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NO. 14 REGISTERED AT THE APRIL 13. 1964 G. P.O. AS A NEWSPAPER PRICE 40.

1963/4

MARCH TOTAL864 43,72

6_94 44.86

10.94 45417_76 ......51

8.82 44.35

FEB6.201

7.31

6.35

5.74

62<

RAINFALL FIGURES

8.86 45.80

1962-63

MARCH TOTAL

11.02 46 II10.93 42_77

CHILONGOLWELO

FOR SALE

Stationj,RL.5_C.

Post Office

lsanya

Airport

Mr, MOlOny

LAKE CONFERENCECALLED

The level of Lake Tanganyikareached 135 Inches above tbedatum line on April 7.

As stated in our JanuaryIssue, levels this season havebeen consistently about 25inches above those of lastseason and, on this basis. itwas then estimated that the 1964maximum would be about 140inches.

llhe UUke n)Se three inchesin the first .....eek of April andit has only to rise a further5 inches before the Maymaximum for this 140 inch markto be reached.

Figures in recent years givea nOnn-J1 seasonal rise of 30inches bUl thlS has already beensurpassed by fi\e inches thisseason. the minimum 1963 levelof 100 inches having beenreached last October.

In our January issue we urgedthat it was then t-jgh time thatan inlernational conference onthe matter be convened "to seewhat can be done to restore theLukuga outlet or at leastinvestigate whether it is stillpoSSIblE.' to stabilise lhe levelof the lake within limits pra·cticable for those now attempt­ing to develop coaslal insUlllat­ions"

This conference has at lastIk>en called and was takingplace at t.:sumbulra on Monday,April 6. Northern Rhodesiasent two senior engineers,and representatives of theCongo. Tanganyika and Buru-ndi also attended.

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of the township

No residents. whether official,

or private, have identified them­

selves so Renerously or so closely

with Abereorn and Its institut­

ions as these two ladies have

done and none of the current

departures will be so deeply

fell as will be their absenC'e from

tho SOCial and institutional life

It is understood that Miss

Gamwell and her sister, although

most u'1willing to go, felt that,

"'ith their increasing reliance

on farm labour to maintain the

estate and the progressive deter­

itlration in the work of such

men. it is no longer possible for

them to continue in occupation

of the property.

After 35 years' reside:ncf." at

their Mpulungu Road estate,

Chilongolwelo, Miss A.M, Gam'"

well a.B-E- and Miss A,H.

Gamwcll have decided to place

their 985 acres freehold fann,

with its excellent bungalow

dwellings and vcry complete

outbuildings. on the market_

THE RULE OF LAWThe Mlnister for Home AIrairs. Mr. Simon Kttp",~pwe. is making It

very clear that he does nOt In.tend the functions either of the centrnlgovernment or of local gO\-ernm..t bodies to be usurped or inter_fered with by local patty olficiaJs or members.

1mrned.i.a~I)' on the establishment o( an African majority with anAfrican m&:\,oor. in the Lusaka Cit), Council the local U.N.lP. officeattempted to induce the council to announce an immediate ban onwomen entering beer- halls, This may be a sound idea. or it may not,but lhat IS not tM P0lnl. What 15 qUIte wrong is that any local partyoffice should i.mag~ that It can OI'der the Council to take any admi·nistnU.ive acti<:m whatever-l/¥. alooe action which has most importanteffects on the bDerty of the iDdlvldual and Involves the realm of law.

This point was appreciated by the Minister wbo issued a SlaI.etnenl~phasising that suc:h a decislOO was one for the Government alone.

Similarly, a flJ'mly worded circubr has been distributed to allAfrican Townsh.ip Boards pointing out that the work of secretariesof such boards and their employees must not be hampered by the per­9Ona.I interfe:rena of counClllors. The secretary is responsible to theboard for administering its rules for the organisation of work and forengagement, disrnisN.l plyment and conditions of work of employeesaDd his responsibility must be respected

Of course any such mattef> can be ralSed through the proper pro­cedu~ although, eve:o then. trivial or frivolous matters, or com­plaints already covere:d b)' staDdIOK [ule$, unly wQSte we time of lh~

coWlci1.The point i5 re-intorced by the Pnme Minister's firm statement

In his reply to the Speech from the Throne that no step! whateverwill be taken by lhe Government to egablish a "one-party" state IIINorthern Rhodesia, 01'" in its succe5Sor mdependent staU. He said thatAny sl,Icb development would have to come from the people.

The importance of thIs announcemt:nt is that the Prime Ministerthereby disclaims any intention 01 using the Governme~'s powerllto put down opposition. WI has ~n Uae case in 80 many Africancountries,

Nobody will be proceeded against merely for opposIng the go\'em­mem or iLs supporting party; no law offict:f'5 or magistl1llell orjudges will be subject to any government action simply becausc theyrelease Its oppont:1lU from goal or fail to convict ill enemies. Inshort, these statemeot.s mean ttlaL. ao far as the government Is con·cerned, the role of law, U undt!ntood in a civilised state, il to prevail.

There remains the control 01 illegal action by the government'ssupporters. The government wishes to ensure peace and good orderthroughout the country and, therefore, anyone having cause tocomplain of being ordered about or threatened by party thugs-ofwhatever party-chould lltt once report the D"I&tter to the properauthority. For example, why should any man permit tor onemommt \'isits of bruh young idiots Lo his home with orders Uulth15 wife should lengthen her skim?

