Vol. 2, No. 22 (Published Fortnightly) 28Lh O ctober, 1968 PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL IS MAIN OBSTACLE lan Smith appeals to Wilson to settle "aggravating problem"

HERE was a distinct possibility that Britain and T would be able to reconcile their differences if the British Government would remove its new terms of a system of appeal to the JQdicial Committee of the Privy Council on entrenched clauses of the Constitution, said the Prime Minister, Mr. , in a broadcast to the nation two days after his return from the talks at Gibraltar. He appealed to Mr. Wilson "with all the power and sin­ BACK HOME cerity ai my command to remove this impossible and indeed Mr. Ian Smith takes leave of the crew ridiculous obstacle from our path". of the Britannia airttaft on Jili refum to Salisbury. While he advocated, said M r. Smith, that Rhnde.qianq _qhnn ld fake nmple time to study the paper concerning the three-quarter majority of Parliament British proposals, be had at the earliest voting- in its favour, complied with this opportunity to speak to them on one necessary requirement-indeed, even if point wbicb was the most vital as far such an amendment received the as Rhodesia was concerned-and approval of every single Member of before there wns llDY more misunder­ Padia ment. in other words 100 per cent. standing. support-the Privy Council would still The proposal of appeals to the be in a position to turn this down and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council proclaim that in their opinion the Rho­ (as outlined in Section V1ll) did not desian Parliament had not made the only concern normal appeals on ques­ correct politicnl decision-let me tions of civil and criminal law. re-emphasize the word 'potitical'-and therefore bad no right to pass the "lt is the question of appeals on amendment. entrenched clauses which to us is completely unacceptable. Giving, nod taking away Sovereignty "In other words, the British Govern­ "My complaint is not against the ment is insisting that the Privy Council blocking quarter, but that the British shall be the highest Parliament in Rho­ GOING AWAY Government wish to assume additional desia as far as amendments to Mr. Inn Smith is welcomed by Group­ powers which are a derogation from the entrenched -clauses are concerned. and Captain R. G. Wilson, commander of sovereignty of our Rhodesian Parlia­ that they shall take on the role of the R.A.F. Transport Command ment. deciding what laws are in tbe interests Britannia aircraft, which took the "For example, if a certain entrenched of Rhodesia, as opposed to their Rhodesino delegation to Gibraltar. clause amendment which requires a (Coatiaurd OD IUI&C: lhrn} www.rhodesia.me.uk 2 RHODESIAN COMMENTARY 28ch Oc[ober, 1968

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I f I I I t I I I New family concessions for Independence I>ay ftag raising The new Rhodesian flag will immigrants be raised at ceremonies at the principal centres in Rhodesia HODESIA'S booming immigration drive received a further boost when on Independence Day, Novem­ R the Minister of Information, Immigration and Tourism, Mr. P. K. ber 11. It will be available to van der Byl, announced the introduction of new family travel allowances. the general public after that Tbe new family conc:essloos, cffedive from September 1, an: designed to assist beads of famllles who have emigrated at their own expense and found assured date. employment. Tbey 1rill now be able to apply for grants to bring their fJunllles, and Immediate dependants, to Rhodesia by air or sea. The concessions are available up to a ------maximum of £120 by llir, to each mem­ ber of the immigrant's family, irrespec­ tive of age; or up to £60 by sea plus second-class rail fares from South Afris can or Mo~mbique ports; or the total cost of the fares if this i.s less. Drive for immigrants Mr. van der Byl said the assisted passage schemes, coupled with the new income tax concessions for immigrants, which provide an additional abatement of £400 for married persons, £50 for each child, and £200 for single persons, for two years after arrival, should assist the drive for immigrants considerably. In the period January to September this year, 9,500 new settlers arrived in