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The Asiatic Review (Formerly the Asiatic Quarterly Review) October 1936

1936

Though the advent of the motor has opened up the country in a wonderful way and has undoubtedly had an effect on the mentality of the Brahui and Baluchi; yet when the first motor-car reached a part of Mekran arriving at night the inhabitants gazed at the lamps and thought they were the eyes of some new animal and actually brought bhoosa and lucerne to feed it. [...] While the Bill was running the gauntlet of House of Commons discusion Sir Stanley Reed on May 21 gave a characteristically vigorous survey of the whole position under the title of " India : the Report the Bill and After " and his views were strongly endorsed from the standpoint of exceptional knowledge of the details by Sir Malcolm Hailey who was in the chair. [...] In a striking speech to Lady Bennett's 40o guests the Maharaja took the opportunity to reaffirm his belief in the federal form of government as being best in the interests of the Empire of India and of the States. [...] The meeting had the advantage of the presence in the chair of Captain Euan Wallace the Parliamentary Secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade and of contributions to the discussion by such leading men in the export trade as Mr. [...] As membership is for the calendar year nearly all the suscriptions are received in the first quarter; and consequently the balance on current account shown in the figures attached to the Report is required to meet the expenditure of the greater part of the year.
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