Mr, John Mwanakatwe has just ~mUy given evidellce that thissort of direct action by ganp will DOt be tole.raud. In the SouthernProvince te3chers' house. have been bumed because their occupantsdid nc¥ belDn3 to a particular party. The Minister has said thatwherevl!r Education Department property is dAmaged in this way,

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lhe teacher .ffeeLed will be withdrawn and not replaced until thedamage has been made good by the local people at thCIT own expense.It IS true that in these cases A.N.C. thugs auacked UNIP teachers;but the Minister has said that the same prinCiple will oper'Me throuBhout the countrp; and It to be hoped that he will keep his wonJ evenIf the boot i. 00 the other foot.

Mr_ Mwanakatwe thus places on the individual citizen the dutyof doing all he can to see Utat the peace is kept -or pay for thedamage. He expects the citiz~ himseU to resist the false assumptionoC authority by people who have no part in gO\'emmenL The bli.steringcontempt which D Brilish working man would show tow-ards any partymember or official who tried to gi\-e him orders is the !IOrt of thingtha,t is want!d in Arnca. A pllrty's function is to maintain politicalcontact With the people, to act as a nallying point for those ofthe same poillical opinions and to conduct sensible and peecdulcampaigns to rally more people to their banner; but a political pllrt>'has nothing to do with either national or local administration and,espedaJly, nothing at all to do with the private lives of the dtile-ns.....hether they are members or nol

South Africa has now beenforced to bring to an end herlong years of active participa­tion b the International LabourOfiice. the World Health Or­ganisation :md the F<x>d andAgriculture Org3.nisaLion. Thesefunctional bodies h:l\'c historiesdating back over 40 years (orthey were either (as in the caseof the !LD) founded by the oldLeague of . 'ations or continuedwork first begun On a """Gridscale under its auspices.

A strikbg aspect. of .....orldhistory in this period ....-as th;:~

after the z.,..ague of Natioos dieda purely political d~ath, anddespite World War II. thesebodies continued meir work (sof;rr as \\-":1r per:nftted) quite irres­pective or politics and passedeo:sily and without interruptionof that .....ork into the Orbil ofthe wnited Nations Organisa­tion.

In this 'to yC.11'"5 even theCommunists--even the Israelis-have never tried to force theIrenemies QUl or these worldfunctionll1 councils. The mdentdivine precept "Vengeance ismine, saith the Lord, t \,,,11 repay" is very deeply felt in allpeoples which have dcveloJX'dduring the 2,000 years or Chri­sti.:,m civilisation; ar.d rare ex·ccptiO"1s to its universality (sucha.-; the Sicilian tJlafia) are every­where condernn{'d PossiblyMro-ASlan philol>Ophies put Jessemphasis on this aspect of hu·man conduct.

The action against SouthAJrka, however it can he just­ified poJit.icaJ1y, is practJc.nllymexpedient and must undoubt­edly be '3 severe blow to 40years of successful world co­operation. That highly develop·ed country has made contribu­tions to the wor',( of thl'se bod­ies comparable with those ofthe world's lead'n~ nations a."ldquite invaluable to the peoplesor the African continent inwhich it must be regarded asthe only fully modemlsed stale10 these matters.

The labour, hee.1th and safety

conditions in South Africanmines--even 40 years ago wheni knew them-were better thanIn the mines of Wales or Scot·land. Her medical resclrch, cli·nical work and training are un­rivalled in Africa and rarelyequalled elsc·...·here_ Her agri·cultural and stock-keeping re­search and production have .:I.weU·deseved world reputation.

All this "know·how·· will con­t"::1Ue-i.n South Africa. It willprobably continue to be aV.:l.il:1­ble to other lurica.n states, andto the world, through ordinaryscientific and commercial chan­nels--unless some states :ire ~o

misgUided as to refuse to takeadvantage of iL But, by hermembership of these bodies.South Africa freely acceptedsuch a""l oblig:ation as to res:xmdto the utmost of her capaCItyto requests for urgent suppliesof hUrn:J.n and animal v.:I.cc;,esor pesticides needed for emer·gencies elsewhere, and of course,m:my African territories aredependent on her for such neces·sitles. These dcm::m.ds will, pro·bably, continue to be met as amatter of ordinary commercialdealings: but the obligiltion tomeet them as 3,'1 internationalco-operator in world organisations is no longer op<>rativE.'_

On the contrary, it is now es·tablished in the operation oforgans concerned only with thepeople's conditions of labour,the people's health and The Pf'o­ple's food that a major­ity may gang up against a ml'mber rotion to force Its expuls·ion. Even in the case of statesoUendin~ again.;t the run('tlon~J

principles of these bodies­states which: perhaps, condoneslavery; neglect sanitary pre­cautions in epidemics: permh thethe rise and spread of stock andplant disease (aU oC which oU('­nces exist within United Na­lions memhership)--action toexpel th",m is nonst'nSoe. \'lh.atsuch states need is help, notabandonment.

Surely it is even greater non­sense that a tully de\'elopcdstate should be Corced out of

purely functional txxlies forpurely political reasons by amajority of "undel'-developed"or "developing" states, as it isnow more fashionable to callthem?

