Lever Bros (Rhodesia) (Pvt) Ltd Salisbury Lever Brothers was a British manufacturing company founded in 1885 by brothers William Hesketh Lever (1851–1925) and James Darcy Lever (1854–1916). They invested in and successfully promoted a new soap-making process invented by chemist William Hough Watson. In September 1929, Unilever was formed by a merger of the operations…
Royal Tour 1953 Queen Mother and Princess Margaret This Royal Tour was specifically scheduled to open the Rhodes Centenary Exhibition in Bulawayo, as well as the unveiling of the Fairbridge Memorial. The tour was originally scheduled for Princess Elizabeth, but due to the King George VI’s death in February 1952 schedules were rearranged, with the…
Methodist Episcopal Church Nyakatsapa Mission Shorty after the founding of Old Umtali (Old Mutare) Mission, early missionaries Dr. Samuel Gurney and Rev. E. H. Greenley attempted to cultivate a friendship with the paramount chief in that area, Umtasa, whose village was 15 miles away. They eventually “won his favor” and, with a gift of $3,500,…
Nyadiri Mission Washburn Memorial Hospital – Type II FB
Peter Prestage 1842 – 1907 Father Peter Prestage was born in London, England in 1842. He was educated at Mount St. Mary’s College, the College at Liege and Stonyhurst College. In 1860, he “took steps towards missionary work when he entered the Noviceship of the Society of Jesus at Beaumont.” He completed his theological studies…
Postmarks 1935 – Fifth Imperial Press Conference 21st February
