Selma,
Banco Nacional Ultramarino was exactly where State Bank is now, opposite Hotel
Mandovi.According to my mother, they also had branches in Vasco, Margoa and
Mapuca.All Banco premises were grabbed by State Bank of India!
My father, who passed away in 2008, used to work there in the 50s till December
1961 and so did my grandfather in the 1920s. He would have been one of your
best sources of 1st hand information.
I remember his telling me that most of the top bosses were Portuguese. The
majority of theGoan staff was Catholics, with a handful of Hindus.I knew many
of my father's colleagues at the Banco Nacional Ultramarino and most of them
havepassed away. I don't know if they were classified as clerks or junior
officers.
All of them including my father, were absorbed by the Indian banks, after 1961
and worked in senior positions till their retirement. Most of them had refused
to work for the StateBank, because of the paltry pay they were offered. Other
Banks benefited by gettingexperienced Goans to manage their affairs in Goa.
If you want 1st hand information, you might have to go to Goa in person. I know
at least2 of my Dad's ex-Banco colleagues there -- Mr. Fransisco Miranda from
Loutolim and Aanand Bhatculi from Caranzalem. There may be some more that I
don't know thewhereabouts of. Any ex-Banco person will be around 80 years or
more!
Naguesh Bhatcar
sgbhat...@hotmail.com
> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:56:00 -0700
> From: elisabeth_...@yahoo.com
> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
> Subject: [Goanet] Banco Nacional Ultramar - Fontainhas - San Tome
>
> Can someone tell me where the Banco Nacional Ultramar used to be in Panjim. I
> am
> assuming it was in what is now the State Bank, right across the Secretariat
> and
> (b) what was the exact purpose of the Secretariat during this time.
>
> Also can someone (maybe Cha Cha Alfred) describe to me what it was like
> inside
> this bank before liberation. Were there a lot of Goan clerks working in the
> bank
> and were the top jobs held by the Portuguese or Goans. I understand by this
> time, there were hardly any Portuguese left in Goa and Goa was virtually in
> the
> hands of Goans. Did the alliances of caste determine who got a job and who
> did
> not?
>
> Anyone's memories/opinions of working or living in Goa between the years
> 1940-1955 would be much appreciated.
>
> Also if JoeGoaUK has some nice pictures of Fontainhas and/or San Tome, could
> he
> post one or two? Would anyone know if the San Tome chapel would have had a
> dedicated priest attached to it?
>
> Best,
> Selma
>
>
>
