Today in Kimberley's History
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48 days since beginning of the Siege of Kimberley, 1899
Extract from "The Diary of a Doctor's Wife – During the Siege of Kimberley October 1899 to February 1900" by Winifred Heberden.
Jack and I went to the hospital where I saw young Mayston, looking very white and shaky, on the verandah. He said he was trying to kill time, and felt very dull after the late excitement. Captain Rush was also getting on well, though still in bed. A nurse told me that Colonel Scott-Turner's Orderly could not lead his master's horse from the gate for nearly an hour. He quite broke down and leaned on its neck sobbing like a child.
Extract from "The Diary of a Doctor's Wife – During the Siege of Kimberley October 1899 to February 1900" by Winifred Heberden.
Jack and I went to the hospital where I saw young Mayston, looking very white and shaky, on the verandah. He said he was trying to kill time, and felt very dull after the late excitement. Captain Rush was also getting on well, though still in bed. A nurse told me that Colonel Scott-Turner's Orderly could not lead his master's horse from the gate for nearly an hour. He quite broke down and leaned on its neck sobbing like a child.
The town of Beaconsfield is amalgamated with Kimberley - 1912
The last Mayor of Beaconsfield was Thomas Pratley who was in the chair from 1904 until formal amalgamation with Kimberley on 2 December 1912 when Ernest Oppenheimer became the first Mayor of a combined city. The first combined council meeting was on 4 December 1912.
Pratley Street, named after Thomas Pratley, is the street running parallel to Solomon Street, just behind the Solomon Guest House.
The last Mayor of Beaconsfield was Thomas Pratley who was in the chair from 1904 until formal amalgamation with Kimberley on 2 December 1912 when Ernest Oppenheimer became the first Mayor of a combined city. The first combined council meeting was on 4 December 1912.
Pratley Street, named after Thomas Pratley, is the street running parallel to Solomon Street, just behind the Solomon Guest House.