Rhodesia. Formerly, onJy approved immigrants whose skills were urgently required in Patrol Officer Peter Georp Ma.rs:haD (19), bom in Bolnwnyo, recch·es from Mr. the national interest were eligible for Cllfford Dupont his certificate for being one of the best recruits. assistance for themselves and their fami­ • lies. The concessions will not be g.ranted to A ''Rhodesian-born'' pattern ID the husbands in respect of their own passage, vices, to combat naked aggression from nor in retrospect to wives and families police force outside our borders. who have already arrived in Rhodesia. "The peace and quiet which we for­ But applications will be considered The pattern of enlistment in the tunate Rhodesians enjoy at the present from approved migrants who arrived in British South Africa Police had changed time, which must be the envy of most Rhodesia prior to September 1, 1968, from the early days when practically other countries in the world where and whose wives and families have not every recruit came from overseas, said adolescent students and so-called nationa­ yet departed from their country of resi­ the Officer Administering the Go\'ern­ lists are egged on by trained Communist dence. ment. Mr. , when he agitators to bloody disorder, is largely Not for single people noted that nearly 90 per cent. of a pass­ due to our police force," said His Excel­ ing-out parade came from Southern lency. The 5cheme will not Rpply tn liingle Africa, the majurity [ww Rhodesia. people, who are already eligible to apply "You all know bow quickly a peace­ "Starting from the early days, Rho­ ful crowd can turn ugly, and this is under the general scheme. Neither will desia would not have achieved her great­ it apply to persons resident in South where the relationship between police ness if it had not been for the British and public comes in. Africa, territories in Africa, former High South Africa Police, and a very great Commission territories in Africa, or number of those who bold some of the "A ca.lm and tactful approach some­ countries contiguous to Rhodesia's highest positions in the land in politics, times accompanied by a little humour borders. in commerce and industry and the pro­ can often avert what might become a All applications must be made within fessions, started their life in this coun­ dangerous situation. and this has been 90 days of the issue of a residence per­ try in exactly the same position in which more easily nchie,·ed in this country mit. or the husband's arrival in Rhodesia, you find yourselves today," said Mr. than anywhere else I know, largely whichever is the later. and is conditional Dupont in his address to the 55 recruits. because of the respect and affection in on the families arriving in Rhodesia The funchons of the B.S.A Police which the B.S.A.P. i5 bc:ld. within three months after the date of went far beyond those normally ex­ "Rhodesianc; acknowledge their debt to the grant of the assisted passage. pected in most other countries, and that the Force and are deeply grateful. The had become particularly apparent during response to appeals for comforts and BRAHMAN CATI'LE: A purebred the last decade. amenities for those in the field. together Brahman cow fetched 380 guineas and a Quite apart from prevention and detec­ with the tributes which are paid in Par­ bull 400 guineas at a sale on a Salisbury tion of cnme, they bad been called upon liament and tn the correspondence farm. OnJy 17 of the 160 animals to restore internal law and order, and columns of the newspnpers, are evidence offered remained unsold. now, in conjunction with the armed ser- of this." www. rhodesia. me. u k 28th October, 1968 RHODESIAN COMMENTARY 3 Bright modern look for air hostesses P.C. appeal is Rhodesia's air hostesses step smartly into the world of high fashion. main obstacle The country's national airline, Air Rhodesia. in keeping with its go-ahead (Coatlaaed froa paae oae) policy of establishing a strong new identity for itself, has brought a bright correct function of interpreting these laws. modem look to the girls who carry its reputation among air travellers from "This is no criticism of the Privy all over the world. Council as such, indeed, we would A wide range of factors determined object not only lo the Judicial Com­ the design