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There's another side to the Golden City [NC] The Outspan 18 Nov 1949, part 1
Article written by Leake for the publication on the social welfare situation in Johannesburg in the post-war years and the work of the Rand Aid Association.

Churchman's 30 years at the head of city's greatest social welfare organisation [NC] Christian Recorder 25th July 1952, part 2

Churchman's 30 years at the head of city's greatest social welfare organisation [NC] Christian Recorder 25th July 1952, part 3

1898 - 1948 Clifton Methodist Church. Jubilee celebrations, 7th - 8th March, 1948: inside

Clifton Methodist Church. celebrates jubilee [NC] The Star 9th March 1948

Men with "histories" given hope of normal life [NC]. Source and date not identified. Date estimated from construction of Cottesloe Hostel.

32 Years' service [NC] The Star, 3rd May 1950

Johannesburg Publicity Association Thirty Second Annual Report, 1957: content

A quotation identified as follows:
Often misattributed, this quotation is actually derived from an essay written by Bessie A. Stanley of Lincoln, Kansas. This is a link to an article about her essay that was published in the Emporia Gazette of Emporia, Kansas on December 11, 1905 [https://quoteinvestigator.com/]

1907 - 1910 Wesleyan Church Trust record book containing loose items relating to the Wesleyan Trust and the Million Shilling fund-raising effort.
It would appear that the fund-raising effort mirrored that of a similar one in London at the same time. According to the letters and other records in the ledger, the intention of the local fund was aimed at a church to be built on the corner of Kerk and von Wielligh Streets in Johannesburg.
The full contents of the ledger have not been digitised.

1922 CHL Drivers licence issued in the name of CH Leake.

1943 Petrol Control permit

W Hosken etc. [document]
The purpose of the document is not indicated and it is undated. It contains a list of names including those of the College founders, Collins and Mountstephens and early Trustees such as DF Corlett, C H Leake and his brother E O Leake. It also refers to the [Methodist] Central Hall and may well relate to the efforts to raise funds for the building of a Methodist Church in Johannesburg.

Prose writing, unidentified. Sellotape marks indicate that the document could have been displayed at some stage. Similar items are included in the Leake Collection albums.

1927 Leake outside his home in Westcliff
The photograph is dated from its similarity to that appearing on the 1927 election card.

1935c Leake laying a foundation stone at an unidentified building.
Other photographs identify the stone as being laid in memory and at the bequest of CH Leake's brother Orlando Leake.

1935c Leake admires the Foundation Stone that he laid
Other photographs identify the stone as being laid in memory and at the bequest of CH Leake's brother Orlando Leake.

1939 Leake in his garden 001

1950c Leake family group in garden 003

60 years of service to the community: the story of the Rand Aid Association. Booklet commemorating the anniversary and explaining the work of the association. (cover)

Rand Aid Association: Thirty-second Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ended 30th June, 1934: cover

Rand Aid Association: Thirty-second Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ended 30th June, 1934: content