UPDATED: 01/12/2023 1 DECEMBER 1899, Traffic Manager of Cape Government Railways Thomas More dies. 1 DECEMBER 1906, De Beers Benefit Society operates from new building in Stockdale Street. THE DEATH OF HENRY SCOTT-TURNER The death of a personal friend, Henry ...
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17 October 1871, The Keate Award made public. 17 October 1918, Champion golfer of the Diamond Fields Robert S Chatfield dies in epidemic. Robert Sivewright Chatfield (pictured) Lt Robert Sivewright Chatfield served during the siege of Kimberley with the Kimberley ...
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3 October 1882, 3 miners killed in a slip of ground at Dutoitspan Mine. 3 October 1891, SA cricketer WVS (Vic) Ling born. 3 October 1898, Foundation stone of the Dutoitspan Lodge (Good Templars Hall) laid by James Lawrence MLA. 3 October ...
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UPDATED: 11/11/2022 11 NOVEMBER 1888, De Beers Board passes resolution of Rhodes to build Kenilworth village for the white miners. 11 NOVEMBER 1899, First person, a black woman, killed by Boer shelling during the siege. 11 NOVEMBER 1918, Armistice Day. ...
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