UPDATED: 30/03/2023 30 March 1892, William Shilling of Shilling Bottles fame, dies. 30 March 1955, George Hitchcock receives award for 50 years service in the De Beers Company. WILLIAM SHILLING OF SHILLING BOTTLES Collectors of old bottles, as well as ...
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UPDATED: 17/03/2023 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 ...
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UPDATE: 08/12/2022 8 DECEMBER 1871, Dutoitspan appointed as the seat of magistracy for Pniel District, 1871. 8 DECEMBER 1877, GW Legislative Council disbanded. 8 DECEMBER 1946, Two men killed when their aeroplane crashes at Kimberley Airport. Tragic accident at the ...
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UPDATED: 22/11/2022 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 Black refugee camp in the racecourse. 22 November 1976, Harry Oppenheimer ...
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UPDATE: 14/11/2022 14 November 1901, The renovated, improved Wesley Church re-opens in West End. WESLEYANS IN EARLY KIMBERLEY Some of the [early] diggers [in Kimberley] were Wesleyans and endeavoured to keep up the forms of religion. The Rev. J. Thorne ...
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2 NOVEMBER 1933, Colonel Deneys Reitz, Minister of Lands and Irrigation, announces the proposed VaalHartz Project, the biggest conservation and irrigation scheme ever attempted in South Africa. 2 NOVEMBER 1952, Brother McManus celebrates 50th Anniversary of Religious Life with a ...
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UPDATED: 05/10/2022 5 October 1894, Bevil Gordon D’Urban Rudd MC born. 5 October 1895, Nazareth House Chapel opens for worship. 5 October 1990, Inaugural Barney Barnato Golf Tournament. Nazareth House Chapel opens The construction on the Nazareth House chapel began ...
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UPDATE: 30/08/2022 30 August 1890, Foundation stone laid for the new Municipal complex in Stockdale Street. The Municipal complex in Stockdale Street Two postcards circa 1907 are depicted showing quite clearly the Kimberley municipal compound (complex) at the time. Both ...
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UPDATED: 25/07/2022 25 July 1901, Original Synagogue on Dutoitspan Road sold on public auction. 25 July 1965, William Benbow Humphreys, (pictured) art collector extraordinaire dies. 25 July 2002, Great CBC athlete and Springbok rugby player Pat Lyster dies. (Pictured is ...
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UPDATED: 20/07/2022 20 July 1891, British Isles rugby team defeats Griqualand West 3-0 at the Eclectic ground. 20 July 1971, Basil Humphreys, benefactor of Kimberley and son of William, dies. Basil William Clayton Humphreys DSC. The son of William Benbow ...
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