Word: rhodesia
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...cattle by the tsetse fly. In 1907 the British Government called an international conference to deal with the evil. No help could be found. In the Autumn of 1921 Dr. Kleine went to Africa with a compound. He set up a camp of wooden huts in the interior of Rhodesia. In the Autumn of 1922 Dr. Kleine's party crossed into Belgian Congo. Finally the cure was "proved." Sleeping sickness is a kind of malaria. The remedy-"Bayer 205"-is first dissolved in water, then injected...
...conference of the Prime Ministers of Great Britain, Canada, Newfoundland, Irish Free State, Northern Ireland, Union of South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, probably Southern Rhodesia and the Secretary of State for India will start its deliberations this week. These heads of States comprise what is known as the Imperial Conference (TIME, May 5). The Conference will probably remain in session for six weeks. The Premiers will be invited by the King to a banquet in Buckingham Palace...
...Southern Rhodesia accepted " Dominion Status " in the British Commonwealth of Nations on the 33rd anniversary of the occupation of Mashonaland (Sept. 12, 1890). Under another ordinance, Northern Rhodesia became a British Crown Colony...
Heretofore the entire territory of Rhodesia has been under the administration of the British South Africa Company, which held a Royal Charter dated Oct. 29, 1889. A choice of responsible government or the opportunity to incorporate with the Union of South Africa was given to the electors of Southern Rhodesia in October, 1922. They voted for separate Dominion Status...
...rain goddess of Rhodesia, who still demands human sacrifices...