Page THE ATLANTIC January 26, 1952.
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ENGINEERS OPEN UP HEART OF AFRICA This month, the fiftieth anniversary of the opening up of Central Africa by rail. from Mombasa to Lake Victoria. a network of new roads, rail. NEW ROADS, AIR ROUTES, SPEED INDUSTRIALIZATION ways and air routes is opening up still further the 15 African de most striking features of modern in progress. Meanwhile, new railroad pendencies of Britain.
Africa, particularly in Nigeria. The connections are being built in the These will push back the frontiers Nigerian Government has taken the Gold Coast; the link from Achias!
of Africa. a continent whose relead in highway construction: a main to Nsawam will prove an economic sources have been scarcely tapped. An route now connects the two towns of route from Takoradi to the main increase in industrialization is follow Lagos and Ibadan and other im commercial center of Accra. The link ing. New factories, farms and fo portant roads have been metalled. will cost about million. milrestries are rising where recently only Harbor facilities, another bottleneck lion) and half of this sum will be wild animals roamed.
which has hampered the export trade, a contribution from the United States Less than one tenth of one per are also being expanded. At Freetocn Economic Cooperation Administration.
cent of Africa cultivable land and in Sierra Leone, a deep water berth The network of air routes conforest area has so far been touched.
is scheduled for completion by No necting important towns in Africa is Only a fraction of its potential sup vember 1952, while a new wharf being extended. The time is not far ply of water power has yet been har with five berths is under constric distant when the continent will be nessed tion opposite Lagos Island Major spanned by jet airliners. Recently a One of the main obstacles to in improvements on the deep sea port de Havilland jet Comet flew from dustrial development has been the of Takoradi in the Gold Coast are London to Johannesburg in less than inadequacy of the transport system In Nigeria, where the total railroad mileage is 2, 138 miles (compared with over 238, 000 in the the tin mines at Jos and the coal mines at Enugu have been compelled to LIMON COSTA RICA stockpile because the railroads cannot move the output fast enough. Similar The Church is the Pillar and the Ground problems are found in many parts of the Truth.
of Africa; industrialization is being throttled because of insufficient road SERVICES: and rail facilities To meet this need, all British SUNDAYS: 00 a. Solemn Holy Eucharist Sermon.
African territories have extensive 00 a. Holy Eucharist.
road improvement programs More 00 pm. Sunday School feeder roads will give access to 00 Solemn Evensong, Sermon.
isolated villages. Dirt roads are being WEEKDAYS: Wednesday, Friday, Holy Days 00 a.
strengthened to stand up to the Wednesday strain of heavy freight trucks. The Saturday: Confession 4, 00. 00 pm enormous increase in the number of See Weekly Parish Bulletin For Other Announcements.
road haulage trucks, most of them African owned, has been one of the 15 hours, cutting the flying time for the trip by 10 hours. Typical of the progress made in opening up Afri can air communications is the new airport at Entebbe, Uganda. This was specially built for modern jet airliners and has a mile runway.
the longest in Africa.
The dependence of many African territories on a few main exports of crops or raw materials is recognized as an economic weakness which can only be remedied by diversifying the economy through the development of new secondary industries. In the Gold Coast, for example, a new plant is producing 5, 000 tons of cocoa and cocoa butter a year while in Nigeria palm nuts are being used as a source of oil and oil cakes. Other secondary industries include rubber which is being grown in Southem Nigeria, mcat caining in Tanganyika plywood manufacturing in Nigeria, and cement factories in Northern Rhodesia.
ST. MARK CHURCH UNITED IN HOLY MATRIMONY (Front Page Lloyd McLaren, Harold Benson, Henry Bonilla Piedra, Albert Cox, Anthony Williams THE ATLANTIC deems it singularly befitting on this occasion to congratulate the newly weds for the move taken in the acceptance of the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony, demonstrating their firmness of character which not only merits the approval of our community but is in strict accordance with the Divine Plan May they enjoy conjugal felicity and obtain the blessings of the Almighty 00 pm IMP. FALCO LTDA. EXCELSIOR PUBLIC NOTICE Situated beside the British Vice Consulate. Limon Mr. JACOB CLARENCE BLACKETT is again in our service as representative of this newspaper in San Jose.
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