Sports Donation

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Tanganyika – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 23 July 1959.

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Photo of Mr Julian Amery Mr Julian Amery , Preston North 12:00, 23 July 1959

An Appeals Committee set up by the Tanganyika Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Games Committee has received a very generous donation of £20,000 from De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd.

The donors have expressed the wish that the greater part of the gift should go towards the cost of establishing a sports stadium in Dar es Salaam and the remainder towards the establishment of a fund to pay the expenses of visiting coaches and teams. Both these items are among the declared purposes of the Appeals.

In these circumstances, the question of consulting the Legislative Council does not arise.