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 ...
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UPDATED: 26/06/2024 26 June 1884, Neville Pickering (pictured) falls out of a horse trap and is injured. 26 June 1940, German internees arrive at Andalusia. Neville Pickering suffers fatal injury Neville Pickering, considered by the De Beers directors to be the best ...
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UPDATED: 06/05/2024 6 May 1887, De Beers Mining Company AGM held at their new offices for first time in Warren Street. 6 May 2009, Hazel Jenkins inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape. De Beers Mining Company has AGM at ...
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Updated: 28/04/2023 28 April 1880, De Beers Mining Company formed by Cecil Rhodes, Charles Rudd, Robert Dundas Graham and others. Pictured are Cecil Rhodes and Charles Rudd circa late 1870s DE BEERS MINING COMPANY FORMED The De Beers Mining Company ...
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5 January 1876: Enquiry into allegations of bribery against Cecil Rhodes CECIL RHODES ACCUSED OF BRIBERY The Black Flag Rebellion of 1875, coupled with other matters of social misbehaviour, saw the appointment of Colonel Crossman as a Royal Commissioner with ...
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