Tag Archives: Barney Barnato

21 September 1888, Detective Robert Murray dies in a fire on Barkly Road. 21 September 1905, The first principal of Girls High School, Miss E.L. Redford, dies. TRAGIC DEATH OF A POLICEMAN Robert Murray was born in Ireland, the eldest ...

UPDATED: 18/09/2023 18 September 1945, Radio talent show at the Plaza: Charming songs provided by Merle Herbert, Janice Farrelly and Carol West. ‘Sailor’ Malan – in Kimberley Yesterday was the 60th Anniversary of the death of famed Battle of Britain ...

UPDATED: 31/08/2023 31 August 1918, CBC Building Fund have produce sale at the City Hall. 31 August 1945, 1000 people attend opening of the Red Cross fete held at the Kbly Regiment. The Kenilworth Village Orchards “The shade and fruit ...

UPDATED: 17/08/2023 17 August 1872, The New Rush’s first church opens on Newton (Dutch/Hertzog) Square. 17 August 1908, Famous SA journalist RW Murray dies at 10 Park Lane aged 89 years. 17 August 1936, Head Constable James Shee DCM dies ...

UPDATED: 16/08/2023 16 August 1883, The mining camps of Dutoitspan and Bultfontein named Beaconsfield. 16 August 1885, Stephanus Opperman killed by Jan Barley and Stemmer near Barkly West. Mining camps change name to Beaconsfield In the early 1880s, and as the ...

UPDATED: 01/08/2023 1 August 1871, Pioneer cemetery opens for business. 1 August 1890, The GW Football Association inaugurated with 4 teams. 1 August 1898, The new Halfway House opens in its present position. 1 August 1911, Ecstatic crowds greet the Griqua rugby team after ...

UPDATED: 03/07/2023 3 July 1873, Reverend Gway Tyamzashe ordained the first black minister in Kimberley. 3 July 1890, The Kimberley Golf Club formed. 3 July 1901, Kimberley’s first motor car, a Panhard Levassor, hits the streets. 3 July 1901, Syce Moti of the Bengal ...

UPDATED: 14/06/2023 14 June 1897, Barney Barnato (pictured) jumps overboard and drowns on his way to England. 14 June 1977, SA cricketer Boeta Dippenaar born. Barney Barnato drowns near Madeira Barney Barnato, an English “diamond king,” promoter, and speculator; was ...

31 May 1875, Ebden, Dunell and Company sell Vooruitzicht farm to the Cape Government for £100 000 Sterling. 31 May 1878, The Burness family murdered in the Kuruman region. 31 May 1902, End of the Anglo-Boer War. 31 May 1910, Union ...

UPDATED: 09/05/2023 9 May 1890, The first camera club in SA is established in Kimberley with eighteen members. 9 May 1962, De Beers Sea Scout Brian Freeman awarded Boy Scout Association Meritorious Award for rescuing a woman in distress in the ...