It is conceivable that Chinamay one day be carved up intoenough so-called "states·' toform, with those uf Sou:'h-eastAsia, a Mongolian majority inUNO. What them happens to theAfncans and Indians if theseexpulsion procedures continue?

CORNELIUS

MRS METCALFEMrs. Jill Metcalfe, who left

for Bnuin in March someweeks ahead of Mr. Metcalfe'simpendmg departure at the endof April, was an energetic Pre­SIdent of the Red Cross here.For two Christmases the pat­ients in the Kawimbe LeprosySettlement benefitted from herwork. Last Christmas enoughclothing was coUected for eachpatient to receive at least twogarments, and it was deliverednewly washed and ironed. Mr.Metcalfe also helped with thehanding out or sugar and riceand the other gifts so generouslyprovldt:d. The Settlement hopesvery much that someone equallysympathetic will feel able toundertake this annuaJ task somuch appreCiated by the pa­tients.

Tho!! fine d .....eUing house on Ka­tula E5tate. built 35 years ago bythe !ale Mr. H.M. I...askie .....ho was•a civil engineer, sustained seriousdamage on Tuesday, March 24, b)'the collapse of a concrete be:unestImated to weigh about 6 tons.The house DOW belongs to Mr,W.O. Westwood and is rented byMr. and Mrs. Parton, nf LakeviewHcul which is about 50 )·ardsor so higher up the slope. Mrs.Parton and her two young daught­ers were S~'1tlg in the roomwgether wh~ Mrs. P.uton leitthe bouse to visit Mrs. QiJ.vier UIber cottage some distance a.... ay.The t.bildren's African nurse-girlhearing ominous noLSeS, thnwone child over her shoulder,caught the other by the hand anddashed Out of the room just beforethe huge beam came dO'Y."tl. smash­inS everything beneath iL Its fallshook the .....hole house so thatcracks appeared in many places.The bouse, y,ith its heavy 'liedfoof and upper storey room, 15 nowquite unsafe and it is feared thatfurther collapse m3y occur at an)time.

Mrs_ PartOn had to arrange tolodge her children elsewhere andobtained 3; caravan from Mpulu­ngu for herself and her husband.It is possible thM some dnmagemay have occurred during a .'itormat the pre~·iou9 week·end when\'ery heavy lightning alarmed theoccupanlg.

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and heartfelt thanks to the manykind friends in Abercom fortheir letters and telegrams ofsympathy, also for the floraltributes reeehoed. at the time ofthe sad loss of my beloved hus·band lan_

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SOAP FOR LOCUSTSMr. C.D. Peachey who, like

several other leading citizens ofAbercom, is extremely sensitiveto the very mention of the word"locusts", writes:- "I read inThe farmers Weekly in ananicle entitled "Ploughing aFurrow with Pula" th:i.t "locustsshould be wlerated". In the nextissue a leuer appeared fromMr. A. Bruce of WiIlo\\more.c.P.• entitled 'Here's a Way toKill Locusts" This mentionsthat locusts can be killed by"blue washing soop water"which "stops thelr breathingpores and is not a poison" Mr­Cruce adds that the locusts canbe collected for fowl food· Theyget fat on them and so dodogs."

Mr. Peachey f('els that hedeserves a "golden handshake"or a medal or somethIng forpassing on this idea: but It mustbe rem~mbered that the highpower research team for so longbased O"l Abercorn would stillbe necesury to Vo ork out howmany thousand tons of bluesoap would have to stirred intOLake Rukwa to make a lethalsolution, to design !'>plendid"swamp-skippers" to do it, todiscover whether light aeropla'nes at "zero" height could fighttheir WB)' through the fro(,1and wbe1her the dog and fowlfood 50 provided would becheaper Ihan rump steak andcaviare (also good faueningfood for fowls and do~s), studythe effeet of blue soap on thena,·our of eggs and to work ona host of other fascinatingscientific problems,

The Rev. Father W. Boenders,a well known Abercorn person­ality, left for Holland on March16. He was selected to becomelhe Vice-Provincial of theWhite Fathers in Holl.lnd. Inlayman terms, this mea"\s lhatFather Boenders will be the'second in command·' for all

the White Fathers in his homecountry.

Father Boenders arrived In

Northern Rhodesia in 1947 andVoas Immechately appointed toMambwe Mission where heICoirnt Chimambwe and startedhis miSSionary work. In 1948he came to Abercor.., with HisLordship Bishop A. Furstenberg(~hen. Fr. Furstenberg) andBro. Burkhard to start at St.Paul's. Father Boenders likedto rccall his pioneering clays ofgras.s huts and "roughing it up".From the \ery beginning he fellin love with Abercom and Itscitizens and always ('onsideredIl THE place to live in

Unfortunately thiS "idyll·'was to be shan hv..::d as In 1951he was called to Ilondola. thenthe Headquarters of "Abercorn'Diocese, where he took up thework of Treasurer Genera\. In1954, on tOP of this full tim!!job, he also became Vicar Ge-ne'ral, or Assistant to the Bishop­In 1955 he went on home leaveto recuperate and enjoy '3 ....."11earnf"d rest,

In March 1957 he was backat Mambw~ f,'ljoying (lnCI:' morethe "bush life·' After a yearhe wenl back to Ilondola (Chinsali Di~tnct) to lei as Educa·tlon Secretary .Jnd in thiS capacily he come to Abcrcorn In

1959. At first he lived at Ka·sulo WIth Bishop f"ur"lenbcrgand Father Hoch and JO 1961 atS1. Franci5~ven befor~ theactual house was completelybuill.

