Box 606761872
Container
Contains 55 Results:
'Goldfields', 1895-1902
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2
Letter from E.F. Rhodes, 7 Sep 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, item 99
About:
Cecil's health
Goldfields' holdings in the new Deep Level Companies
their new Rand Victoria Company under the Simmer and Jack (with a related enclosure)
doing business through [James?] Lawrence, MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly), Kimberley
sales of Chartered shares.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
7 Sep 1895
Letter from E.F. Rhodes enclosing copies of the following letters relating to the Board's refusal to let his brother, as Managing Director, participate in claims pegged by Goldfields in the Nigel District, 2 Aug 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, item 100
Letters include:
J. Prinsep, London Secretary, to E.F. Rhodes, 12 Jul 1895
Rudd to Prinsep, 7 Jul 1895
Prinsep to Rudd, 4 Jul 1895
[Rudd] to E.F. Rhodes (with references to Klippoortje and Apex), 5 Jul 1895.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
2 Aug 1895
Letter from E.F. Rhodes relating to the Board's refusal to let his brother, as Managing Director, participate in claims pegged by Goldfields in the Nigel District, enclosing a further copy of Prinsep's letter to Rudd (4 Jul); with a reference to Barnato and the Rietfontein amalgamation scheme, 10 Aug 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, item 101
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
10 Aug 1895
Letter from Abrahamson about Klipportje and Cape politics, including opposition to the Scab Act; an invitation to Rhodes from the Bond Bestuur; and a railway project, 30 Aug 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, item 102
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
30 Aug 1895
Letter from F.W. Rhodes, [Ernest's successor at] Consolidated Goldfields of South Africa (CGFSA), about the Transvaal (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West) administration's failure to cope with water supply problems caused by drought and the population influx, and about hardships caused by its import duties and drifts policy and by delays on the railway, 25 Oct 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, item 103
He predicts that these, while tolerated in prosperous times, will cause trouble should the drought force mines to stop working.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
25 Oct 1895
Letter from Prinsep forwarding a copy of a letter from the Board's solicitors about awarding shares and benefits to the staff and Directors, 29 Oct-1 Nov 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, item 104
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
29 Oct-1 Nov 1895
Letter from F.W. Rhodes enclosing notes on staff participation (with copies of related letters from Prinsep) and recommending Leonard's appointment as Consulting Solicitor to Goldfields and its subsidiaries, 4 Nov 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, item 105
Filed with cables from the London Office, recommending cautious investment in view of the market and reporting a successful [shareholders'] meeting.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
4 Nov 1895
Letter from A.J. Sharwood, Resident Director's Secretary, Johannesburg, forwarding a memorandum by H.D. Acton on the possibilities of Angoniland as a source of supply for African labour, 11 Nov-5 Dec 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, item 106
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
11 Nov-5 Dec 1895
Letter from E.F. Rhodes about helping Barry develop claims in Rhodesia (Zambia and Zimbabwe); with a related telegram from [J.] McDonald to Barry, 15 Feb 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, item 78
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
15 Feb 1895
Letter from Louis Abrahamson urging Rhodes to buy Klippoortje farm, on which he has an option; and about a railway scheme; with a related telegram, 24 Feb-7 Mar 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, items 79-80
Extents: 2 items
Dates:
24 Feb-7 Mar 1895
Letter from E.F. Rhodes to the Cape Town Secretary enclosing a copy of a letter from R.S. Egerton, Consolidated Goldfields of South Africa (CGFSA), Bulawayo, transmitting an unfavourable opinion on Barry's claims from [Hans] Sauer, 22 Apr 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, item 81
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
22 Apr 1895
Telegram from Hammond, Johannesburg, about the importance of acquiring Dunning's Doveton Block to be developed with either Rietfontein or Witkopje, 1 May 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, item 82
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
1 May 1895
Cable from Rudd setting out Goldfields' position (in cypher, with translation), 8 May 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, item 83
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
8 May 1895
Letters from Currey and Hawksley to Milton, enclosing a Power of Attorney enabling Milton to transfer East Randfontein Syndicate shares in Currey's name to Rhodes, 10-11 May 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, item 84
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
10-11 May 1895
Telegram from E.F. Rhodes advising against the purchase of Klippoortje on Abrahamson's terms, 17 May 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, item 85
In cypher, with translation.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
17 May 1895
Letters from E.F. Rhodes enclosing a copy of a letter to Rudd recapitulating the correspondence between them over the reconstruction of Apex Mines, a scheme he feels should be adhered to, 22-25 Jun 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, item 86
With a copy of a related telegram to Giovano (Goldfields' Cape Town Office).
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
22-25 Jun 1895
Letter from Rudd enclosing a letter from Davies to Rudd about the Apex scheme, over which Rudd and E.F. Rhodes have differed (copies); with a related cutting from the Mining World (22 Jun), 26 Jun 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, item 87
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
26 Jun 1895
Letter from Rudd about the new issue of Chartered shares to be guaranteed by Goldfields, and about the outcome of related discussions with Wernher, Hawksley, Maguire, Davies, and Vincent, 26 Jun 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, item 88
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
26 Jun 1895
Letter from E.F. Rhodes, suggesting that certain companies with a local as opposed to a European basis be allowed to participate in Goldfields' Rand undertakings before moving their capital to Rhodesia (Zambia and Zimbabwe), 25 Jun 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C10/2, item 89
With particular reference to a purchase from Tarbutt and Quentin, to the Nigel extension, and other options he considers acquiring. He encloses copies of related letters from [Sir John?] Willoughby and [Robert?] Williams (9 May-25 Jun) and of cables exchanged with the London Office about allocations of interest in the Tarbutt investment (18-26 Jun).
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
25 Jun 1895