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1896 CHL Field Cornet certificate

1896 CHL Field Cornet certificate.
Issued at the time that Dutch was still used as the official language of the Transvaal Republic.
"The rank of field cornet (veldkornet) was used for the senior officer of a ward or sub-district in the independent republican states of the Transvaal and Oranje-Vrystaat in late 19th century South Africa. They were elected by the commandos of their ward for periods of three years." (Source: Wikipedia)

Lombard, H S Veldkornet

1906 CHL Firearm licence

1906 CHL Firearm licence
The licence was issued to Leake for a Hollis double-barreled shotgun, indicative of the safety atmosphere of the early years of Johannesburg.

Receiver of Revenue (Johannesburg)

1907 - 1910 Wesleyan Church Trust record book

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.

Wesley Church Trust

Leake portrait photograph 001 1920

Formal portrait photograph of Leake. It is dated from the same image as used on his campaign card for his candidacy for the 1920 Transvaal provincial election. At this time, Leake would have been 51 years old.

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Chas. H. Leake. Unionist candidate for Troyville. Provincial Council election: verso

Pamphlet issued by Leake in support of his candidacy in the 1920 provincial election. The verso includes his manifesto addressed to the Electors of the Division of Troyeville (Johannesburg) and ends with the words: "I have the honour to be, Gentleman, Yours truly, Chas. H. Leake" indicating that it was only men that were entitled to vote at that time.

Leake, Charles Hobson

Johannesburg's Golden Future. A Rand Pioneer Industry. Messrs. W.F. Johnstone and Company's enterprise [NC] The Star 12th July 1924

Johannesburg's Golden Future. A Rand Pioneer Industry. Messrs. W.F. Johnstone and Company's enterprise [NC] The Star 12th July 1924
Newspaper cutting featuring the company for which Leake was associated for most of his working life and of which he was the director in Johannesburg. The article includes details of Leake's early life as well as of his professional career.

The Star

Leake brief biography

Brief extract which includes biographical details of his origins and involvement in civic life in Johannesburg up to 1926. The latest date mentioned in the extract has been used to estimate its date. It's format indicates that it is likely to have been cut from a Who's Who volume. The biography includes the address at which he resided in Westcliff.

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Trust [an essay]

Trust [an essay]. It is not known if this short essay can be attributed to Leake.

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Reception at Norwegian Hall [NC]

Reception at Norwegian Hall [NC] referring to the farewell to Mr & Mrs C H Leake after his retirement as Consul of Norway.
Source of NC is not identified. Item is dated form an adjacent cutting.

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Leake portrait photograph 002

Formal portrait photograph of Leake. It is estimated to have been taken prior to the opening of the College in 1953 and relative to later photographs, possibly in the early 1940s.

Palace Studios

Leake Collection: Album 1

The physical album was compiled from photographs, newspaper cuttings, programmes etc. reflecting the life and contribution of Leake.

Leake, Charles Hobson

Valuable work of the Rand Aid Association [NC] 12/07/1944

Valuable work of the Rand Aid Association [NC] 1944. The photograph identifies Leake and the Minister of Welfare and Demobilisation. at Wedge Farm, part of the Rand Aid Association's properties supported by the Chamber of Mines.

Rand Provident Building Society. 56th Annual Report, 1946

Rand Provident Building Society. 56th Annual Report, 1946, pages 1-3. The digital item excludes pages 4 -8 which are not considered sufficiently relevant to the St Stithians Archive context.
Page 2 includes a paragraph on Leake.

Rand Provident Building Society

1946 Leake family group at Durban beachfront

Group photograph of Leake and his family on the Durban beachfront. The youth is dressed in a Hilton College uniform.
The date of 1946 was established courtesy of the Hilton College Archives. With their help, the young man was identified as Anthony Charles Turner who attended Hilton from 1946 - 1949. The Hilton archive was further able to establish that the others in the photograph included Anthony's father, Ernest James Turner, his mother Muriel (nee Leake) and his sisters.
It was from this information that the photograph of a youthful Anthony was dated to 1946.
The location of the Durban beachfront was identified from general knowledge and the lack of a lighthouse on the Bluff in the background confirms the date between 1941 and 1953.

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University of Cape Town. Citation accompanying the awarding of the Honorary Master of Education degree to WGA Mears. [undated]

Citation which accompanied the awarding of the degree Masters of Education honoris causa to W G A Mears.
The document is undated, but the accompanying compliments slip from UCT includes the name of A V H Carter, Registrar, who served the university from 1939 - 1955. As it was awarded whilst Mears was Headmaster of Rondebosch Boys' High (1930 - 1951), the possible date range is limited to the period 1939 - 1951.

University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town. Citation accompanying the awarding of the Honorary Master of Education degree to WGA Mears. [undated] page 1

Citation which accompanied the awarding of the degree Masters of Education honoris causa to W G A Mears.
The document is undated, but the accompanying compliments slip from UCT includes the name of A V H Carter, Registrar, who served the university from 1939 - 1955. As it was awarded whilst Mears was Headmaster of Rondebosch Boys' High (1930 - 1951), the possible date range is limited to the period 1939 - 1951. page 1

University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town. Citation accompanying the awarding of the Honorary Master of Education degree to WGA Mears. [undated] page 2

Citation which accompanied the awarding of the degree Masters of Education honoris causa to W G A Mears.
The document is undated, but the accompanying compliments slip from UCT includes the name of A V H Carter, Registrar, who served the university from 1939 - 1955. As it was awarded whilst Mears was Headmaster of Rondebosch Boys' High (1930 - 1951), the possible date range is limited to the period 1939 - 1951. page 2

University of Cape Town

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