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25-701: In about 1930, Mpika was selected as a way-point on the air route from Europe to South Africa, and an airfield was built there. Gervas Clay, wife to Betty Clay , was posted to Luwingu in 1930 as a Provincial Administrator in Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service. One of his tasks was to arrange for the purchase and transport of dried fish and maize to Mpika to supply the construction workers. His letters from England came out by sea to Cape Town , by rail to Broken Hill (now Kabwe ), by lorry from Kapiri Mposhi to Mpika (280 miles) and Kasama (another 136 miles), and from Kasama by runner to Luwingu (124 miles). The mailman

50-482: A humid subtropical climate ( Köppen : Cwa ). The Great North Road is in steady state of repair, still it take from Lusaka (ca. 640 km) around 8 hours, Kasama (ca. 210 km) is appr. 3 hours away and Nakonde (Zambian Border Post to Tanzania, 380 km) appr. 5 hours. Several bus operators offer coach services in all directions, but operate only over day (Lusaka to Mpika estm. US$ 20). In 2007, an extension of Malawi Railways From Mchinji and Chipata to Mpika

75-657: A Global slump in shipping. Calgaric was laid up from 1930 until 1933. In June 1933 Calgaric returned to service for a single transatlantic crossing from Liverpool to Montreal. Thereafter she made a few cruises. The Scout Association chartered Calgaric to take scoutmasters and Guide mistresses on a Baltic cruise in August 1933. Passengers included the Baden-Powell family, about 100 Scoutmasters, 475 Guide mistresses, and 80 non-Scouts and Guides – presumably their spouses. There were 85 men and 570 women – some of

100-593: A choice of electric elevators , or a staircase lit by a domed skylight. By the time the refit had been completed at the end of 1922, the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co had full control of Pacific Steam, and Orca and her two sisters were transferred to the RMSP fleet. She finally started her passenger maiden voyage , on 3 January 1923, sailing from Southampton via Hamburg to New York . Thence until March 1923 she operated two "off-season" cruises

125-481: A round-the-world tour which included the first Australian Pan Pacific Scout Jamboree held in Frankston, Australia from 27 December 1934 to 13 January 1935. They also did a tour of Africa in 1935–36, where she met her husband-to-be on the homeward voyage from Cape Town to England. Upon her marriage in 1936, Clay moved to Northern Rhodesia , where she became a Cub leader for the pack of which her youngest son

150-632: Is located in Gilwell Park . SS Calgaric SS Calgaric was a steam ocean liner that was completed in 1917, assumes service in 1918 and scrapped in 1934. She was built for the Pacific SN Co Line as Orca . In 1923 she was transferred to the Royal Mail Line . In 1927 she was transferred to White Star Line and renamed Calgaric . Orca was the third of three sister ships built for Pacific Steam. The first

175-936: The Bronze Wolf from the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and a gold Silver Fish in the form of a brooch from the Guide Association . In 1997 she was made a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE). She attended many Jamborees , including the 4th World Scout Jamboree and 16th World Scout Jamboree and others between. She died, aged 87, on 24 April 2004, in Elliscombe House Nursing Home, where she

200-607: The Caribbean before reverting to liner service. A few years later, RMSP used Orca for the company's first "Great African Cruise". In 1926 RMSP took over White Star Line, and Orca was one of several RMSP ships transferred to the White Star fleet. She was refitted again, second class was renamed "tourist class", and her accommodation was increased to a total of 1,170 passengers: 290 first class, 550 tourist class and 330 third class. White Star ran services to Canada , so Orca

225-720: The Scout Association . Clay received from both the Scout and Guide Associations their highest awards for good service: The Silver Wolf from the Scouts in 1984 and a Silver Fish Award from the Guides in 1995. In 1993, she became only the second person ever to be awarded an honorary Gilwell Wood Badge . Clay was the sister of Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell ; the aunt of Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell , and Michael Baden-Powell, 4th Baron Baden-Powell ;

250-637: The Wolf Cub Akelas were women. The cruise began from Southampton on Saturday 12 August and ended at Liverpool on 29 August. Her itinerary was Rotterdam , the Kiel Canal , Gdynia , Klaipėda , Riga , Tallinn , Helsinki , Stockholm , Oslo , the Pentland Firth and Oban . In 1934 Calgaric was assigned the new four-letter wireless telegraph call sign GLTR to replace her former code letters. On 10 May Cunard Line took over

275-457: The biggest training centre of railway related education in whole Zambia, several other regional colleges offer further education in teaching, mid-wifery, nursing, farmers- and skills training. In the 1970s the Swedish government aid agency SIDA founded ZCA (Zambia College for Agriculture). Betty Clay Betty St Clair Clay CBE ( née Baden-Powell ; 16 April 1917 – 24 April 2004)

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300-656: The first of which was the maiden cruise of the SS ; Duchess of Richmond round the Mediterranean and down the West Coast of Africa from 26 January to 8 March 1929; she was 11. Other tours were to Switzerland in 1931, and again in 1932 for the opening of " Our Chalet "; to South Africa, and also the first two "Peace Cruises" - on the SS  Calgaric in 1933 and on the RMS ; Adriatic in 1934 - as well as

