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In his monograph, Sir Thomas Fuller divides Rhodes's public policy under three heads - the expansion of the Cape Colony; the federation, or, as it was frequently called, the union of South African States; and the Government of the Cape Colony itself when he became its Premier. Any such divisions are of course merely arbitrary, and merely made for the sake of convenience, for it is obvious that these aspects of his policy were closely inter-related, and, in fact, inter-dependent. For this reason, it is all the more to be regretted that in the Imperialistic fervour which hallows the memory of Rhodes abodes the Empire-builder, or at the other extreme, in the severe condemnation of the Rhodes of the Jameson Raid, the significance of his work as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony is under-estimated or over- looked altogether. The Colony provided the base for his operations in the wider field of South African politics. Without its support, there could have been no Northern development, and in his scheme of South African unity, he believed it the Colony's destiny to play the leading role. Thus during his Premiership, the Franchise changes were introduced as a step towards a common South African Native policy; the Glen Grey Bill was a "Native Bill for Africa"; in regard to railways and customs, the ultimate aim was amalgamation and free trade in South African products as a prelude to political unity. Above all, it was a period of close co-operation between the two sections of the European population in the Colony itself, and it is this aspect of Rhodes's administration with which this thesis is primarily concerned. It has also been necessary to deal at some length with his earlier activities to show how this co-operation became possible, and to trace its effect upon the general trend of his policy after 1890.

"This small compilation is part of a larger work on `Historical notes, with special reference to the "Le Rossignol" family in Jersey' by the same author." ; Contains the four chapters which form pt.1 of his "Historical notes (local and general) .", 1917. ; Mode of access: Internet.

This article reviews the recent experience of franchising metropolitan public transport services in Melbourne, Australia, to assess the extent to which the declared objectives of the franchising have been achieved. The failure of the initial franchise process is argued to be attributable, in significant part, to shortcomings in the Government's understanding of what was achievable from a public-private initiative of this nature, given the Melbourne context. Developments associated with the re-franchising process are summarised, the emphasis shifting towards a strong partnership relationship between purchaser and provider, with a more realistic risk allocation between the two.

THE ENLIGHTENMENT WAS A EUROPEAN PHENOMENON, AND IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT THERE IS A DISTINCTIVELY POLISH FORM OF THE MOVEMENT. THE POLISH VERSION OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT SHARED MOST OF THE TRAITS EXHIBITED ELSEWHERE. HOWEVER, IT POSSESSED A SPIRIT OF ITS OWN. IN POLAND, THE ENLIGHTENMENT MEANT CHANGE AND REFORM AS WELL AS CRITICISM, SECULARISM. AND A CERTAIN SKEPTICISM. MOREOVER, WHILE POLAND SHARED IN THE ENLIGHTENMENT'S UNIVERSALIST ASSUMPTIONS AND COSMOPOLITAN SPIRIT, THE MOVEMENT THERE POSSESSED DEFINITE NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS WHICH LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF REFORMED POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, AND A SECULAR CULTURE. AS A RESULT, THE POLISH ENGLIGHTENMENT CREATED A SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM WHICH PERMITTED THE POLES TO SURVIVE AS A NATION IN THE DECADES OF STATELESSNESS WHICH FOLLOWED THE FINAL PARTITION IN 1795.