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Rhodesiana Volume 22 Circa 1935 The Standard Bank Limited Bindura 1970 . , e ✓ BOOKS OF RI-IODESIA PUBLISI IING CO . (PVT.) LTD. We proudly present our facsimile reprint series of rare Rhodesian books published at intervals of two months in the matching, numbered Rhodesiana Reprint Library Vol. THE GO.LO REGIONS OF SOUTH EASTERN AFRICA By Thomas Baines, F.R.G.S. Vol. 2 SUNSHINE AND STORM JN RHODESIA By Frederick Courteney Sclous Vol. 3 THE OLD TRANSPORT ROAD By Stanley Portal Hyatt Vol. 4 THE CHRONICLES OF A CONTRACTOR By George Pauling Vol. 5 THE RUINED CITIES OF MASHONALAND By J. Theodore Bent, F.S.A., F.R.G.s. Vol. 6 RHODESIAN RHYMES By Cullen Gouldsbury Vol. 7 MEN, M INES & Al"'IIMALS I SOUTH AFRICA l:ly Lord Randolph Churchill, M.P. Vol. 8 ADVENTURES IN MASHONALAND By R. Blcnnerhassett and I.. Sleeman Vol. \I A NOBODY IN MASHONALAND By C. E. Finlaso11 Vol. 10 ELEVEN YEARS IN CEl'<TRAL SOUTH AFRI CA By Thomas Morgan Thomas Vol. 11 SALLY TN RHODES IA fly Sheila Macdonald Vol. 12 ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN FRONTIER J;3y Wi.Jlia.m Harvey Brown (To be published in August) Vol. 13 MEMORIES OF MASHONALAND By G . W. H. Knight-Bruce (To be published in October) Vol. 14 A HUNTER'S WANDERIJ\GS IN AFRICA By Frederick Courteney Selous (To be published in December) Optional Extras to the Series include: VICTORIA .FALLS ZAMBESJ RIVER Sketched on the Spot By Thomas Baines Subscribers to our Book Club enjoy a 33}% series discount. lhe members· average price of the volumes numbered above being $3.75. plus postage etc. Back numbers a.re available. For details write: P.O BOX 1994, BULAWAYO The portrait of Mr. Murray MacDougall, lowYeld pioneer, hangs above the fireplace in his original lowl'l~ld home, now a national museum. Mr. MacDougaJI planted the first sugar cane in the area in 1932. PIONEERING THE LOWVELD Some twenty-five years later development was stimulated by Sir Raymond Stocki!, now chairman of Hippo Valley Estates, and other men with entrepreneurial and technical skills. Hippo Valley Estates, a member of the Anglo American Corporation Group, is today a major producer of sugar and citrus. This picture shows scnio.r personnel of the estate during a visit to lbe mill wilh the chairman. They are from left to right: Mr. C. H. Cugnct, factory manager, Mr. J. Dales­ Smith, field manager, Mr. T. D. Salusbury, general manager, Sir Raymond Stocki!, Mr. V. D. Mclkjorscn, chief engineer, and Mr. A. J. Fourie, cilrus manager. ii PIONEER HEAD BOOKS HERITAGE SERIES ]n Print: Volume 1 Selous, Frederick Courteney AFRICAN NATURE NOTES AND REMINISCENCES A quality facsimile reprint of the original 1908 edition with additional coloured frontispiece and end papers. Price i?.50 In Preparation : Volume 2 Balfour, Alice Blanche TWELVE HUNDRED MILES IN A WAGGON A facsimile reprint with additional end papers, frontis­ piece and dust-cover by the author from a portfolio in the National Archives of Rhodesia. Edition limited to 1,500 copies, of which 100 will be in de luxe binding. Ordinary Edition Price $8.00 De Luxe Edition Price $25.00 Volume 3 Oates, Frank MATABELE LAND AND THE VICTORIA FALLS An outstanding facsimile reprint of the 1881 edition. 1,000 numbered copies. Ordinary Edition Price $20.00 (approx.) De Luxe Edition Price $40.00 (approx.) THE PIONEER HEAD Kingstons Limited P.O. Box 2374 SALISBURY \II RHODESIANA Publication No. 22 — July, 1970 THE RHODESIANA SOCIETY Salisbury Rhodesia V CONTENTS Page OBITUARY: H. A. CRIPWELL AND THE FOUNDING OF THE RHODESIANA SOCIETY 1 THE GWELO LAAGER, 1896 6 MEMORIALS: MATABELE REBELLION, 1896 16 SOFALA AND THE SOUTH EAST AFRICA IRON AGE, BY R. W. DICKINSON 19 "DISCOVERER OF SIMBAYE" : THE STORY OF KARL MAUCH, 1837-75, PART 2, BY F. O. BERNHARD 27 DHLO DHLO RUINS: THE MISSING RELICS, BY C. K. COOKE 44 THE GRAVEYARD AT OLD MARANDELLAS : ADDENDUM .. 52 AIR VICE-MARSHAL SIR QUINTIN BRAND : CO-PILOT OF THE FIRST AEROPLANE TO LAND IN RHODESIA, BY J. MCADAM 55 SOME RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. COMPILED BY C. COGGIN 69 PERIODICALS AND ARTICLES OF INTEREST. A SURVEY BY ALISON MCHARG 72 THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 1970 74 NOTES 77 CORRESPONDENCE 84 REVIEWS .. .. 