WAIPAWA REGENT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 11, 6 October 1937, Page 6

WAIPAWA REGENT

"RHODES OF AFRICA" TO-NIGHT. 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," ths historical film screening at the Waipawa Eegent this evening, caused to gather xound the film camp many of the actual veterans of these hectic days, the handhil 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 straigkt nor their tread so firm as it was in those wild timea when Rhodesia was just a dream in mind of a Man whose detqrmination and unswerving force was soon to turn into reality. Their memories, though, * are as brigkt as though it all happened yesterday and they rallied round the makers oi the film with tales and reminiscences of their beloved leader, the "old Man" as they called the pioneer who gave his name as Rhodesia. They brought souvenirs of his work and his Iriendships, and reeounted 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 qf his jokes and sudden angera. ■