Railway Coal (Applications from former members of the Sierra Leone Volunteer Naval Force)
Scope & Content:
Dates of original material: 1929-1935; 1940-1950. Requirements for supply of railway coal, and negotiations with Sierra Leone Development Co., United Africa Co., Elder Dempster Lines for shipping and supply, discussions of price and savings etc. Also inserted in this file are several applications...
Transfer of a European Guard from Nigerian Railways to train the guards on the Sierra Leone Railway who are all African. Appointment of J.T. Dunn, his subsequent departure and his opinion of the Sierra Leone guards.