of garments for air hostesses, mittee of the Privy Council performing from climatic conditions to comfort and this function, we would also object to whether they would match both aiicraft our own Rhodesian Appellate Division cabin decor and the girls' hair colour. having the same powers. The new unifonns were modelled by "I do not believe that there can be serving Air Rhodesia hostesses. any doubt in anybody's mind that what they are trying to do to Rhodesia is to accede to our independence with one hand while at the same time trying to take it away with the other. "Thoy are attempting to insert into our constitution something which has never been incorporated in any other known independence constitution in this world." Misrepresentation There were some people who p6inted to the fact that this clause was part of the constitution which was agreed on Tiger, and therefore asked why it ball suddenly become so unacceptable. Mr. Smith said: "I would say two things in reply: Firstly, much water Yolande Sbellsbear modeb the new has passed under the bridge during the Dutch-boy cap in pale turquoise. 22 months since Tiger. For exnmple, the Rhodesian Appellate Division has The dress is made from crimpelene in recognized the de jure status of our a soft shade of turquoise flecked with Government and, moreover, when Mr. deeper shades of tho same colour and is Wilson roolc the Rhodesian case to the a slightly "A" line skimmer. It is simple United Nations, be withdrew the offer but beautifully cut with a scoop neck made on Tiger. and short sleeves. "Secondly, nnd equally pertinent. this The slightly fitted princess line coat is particular clause in fact was never sub­ made from the same crimpelene material, jected to detailed examination on Tiger fully lined with plain diolcn-loft knitted before being incorporated in the jersey fabric. It has a classic revere rushed draft wllicb the British then collar, long sleeves and very neat pockets prepared and presented to us. cur into the side seams. The dress and "Very soon therea(ter we became coat arc washable and completely drip- aware of certain inaccuracies and dry. when Mr. Thomson. the British Secre­ The scarf is made of French tergnl in tary of State, subsequently visited n soft blending shade of turquoise nnd Rhodesia in November, 1967, this was nylon gloves to match. pointed out to him. Handbag and the plain court shoes "We explained that in our view this arc in navy blue. was a misrepresentation of wbnt was The ensemble was designed by Julie agreed on the Tiger and that il was Whyte Dresses and, together with most unacceptable to the Rhodesian Govl!rn­ of the accessories, is of entirely Rho­ ment. This was reiterated to Mr. desian manufacture. Bottomley when be came out here The Prime Minister said: "I am of recently and was our constant stand in the opinion that we should continue to Lbe discussions which have just taken show a responsible attitude towards place at Gibraltar." reaching agreement and I hope Rho­ desians will not unnecessarily engender Repugnant heat and acrimony over tllis problem." While there were other "undesirable If Mr. Wilson was prepared to points" amongst the British proposals remove Lbe obstacle Mr. Smith which could be argued, be believed that believed there was a distinct possibility the one to whicb he had referred was so "that we will be able to reconcile our "fundamental and so completely diffcrences.and so settle this aggravating repugnant that unless it is removed we problem to the everlasting gratitude not wm never manage an agreement with only of Rhodesia and Britain, but very the British Government". Margaret Muir in the new ensemble. many other countries in the world". (Colllillnd la prmotu rolama) www.rhodesia.me.uk 4 RHODESIAN COMMENT AR. Y 28th October, 1968 1...... ·1 High honour for dancer I

llaDprlan costames proride a py touch at a beer parl7 orpo.ized by • Salisbury sports dab. I. ~~~~;~:~ .;~~~. ;;:::~~., Blonde, greeo-eyed Ga,-e Dlane Baiiantyne (19) is SHD with her Princesses on either side after sbe had been elected Bubnnlyo's lacaranda Queen for 1968/6!'. To the right ID tbe picture is Lyon We!t (18) who was teCOnd. She is also blonde and green-eyed. On tbe left Is Maxle Swanepocl (l3), bn:mette aad browo-eyed, tb1rd.

