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Government Stationery
| Date. | Dept | Form | Reqn No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962.09 | L.C.E. | Form 73 | T706 |
| 1958.10 | L.C.E. | Form 57 | G291 |
| 1952.04 | Post Office | L699 | |
| 1935.03 | Post Office | T929 |
1868-1945
Sir Leopold Frank Moore was born in London, England in 1868. He was a chemist and newspaper proprietor, and later a member of the Northern Rhodesia Legislative Council. He married Katherine Maud Moore in Mafeking, South Africa. Originally based on the Northern Bank of the Zambezi at the Old Drift, he would later resettle at Livingstone.
In 1898, L F Moore (first chairman) helped form the Pharmaceutical Society of Rhodesia in Bulawayo with six founder members namely Mr. H. W. Smart, Mr. W. D. Copley (first Secretary), Mr. C. F. Conrath, Mr. C. Cattel and Mr. Scott. Moore soon became ‘President’.
Mr. L. F. Moore, after a brief experience of journalism in Bulawayo, took a mimeograph, stencil and paper to Livingstone on 31st March, 1906, and started the Livingstone Mail. At first a Roneo was used, but in 1908, Mr. Moore imported a “cropper” and continued to use that machine, which involved hand-setting and re-distributing type after printing, until 1911, when he set up the Typograph.
Moore was outspoken critic against the British South Africa Company in North Western Rhodesia and was a major supporter of establishing Livingstone as the centre of North Western Rhodesia. His criticisms highlighted the poor transport links between Livingstone and the Falls as a significant handicap to tourism.
By August 1906 rumours were in circulation concerning the ongoing campaign by the residents, led by Moore and the Livingstone Mail, to relocate Livingstone to a site closer to the Falls. It was believed that the Administration had requested £60,000 in order to move both the capital at Kalomo and the town of Livingstone to a new site in the vicinity of the Bridge Engineers Camp. A front-page headline from the Livingstone Mail in June 1907 claiming that the move had been approved turned out to be wishful thinking.
He died 15th May, 1945 in Livingstone due to cancer.
The British South African Company considered that its territory north of the Zambezi was more suitable for a largely African police force than a European one. However, at first the British South Africa Police patrolled the north of the Zambezi in North Western Rhodesia, although its European troops were expensive and prone to diseases. This force and its replacements were paramilitaries, although there was a small force of European civil police in the towns.
The British South Africa Police were replaced by the Barotse Native Police force, which was formed in 1902 (other sources date this as 1899 or 1901). This had a high proportion of European NCOs as well as all European officers and was merged with the civil police to form the Northern Rhodesia Police in 1911.
Initially, Harry Johnston in the British Central Africa Protectorate had responsibility for North Eastern Rhodesia, and Central Africa forces including Sikh and African troops were used there until 1899. Until 1903, local magistrates recruited their own local police, but in that year a North Eastern Rhodesia Constabulary was formed, which had only a few white officers; all its NCOs and troopers were African. This was also merged into the Northern Rhodesia Police in 1912, which then numbered only 18 European and 775 African in six companies, divided between the headquarters of the various districts.
Mufulira
Type I (Nkana)
| No.s | Description | Earliest PMK Date |
|---|---|---|
| K23 | View from Recreation Club, Nkana. | |
| General Offices, Rhokana Corp Ltd, Nkana |
