Re: [Goanet] Goans in Tanganyika and the British Governors Message-

2012-07-11 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Mervyn & Elsie Maciel wrote: >  I could also visualise my former boss(Sir Richard Turnbull) delivering >  that speech and praising Goans in his customary manner,fortified >  (as I'm sure he must have been) with a ood tot of his famous Scotch?! > >  Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have a feeling tha

[Goanet] Goans in Tanganyika and the British Governors Message-

2012-07-10 Thread Mervyn & Elsie Maciel
Thanks Mervyn. Enjoyed reading the articles and couldn't help but admire the high ideals of our early Goan pioneers to East Africa. Their aims, as mentioned in the President's speech, *"to foster unity among Goans, to promote social and intellectual activities and* *to provide the best possible m

Re: [Goanet] Goans in Tanganyika and the British Governors

2012-07-10 Thread joe lobo
Mervyn, I must thank you for revealing history to me that many us goans from Dar were oblivious of !! - Original Message - From: "Mervyn Lobo" To: "estb.1994! Goa'spremieremailinglist" Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 7:08 PM Subject: [Goanet] Go

[Goanet] Goans in Tanganyika and the British Governors

2012-07-09 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Folks, Last weekend, I scanned and put online the souvenir for the Dar es Salaam Institute's Platinum Anniversary, printed in 1994. In the souvenir, I found a great article from The Goan Voice, no less, circa 1959, which is a mini-history of Goans in Dar es Salaam.    This was the first time I