UPDATED: 26/06/2023 26 June 1884, Neville Pickering falls out of a horse trap and is injured. 26 June 1940, German internees arrive at Andalusia. The internment camps at Andalusia and Ganspan The Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme – an idea of Rhodes’ in ...
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UPDATED: 25/04/2023 25 April 1886, Daughter of Sir JB Robinson, Elizabeth, dies. 25 April 1901, Lt-Colonel David Harris and Lt-Colonel Finlayson awarded the CMG. 25 April 1905, The Kimberley-Alexandersfontein electric railway opens. Robert Finlayson CMG Robert Alexander Finlayson CMG (pictured) was ...
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8 April 1879, Charles Warren Lodge meets for the first time in Dutoitspan. 8 April 1890, Transvaal beats Kimberley on the Eclectic field to win the first ever Currie Cup cricket game. 8 April 1890, SA Cricket Association formed in ...
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UPDATED: 16/04/2021 16 April 1878, The first Black African band – the Kimberley African Amateur Minstrels, performs in Dutoitspan. 16 April 1935, Lt-Colonel Thomas Henderson Rodger DSO, dies. 16 April 1941, Potgieter’s Motors opens their new building adjacent to Market ...
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