Merda Hetherington, the versatile Salisbury dancer, who has made a name for herself both as a da.Dcer and choreographer, has beea awarded the Adeline Genee SDver Trophy, the highest award to dancers from outside Britala. The 25-ycar-old blonde dancer, wbo runs a dancing studio, won the honour for the best work in the solo seal exam­ ination held earlier this year by the Royal Academy of Dancing. Miss Bctherington this year also again won the Daphne Levy Memorial Trophy T for the dancer who hDs done m05t for dancing in Rhodesia, an award she pre­ viously won in 1966. She is to visit Britain and possibly - America next year to study dance teach­ ing techniques. www.rhodesia.me.uk 28rh Oc[ober-, 1968 RHODESIAN COMMENTARY s

The senior Veterinary Researtb Officer (trypanosomiasis) Mr. P. MacKenzie, and res ea r c h Woman student immunologist Miss E. Stein· berg, are r;eeo in 'the new for Fellowship laboratory in Sali5bury l'tith a freeze-dryer used in the pre· The Department of Research ptVDtioo of scnuns. and Specialist Services has established a Research Fellow­ I ship for three years at Univer­ sity College for the study of the fruit piercing moth which each year causes thousands of pounds worth of damage to deciduous and sub-tropical fruit crops. The student selec­ ted for the Fellowship is Miss Jackie Bosch (26). a botany and zoology graduate.

Many visit Casino Hotel at Falls A 40-bedroom extension to the Vie· toria Falls Casino Hotel is expected to be completed early in December. The cost of £130,000 brings investment in the hotel to nearly £750,000. The hotel will now be able to accom­ modate about 120 people. Most modern tsetse fly The extensions are necessary because of lhe increased bookings. The figures for 1967 were reported as "very satis­ laboratory in the world factory" and more than 3,500 have been received for next year. A significant step in the fight against the tsetse fly and its attendant disease. trypanosomiasis. not only within this country but outside its borders. (CoatlaaM frena pftTIOUI rola•a) is indicated by Rhodesia's success in establishing a blood meal identification and Trypanosomiasis Control, said the laboratory at the Ministry of Agriculture's Research Station in Salisbury. greatest reclamation of territory from The laboratory, the most modern of animnls of the tsetse fly, nnmely elepbnnt, tsetse fly anywhere in Africa took place its kind in the world, is the first one in buffalo, wartbog, kudu, bushbuck and in this country between 1932 nod 1948 Africa de\'Oted to tbic; line of research bushpig from fenced barrier zones sur- when 10,000 square miles were recovered. and its contribution to the control of rounding settled ngricultuml areas, sup- The nearest approach to this achieve· tsetse and trypanosomiasis will fill the portcd by the application of persistent ment occurred in Uganda, between 1945 gap created by the termination, on insecticide to places where tsetse Hies and 1957 when 6,000 square miles were administrative grounds, of facilities for- rest within their habitaL recovered from the same species, Flos­ merly supplied by the Lister Institute of sina morsituns. and by the same method, ~reventhc Medicine in London. Food preferences game elimination, carried out in tsetse In the conduct of shooting operations occupied territory surrounding settled Use in mnny fielch it was vital to know quickly whether agriculture. The sen·ices offered by the £5,000 the tsetse fly was changing its food pre• Although the killing of game was laboratory can be applied in many fields ferences so that appropriate action could generally criticized as being brutal, where identification of blood protein is be taken in the shooting programme. wasteful, unacsthetic and unscientific, it required. for example in forensic medi­ Facilities are also now available for bad the merit of being effective provided cine. in,-cstigations into the nature of the certain requirements were fulfilled. The Secretary for Agriculture. Mr. blood of game animals that makes them Selective elimination R. A. Griffith, said the Bmnch of Tsetse tol.!rant to infections with trypnnosomes, and Trypanosomiasis Control of the and into the changes in the blood of He said that more than 50 years ago Department of Veterinary Services was cattle when they are treated with drugs it was suspected that the fly exhibited charged with the task of bringing under to kill the trypanosomes. There was the host preferences, but it was not until control the tsetse fty and the disease possibility here of opening up a wide 1952 that a precise and reliable method which it transmits from game animals field of research.. of identifying blood meals became avail· to man's domestic animals. able. This had made possible the adop­ The methods of control which had Dr. G. F. Cockbill, Assistant Director tion of a selective game elimination proved to be both practical and effective of Veterinary Sen·ices in charge of Tsetse policy within restricted areas to halt were the removal of the favoured host tCoaU.ued L. aat rolama) the advance of the tsetse fly since 1960. www.rhodesia.me.uk 6 RHODESIAN COMMENTARY 28th October, 1968

