For those guilty of not keeping in touch with the nitty-gritties of teh Goa
news, my "bulletproof" comments were a references to this:
https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/goa-finally-get-bullet-proof-vehicles-vip-movement-1502998612.html
Btw, once ran into the then Alliance90/The Greens German
Aloha,
Re: no bullet proof car, no security detail ...
It was not different in the Netherlands of my young days. I have encountered
the then prime minister (Drs Joop den Uyl) a number of times and even spoke to
him once. On walks in Amsterdam one could also regularly come across the
president
FN,Tanganyika was not a colony. It was administered by the British for the UN
and the British knew they would have to leave someday.
I read a lot about anti-colonialism in the local papers in the 1970s but do not
remember reading any negative article about Turnbull.
Prior to independence and
I'm told that Governor General Vassalo Silva used to insist that other
vehicles & passengers be allowed on the ferry-boat he was using at Cortalim
or Panjim.
On Fri, 10 Sep, 2021, 6:22 pm Frederick Noronha, <
fredericknoron...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh wow! Not even a bulletproof car?
> And these
Antonio Menezes is quite right about spotting Turnbull on
his early morning rounds in Dar-es-salaam on a bicycle.
That is the way he always operated even when he was
Provinciaal Commissioner of the Northern Frontier Province
in Kenya. He was up very early and, accompanied by his
D.C.(District
Oh wow! Not even a bulletproof car?
And these were colonial administrators? FN
On Fri, 10 Sept 2021 at 13:28, Antonio Menezes wrote:
> I recollect seeing briefly the Governor of Tanganyika Sir Richard Turnbull
> who along with his wife were cycling down the Acacia Avenue
> on bicycles which
I recollect seeing briefly the Governor of Tanganyika Sir Richard Turnbull
who along with his wife were cycling down the Acacia Avenue
on bicycles which looked very odd i.e.. with broad tires.
It was early sunday morning and I was on my way to the St Joseph
Cathedral for mass . Both Mr and Mrs
Thanks Mervyn for the photo of my onetime boss nd
the Foreword when he opened your new Clubhouse
in Dar.
Brings back memories as I visited the club when
my family and I were staying with our good friend
(Biz Noronha) at Oyster Bay en route to Zanzibar
where we were caught up in that bloody
Hi Roland, Mervyn n Victor !
Roland, thanks for a great review on Bwana Karani coming on the heels on Braz
Menezes' book. Like any
book, Mervyn , you were placed under the microscope and goanetters came up
with some
criticisms.
Mervyn, you wrote about the District Commissioner , now Sir
Tony Barros wrote:
Mervyn, you wrote about the District Commissioner, now Sir Richard Turnbull.
The last Governor of Tanganyika and its first Governor-General was also a Sir
Richard Turnbull. Was he the same person ?
For those who missed it the first time, here is what Turnbull had to say
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