Coastweek Newspaper Vol 2 No 11 (March 16-22,1979)

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Inside this Issue: Season to go on april:Coast hoteliers have enjoyed a “much better high season than in previous years- and there is every indication of this continuing until the end of April, making it much longer season than before. Errol on floodsSlicing Fish into RibbonsGoujons: You may often see ‘goujons of sole’ on a menu in a fish restaurant but though they are delicious there is no rule which prevents other white fish being used the same way;President araises millions:President Moi has helped raise more than one million shillings for Ngao Africa Inland Church during a mammoth weekend fund drive in Tana River; It sinks:For a decade or so an unusual hill made of garbage has been silently but steadily but growing up at Kibarani.; The test in yemen: Britain set up shop in what is now known as Southern Yemen in 1839 and let go in 1967, in the interim imparting the taste for modernization that has helped make it increasingly hospitable to Soviets overtures in recent years;Money with carry bradely: Last Friday edition of COASTWEEK carried some interesting statistics on the Shipping page concerning the volume of trade handled at Kilindini; Huge dar coffee saler: Tanzania earned 1.5 billion shillings in foreign exchange from the sale of 47,983 tonnes of coffee in 1977/1978 as opposed to 1.2 billion shillings has been paid to the grower; Economy biscuits: Following the successful launch of the already famous packaging with the well known ‘Locked-in flavor, Locked-in freshness’ house of Manji is now putting it the market a new series of large economy packs of biscuits like Marie and Family may now be available; Shipping new: Hellenic Lines who are well known in East Africa with their long-established liner services to U.S.A., Red Sea and the Mediterranean are extending their service to U.K. and the Northern Europe; Liwali wa mwisho kafariki Mombasa: Maelfu ya wananchi wa tabaka zote za Maisha wametoa heshima zao za mwisho kwa marehemu Sheikh Salim Muhashamy O.B.E. aliyefariki akiwa, nyumbani mwake huko kibokoni Mjini Mombasa, baada ya ugonjwa wa muda mrefu; Musilente uchochezi magateztini-Moi:Mtukufu Rais Moi ameyaonya mashirika ya Habari ya kigeni na magazeti ya humu nchini kuepukana na mtindo wa kutia chumvi hali ya mzozo na vita kati ya Uganda na Tnzania; Urauble –die wightigsten punkte von A-Z:Eine Delikatesse fuer Feinschmecker; Dateline: Dar salama/ Nairobi: The Tanzania National Parks were visited by 288,409 tourists from July to December 1978-264,877 tourists more than the same period the previous year; The complete artist:A spitting image of the late Bruce McKenzie -the ex-Kenya Minister and businessman who was mysteriously killed in a light plane crash last year-has just been painted by Simon Combes, more noted for his brilliant wild-life realism than for portraiture; Russian operation ‘FRENCH’ bank:A new book has disclosed that an unorthodox ‘French’ bank, some of whose customers are actively interested in Third World affairs, is in reality firmly controlled by the government of a super-power; Newspaper slates apartheid laws:What, realistically, can the 1979 session of the South African Parliament achieve to advance the country’s prospects for peace, human dignity and prosperity, asks the financial Mail of Johannesburg. Forest loss:The destruction of forest is accelerated despite the international concern already voiced; the Worldwatch Institute has warned;Big blue marlin –but no record :During the past two weeks a number of fish had been weighed in Bahari Club including two large blue Marlin; Fine fishing for seven –up success: While there was not the usual number of fish around-a whale of a good time was had by all at the two day Seven-up fishing competition at Mnarani Hotel, Kilifi, over the weekend; New motor –bike is practical …and fun:‘The XL 185 is one of the most exciting models Honda or anyone else makes…’ Why the new nyali brigde is sited near kisauni;The final choice of site for the new Nyali Bridge was determined, to a large extend, by the varying width of the creek and the amount of housing that would have to be demolished. Baobab houorned: Baobab hockey club has been declared the top seed in Kenya’s most prestigious hockey tournament, the M.R. D’Souza Gold Cup tournament, which bully off through out the country this weekend. WANANYUKI HOLD M.S.C.;Last week’s matches were as different as chalk and chees; Rockey boys-A new coast basket team:A new basketball team has come into the scene at the Coast and it is a good omen as coast needs more teams to support the local tournament which are regularly being played in Mombasa. Kenya judo club:Judo supporters in Mombasa may have a lot to cheer about tomorrow (Saturday) when Mombasa Judo Club may stage a Kenya-wide inter-club Judo tournament at the community Youth Center from 2p.m.;Jaffery dazzle bhadala sport: Jaffery sports club’s resplendent battling performance dazzled its opponents Muslim Bhadala sports club last week and scored a 7wicket victory in a 30 over cricket game.