1. the proposed formation (in 1952) of a Whitley Council: fol. 78.

East Africa:

  1. Report of the Commission on the Civil Services 1947-1948: fol. 79.

Dates

  • Creation: 12 Oct 1945-17 Oct 1952

Extent

80 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/17, folder 5

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