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Correspondence with Mrs Lucy Middleton, MP, 23 Jan 1946-20 Oct 1948

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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/18, folder 4, fols. 42-84
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Correspondence with Mrs Lucy Middleton, MP, concerning the following territories and topics:

Singapore:

  1. labour unrest and strikes related to food shortage (in 1946): fol. 44.

Trinidad:

  1. the proportion of elected members on the Legislative Council and the question of adult suffrage and of an increasing measure of democracy: fol. 44
  2. the treatment of clerical staff of the Trinidad Government Railway: fol. 58.

East Africa:

  1. the Orde Browne Report on Labour Conditions in East Africa, and doubts about the implementation of his recommendations concerning (1) conditions on the sisal estates, (2) security of tenure in the lower grades of the civil service, and (3) the law disallowing tax exemption for expenditure on housing or welfare: fol. 45.

Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania):

  1. mineral concessions to private companies: fol. 46.

Kenya:

  1. new appointments in the Labour Department (in 1946): fol. 46
  2. the proposed appointment of an officer to advise on African trading concerns: fol. 46v.

Palestine:

  1. the requisitioning of private property under Defence Regulations, and the hardship caused, with a letter from G.H. Hall: fols. 48-52, 59, 60-61, 63 (see also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/25, folder 1, fol. 271)
  2. local voting rights: fols. 73, 78.

Malaya (Malaysia):

  1. housing shortage and the need to hasten de-requisitioning: fol. 53
  2. composition and functions of the Central Welfare Council: fol. 53
  3. financial assistance for the rehabilitation of Chinese tin mines: fol. 53v.

Bechuanaland (Botswana):

  1. Chief Tshekedi's Memorandum (see above MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/17, folder 2, fols. 101-104): fol. 54
  2. educational equipment in schools, and the use to which grants from the Colonial Development Fund are put: fol. 59
  3. punitive action by Tshekedi against members of the Makalaka tribe, and the case of Chief Mswazi, with a letter from Lord Addison: fols. 59, 64-66, 74-76, 79, 81-83.

Mauritius:

  1. the monopoly of high-strength spirits: fol. 54
  2. the sugar industry, and suggestions of the Economic Commission concerning wages, labour conditions and equipment, and cost of living: fol. 84.

Colonies, general:

  1. the review of emergency powers under wartime Defence Regulations, with a Written Answer from Creech Jones: fols. 54-55
  2. living conditions of crew members of racial and ethnic minority backgrounds aboard the SS 'Princessa': fol. 62
  3. proposals by Canon A.W. Howells concerning the choice of Governors and civil servants in the colonies: fols. 67-70.

West Indies:

  1. the work of the Caribbean Commission, with a reply from Creech Jones: fols. 54, 56.

Nigeria:

  1. complaints of the Federal Union of Native Administration Servants about miners' negotiations: fol. 58
  2. royalties from tin mines paid to British companies: fol. 80.

Bermuda:

  1. Bermuda Workers' Association petition to the Colonial Secretary: fol. 59.

Jamaica:

  1. labour relations, and threats by Bustamante to abolish or curtail the activities of the Labour Department: fol. 59.

West Africa:

  1. report of the West African Oil Seeds Mission, and the need to increase supplies of consumer goods and to appoint Co-operative Advisers: fols. 71-72.

Northern Rhodesia (Zambia):

  1. royalties from copper mines paid to the British South Africa Company: fol. 80.

Dates

  • Creation: 23 Jan 1946-20 Oct 1948

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1 item

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/18, folder 4, fols. 42-84

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