1.
MV MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ARRIVING AND GREETED.
0.13

2.
CU SIGN "NAKAMBALA ESTATE".
0.14

3.
LV RIVER AND COUNTRY
0.19

4.
MV PAN UP PIPES OUT OF RIVER.
0.32

5.
MV MUDENDA PRESSES BUTTON
0.40

6.
MV WATER
0.45

7.
MV UNVEILING PLAQUE
0.54

8.
MV TWO OFFICIALS
0.56

9.
MV PLAQUE
0.59

10.
MV WOMEN LOOK ON
1.02

11.
LV RIVER PAN TO STATION
1.10

12.
MV MACHINERY INSIDE.
1.12

13.
MV OFFICIALS LOOK AT MACHINERY WITH MUDENDA
1.18

14.
LV PIPE
1.25

15.
LV ACROSS FIELDS (2 SHOTS)
1.33



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Background: THE ZAMBEZI RIVER, SECOND LARGEST WATER-COURSE IN ZAMBIA, HAS MANY FUNCTIONS TO PERFORM WITHIN THE COUNTRY. ONE OF ITS MAJOR USES IS NATURALLY IRRIGATION -- BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT DOESN'T ALWAYS RUN WHERE THE WATER IS NEEDED. SUCH IS THE CASE OF THE KAFUE FLATS, WHERE 17,000 ACRES OF SUGAR-CANE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW LEASE OF LIFE, THANKS TO THE TECHNOLOGIES OF MODERN IRRIGATION.

NATURE HAS CUT MANY CANALS ACROSS THE KAFUE FLATS, BUT IT NEEDS A HELPING HAND TO RAISE THE WATER TO HIGHER LEVELS OF THE SUGAR PLANTATION. IN A RECENT CEREMONY ZAMBIA'S MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, MR. E. MUDENDA, PERFORMED THE OFFICIAL CEREMONIES WHICH SET IN MOTION THE NEWLY INSTALLED PUMPING MACHINERY. AT NUMBER 1 STATION, THE MINISTER PRESSED A BUTTON WHICH OPERATED THE PUMPING SYSTEM, AND UNVEILED A MEMORIAL PLAQUE.

AT NUMBER 2 STATION, THE MINISTER WAS ABLE TO SEE THE PUMPS IN ACTION, PUMPING THE WATER ALONG PIPES TO THE HIGHER CANALS. WITH HIM WERE SEVERAL DIGNITARIES OF THE SUGAR WORLD -- LORD LYLE OF WESTBOWNE, CHAIRMAN OF WORLD SUGAR ESTATES, MR. J. P. WILLSHER, VICE-CHAIRMAN, MR. G. R. BURDEN, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, MR. C. H. MUTALE, DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE, AND THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE SUGAR ESTATE.