Category: Northern Rhodesia

The Grand Hotel was located in Lusaka and opened in 1929. In 1930 the proprietorship passed over to I Levision, who was brought up in the hotel trade in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was considered one of the best hotels in Northern Rhodesia at the time. The hotel had 18 bedrooms,…

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Johnson & Fletcher Ltd was established in July 1897 by Harold Clarkson Fletcher and George Johnson. The head office was located in Bulawayo and opened as a consulting and general engineering business, supplying parts and equipment to gold mining companies. Additional branches were opened in Salisbury (1899), Beira (1904) and Gatooma…

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Northern Motors, Transport and General Supply was located in Broken Hill. The business provided weekly motor services for mail and passenger goods from Broken Hill to Mpika, Kasama and Abercorn. References Northern Rhodesia Blue Book (No.6) 1929

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Kitwe Stores Ltd was located in Nkana. It was originally a concession store owned by Shim Lakofski known as the Nkana Trading Company which was established in 1928-29. Around 1933, Lakofski left Nkana and the store was sold to a man named Appleby who re-named it Kitwe Stores. The Nkana…

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Rhodesian Congo Border Concession Ltd was located in Ndola. It business was established on 6 February 1923 was floated by Copper Ventures Ltd to devleop the Rhodesian Congo Border Concession – one of six concessions granted by the British South African Company. In 1926 it floated N’Changa Copper Mines Ltd, with…

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