Trinidad: miscellaneous papers, 1946-1947

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Comprises:

(item 1) The Times: complete copy, containing a letter from Greenidge to the Editor about unemployment and unrest in Trinidad, 25 Feb 1945
(fols. 1-15 and item 2) Reintroduction of Flogging in Trinidad: miscellaneous papers, including minutes of a special meeting of the Port-of-Spain City Council, forwarded with a covering letter by the Mayor, H. Hudson Phillips, to Greenidge; a written reply by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to a Question by George Benson, MP; extracts from relevant ordinances in Jamaica (1942) and Trinidad (1946); related statistics of crimes of violence in both islands; and a copy of Benson's 'Flogging: the Law and Practice in England', published by the Howard League for Penal Reform, Jan-Mar 1946
(fols. 16-26) letter from G. MacEoin, Editor of The Port of Spain Gazette, to Greenidge about the Governor's press conferences, enclosing copies of a list of questions for submission to the Governor, and of a related letter from MacEoin to A.B. Wright, Colonial Secretary, 1 Oct 1946
(fols. 27-30) the Trinidad United Front: electioneering literature, [1946]
(fol. 31) notes by Greenidge on desirable aims in Trinidad, [1946]
(fol. 32) letter from Greenidge to the Editor of The Times about recent disturbances in Trinidad, 10 Feb 1947.

Dates

Creation: 1946-1947

Extent

32 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 285/25, folder 2

Additional Description

Related Materials

See also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 285/25, folder 4, fols. 1-60 and folder 5, fols. 75-86; MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 285/2, folder 6, fols. 1-6; MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 285/12, folder 8, fols. 1-7; MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 285/21, folder 3; and MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 285/22-23.