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INDEX

PREFACE : I

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: II

MAP: III

1 THE NAME AND THE LAND: Page 1
2 AWAITING CIVILISATION: 3
3 ARRIVAL IN MANICALAND OF THE PRE-PIONEERS: Page 6
4 RHODES TAKES HIS FIRST LOOK: Page 9
5 THE SECOND UMTALI: Page 21
6 FIRST TREKS INTO MANICALAND: Page 28
7 THE DUST SETTLES DOWN: Page 43
8 DIFFICULTIES OF BRINGING THE RAILWAY TO UMTALI: Page 51
9 GROWING UP: Page 56
10 SCHOOLS: Page Page 61
11 CONCERNING THE POLICE FORCE AND OTHER PERSONNEL GROUPS: Page 64
12 MISCELLANY: Page 71
13 DEFENCE AND WAR: Page 80
14 LEST WE FORGET: Page 84
15 PEOPLE WHO TOOK PART IN THE GROWTH OF MANICALAND: Page 88
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Page 113

PREFACE

I have been privileged to have been one of those who entered a new, raw country as a small boy; to have grown up with a country that was developing and expanding, also to have experienced the growing pains. It is a great experience to have known this wild land whose civilisation was started by a handful of hardy pioneers and to compare it with its development today, its cities, its great modern buildings, ambitious agricultural policy and its crowning scheme, the Kariba Dam.

Yes, I have been privileged. I look back on the undaunted early prospectors, miners, the farmers, the B.S.A. Police, the first civil servants, the armies black and white, all of whom have added their efforts to the building of this great new country of ours.

And yet even today, that pioneering spirit remains. We still admire all those who are braving hardships and danger.

Certainly people today have many of the benefits of civilisation, but they still have to endure outside influences which threaten to undo all that has been accomplished. We are now at the beginning of a great new pioneering experiment to bring to all races justice and equity.

May we preserve intact all that the brave band of pioneers struggled so hard to bring to pass. Justice for all certainly, but the responsibility of government must rest with those who have the experience and vision, in this chaotic world of ours.


Cecil M. Hulley

II

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

My Wife, Stella Hulley, for all her assistance.
My Daughter-in-Law, Pauline Hulley, for all her help
British South Africa Police
The Umtali Post
The Umtali Municipality Archives
Mr, Fred Barry
Mr, Binks Holland
Mr. D.A.L. Ross
Mrs, C. Bosman
Mr, Arthur Coleman
Mr, H. Coventry
Miss Angela Cripps
Mr. E. Dawson
Mrs. M,D. Fearne, M.B.E,
Mrs. E. Vowles
Mr. Cooper Hodgson
Mr. J. Camp
Dr. J.P.. Olivier
Mr. John Methuen
Mrs. K, van Coller
Mr. E, Norris
Dominion Convent School
Mr. J. Barnes
Mrs. Pat Smith
Mrs. J. Davies

End of Index

Recompiled, by Eddy Norris, from a copy of the booklet made available by Neill Storey. Thanks Neill.

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