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Native Associations, 1935-1971

 File — Box: CLX-A-23
Identifier: Coll-490/20/2

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Letters, memos, etc. Most refer to The Royal Commission.

  1. Letter: Roger Tangri, Free Town, Sierra Leone, to Professor Shepperson. Sends papers from Isaiah Murray Jere's collection. 28 June 1971. The Representative Committee for Northern Province Native Associations, Zomba, Nyasaland.
  2. Subjects suggested by the Committee for the consideration of Native Associations. June 1935.
  3. Questionnaire sent to Native Associations. July 1935.
  4. Letter to Mr Mumba from --------- . Re: Royal Commission, The Land Commission. 27 June 1938.
  5. Memo on Emigrant Labour.
  6. Notes: Some Sidelights on Possibilities of Further Development in Nyasaland. [For Sir Robert Bell, Finance Commissioner].
  7. Nomination of Delegate to meet His Majesty's Royal Commission. Blantyre, 17 June 1938.
  8. Replies to questionnaire on the 'Exodus of natives from the Protectorate in search of work'.
  9. Letter S. C. Hara, Mzimba, to Mr Jere. 9(a): Petition [untranslated]. Raises points which should be made available to the Commissioners. 17 February 1938.
  10. Letter S. C. Hara, Mzimba, to Mr Jere. He is forwarding a memo on 'Grievances'. 22 March 1938.
  11. The Nyasaland Government Gazette: The Royal Commission. Zomba, 8 April 1938.
  12. Closer union of N. Rhodesia, S. Rhodesia and The Nyasaland Protectorate. Notes 1938.
  13. Findings of a meeting of 41 native authorities and 25 councillors held at Lilongwe, 4 May 1938.
  14. Advice to the Inkosi mbelwa Jere.
  15. The Representative Committee for Northern Province Native Associations wishes to be associated with other bodies that are submitting opinions to the Royal Commission.
  16. Memo submitted by 15. (1938).
  17. L. Z. Mumba to the Native Authority, Sam C. Kwase, Kasungu. Events please the writer, particularly the welcome given to Dr Banda, the appointment of a Chief to the Central Labour Board and the Native Welfare Committee and also the appointment of an educated African to the Governing Council of the Secondary School at Blantyre. 3 May 1941.
  18. L. Z. Mumba, Ekwendeni, to Mr Jere. He thanks Mr Jere for mentioning the rumour concerning prospects in the Civil Service. 20 December 1941.

Dates

  • Creation: 1935-1971

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