American enterprise in Africa and Rhodesia prospects
An analysis of opportunities for American capital in Equatorial and Rhodesian Africa. The piece highlights mining in Southern Rhodesia, small gold veins, farming returns with Beira port access, and potential rail and power developments from Beira to Livingstone, urging practical ventures in Rhodesia and the Congo Zambesi watershed. It references Beira, Umtali, Salisbury, Gwelo, Bulawayo, and the Zambezi river system.
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Africa
Belgian Africa
Childre Volonies
Angola
Europe
Glackman
Equatorial
Nour
Labito
Canada
Ininaia
France
Mies
Beira
Benfuela
Cape
Cairo
Cape Town
Vaal-Limpopo
Rand Reef
Gold
Limpopo- Zambest
Fat
Umtah
Salisbury
Gwelo
Bulwayo
Southern Rhodesia
Rhodesia
British South Africa Company
South Africa
Zambesi
Congo
Nile- Congo
Victoria Falls
Chess
Jens
Livingstone
Desia
Livingston G Flats
Kafue
Zambe
Brnci
Weminster
Africa's Katanga Copper Belt and Congo Railway Vision
A traveler recalls altitudes up to 3 000 feet in Africa, describing the baobab and vast Kafue flats, Cape to Cairo routes, and colonial rail networks. He notes Katanga copper expansion, Beira routes, and Port Lovito then ponders future imperial growth and regional power shifts under British and South African influence. He warns of vast resources, strategic rail links, and potential upheavals as new trade corridors and ports develop across the Congo-Zambesi watershed.
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Africa
Siders
Kafue Flats
Kafue
New Orleans
Congo
Cape To Cairo
Abercorn
Lake Tanganyika
de la Va
C Brook
Kitchener
British East Africa
Cairo
Port Florence
Nyanga
Nile
Scotland
Ruanda
Union of South Africa
Cape Town
Katanga
Southern Who
Beira
England
Benprodu
Congo-Zambesi
Highlands
South Africa
Lovito
Johannesburg
Angola
Amerea
German East Africa
Mineral Production in South Africa July Value Falls
Total minerals produced in July in the Union of South Africa totaled 17,191,262 dollars, down 153,723 from June. Transvaal supplied most output with 16,456,314 dollars, including 738,327 fine ounces of gold valued at 15,262,381 dollars. Coal yielded 900,121 tons worth 1,433,778 dollars. Tin and Orange Free State combined produced 275 tons worth 738,068 dollars. Transvaal mined 274 tons of tin valued at 304,979 dollars. Asbestos 205 tons valued at 14,200 dollars. Transvaal alone produced silver in gold bullion and corundum valued at 40 and 11,086 dollars respectively. Total mineral value estimated at 95,780 dollars for the Union and 71,805 for the Transvaal. Gold output on the Witwatersrand valued at 14,801,068 dollars. outside districts 417,327 dollars. 2,199,661 tons of ore milled in the Transvaal with working costs per ton 2s 8½d. profit per ton 6¾d. Total Transvaal working profit 3,506,070 dollars. Dividends declared in July 63,048 dollars. total 1918 dividends 13,747,665 dollars. Labor force across Union mines 266,113, down 3,507 from June. 222,847 in Transvaal, 6,000 in Orange Free State.
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Union of South Africa
Transvaal
Union
Tin
Orange Free State
Tof
Witwatersrand
Irish private seeks leave as wife writes of drunken conduct
A Cincinnati Times-Star humor item recalls an Irish soldier asking for leave three weeks after a prior furlough. The captain refuses, the private explains his wife’s letter accusing him of drinking, and the exchange ends with a blunt admission that both are liars in the British army.
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Cincinnati Times-Star
Vis
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Rhone
Usijl
Taborah
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