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Beitbridge is a small township lies just north of the Limpopo River and about 1km from the Beit Bridge. It is the location of the Rhodesian terminus of the railway, crossing the Limpopo bridge from the Transvaal. Hotels, Clubs & Accommodation Beit Bridge Hotel References Official Year Book of the…

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Hoechst Rhodesia Company (Pvt) Ltd was locatedon Hood Road, Salisbury. The business was representatives for Farbwerk Hoechst A.G. and Degussa, Frankfurt and dealt with chemicals, dyestuffs, plastics, mining chemicals & veterinary supplies.

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The Beit Bridge Hotel was located in Beitbridge. It was the only hotel in the town. The hotel was purchased by Bill Hardy in 1947.

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  E A Dove & Co (Pvt) Ltd was located at 16 South Avenue, Salisbury. They were manufacturer’s representatives.

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Goldberg, Gargan & Gargan was a legal firm located at 20 Cecil Chambers, Main Street, Umtali. The firm was founded in 1929 by senior partner, Benjamin Disraeli Goldberg. The two other partners were William Michael Gargan and Thomas Martin Gargan. References Who’s who in World Jewry Volume 1 (1955)

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Southern Minerals (Pvt) Ltd was a mining consultancy business located in Salisbury. It appears the business may have been established by Lloyd E Daume, who in 1947, had set up a consultancy business associated with the Patino Group as a chief engineer. The postal address of the business is linked…

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Benians & Purdy (Pvt) Ltd was located on Union Avenue, Salisbury. The business imported firearms, ammunition, fishing tackle and camping equipment. The business was run under Chairman and Director, Kenneth Havelock Borcherds. The business was a member of the Gunmaker’s Association and a booking agent for Rex Bean’s fishing safaris,…

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Fort Victoria is a city in south-eastern Southern Rhodesia situated close to the Great Zimbabwe Ruins. It is the oldest colonial settlement in Southern Rhodesia which developed around an encampment established in 1890, when the British South Africa Company “Pioneer Column” of the first European colonists passed through on their…

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  There are no records of a business called Elizabeth’s Place (Pvt) Ltd. However, the postal address is the same as Cleveland Agencies (Pvt) Ltd located at 6 Strachan’s Building, 64 Manica Road, Salisbury. Cleveland Agencies were textile merchants.

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