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News from Nyasaland

Series

Series Name
Rhodesian Spotlight

Issue

Issue No.
33
Length of issue (in feet)
854
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Old Friends Welcomed Back
  2. 2Getting Copy for Investors
  3. 3News from Nyasaland
  4. 4Baseball - USA vs. S. rhodesia
  5. 5From Salisbury to Salisbury
  6. 6New Airport reaches towards target
  7. 7The Charm School, salisbury

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Summary
Rhodesian Spotlight Commentary - The 70th Session of Nyasaland’s Legislative Council is historic in several ways. It is the last to be presided over by Sir Geoffrey Colby prior to his retirement, the last to be held under the old constitution and the last to be held in this Council Chamber. In his closing speech Sir Geoffrey Colby pleaded for better racial understanding and united efforts towards Nyasaland’s progress. Then by way of leaving the old order and heralding in the new, His Excellency proceeded to lay the foundation stone of the new £60,000 Legislative Council Chamber. It is hoped the Council will meet in it before the year’s end.
A strange cheque turned up in a Blantyre Bank. A cheque can be written on anything and a Major P. Moxon wrote a cheque for his Poll Tax on a sucking pig. The bank accepted it too, smacked the paid stamp on it and hopes no one keeps elephants.
Keywords
Politics and government; Business and commerce; Animals
Written sources
Movietone boxfile no.1   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Production Co.
Central African Film Unit

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Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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