The old and the new at Seymour
- Daily Dispatch (East London, South Africa)
- Authors: Daily Dispatch (East London, South Africa)
- Date: 1960-07-21
- Subjects: Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs , Seymour (South Africa) -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/65562 , vital:28813
- Description: Newspaper article: "The old and the new at Seymour. This oak tree is believed to have been planted in 1853 on the founding of the town. Next to it stand newly planted poles to carry ESCOM electric power to the inhabitants. Gangs of construction workers are erecting the power lines and the first line in the town has about been completed. Private contractors are wiring dwellings. To start with there will be more than 20 consumers who will be connected up to the distribution lines. Distribution will be undertaken by ESCOM.”
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Daily Dispatch (East London, South Africa)
- Date: 1960-07-21
- Subjects: Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs , Seymour (South Africa) -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/65562 , vital:28813
- Description: Newspaper article: "The old and the new at Seymour. This oak tree is believed to have been planted in 1853 on the founding of the town. Next to it stand newly planted poles to carry ESCOM electric power to the inhabitants. Gangs of construction workers are erecting the power lines and the first line in the town has about been completed. Private contractors are wiring dwellings. To start with there will be more than 20 consumers who will be connected up to the distribution lines. Distribution will be undertaken by ESCOM.”
- Full Text: false
Fearless woman remembered
- Daily Dispatch (East London, South Africa)
- Authors: Daily Dispatch (East London, South Africa)
- Date: 1958-08-15
- Subjects: South Africa -- History -- Frontier Wars, 1811-1878 , Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71911 , vital:29974
- Description: Newspaper article: "Fearless woman remembered. A beautiful monument in Grahamstown, shown in this picture above, was erected to commemorate an act of outstanding bravery by a woman during the battle of Grahamstown in 1819. She was Elizabeth Margaret Salt who, with her husband Sergeant Salt, was among those besieged in Fort England, which was surrounded by hordes of Kafirs.”
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Daily Dispatch (East London, South Africa)
- Date: 1958-08-15
- Subjects: South Africa -- History -- Frontier Wars, 1811-1878 , Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71911 , vital:29974
- Description: Newspaper article: "Fearless woman remembered. A beautiful monument in Grahamstown, shown in this picture above, was erected to commemorate an act of outstanding bravery by a woman during the battle of Grahamstown in 1819. She was Elizabeth Margaret Salt who, with her husband Sergeant Salt, was among those besieged in Fort England, which was surrounded by hordes of Kafirs.”
- Full Text: false
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