of two to three minutes from the loading And yet another tremendous dam point to tbe dam wall. The plc:ture sho'ft the pat area fo be oc:cupied by Che country's fifteenth largest Workers well rewarded dam, tbe EbeD, wbida 11 be1nR built primarily to supply W'llfer to de'Velop nickel The African drivers are well rewarded deposits at Shamva. It wUl be finished in time for the rains. for the tough work. Two drivers each earned £140 in August, with overtime, The cost of £240,000 is being met by 7t cusecs, of which St cusecs is required and monthly earnings of £100 and more Madziwa Mines Ltd.. which is being for the development of the nickel deposits. The allocation of the remain­ are common. managed by the Anglo American The water required for the mines will Corporation, and by tbe Ministry of ing 2t cusecs is sufficient to irrigate up to 500 acres in an area chiefly suited to be released from the dam via a tunnel Water Development. The Ministry is and How eight miles downstream to a responsible for the design and construc­ cotton and maize. pick-up weir. From there it will be tion. The main contract for the construc­ pumped three miles to Madziwa. The dam, with a capacity of 10,300 tion of the dam wall was won on tender Initially It million gaUons will be acre-feet, is a conventionally designed by the Salisbury firm of W. J. and R. L. pumped from the weir daily, later rising earthfill structure with a central clay Gulliver (Pvt.) Ud., which is using tbe to three million gallons. core. The spillway is on the right bank. Other statistics: Height of dam \\'all, largest earth-moving equipment in Rho­ 82 ft; length of main waU, 1,100 ft.; Also for irrigation desia on the .project Motorized scrapers length of saddle wall, 1,300 ft.; yardage, With a maximum depth of 66 ft. of which can carry 40 tons of earth at 20 407,COO cubic yards; catchment area, 112 water, the dam will provide a yield of miles an hour have a turn-around time square miles; surface area, 507 acres. www.rhodesia.me.uk 28th Ocrober, 1968 RHODESIAN COMMENTARY 7 Australian aid in agriculture The Victoria State branch of the Australia-Rhodesia Asso­ ciation has awarded an £80 scholarship to a Chibero College of Agriculture student, Gordon Chitulru (23), the son of a Purchase Area farmer at Rusape. Mr. Cbitulru is seen in the picture on the right with his College principal. Mr. J. W. Walsh, after the presentation ceremony by the new Minister of Agriculture, Mr. David Smith, in his first official engage­ ment Mr. Chituku is now in the third and final year of the diploma course at the college. In the examinations at the end of the past academic year in July he was the runner-up best second-year student; . . . Congratulating him on bts selection for the scbolarshtp, Mr. Smith said it was dedicated young men like Mr. Cbituku who would play an important role in the future advancement of African agriculture in Rhodesia. The Minister paid tribute to the generosity of the Australia­ Rhodesia Association which bad indicated that it hoped to raise further funds to enable the award of a scholarship to an African student annually. African farmers throwing off the Came to see for paternalism of Government herself The majority of farms were capable faD by the wayside, they show that your Britain's oldest practising barris­ of producing two, three and four times influence is spread throughout the ter, 69-year-old Miss Ber~ Bick­ their present income, if only farmers country, and that more and more of you nell, on a holiday visit to Salis­ were prepared to apply themselves are casting off the paternalism of bury, said there was certainly no wholeheartedly to the task, said the Government and venturing out into the threat to world peace in Rhodesia. Minister of Mines and Lands, Mr. world of economic reality." United Nations sanctions against Philip van Reerden, opening the 29th Some money bad been made available Rhodesia were illegal and that annual conference of the Afri~n Far­ this year