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Rhodesiana Volume 26 PUBUCATION No. 26 JULY, 1972 ,_ . ---- .-- / ,- ,. I :.,it# ., ... I !!! ---- Bulawayo 1894 The Standard Bank Limited Speke Avenue Branch Salisbury 1972 BLUEJPRINT FOR Tl8[E FUTURE Rhodesia has developed from a desolate wilderness into a modern progressive state in just over seventy years. The Mutual Group• is proud to have been part of that progress ... a vital link in the economic growth and stability of a great young country with endless potential. Rhodesia's growth is a twentieth century phenomenon due to her vast natural resources and a people imbued with a spirit of adventure and a will to succeed. Just as long as Rhodesia produces people, men and women, who face the future with the same courage and a determination to base their way of life on free enterprise and mutual trust in each other .. there can be no end to progress in Rhodesia- progress that The Mutual Group will be happy to serve ' Sourh A[rla,n Muwal Ufe Assura nce Soclely, Cenrral Africa Suildinr So<iely Old Mutual Fire ond General Insurance Co. of 111,od.,ia (l'•L) Ltd SOUTH AFRICAN MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. OLD MUTUAL FIRE AND GENERAL. CENTRAL AFRICA BUILDING SOCIETY. OM 1767Jr . Paging MYFREM> ..KUMALO ___,.OAZANHLANa i 'MLIMO /. ~ ,:,,~~ ~)I-,~~ -~~ Now available in a limited edition of 750 copies. (a I. ];, " $25,00, is this tacsimile reprint of the rare 1905 work on Rhodes's Funeral. 176 pp. including 46 plates. Handbound In black cloth with bevelled -t,'s:'J~ " cover, silver-bl9cked, size 13½ In. x 10¼ in. Carries mini-newspapers and Order of Service booklet as extras. Handsomely boxed. Collector's Item. .. :.. BOOKS OF TEL 64322, 137A RHODES STREET (14TH-1 5TH AVES.), ii IS A PLEASURE WITH THESE RHODESIAN REPRINTS 1072 and 1973 Tltlu Twenty-three volumes have been published in Volumo5 21 to SO the Rhodesiana Reprint Library series. The WITH PLUMER IN MATABELELAN D books appear every two months in a matching 8 )' F. W . Sykes set 1n the average price range to our Book Club ONE MAN'S HAND members of about S4,50. You arc invited to take By J.P. R. Walllo up membership and enjoy the 33½ per cent dis­ THE ANCIENT RUINS OF count on retail prices. There is no membership RHODESIA (2od ,nlsed ed.) tee. New members may make a choice of back By Hall and Ne,I numbers, all of which are available. We will be GREAT DAYS pleased to send details of membership and the By Franli: Johnson back hst which includes such outstanding re­ TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE IN SOUTH,EAST AFRICA prints as THE VICTORIA FALLS, ZAMBESI By F. C. SeJous RIVER: Sketched on the Spot by Thomas Baines, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 1865, (11 *$16,00; a bound set of NADA Journals AN OLD DRIFTER (Vol. 1, Nos. 1-5, 1923-27), (it *$30,00 (scarce By Pe rcy M. Cl,rt annuals of the Rhodesia Native Affairs Dept.); U( AFRICA and MLIMO and MY FRIEND KUMALO, 0 *$3,20 By Hans Sautr each, on Matabele oral traditions. TO THE VICTORIA FALLS OF THE ZAMBESI RIVER Also available from booksellers. By Eduard Mohr (*Members' prices. Sales tax, postage extra.) THE RECOLLECTIONS OF WILLIAM flNAUGHTY Elephant Hunter 1114-75 THE JAMESON RAID By Hugh Marshall Hole The firs.I three titles havo been pubHahed. GREAT DAYS by Frank J ohnson la due out In Augu11. Ther.aflor • booll. •ppoars 1Yory ,Hcond month. We e.15o publi.sh an11Que map• ot Alrlc-a print• and Christmas C4J'da. e.g. B1lr,ea oa1ntlngs, Tapottrlea. RHODESIA P. 0 BOX 1994, BULAWAYO, RHODESIA iii THE PIONEER HEAD publish quality facsimile reprints o( early Rhodesiana in their Heritage Series. N o . 2 : TWELVE HUNDRED MILES IN A WAGGON by Alice Balfour. A beautiful reprint of the 1895 edition. Standard-Price $8,00 De luxe-Price $25,00 N o. 3: MATABELELAND AND THE VICTORIA FALLS by Frank Oates, F.R.G.S. A very fine reprint or the 1881 edition. Standard-Price $20,00 De luxe-Price $-40,00 N o. 4: THE LARGE GAME AND NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH ANO SOUTH-EAST AFRICA by the Hon. W . H. Drummond. A complete facsimile repro­ duction of the 1875 edition, including 12 full-page illustrations, colour frontispiece and title page. New endpapers and colour dun-jacket. Standard Edition limited to 900 numbered copies-Price $15.00 De luxe Collector's Edition, quarter-bound In Green Niger In slip-case, limited to 100 copies-Price $30,00 A Division of KINGSTO NS LIMITED H ead office: P.O . Box 2374, Salisbury. KINGSTONS Rhodesia's Leading Bookselle,-s iv RHODESIANA Publication No. 26 — July, 1972 THE RHODESIANA SOCIETY Salisbury Rhodesia Edited by W. V. BRELSFORD Assisted by E. E. BURKE Copyright is reserved by the Society Authors are responsible for their own opinions and for the accuracy of statements they make. vi CONTENTS Page ALFRED JAMES TOMLINSON, BY VALERIE TOMLINSON .... 