While on home leave In 1963,he enjoyed a few weeks In E.,~·

land visiting old Abercom friendssuch tiS the Boyds and the Peaksand arranged to meet Mr andMrs Kuhne but thiS, unfortu­nately, did not matenlizc-

It was also durlng this lea\'e

that he received his new assign­mEmt and was allowed to comeback to Abercorn for eightmonths only.

Undoubtedly Father Boendersis very well rememberd in Abe,..­corn as a Town ManagementBoard member. .1S a yachtsmanwho enjoyed a good laugh afteran unexpected dip. at the Club..... ith a kind .....ord for this oneand a smile for another a....,d asa Bridge enthusiast! He will alsobe remembered as a Golfer al­ways trying hard-sometimessuccessfully and at other times.well, like all beginners, he foundthat ball awfully small!

He like-d to remember the dayhe was playing With Mr_ "Bob"Jones who whenever he missed.had the prIvilege not being acleric, of letting off steam! Then,twice in a row, Father Boenders'ball stopped on the lip of thecup_ In exasperation he turnedto Mr Jones and said: 'Bob!Now as a Priest. what can t say?'Looking at the ball and then atFalher Boenders. Bob. with allhis wisdom, answered: "Well' ifII were you J would say-it isvcry awkward!"

Most of all, father Boendersis remembered as the kind p:t­tient Priest he is, alW1lys patientat listening to people's worriesli<;tenlOg to people's worrie-s,problemo; and joys and with al­ways a kind word or very sou:'ldadvice for e,·eryone

We all hope to see him backamong us In the not toodlc:unt future and until then wewio;h him all the very best' For,surt'ly. he remember" Abercom;Ind Abercorn re-member:. him

aid cnurses, cross country runmng and InitIative tests at Lu·n1.uwa. n short expeditIOn In theKal3.mbo Falls area a 10"L: ex·pedltlon In the Tantanyika es­carpment area, mduding theMpono Falls on the hsi River.and they .... 111 also do three dayscommunity SCl"\llce on some use·ful VIllage project such ao; hal"veslln~. bridge~bUllding or simI­lar work.

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Three intensive lnter·racialtraining courses for young men.selected by their employers forleadersh.ip training are to beginshortly at the fonner agricultu·1'...1 station at Lunzuwa.

The courses, which nre de·igned and conducted under theauspices of the Outward BoundAssociation, Northern RhodesiaDiVISion, will each consits of 48train~s. They will be umJer thedirection of the Warden, Mr.d'Arcy Payne. who conducted asuccessful experimc.lt in thiswork in this area OVlf twoyears ago. The Chief Instructorwill be Mr_ John PItchford andthere will be six other instruct­ors. both European and African.Two of these instructors .1Te

from the Bntish '"Voluntaryservice Overseas·'

The i1rst course will run from~1ay 6 to JUlle I. the ~cond

June l7 to Jul)' 13 and the thirdfrom July 22 to August I,

The cost-£30 per hpad--willbe paId by the go.. emment, com·merClal or industrial employerswho have sent theIr ~Iected

candIdates for the course~

Th{' lads ""Ill take part in sea·manship, life-savlOg and swim'm','g courSt's on Lake Chila:rock·climblng and mountain re­SCUl' cour!'>es on Sunzu mount­am athletlc~. m:<lpreading, first-

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Chunya was probably thelargest o( these vil1ages and itlay just north o( the present5umbawanga road_ Before Mar·shall's arrival it was the seatof senior Chief Tafuna. but hisheadquarters later moved to }(a.sakalawe and Chunya becameknown as Zombe's village.

Kasankwi was a village est­ablished soon aiter Marshall'sarrival near the shore of LakeChila some way "up-stream" ofthe present European houses onthe further shore. It was laterclosed for health reasons.

Nzunda was on the site ofKanyika Farm. three miles upthe Mbulu Stream (rom the pre­sent C.A·R.S. depot. "Mbulu",incidentally, means iguana­creatures at one time commonin this \·a1ley.

Mulangu village Vo'SS on 5i­manwe Farm, some live milesdown the Mpulungu Road.

Thus none of these place­names has-or ever had--anypermanency and none is of anyuse as a link with the past orpresent.

One local place-name whichdoes have a link to Abercom'spast is Mutamb..'liika-the Afri­can name for the rise known toEuropeans as Cemetery Hill. ItW'3.S on the summit of this hillthat MarshaJl established hisBoma and built his house, thefoundations of which can stiUbe traced. Marshall's Africannickname was 'Muta."11balika'which can be translated "Hewho brings peace" It was he,of ('ourse, .....ho put an end tothe constant inter-tribal wars. ItIs a pleasant thought that thosenow gone to eternal rest shouldlie In a spot so named.

