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Video mill-British Pathé ta' meeting li kien sar il-Mosta fl-1964



It-tielet referendum f'Malta kien dak li witta' t-triq ghall-Indipendenza u kien sar bejn t-2 (is-Sibt) u l-4 (it-Tnejn) ta' Mejju 1964 bil-mistoqsija tkun "Do you approve of the constitution proposed by the Government of Malta, endorsed by the Legislative Assembly, and published in the Malta Gazette?" Minn elettorat ta' 162,743, 129,649 (79.66%) xehtu l-vot, u minnhom 50.69% wiegbu Iva u 42.36% Le, bl-ohrajn ikunu nvalidi. F'dan il-video mill-British Pathé jidher meeting li kien sar il-Mosta fejn il-kappella ta' Sant'Anton Abbati milli nista' nifhem il-Hadd 3 ta' Mejju 1964 (jew forsi l-aktar il-Hadd ta' qabel?). Fid-deskrizzjoni tieghu hemm imnizzel:

YESTERDAY (SUNDAY) BOTH MAIN POLITICAL PARTIES - THE OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY AND THE GOVERNMENT NATIONALIST PARTY - HELD MEETINGS ON THE ISSUE, TO INSTRUCT THEIR SUPPORTERS AND MEMBERS HOW TO VOTE. THE LABOUR PARTY, WHICH ADVOCATES A BOYCOTT OF THE REFERENDUM, HELD ITS MEETING AT MOSTA, WHERE A LARGE CROWD WAS ADDRESSED BY MR. (Freddie) MICALLEF, A MEMBER OF THE PARTY'S EXECUTIVE. (PARTY LEADER, DOM MINTOFF, WAS LISTED TO SPEAK AT THIS MEETING, BUT LEFT UNEXPECTEDLY FOR ROME.) THE GOVERNMENT NATIONALIST PARTY HELD ITS MEETING AT SIGGIEWI, WHERE THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH, MR. ZAMMIT AND ANOTHER M.P., CAMMILLERI ADDRESSED SUPPORTERS.