Correspondence, papers, and press cuttings relating to the amalgamation of the Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours with Tanganyika Railways, 1947-1952

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Includes:

the controversy over splitting the management of ports and railways
the transportation issues involved in the groundnut scheme
the opposition of Sir Edward Twining, Governor of Tanganyika (Tanzania), and Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda, to Dalton's proposals.

Correspondents include:

Sir Reginald Robins, General Manager Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours, later Member for Transport, East African High Commission
C. Hutson, Acting Superintendent of Line
Capt. Cyril Hamley, Port Manager, Kilindini
D.Q. Erskine, Nairobi Chamber of Commerce
George Tyson, chartered surveyor
J.R. Farqharson, (Acting) Deputy General Manager, East African Railways and Harbours
B.W.C. Cooke, The Railway Gazette
H.H. Robinson
A.F.M. Crisp
Sir Philip Mitchell, Governor of Kenya.

Dates

128 Leaves

MSS. Afr. s. 2134/3, folder 4

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