Marshall origlnally lntendedthat the new post should becalled "Zombe". The area,

CHR1ST1ANABERCORN

This is a pity for manyreasons. Among them are:- aname which, very conveniently,comes first In almost allalphabeticaJ lists, such as tele·phone directories, time-tables.filing systems and so on, wiUlose t.h:1t valuable position; aname which has appeared instrangely large type on mapsof Africa for 70 years will bereplaced eventually by an un­known name (prob3bly in muchsmaller type): a name familiarand atlractive to thousands oftourists and recipients of pub­licity literature will have to bepopularised aU over again.

The enonnous expense of allthis, and the unnecessary workfor thousands of people through­out the world, will be, ofcours~, completely ignored. InLondon (a pre-Roman name)there is a Charles St. and aCromwell Rd.-aJthough Crom·ell beheaded Charles and mostpeople hate Cromwell.

It is, in fact, quite impossible1O list any advantages in thechange which can possibly sel­off the disadvantnges--exceptthe single one that a few peoplemay be made a little happierfor a few days by the know­ledge that the old name Isabolished.

A HAUNT OF WONS

The central part of the pre­sent township site was original·ly nothing more than a densethorny thicket of trees and bushin which unusual numbers oflions were said to have theirhome_ rt was situated roughlyequl-dlstant from (our fairlylarge viUages-then known asChunya, Kasankwi, Nzunda andMuJangu.

There had earlier been avillage in the neighboUrhood ofthe Lucheche mushitu (the

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to the small lake within thetownship. This is a featurealmost unique in African town­ships and very much morepermanent than shifting familynames or wandering bush­buck.

The word seems to be wide­spread as a name for a shallow.marshy place into which gamecan be driven, bogged down andslaughtered with primitive weap­ons. The similar name "Chirwa"appears for a much larger butalso very shallow lake inNyasaland.

The profusion of stone agerelics in the bed of Lake ChUamay show that it has been thecentre of such a practice forthousands or years.

One way and another, it

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might be sensible to retain'Abercom'. It is a neutral nameso far as languages are concern­ed: it IS completely integratedinto the literature and mappingof the last 70 years; and It com·memorates a man who. thoughnever active in Africa, was res·ponsible during his 23 years'term of office (1890-1913)for the final suppression ofthe slave trade in the area andwho, by authorising the build­ing of the Stevenson Road,brought it into peaceful contactwith the outside world and thusinitiated its development as apleasant place for somethousands of people to live incontrast .....;th the precarious andrather miserable way of life ofthe few hundred inhahitants ofthe original villages.

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NAME?"Mbala" came to mean thetownship rather than the store.

However, an older attachmentof this word to the site comesfrom the word "chisongo-mbaa·laala" for the spotted bush·buck. In this word the secondpart which is Cilungu is saidto indicate the cry of this part­icular variety which at one timelived in considerable numbers inthe Luchec.he musitu (the agri­cultural station area). There isa story that in the days of theBemba raids, people of the ori­ginal ZOmbe village were verynervous and constantly mistookthe movements and calls ofthese buck for those of raiders.In this way such a phrase as"It's only the Mbala" was sooften used that the name esta­blished as that of that part ofthe Lucheche from the LakeChUa outlet to the Mbulu con­fluence.

It was this area that the veryfirst stockade and administra·stive building were erected in1893 and it thus seems thatMbala has survived through allthe moves of the boma and theparhaps mistaken connection toMandala store.

Such research, however, isreally a matter for the expertfor, in a country with at taestthree spoken languages, onlyrecently stabilised by translite·ration, one has to consider allthe varying meanings of thesame or similar sounds; the per­sistence of a name among olderpeople against the pressure ofthe names of things such asspectacles or a new iron roofwhich may enchant the imagi­nation of younger people. themore or less temporary sojournnOt only of families but even ofbush· buck; and so on and so on.

CLAIMS OF "CHILA"Another possible name would

be Chila or Chilwa which is veryfirmly and anciently attached

Then. in later years" the name"Mbala" established itself as theAfrican name fOT the placealthough never used officially.

In 1896 the Bama 'NBS mov­ed a mile or SO southwards toa site opposite the present AllSaints' Church, partly becauseor the dangerous lightning ex­perienced on the hill. This. anda further move a few hundredyards fun.her south beyond thepresent Post Office. removed itstill further from any link withZOmbe-

however, came within Sir HarryJohnstone's administration fromNyasaland and its communicat­ions were solely through thatroute. It was. therefore, tboughtthat "Zombe" would be con­fused with "Zomba" (thatcountry's capital) and it wasdecided that the post should becalled "Abercorn" after theDuke of Abercom who was thenPresident of the CharteredCompany.

It also seems that the termhas a connection to the Bembaverb "baala" which includessuch ideas as "observe","measure", "choose", all ofwhich may well have becomeattached to the store. Later theNyasaJand name for the com­pany-"Mandala" ("tw~yes"

after Moir who wore glasses)came to be generally used, and

This name is traceable tothree sources.

It was once used for theiAfric;an Lakes Corporation storeand, accordIng to the DistrictNote Book (from which mostof these facts have been ext­racted) this was a reference tothe shiny new Iron roof of thestore. although it Is not clearfrom which language thjs wasderived

_ Evensong at 6.30 p.m.-Mr. O'A T.N. Payne

- Morning Family service at 9-30 a.m.-Rev.R.N. Fuller

SUNDAY SCHOOL At 9. a.m· except when a Morning FamilyService is held.