325-541: The grandmother of murderer, Gerard Baden-Clay ; the niece of Agnes Baden-Powell and Baden Baden-Powell ; niece and goddaughter of Warington Baden-Powell ; and granddaughter of the Rev. Prof. Baden Powell . In 1936, on board ship returning from Africa, Betty met Gervas Clay (16 April 1907 – 18 April 2009), a District Commissioner in Her Majesty's Colonial Service in Northern Rhodesia (present-day Zambia ), who

350-563: The three engines developed a total of 11,900 ihp and gave Orca a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h). Orca was planned as an ocean liner for Pacific Steam's passenger service between Britain and the west coast of South America . However, for war service the Shipping Controller had her completed as a cargo ship , without her passenger superstructure. Pacific Steam registered her in Liverpool . Her official number

375-435: The whole region. North- and South Luangwa National Parks are just 5–8 hours away, but the roads are seasonal (please ask at info-centre). Touristic Highlights of the region are Shiwa Ng'andu (colonial style manor house), Kapishya Hotsprings, Mutinondo Wilderness Camp, Nachikufu caves (rock paintings). Many local schools are battling in bad infrastructure with overcrowded classrooms and teachers shortages. TAZARA workshops offers

400-496: Was Orduña , launched in 1913, and the second was Orbita , launched in 1914. Harland & Wolff built Orca at Belfast during the First World War . She was yard number 442, built on slipway number 7. She was launched on 5 April 1917 and delivered to Pacific Steam on 25 May 1918. Orca had the same dimensions and engines as Orduña and Orbita . Her registered length was 550.3 ft (167.7 m), her beam

425-622: Was 140579 and her code letters were JTLW. In 1921 Orca returned to Harland & Wolff for her passenger superstructure to be added. She was given berths for 890 passengers: 190 first class, 220 second class and 480 third class. Her public rooms included an entrance hall and First Class lounge decorated in Louis XVI style , a First Class dining room in early Georgian style , and a Smoking Room in Elizabethan style , complete with fireplace. To ascend or descend between decks, passengers had

450-421: Was 67.3 ft (20.5 m) and her depth was 43.0 ft (13.1 m). She also had the same propulsion system. She had three screws and a propulsion system called "combination machinery". Her port and starboard screws were each powered by a four-cylinder triple expansion engine . Exhaust steam from this pair of reciprocating engines drove a low-pressure turbine, which powered her middle screw. Between them

475-596: Was a member, when the leader left. She was an active Guider in Northern Rhodesia , eventually becoming Colony Commissioner for Guides. When the Clays returned to England in 1964, Betty continued her involvement. She was President of the South West Region for the Guide Association from 1970–91. In 1978 she was appointed a vice-president of the Guide Association. In 1985 she became a vice-president of

500-628: Was clad in a red fez and scarlet tunic and shorts, and barefoot, and referred to as a "Scarlet Runner". Previously, the Great North Road (also known as the Great North Rut) was an earth road, marked by an incredible number of pot-holes. By 1939, his letters to and from home travelled by air – from "Scarlet runner" to airmail in only nine years which indicated the rapid pace of change in Central Africa at this time. Mpika has

525-615: Was proposed, with a junction linking with the TAZARA Railway . The tourism sector is growing steadily in and around Mpika. Mpika Tourism Association is a newly founded non-profit organisation providing information and linkages to local accommodation and service providers; the information centre/office is situated at Bayama's Lodge behind Continental Filling Station. Mpika town offers a good market with local products, 5 filling stations, GM Trading supermarket, accommodation of all standards. Various piturescque waterfalls are situated in

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550-672: Was recovering following a fall at home. She was cremated in Yeovil Crematorium, and on Wednesday, 5 May 2004, her ashes (and five years later those of her husband Gervas) were buried in the Churchyard of the Parish Church of St John the Baptist , North Cheriton . A memorial service was held at Wells Cathedral , Somerset , on Monday, 12 July 2004 and was well-attended. The Scout Association's Betty Clay Library

575-455: Was renamed Calgaric after the city of Calgary in Alberta . On 4 May 1927 she started her first voyage for White Star, sailing from Liverpool to the east coast of Canada. She continued to do a lot of cruising as well as her liner work. In 1929 White Star transferred her from its Liverpool – Canada service to its London – Canada service. The Great Depression that started in 1929 caused

600-543: Was returning to England on leave; they married on 24 September 1936. Gervas Clay later became Her Majesty's Resident Commissioner of the Barotseland Protectorate, in which capacity, in 1960, he and Betty entertained Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother . Gervas and Betty Clay had four children. They lived in Northern Rhodesia until they retired to Somerset in 1964. She was the holder of

625-603: Was the younger daughter of Olave Baden-Powell , the first Chief Guide and Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell , the founder of Scouting . Clay enrolled in the Brownies as soon as she was old enough. She was educated at Westonbirt School , Gloucestershire and St James' School in Malvern, Worcestershire . While boarding at St James' School, she joined the school's Girl Guide company. Clay accompanied her parents on many official tours including some overseas,

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