/library/oar/handle/123456789/45302 2025-12-25T23:01:50Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/45578 Title: The present state of music in Malta Abstract: In this article I intend to give an idea of the present state of music in Malta. I regret to ,have to start on a sad note. The foundation stone of the new Opera House after the modified project of Zavellani-Rossi of Milan, was to have been laid by H.R.H. Prince Philip in mid-March, 1955. However, owing to the outstanding liabilities of the War Damage Fund, the Hon. Prime Minister Dom. Mintoff stated that the project would be postponed, although he, personally was not against the plan. More time, he said, was required for reflection. 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/45577 Title: Malta Yearbook : Tourism Editors: Barrington, Leo Abstract: Contents : Conditions required for entry - Currency in Malta - Banks in Malta - Passengers arriving in Malta 1948-1955 - Table of distances - The automatic exchange - Tourist ships 1955 - Air companies operating in Malta - Travelling to the continent - Some items of interest for the tourist in Malta - Admission of visitors to museums and monuments - Leading hotels in Malta 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/45576 Title: The status of Malta in Roman times Abstract: The constitutional fortunes of Malta under Roman Imperial Government may be worth considering at the present time, even if they can provide nothing more than an interesting comparison with recent trends. It would be necessary to note at the outset the fundamental characteristic of ancient political administration and international relations. This was the independence of the city-state. On this the nature of Roman Imperial rule for long depended. 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/45575 Title: The Balogh Report Editors: Barrington, Leo Abstract: Dr. Thomas Balogh, Fellow of Balliol College and Mr. Dudley Seers, Lecturer in Economic Statistics, visitcd Malta in 1955 at the invitation of the Prime Minister, the Hon. Dom Mintofi, to report on the econom:c problems of the Island. Their Report which is only an interim one ·was published in July, 1955. It is a document of some 36 pages of foolscap printed at the Government Press. The two experts were appointed (r) to carry out a general survey of Malta's economic situation. (z) to suggest how Malta's economy can bt; strengthened by capital development plans (3) to indicate to what extent Malta could leg:ti:n'-".tely expect economic aid from Great Britain (4) to state what economic measures should be adopted to iruplement a closer union with Britain in confonnity with the v;ews of the :Maltese Government. 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z