Tag Archives: Kimberley Club

27 March 1902, Flags fly at half-mast in respect of the late Cecil John Rhodes. 27 March 2020, Unprecedented National Lockdown against Corona Virus begins at 00h01. Pictured is the Death Mask of Cecil Rhodes, believed to made by the ...

25 MARCH 1885, Reverend J.D. Kestell (pictured) becomes the minister for the Dutch Reformed Newton congregation. 25 MARCH 1898, Cecil Rhodes presents his portrait by Herkomer to the Kimberley Club. 25 MARCH 1908, De Beers Rugby Football Club takeover the ...

UPDATED: 17/03/2021 17 March 1899, Seventh Session of the Cape Colony Mayoral Conference second day. 17 March 1934, Prince George visits Kimberley. PRINCE GEORGE ARRIVES IN KIMBERLEY Prince George, the Duke of Kent, was the fifth child of King George ...

UPDATED: 11/03/2021 11 March 1926, Kimberley-born James Henry “Biddy” Anderson, SA cricketer and SA rugby international, dies. DOUBLE INTERNATIONAL DIES IN BREDASDORP Written by Abhishek Mukherjee, the Chief Editor at Cricket Country and CricLife. Edited. James Henry ‘Biddy’ Anderson, born ...

UPDATED: 08/02/2021 8 February 1900, City Hall architect Fergus Carstairs-Rogers hit by Long Tom shell splinter in the Kimberley Club. 8 February 1947, Cornelia Smith and her stepson Reginald electrocuted in their Greenside home. CITY HALL ARCHITECT HIT BY LONG ...

UPDATED: 29/01/2021 29 January 1961, Fatima Shrine in Galeshewe suburb opens for worship. 29 January 1980, Kuruman man wins R35 000 first prize in the Bonus Bonds draw. The Bonus Bonds In the late 1970s and 1980s there was an ...

19 November 1871, Fr Hidien, Catholic priest who began the first two hospitals in Kimberley, dies. 19 November 1886, Michael King kills the one-armed Charles Murray in Dutoitspan village. 19 November 1892, Kimberley Town Bowling Club opens, the 2nd in SA. 19 ...

UPDATE 12/11/2020 12 NOVEMBER 1907, A child dies after being hit by a tram on the municipal tramline on Barkly Road. 12 NOVEMBER 1936, Britain lose to Kimberley Combined bowls side 159-74 at Beaconsfield. 12 NOVEMBER 1953, Sportsman and attorney ...

UPDATED: 11/11/2020   11 NOVEMBER 1888, De Beers Board passes resolution of Rhodes to build Kenilworth village for the white miners. 11 NOVEMBER 1899, First person killed by Boer shelling during the siege. 11 NOVEMBER 1918, Armistice Day. 11 NOVEMBER ...

4 November 1899, General C.J. Wessels demands immediate surrender of Kimberley. 4 November 1927, City Hall architect Fergus Carstairs-Rogers MBE, dies. (Pictured is Fergus and Lucy Carstairs-Rogers, and the City Hall he designed.) The death of Fergus Carstairs-Rogers Fergus Carstairs-Rogers ...