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10th May

SUNDAY

11th May

ONLY ONE REl\1EDY FOR SIN

But He was wounded for our transgressions.

He was bru.l.sed for our iniquIties; the chastisement of our peace

Wu upon Him, and with H1& Stripes we are bealed-

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"FANTASTIC SOUTH AMERICA" IOUtOUE (CHILE) APRtL 1

the Idea seems to be a faUure."We were told that BnzIIl18 IS

so jcrry-bl.lIl1 and "fop-heavy" thr:If 1<; already shOWing ominouscracks and, all any rt:formssugge:.ted by the Minister of fin­ance \\-hich may Jnterler~ withvL"Stcd Inten~c;ts C.:l.use an Immed. Ltcchange of gov<mmer:, th~ Sit. a.­ion seems chaoLJc.

"Buenos Alr(>S we liked. It 5 a.huge cit)· The shops ar.. welldn;.;;sed hut once mside th~ (;h ......is vcry lim ted, Shoes ar:: ch-:,upand, they sa). good ,:md lc.J h rJ:oods art: plentiful but bafinished.

"Right through South Afl>t'(I(~n

towns '-he pavements an.. "up", ((lrno spL'CLa! reason. Lt secm~ The)"set:m 10 be b3dly laid In tht' I ('it

place und when rht.' ... labs br"'..:.kth(')' simply l.hg up Il. yard or twonnd forgo all about it. Wal:~lng ismost annO)'In& and dlsa"lrous t"rhoe<

'The people s{'em \tr)" 'frLot"·dom COI'I ..dllus" and ('\-t'ryun{' has10 vote but I doubt if many ofthem know what ,hey ar' \Olingfor. lhe ··uppt'r classe<\" ':1\ thatthe Pcron r{'8Imt' W3S appallinglyCNrurt. but monc)' was 13kl'n fromthose ~ho had it and jo;l\"t'n to lhe··....orklng classes·'. T'U' ro: u1l wasthat me;t sm:all hnps und j,u Inl'S­

~" were rulOt'd and the rich taxedout of nil rtniOn and once lhchospItals, schools NC. wcre built,only ,.ho-;c who "roottd for" Peroncould u~e them. The h'l~e

dr:mons'r.1llOns In fll\'our or himand hi,; Eva were roreed by It

s\'stcm of 'ine" on those nota'lend;n~. \Ve were 0"0',1 th11C' ·r .... l'Ie \'. 'I forc'-d 10 ';:1"11 f'1r21 l'!"" "1 (If t\\·, h.... ' .... I.. tl'"queue ot E\'o Peron's Iying.jn.state('n 1',,'1'1 of all 50r,'S of depr ~atiun"

and fin6.

"We were to'd by our g\.'jde

Urugu.:y re!~ rather morestable and we liked Mo:ltcvid<-o-­an intere:ting and more solid·[(-elmg -"o>\"n. or course a], lh.,- ~

C')untnf'"', and ..... rgentlna. ha\'become \·try tOUfl"t.;:OlhCIOUS anare esp{>Cjlllly intolerant of Amen·cans. They wamled to 0'; nnd ourfe..... words of Spanish .... hen theyreah<:ed \\e were ··Inglese f~'lm

South Africa, but I darcs8\' th~,

made as much as posslbt~ out of

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"Rio is fabulously lovely. TheBay and the sceneI'}' from theSugarloaf, the ChrislOS and othermountain tops is almo.-: unhelie\f~­

able, but the town 15 very hotand the famous Copocnb[)M Deachgave me the hOrroro;--rnlle-. ofblistenng white sand, the sea­front straight, almost oily <moo~h

and glaring, a tar road chee-a.-blocwith cars and skyscrapers risingstraight up from the har stonepaving. Not a tree, a ~a'm or abladl!! of grass-ghar,-ly.

"Santos is not so be.:lutifuJ]ysituated but much more attraCfive:a smaller, oldt.r more rel9xed cIty\\ ith large pavement caf~ and5e'Veml deep 6ays, each b(,3chplaNed with grass and palms infront of the roads and cafes-morelike capeto.....n in the old da) ".

"But 30 miles or so inland LS

530 Paulo- a nightmare of con­crete and narrow, busy str~,-.s,

In fact a miniature New York.And 8~'3y in the hills IS Brnzilha,built at e:normOU5 cost w',-h theidea of opening up the interior bytransferring the c'pital from RIO;bU, as the government preftr tolive at RIO In the winter and alovely little town in the hIllscalled Patrofolis in tht ~ummer.

AGENTS:

"South America lJ fantastJc.Brazil seems to have no economy_The exchange nuctuatl::5 wildly andthey print more money when theyare lohart! The re5l;!t is w: •terrific Sollee 01 the national in­

come gQe!: 111 pa),ng for Importssoth as wheat and pr,:rol. Theircurrency seems to be backed bynothing but optimism; yet the'("'ave built huge skyscrapl'n; andhave in!lalled (\'ery badly. I amtold) luxury plumbing but no pro­perly designed water supply 50

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Some interesting qUIck 1m­pre=ssiQns of present condItionsIn South America hay!;? beenscnt to us by a corresp4"ndcnt,normally resident at Capetown.who is at present visiting Chile.

