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The New Review May 1938

1938

Then the British established the conventions of their Mother of Parliments but that gift pales in importance before their establishment and gift of the convention of Afternoon Tea The British taught the drinking of tea ; they grew the tea ; they saw to it that the tea was the best tea in the world ; and they set up that slogan flaunted in mighty electric letters in the Colombo harbour right in [...] In the wildernesses of the south east and north-west venison and wild boar more than compensate the bother of the kill ; overhead in the inland parts teal and partridge and other fowl hover for a space and then on the report of a gun descend to earth and the table. [...] The greatness of George Stephenson lies in the successful combination of the steam-propelled locomotive and the iron rail resulting in the 'Iron Horse' ; the future of land transport lies in the combination of the internal-combustion self-propelled road motor with the steel-wheeled vehicle on the railway track resulting in the evolution of a reliable and economical road-railer. [...] THE FRENCH EAST INDIA COMPANY BY C. S. SRINIVASACHARI ASTUDY of the organization and working of the French Company in India about the middle of the 18th century will help the student of the AnglFrench struggles in South India that marked the begining of the expansion of British power. [...] The ComptrolleGeneral of the King attended the meetings of the Directors in Paris and kept the French Government informed of the activities of the troops in India ; but though royal military officers were sometimes lent to the Company generally no control or guidance in military matters was exercised by the Crown ; and the control of the movements of the troops rested mostly with the Governor
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Pages
96
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.120030
Segment Pages Author Actions
Gastronomer Royal in Ceylon
393-403 J. P. Fonseka view
Pascal’s Apologetic Method
404-410 E. Revel view
Road-Rail Vehicles
411-417 J. E. Castellino view
The Separation of Burma and India’s Foreign Trade
418-425 N. Sastry view
El Caudillo
426-434 A. Lallemand view
The French East India Company
435-449 C. S. Srinivasachari view
A Model Constitution for Indian States
450-463 M. Ruthnasmamy view
Some Recent Books
464-488 M. S.J. Ledrus view

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