to buy uneconomic holdings body bad no right to intervene at mers' Union. all. "Do not come to Government year from Purchase Area farmers who had been allocated economic holdings else­ She said she had always wanted after year with requests for assistance. to come to this country because You have now grown up and. leaders where. The intention was to consolidate as these uneconomic holdings with adjacent "you just would not believe the of the African farming community, must lies some ~ople tell in Britain". be prepared to take off your coats, use farms, in order to increase their profita­ bility. This was a step in the right Miss Btcknell was impressed all the implements already made avail­ with Rhodesia's legal system. able tp you by Government and plough direction, and he would press for more a true furrow to a brighter future for money in the years to come. .; I I I I I I I I I I I I I t a • I I I I I I I I ,. yourselves, the Tribal Trust Land far­ mers and Rhodesia:• It was evident, said the Minister, that To bring tribal Africans into economy the main bar to the advancement of Speaking to the second reading of the If the £10m. initial capital proved Purchase Area farmers, was not the lack Tribal Trust Land Development Corpor­ insufficient, th;,re should be no difficulty of potential of the land upon which they ation Bill, the Minister of Internal in obtaining more. The Corporation in­ farm. it was not the lack of available Affairs, Mr. , said it could tended to attract private capital. finance and advice 11nd it wa!l not the result in a speedy absorption of tribal The chairman of the Corporation Jack of )and for future expansion; it was Africans into the economy. would have to be a good businessman the inability or reluctance of some The Corporation-to plan, promote and a man of vision. farmers to make good use of what was and carry out natural resource and in­ The Minister said of tbe tcbeme: "Far available. dustrial development in the tribal lands from entreucbing separate deve.lopma~t, The delegates to the conference repre­ -would have a general boosting effect I would my tbal this gives the Afriam sented no less than 8,110 farmers, and on the whole economy. in the Tribal Trust areas the opportwrily Mr. van Hecrdcn WBS convinced that If Afric.ns were to take a full part in to devdop so that he can take a paler their success in striving towards entry the economy of the country they would share In society as a whole. into the cash economy, would signifi­ have to blossom ouL Opportunities were "I am certain that if they play their cantJy affect the future of all those other there, and so were the people, and the part, and Government plays its part, they African farmers who resided in the Government's intention was to give the wiJI be an asset to the country." Tribal Trust Areas. people the opportunity to put their aspi­ He reiterated that no land held by Of tbc 8,110 farmers, 1.328 were in rations into practice. the Corporation on lease could be taken Matabeleland and 6,782 in Mashonal:md; The policy would be to employ Afri­ from the tribal areas on any disintegra­ 2,281 had already obtained title to their cans in apprenticeships, from which they tion of the Corporation. land, 2,608 were well on their way could move to partnership in schemes He said there was no point in the towards it, and 3,221 were still on agree­ started by the Corporation, of which Corporation taking over the African ment of lease. they would be part and parcel. Development Fund. It could, in fact, "Although these figures nJter daily BS Depending on their capabilities, this result in more scope for the ADP. more land is allocated, or some farmers could take place quite quickly, he said. (m "Fop.adoa E.aplglioa • • •", pqc I) www.rhodesia.me.uk 8 RHODESIAN COMMENTARY 28th O ctober, 1968 Prison chaplaincy service developing and expanding The head of the Prison Chaplaincy Service, the Rev. William Clark, writing in The Link, mngnzine of the Mnshona­ land Anglican Diocese, paid tribute to the Minister of Justice, Mr. Dcsmond Lnrdm:r-Burke, for his support of the suggestion for a countty·wide full-time Service which is developmg and expand­ ing. Today, says Mr. Clarl.:, there are Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist and Dutch Reformed chaplains working together, assisted by "isitang clergy and Salvation Army officers. Chaplains pay daily visits to prisoners. He adds that the Prison Chaplaincy Ser­ vice more than justifies the initiative taken by ministers of the Church and State "who, together, did more than talk an