December 1930 correspondence

December 1930 correspondence 1930 December 5 from Beamish (London) to Sinclair (Handwritten letter noting that J (Jerome de la Mothe) is off to Canada. Beamish mentions that he is lobbying all the important people and the House of Commons gave him a dinner party where he met Ormsly Gore discussed many things not wise to mention in letter but that the campaign to squash the Paramountcy of Native question is optimistic. The closer union matter is parochial to the paramountcy affair. Although the Government or Parties have been afraid to withdraw the White Paper, Beamish is willing to bet that there is the last to be heard of paramountcy. Beamish indicates that he is going to the continent to lobby because the French, Belgians and Portuguese are also interested in the same matter. Envelope) 1930 December 9 from L.D. Vynne (European Association of Tanganyika, Dar es Salaam) to P.J. Sinclair (Moshi Branch) (Typed letter acknowledging the two resolutions passed at a meeting of the European Association at Moshi on November 28.) 1930 December 9 House of Commons Extract from Official Report “Native Policy in Northern Rhodesia” by H. Leslie Boyce. Three page report with penciled note by Beamish dated 21/2/31 reporting that Boyce is young and colonial born and eager to put all questions before the House and had given him and Beamish brother (T.P.H. Beamish) 22 questions regarding Tanganyika to put to the House. Also Beamish took de la Mothe to Boyce’s house to introduce him.) 1930 December 12 from Tanganyika Estate Offices (Dar es Salaam) to Pat (Sinclair) (Handwritten note saying “This lot will interest you. Please Return when circulated to those interested.”) 1930 December 19 from P.J. Sinclair (President European Association. Moshi) (A typed note addressed Dear Sir “As headquarters in Dar es Salaam seem to be no longer in sympathy with Moshi, will not acknowledge De la Mothe and Beamish’s services to us all in any way, and have not even answered urgent telegrams, I think the European Association here should take the grave step of resigning bodily. I am sending in my own resignation today.” Two copies – one original, one carbon scanned 1930 December 22 from Tobacco Federation of the British Empire (London) (typed note on letterhead “a meeting of the Council will be held at these Offices on Wednesday, December 31st. The Agenda is listed. Beamish notes the Hon. J.W. Bownie is the new high commissioner for S. Rhodesia, and C. Ponsonby represents Nyassaland.) 1930 December 27 (newspaper article from The East African Standard Correspondence column titled “Zionism” by P.J. Sinclair) Scanned 1930 December 29 from C. Ponsonby (London) to Beamish (London) (typed note Inviting Beamish to dine at an East Africa Dinner on 14th January. Beamish typed a note to Sinclair that probably Sinclair knows Ponsonby as he has visited Moshi and is a great friend of Beamish’s naval M P brother. Note in blue crayon indicating Rec’d Jan 22/31) 1930 December 30 from Major A.E. Perkins (Moshi) to P.J. Sinclair (Marangu, Moshi) (typed letter regarding a letter received from F.S. Joelson, editor of “East Africa” in which he expresses the work performed by Beamish and De la Mothe. The following are the items mentioned in this letter: No date from F.S. Joelson to Major A.E. Perkins (typed letter on Major A.E. Perkins letterhead COPY. EAST AFRICA (typed letter remarking about Beamish and de la Mothe. MEMORANDUM remarks about Beamish and De la Mothe’s hasty trip to England and their energetic enterprise with regard to East Africa )