The writer, of British birthbut ....:ith a lifetime's intimateknowledge of South Africa.would be placed among the "1,­berals" of that country. bUIfinds striking contrasts inSouth American countries to thewell-ordered. prosperous Si.ol.eof pre~m-day South Africa.

The WT'iter says:-

"We spent two days at Riode Janeiro. three at santos. twoat Montevideo and four daysat Buenos Aires before we stan­ed 00 the journey to ChiJe.

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I beg to point oul to you, inall sincerity, some of the at­Lractive measures which couldbe f aken La make your news·paper of outstanding value tothe public.

First. the name "Abercom"may by changed shortly afterindependence. It may be repla­ced by "Mbala" or "ChihJ." Toassist the paper's developmenlin this period of self'govern­ment you should consider thISPOint.

Secondly, we "zamblans" ofAbercorn and the surroundingrural areas, who have longedfor development, civilisationand education would now liketo have a newspaper whichcould tell us the news of thedistrict and I suggest thatABERCORNUCOPJA would bean outstanding newspaper if thepresent title is "localised".

In such a local newspaper onewould leam of:- Jobs advertised(by the District Council. Muni­cipal Council. School roundl.Provincial Council F"tc.. dates ofimport-;t mC'ctings, sessions,arrivals, Jepartures. deaths. bir­ths, arrests, change oC officialtitles. establishment of n~w

roads, pIckets, dipping tanks,buildings. Cish ponds. swinuningpools. Ctlltle spraying. butcher­ies: rural orders and GovernmentregulatioM, transfer of powers.agricultural shows etc., hush­rires. forestry, stores and shops.links, control of rabies and manyother interesllng reviews_

A.B. CHITALAChief Mwamba's Village.

and expenly tacked again androunded it correctly by the skinof her teeth. Pix said, "1 wasthrowing my we12ht from oneside of the boat to another likea mad thing but it seemed tomake no difference." As theother six crept dripping ashoreGlenda was complaining of adamp patch on her pants.

Jennifer Bowmaker was giv­en full marks for sportsmanshipand brought in her ship withthe same complement as thatwith which she left port.

The "Jib only" race was wonby V.S.O. member John Daviesin a light drizzle and an evenlighter wind.

For the braaivleis on Satur·day night the yacht harbourand pan of the lake shore wereIUuminated in a manner whIchreminded one sentmenUlist ofthe Geneva water front_ Theskill and hard work of Messrs.Clarke and Marbus produced areaUy delightful effect and heIr....cd enonnously in the enjoy­ment of the evening and inthe pic-sure of one or twomoonlight sailing trips.

The sacrificial victim for thebraaivleis was Paddy Tobin'spet pig which was lovingly bast­ed by Mrs. Rushton and Mrs.Williamson to a state of memo­rable flavour and delicacy.

Prizes varying from a pairof ducks to bottle of champagnewere presented by Mrs. Kuhne;and Commodore Frank Missenand the starters. Messers. Rush­ton and Kuhne are to be com­plimented on the smooth yetunfussy org/lIlisatlon oC theevents.

Those Yacht Club member,who regard themselves as ex­perienced dinghy helmsmen.were relegated at the EsstetRegatta to a rating at appre­ntice or cadet level rather thanthe proud designation of "skip­per".

Glenda Tobin, a complete out­sider (in the racing sense, ofcourse) and a novice at that.ran away with the whole show.Not only did Glenda "-in theladies' race-in wruch tWO ofher opponents capsized and theother was swamped but to thechagrin of those seamen whohad been teaching her to sail forsome days before the regatta.she won the set of handicapraces (the principal set of theweek-end) with a score of 12points to Steve Symon's II andBowmaker's and Carlin's 10each.

To ensure a clean sweep,Glenda also won a "winnersrace" coming in with a clearlead from the other three con·testants.

The Ladies' Race was an ex­ceedingly sporting event. Gle­nda (pix Mcloughlin, crew).Mrs. Bowmaker (Frank Missen)Mrs. North (Alan Bowmaker),Amanda (and Mark) Lloyd. setout in a pleasant "ladies" sail­ing breeze expecting to getround before there would beany severe "blow" from a heavydark cloud coming up over theflood-plain. However. the "blow"caught them on the last leg andevery boat but Glenda's wascapsized or HUed. Glenda-tear­ing home in half-a-gale-missedthe last buoy but very pluckily

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Mr Chi tala is thanked for hisletter which has been slighLlymodified Cor the sake of clarity_His point about the paper's LilleIs a good one and is being keptin m.,d, However. Just as wedo not yet use the name "Za·mbia", so we shall not antici­pate any change oC n:l.ffle for thetownship. effective when offi·cially gazetted. Just as it seemssensible to retain the name"Livingstone" in memory of

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The ChrIStening of Mr. and Mrs.;\1ark Uoyd's Want dauchtffcaroline, ....as conduct«! at AUSainu' Church OD Sunday. April5, by Archdeacon HO'Jghton whoseviSIt to Abercorn happily co­inc.lded ...... Ith tile presence here ofMark's pan:nlS from Capetown.

