Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA AD1433-C-Cl-Cl3-Cl3.1
Title
Correspondence
Date(s)
- 1929 - 1943 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
Extent44 items
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondents : Rev. Rev. G. Thornton Green (Sec.), C.L. Harris (Magistrate), J.D. Rheinallt Jones, A.L. Saffery, Rev. F. Stead (Sec.), Rev. Turnbull, J.O. Venables (Sec. Ladysmith Native Welfare Society).
Subjects : Formation of the council in 1930, its activities until 1940 and the following specific issues:
1929.
Proposed site for a new location.
1930.
Conditions affecting Blacks in Ladysmith.
1931.
Plea for a hostel for Black girls.
1932.
Need for cooperation between the Municipality and the Joint Council.
1935.
Wages and the cost of living.
1937.
Attempt to form a "Ladysmith Native Nursing Service".
1938.
Urgent need for improved hospital service and for a hostel for the sick.
Protest against the token credit system.