1 UNIFORMS OF THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA POLICE, BY A. S. HICKMAN 13 SOME STORIES BEHIND HISTORICAL RELICS IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, BULAWAYO, BY ROGER SUMMERS 16 BUILDINGS OF HISTORIC INTEREST. NO. 5. BULAWAYO'S DRILL HALL, BY J. DE L. THOMPSON 25 SOME HISTORIC SITES IN SALISBURY: A SOCIETY TOUR, BY C. W. H. LOADES 33 JOHN JACOBS—A PECULATING TREASURE SEEKER, BY J. G. STORRY 37 ANCIENT FORTIFICATIONS IN MATABELELAND, BY F.O. BERNHARD 43 DHLO DHLO RELICS AND REGINA RUINS, BY C. K. COOKE 48 THE FIGHT AT BRYCE'S STORE AND OTHER INCIDENTS DURING THE BOER WAR, BY A. S. HICKMAN 53 SOCIETY ACTIVITIES 69 THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 1972 76 NOTES 81 CORRESPONDENCE .. 84 REVIEWS 90 The front cover picture shows old Rhodesian buildings in Manica Road, Salisbury. 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 $3,00 Rhodesian currency ($6,00 U.S.A. or R.4,00) 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, P.O. Box 3946, 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 C. W. H. Loades, National Honorary Secretary W. V. Brelsford, Editor E. E. Burke R. W. Dickinson D. Hartridge M. J. Kimberley B. Lovemore R. W. S. Turner, Membership and Advertising L. W. Bolze, Matabeleland Branch Representative T. W. H. Kennedy Grant, Mashonaland Branch Representative viii Matabeleland Manicaland Mashonaland Branch Branch Branch Committee Committee Committee Members Members Members Chairman Chairman H. V. Vickery G. H. Tanser Honorary Secretary and Treasurer Honorary Secretary Deputy Chairman B. Lovemore, O.L.M. Miss A. Cripps R. W. S. Turner L. W. Bolze R. Y. Armstrong Honorary Secretary P. B. Gibbs, M.B.E. R. A. R. Bent, O.B.E. Mrs. R. M. T. Barker E. T. Hepburn D. J. Chadd W. Parry R. Franks Mrs. P. W. Porter Mrs. W. Hedderick H. A. B. Simons T. W. H. Kennedy G. Zacharias Grant J. H. G. Robertson IX . J . Tomlinson. \ photograph taken just a fter the Boer War. X Alfred James Tomlinson by Valerie Tomlinson The late Lt.-Col. A. J. Tomlinson arrived in Rhodesia in 1894 as a trooper in the Bechuanaland Border Police, attested in the Mashonaland Mounted Police in October the same year and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Commissioner of the B.S.A. Police, from which force he retired in 1926 after a most adventurous, sometimes hazardous career. He was to live for another thirty-five years, residing in the country he loved and served so well, and died on his birthday at the age of ninety-one. Alfred James Tomlinson was born in 1870 at Madras, India. His grand­ father, James Tomlinson, emigrated to India from Glasgow and there fathered twelve children, eight of the first wife and four of the second. The second wife and grandmother of Alfred James, was a descendent of Lord Nelson so, in his blood, ran a little of the spirit that engendered duty to his monarch and his country, something he was to exemplify during most of the days of his life. On his mother's side was a strong Quakerism derived from the family of Quakers named Sturge about whom a book was written in 1930 entitled The Sturges of Early Quakerism. His father, Thomas Armstrong, and his mother, Margaret, christened their first child Alfred James. This baby was to live only twenty-four hours and, when the third son was born, fate must have decreed they should name him after their lost one as compensation, for the new Alfred James was to outlive the whole family of six children. We know Alfred James was sent to England to be educated at Whitfield Grammar School but a veil seems to have been drawn over any scholastic achievements. From England he returned to India at the age of twenty-one when he was placed on a nominated list of the Governor of Madras Presidency for a commission in the India Police.
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