WEDNESDAY.

Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVI, Issue 9, 4 October 1937, Page 3

WEDNESDAY.

“RHODES OF AFRICA.” The work of the Gaumont-British production unit in reconstructing the perils and thrills of the old days on the veldt for “Rhodes of Africa,” the historical film screening at the Regent on Wednesday evening, caused to gather round the film camp many of the actual veterans of those hectic days, the handful of pioneers who as young- men strode through a savage country and made it their own. There are very few of them left now and their backs are not so straight nor their tread so firm as it was in those wild times when Rhodoesia was just a dream in mind of a Man whose determination and unswerving force was soon to turn into reality. Their memories, though, are as bright as though it all happened yesterday and they rallied round the makers of the film with tales and reminiscences of their beloved leader, the “old Man” as they called the pioneer who gave his name to Rhodesia. They brought souvenirs of his work and his friendships, and recounted details of his habits, the way he walked and stood and talked and laughed, the presents he gave them which have been treasured through the years; and still vivid are the memories of his jokes and sudden angers.