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| | Great North Road - Historical Notes on Northern Rhodesia |
 | | That Northern Rhodesia is cut in two by Belgian territory is due to the fact that after two unsuccessful attempts by Alfred Sharpe and Joseph Thompson to secure a concession on behalf of the Chartered Company, the Katanga Company, internationally financed, was successful, in an expedition led by a British officer, Lieut. |
 | | The settler community in Southern Rhodesia felt that to join their comparatively developed political system with that of Northern Rhodesia would mean an indefinite delay in gaining the responsible form of government for which they had so long been asking. |
 | | The growth of Northern Rhodesia in these circumstances was phenomenal, and in a few years the mining centres which sprang up became modern towns, with well-built houses, good streets, electricity, schools, hospitals and model quarters for native employees. |
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