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Today in Kimberley's History
December 4th

50 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.

Two people near Mrs Beacon's house thought they would enjoy a joke against Colonel Kekewich; so they brought a mirror into the sun and flashed up to the Conning Tower - the light, for a second, blinding the officer there, who put his hand over his eyes. At this these mischief-makers hid their glass for a few minutes, and, not knowing the telescope was on them, flashed again. Almost instantly two troopers dashed out from the Gardens Camp and caught them - giving each such a scolding and uttering such threats, that the offenders went away wiser and very much sadder.
​Lord Methuen signalled: 'Have gained passage of Modder River after successful fight.'

First meeting of the newly amalgamated Kimberley City Council - 1912
Beaconsfield formally amalgamated 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.
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