89 The cover picture is from the Illustrated London News of December 13th. 1890, page 741, and shows—"British South Africa Company Police crossing a stream." vii The Rhodesiana Society The Society exists to promote Rhodesian historical studies and to encourage research. It also aims to unite all who wish to foster a wider appreciation and knowledge of the history of Rhodesia, There is no entrance fee; the subscription is S3.00 Rhodesian currency ($5 U.S.A. or R3.30) a year, and this entitles paid-up members to those numbers of Rhodesiana issued during the year. There are two issues in each year, dated July and December. For further information and particulars concerning membership please write to: The Honorary National Secretary, Rhodesiana Society, P.O. Box 8268, Causeway, Salisbury, Rhodesia. For information about Branch activities please write to: Matabeleland Branch, P.O. Box 192, Bulawayo. Manicaland Branch, P.O. Box 50, Penhalonga. Mashonaland Branch, 16, Fleetwood Road, Alexandra Park, Salisbury. Manuscripts will be welcomed by the Editor. They should preferably be typed in double spacing and be complete with any illustrations. Copies of published works for review will also be welcomed. National Executive Committee Members Colonel A. S. Hickman, M.B.E., National Chairman G. H. Tanser, National Deputy Chairman M. J. Kimberley, National Honorary Secretary D. Hartridge, National Assistant Honorary Secretary W. V. Brelsford, Editor E. E. Burke A. M. Ewing Dr. R. C. Howland R. Isaacson R. W. S. Turner, Membership and Adveritsing L. W. Bolze, Matabeleland Branch Representative P. G. Deedes, C.M.G., Manicaland Branch Representative viii Matabeleland Manicaland Mashonaland Branch Branch Branch Committee Committee Committee Members Members Members H. J. Vickery. P. G. Deedes. G. H. Tanser. C.M.G., Chairman Chairman Chairman D. C. Mason. Mrs. E. Hutchinson. R. W. S. Turner. Honorary Secretary Honorary Secretary Deputy Chairman L. W. Bolze B. D. de Beer Mrs. R. M. T. Barker, F. V. Clarance F. O. Bernhard Honorary Secretary, C. W. D. Pagden Miss A. Cripps R. C. Howland Mrs. P. W. Porter P. Hutchinson G. Zacharias Rev. E. L. Sells C.W.H. Loades T. W. H. Kennedy Grant H. A. ClllPWELL, 1969 Founder Membrr and first National Chairman, Rhodesiana Society. ( Pftoto by Rhodesia Herald) X OBITUARY H. A. Cripwell and the Founding of the Rhodesiana Society Harry Archie Cripwell, one of the founders and the first Chairman of the Rhodesiana Society, died in St. Anne's, Salisbury on 30th May, 1970. He was 73. Dr. R. C. Howland and Mr. B. W. Lloyd have supplied some biographical details. Harry Archie Cripwell was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England in 1897. He arrived in Bulawayo at the age of one when his father attested in the B.S.A. Police in December 1898. He attended St. John's Preparatory School before going on to St. George's Public School where he matriculated in 1915. He entered the Southern Rhodesia Native Department the same year but soon left to enlist in the B.S.A. Police Service Company. He served with that unit and with the Northern Rhodesia Police Service Battalion in German and Portuguese East Africa (1917-19). He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette, 5th June, 1919). He was at Abercorn when the German General, Von Lettow-Vorbeck surrendered to the British. He took a keen interest in military history and wrote, inter alia, about the operations around Mpepo, German East Africa, in 1917 for Rhodesiana No. 10. After the war he continued his career as a Native Department official serving in various districts until he retired as Provincial Native Commissioner in 1957. Mr. Lloyd says—"When Archie was in Gutu-Chikwana in the 1930's he was known as a champion of better roads for the backward areas. In fact, Africans there referred to roads as 'Man' roads, 'Clipwell' roads or 'Muneri' roads (bush tracks used only by the missionaries). He was held generally in great respect". Mr. Lloyd goes on: "When I first met Mr. Cripwell at Fort Victoria in 1949 we often discussed Africana collecting, as we were neighbours in the old fort, my office having been built about 1891 for Major Allan Wilson. Later in Salisbury, after he became Provincial Native Commissioner in 1952, we discussed the possibility of founding a Society along the lines of the van Riebeeck Society in Cape town, whose constitution we studied. Others who were approached by us were of like mind; resulting in the calling of a meeting on 2nd June, 1953, in the cinema of the Information Department. "The Rev. Fr. M. Hannan, then working on his Shona dictoinary, took the 1 chair and with the following present the motion to form a Society was passed: Mrs. B. W. Lloyd, Messrs. W. R. L. Packham, M. Cawood, G. H. Tanser, S. E. Aitken-Cade. J. J. M. van Heerden and myself. "The resolution read: 'The Rhodesiana Society has been founded to further the interests of collectors of Rhodesiana and to assist in the preservation of books and documents relating to the Rhodesias and Nyasaland in particular'. "It is interesting to note that one of the first functions of the Society took place on 2nd September, when Major W. R. Foran, a well known writer and hunter visiting the Centenary Exhibition in Bulawayo, addressed the Society in the Cathedral Hall (now demolished) on 'African hunters and explorers'.
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