18 February 1929, Kimberley’s second Post Office on Market Square opens for business. 18 February 1966, St Boniface Mission Church burns down. 18 February 1977, Town Hall on Market Square declared a National Monument. 18 February 1990, Francis Noah Terry ...
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UPDATE: 10/02/2020 10 February 1887, St Alban’s Anglican Church consecrated. 10 February 1919, Railway Engineer George Pauling dies. RAILWAY ENGINEER AND PIONEER DIES George Craig Sanders Pauling (pictured here with his first wife) was the engineer and the man in ...
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UPDATED: 07/02/2020 7 February 1900, Famous British golfer and Black Watch officer, Freddie Tait, killed fighting Boers at Koodoosberg. 7 February 1900, The Boer Long Tom fires into Kimberley for the first time at 11am. 7 February 1901, Military stores burnt out ...
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4 February 1884, West Indian Samuel Trott, murders storekeeper John Jackson in Dutoitspan village. MURDER IN DUTOITSPAN VILLAGE It is difficult to imagine a citizen of the West Indies islands being executed for murder in Kimberley, but that is exactly ...
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UPDATE: 27/01/2020 27 January 1910, A liberal supporter of all sports, James A Hill (pictured) of Hill and Paddon, dies at his home “Violet Bank” on Park Road. DID YOU KNOW James (Jimmy) Alfred Hill was born in Bristol, England ...
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UPDATED: 22/11/2019 22 November 1874, Police Constable Sam kills two prisoners. 22 November 1888, Foundation stone of the Masonic Temple in Dutoitspan Road laid. 22 November 1899, Shells land in the African refugee camp in the racecourse. 22 November 1976, Harry Oppenheimer ...
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31 October 1883, Samuel Austen elected the first Mayor of Beaconsfield. 31 October 1899, Food rationing introduced during the siege. 31 October 1899, Boers fire first shell at Wesselton from Olifantsfontein position. 31 October 1936, Dick Beewers survives a fall ...
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UPDATED: 24/10/2019 24 October 1899, The first action of the siege of Kimberley at Dronfield farm Pictured is the Centenary Memorial Service at Dronfield on 24 October 1999, the Boshof Commando honouring their Fallen. DID YOU KNOW By the time ...
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30 September 1872, Ernest Moses horse-whipped by JB Robinson. 30 September 1904, Lord Roberts visits Kimberley for the last time. 30 September 1920, City Engineer Thomas Cullen retires after 40 years in the position. 30 September 1934, Kimberley Air Rally ...
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UPDATED: 04/09/2019 4 September 1890, Cecil Rhodes entertained at a civic function to celebrate election as Premier. 4 September 1905, Viennese band conductor Herr Carl Rybnikar marries Edith Kearns. 4 September 1973, Harry Oppenheimer becomes a Freeman of Kimberley. DID ...
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