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Anon - uncredited: : PROGRAMME of the Ceremonial Opening of Takoradi Harbour on Tuesday, 3rd April, 1928, and visit of Rt. Hon. J.H. Thomas. P.C.,L.L.D.,M.P

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Slim 12mo paper wraps,1st edn.[Non-credited author,similarly for the publisher but complete text is in English.] No owner inscrptn and no price to wrapper.VG+. Publisher's original but slightly aged,pale green paper covers with black lettering within a decorative and lined border to front cover,a pale green cotton threaded sewn signature tie to spine,and a plain rear cover; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,corner tips with tiny curls but no nicks,tears or splits present.Yapped cover's extend beyond contents fore-edges. Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned; contents bright,tight, clean,sollid and sound - text body near pristine without foxing/spotting. Slim 12mo paper wraps,1st edn,4-17pp [paginated] includes the 8-day visit's itinerary; plus [unpaginated] 2pp blanks, table of Governor's staff and appointed staff to visitors with list/table of Harbour Opening Ceremony Committee to its reverse,first page of itinerary and to the rear an inserted gatefold,b/w seating plan for the ceremony. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for it's age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral paper item,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults/appearance described that prevent a higher grading. An interesting item to appeal to trade union and colonial historians alike. Takoradi Harbour is in the Western region of Ghana,located in the industrial district of Sekondi-Tokoradi and is the oldest harbour in Ghana.The Takoradi harbour and the Tema Harbour are the only harbours in Ghana. The idea for the construction of the port was first advocated in 1895 by consulting engineers of the British Government.The engineers proposed the harbour when constructed,could serve both as a terminal port for the Tarkwa railway project and aa a naval port to serve the British empire in war times.The site for the harbour was proposed at the Amanful village which sat in the bay of the harbour today.The construction of the port begun in 1921 by then governor of the Gold Coast,Sir Gordon Guggisberg and was completed in 1928. The Takoradi harbour is 230 kilometres from Accra,the capital of Ghana.Nowadays, the port receives and exports high volumes of cargo serving as the main export port for Ghana.It now also serves the international trade purposes of land locked countries in the Sahel region of Africa - some of the countries are include Mali,Burkina Faso and Niger,transitting large volumes of cargo for these countries. This is the ceremonial opening of same's official programme of that event.The Harbour declared officially opened by the Rt Hon. J.H. Thomas, P.C., L.L.D., M.P. He was later that day in the visit,to also inspect the Takoradi Railway Terminus,for which there was also an official commemorative book produced. James Henry Thomas [b. 3rd October,1874 – d. 21st January,1949] sometimes known as Jimmy Thomas or Jim Thomas,was a Welsh trade unionist and Labour (later National Labour) politician,elected to Parliament in 1910 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby. He began work at twelve years of age,soon starting a career as a railway worker.He became an official of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants and in 1913 helped to organise its merger with two smaller trade unions on the railways to form the National Union of Railwaymen (NUM) - now part of the RMT. Thomas was elected NUR general secretary in 1916,a post he held until 1931.He was the general secretary during the successful national rail strike of 1919 that was jointly called by the NUR and ASLEF against proposed wage reductions.In 1921 Thomas played a leading role in the Black Friday crisis, in which rail and transport unions failed to come to the aid of the miners,who were facing wage reductions. Before the 1926 General Strike the TUC (Trades Union Congress) asked Thomas to negotiate with Stanley Baldwin's Conservative Government,but the talks were unsuccessful and the strike went ahead. He was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies in the incoming Labour government of 1924 under Ramsay MacDonald. In the second Labour government of 1929 Thomas was made Lord Privy Seal with special responsibility for employment.He became Secretary of State for the Dominions in 1930 and retained that position in Ramsay MacDonald's National Government (1931–1935).As a result of joining the National Government he was expelled from the Labour Party and the NUR.For the first few months of the National Government in 1931 he also served as Colonial Secretary once more.One of the problems he had to cope with was the Australian cricket bodyline affair,which he said was one of the most difficult he faced. Thomas served as Secretary of State for the Colonies once more from 1935 until May 1936,when he was forced to resign from politics.It was revealed that he had been entertained by stock exchange speculators and had dropped heavy hints as to tax changes planned in the budget.For example, while playing golf,he shouted "Tee up!", which was taken as a suggestion that the duties on tea were to rise.[WiKi] Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US?Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! 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