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that great mans' work t.n lh!scOlXltry, It might aJso be St:nSI­bIE: to rela1n the name ..Aber­com" (one of the very eArliesttown~hip names in the temtory)as J. memory 0 the long. \a1u~

able and. In those days. quit.eunprofitable work which theChanere<! Company also didhere. I-Iowc\er. that moy notbl' !X>!'sihle.';n article on theproblem of a name for Aber­com appears on Page 4. WeCi't\'ralUlate ~k Chitala on IUscomprehl'n<;:\ t: list of th" func­tions 01 a local nt· ...."Spap.;:r­Thcy are all things we shouldlike to do in du~ course (exceptper~p!> IlRks" and "pi kets"which ~l of problemaltcal in­tf'f"est) but rannOl tlf' got Intoour present small sp6.ce andar~ not all possible to cover UI

a monthly sheet. Co opcrattooOf 10('.:11 "..,d national Kavern­m nt departments, and officials01 all Institutions, and or thegt'nl'ral publil' Will bE: rnr<stwarmly welcomed. - Editor

and authority. saturday Ilexl It his'''positively''' appearance",

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Abercom has just sald farewellto Mr. and Mrs. Peter Clark whohave been frequent and popularvisitors to the township through­out Mr Cla.rk's 2i yean as Pro­\mciaJ Commissioner. They aregoing home to Scotland, and Peter­how seriously be means it cannotbe gu~sed-says he 15 thinking ofstand:ng for Parliament as 3.

Labounte. Diana (apparently un­ware of this pla~ joke, which·eVf'r it may be) t(lld me he comesr:'Om a long line of lrue-blueTories which seems to suit hispeT:>onaht)· better than d:.her the"horny-ha.nded·son-of.toil" or the"lean-gulled-intellectual" Image3lf.ached to Mr. Harold Wl!son'sptIrty. A dish of tea With someGlasgow shop.~ewards should helphim to decide if the idea is a jokeor not

Everyone regrets the departurethiS .....eek of Pat Metcalfe "hohas served two (Widely sep&r1lted)tours a.'1 Dlstrict Comml sionerhere. Pat and Gillian ""tore 81"'8)'5n Jt\'ely nod informal couple sociallyand took their full part in all localaCIl\'lli('~. Pat, In partJcular, findlngtime to pillY severol roles forA C.T.$ with a«omplished ease

face of a large flat piece of thatKawimbe shale which is In fact.the relic of an ocean beach 2.000million years old. This excellentfirst aU..empt was done withhammer and chisel and lOOk hera week to do. I hear that mem­bers of Mrs. Dyer's an class areenraptured with it.

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Dr_ Kaunda. who has sampledthe pleasures of a stay at thecamp is it seems emphatic thatIt must be developed- Thus somepennanent and more elaboratescheme may be put In hand assoon as the experts can tellwhat the lake is likely to do inthe next few years.

Jack said he found him~elf

losinR his way In the familiarLufubu estuary where Ihe rivernows out of the Yendwe Valley.'The river is two miles widethere", he says. "It's fantastic!Absolutely fantastic!"

Helen Putterill has been try­ing her hand at sculpture. Shehas done a bas-relicf (cOlobinedwith stone enwaving) of II finered squirrel carved In the $ur-

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However. it was a mostsuccessful visit and. as a result,it seems likely that the Campwill shortly have two pre-tab.bungalows to take the place ofthose now flooded out. This .....i11be a temporary measure pendingdecisions on the fUlure of thecamp_ It is also probable thatthere will be an airstrip lO takethe light planes of the manyRhodesian aero club memberswho want to use their own tra­nsport for fishing holidays

TraveUing up on the "Damedes Isles", the party encount­ered one of the lake's worststorms. which severely delayedthem and all suffered a lot from"mal du lac" for much of theeight hours it took them to getto the camp.

'lhat he ron now get the bigbroken-tusked wild elephant.which he calls "Jumbo", to takea rnealie cob from his hand­or, at least.. from the end of anI ·inch stick. Is Jack the onlym:lJl ever to hand-feed a wildbull elephant? Jumbo did it toorder for Game DepartmentDirector. Mr. W.S. Steel, on hjsrecent visit and the affair wasduly photographed, Jack usestbe IS-inch stick because hefeels he might get the end ofJumbo's trunk wrapped roundhis ann and wouldn't quite knowwhat to do about it!

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of Abercom .....ere once moreabl~ to enjoy • visit by Mrs­l-A. White of Kasama. \I\"ho wasshowing her latest selection ofdresses and slacks at the LakeView Hotel. Many a "window­!>hopper' came away a satisfiedcustomer, and even those whodid not find something to suitthem voted the trip well worthwhile for the vicarious enioy­ment of seeing other peoplemodelling the collection andpassing judgement on the effect!The success of Mrs. \Vhlte'svisits may be jud~ed by theIar~e numbers of husbands nowRoin~ round town with theirhands finnly on their waJlet.,.Mrs. White hopes to be inAbercom a~ain In Jun~, witha fre<:h selection of drc!>"'E's, andpossibly underwear and blousesa!l well.

Every viSitor to Lusaka reportsan atmosphere 01 utter gloomand dismay throughout govern­ment offices. This depressingsituation is due to be relie ....edany time now by the livelystrains 01 a song which every­body in the SecreUlnat wiD soonbe singing. It is likely to gowell "-ith the fine old Scottishtune 'The C8mpbells are com­ing.. Hurrah! Hurrah!"'

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