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Ch. 15: The Mining Towns

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THE MINING TOWNS
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keepers and pedlers. The various vegetables that are raised are sold in the little greengrocer stores, or hawked about by the pedlers in handcarts. Some of the East Indians also peddle clothing and knickknacks more or less industriously.
Kenilworth
On Kenilworth farm, about two and a half miles from Kim-berley, the so-called model village of Kenilworth is built. This
village was planned in the latter part of 1888 by Mr. Rhodes, and laid out under his general direction by the late Mr. Sydney Stent, an architect then residing in Kimberley. It covers a space about half a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide, upon land owned by De Beers Consolidated Mines.
The land was divided up into lots of about 80 by 100 feet, and upon these lots semi-detached houses were built, of brick with corrugated iron roofs, by De Beers Company. Nearly all of the houses are built of red burnt brick made at the brick-
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