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Correspondence and papers - after transfer to Mombasa, 3 Nov 1941-30 Nov 1943

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Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, many of which are connected with Air Raid Precautions and other wartime concerns, as well as Thacker's leave in Cape Town in 1943. Papers include the following:

  1. manuscript notes of case concerning rent restriction, Main vs. Ferguson, and pages from Mombasa Times, 14 Feb 1942, about the Judgement delivered by Thacker (fols. 313-319, 300-304)
  2. Lewis Gun Notes (fols. 286-294)
  3. Defence Regulations (fols. 268-270, 264-265)
  4. Railway Circuit - travelling allowances and itinerary (fols. 231-244)
  5. Sir Howard Elphinstone's report (comments by D.B.W. Good, Resident Magistrate, Nairobi) (fols. 229-230)
  6. list of appeals, Jul and Aug 1942 (fols. 206-211, 192)
  7. Earl of Erroll vs. the Commissioner of Income Tax, Civil Appeal No. 20 of 1939 (see MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 396/3, folder 2, fols. 198-202) (fols. 201-205, 193-194).

Correspondents include the following:

  1. Walter Harragin (fols. 362, 339, 305, 226, 6-7)
  2. G.M. Rennie, The Secretariat, Nairobi (fol. 356)
  3. I. Hodge (fols. 342-344, 272, 262)
  4. Nigel Graham, Secretary, Muthaiga County Club (fols. 333-338)
  5. E.J. O'Farrell, Registrar, Supreme Court (fols. 331-332, 243, 221, 171, 109)
  6. Lt. Cmdr. R.G. Buckley, RN (Royal Navy) (fol. 308)
  7. Sir Charles Belcher (fols. 301-302)
  8. Mervyn Morgan (fols. 296-297, 134-137)
  9. Rev. B. Greenwood (fol. 266)
  10. Sir Joseph Sheridan (fols. 254, 222, 220, 181-182, 177-178, 131)
  11. Tom Dennison, Attorney-General's Office (fols. 185-186)
  12. the Bishop of Mombasa (Rev. Reginald Percy Crabbe) (fol. 184)
  13. Capt. D.A. Vaughan-Philpott (fols. 179-180)
  14. T.D.M. Bartley (fols. 171-176, 141-142)
  15. Lt. John Wilkinson, R.N. (fol. 143)
  16. Don Coffey, Resident Magistrate, Nairobi (fol. 138)
  17. A.E.J. Selfe, Ordnance Factories, Nakuru (fol. 139)
  18. Admiral Danckwerts (fols. 116-117)
  19. James J. Hayden (fol. 108)
  20. the Postmaster-General, Nairobi (fols. 67-107)
  21. Mohamed Hamed Timami (fols. 53-54)
  22. W.T. Shapley (fols. 19-21)
  23. Sir E.F. Harding, High Commissioner's Office, Cape Town (fol. 18)
  24. Sir Walter Huggard, KC (King's Counsel) (fols. 16-17)
  25. E.F. Watermeyer (fols. 12-15)
  26. A.B. Acheson, Colonial Office (fol. 11).

Dates

  • Creation: 3 Nov 1941-30 Nov 1943

Extent

368 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 396/3, folder 4

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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