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The old and the new at Seymour

  • 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.”
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  • Date Issued: 1960-07-21

Old tree 'chopped' by age and insects

  • Authors: Matthews, Ray
  • Date: 1969-11-24
  • Subjects: Acacia karroo -- South Africa -- Pietermaritzburg , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , clippings , ephemera
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71921 , vital:29976
  • Description: Newspaper article: "Old tree chopped by age and insects. Age and insects have put and end to one of Maritzburg's national monuments. An acacia mimosa tree that stood in the centre lawn of the Parkside home of the Administrator of Natal since about 1800, has been chopped down for safety reasons. The stately old tree was National Monument and the plaque on the stump reads: Monuments Commission. Around this tree, Commandant A. W. J. Pretorius, member of the Volksraad and the Burgers of the Republic Natalia decided by a majority on July 5, 1842, to accept British rule.”
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  • Date Issued: 1969-11-24

Forest recession

Salix mucronata - Cape willow

Ptaeroxylon obliquum - Sneezewood

Forest recession - Nqantos area, Upper Kubusie

Thorn tree canopy - King Williams Town

Pinus radiata - Pinus insignis - Pine

Yellowwood

Milkwood

  • Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
  • Date: 1963-07-10
  • Subjects: Sideroxylon inerme - South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
  • Language: English
  • Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/117954 , vital:34580
  • Description: Caption "This battered milkwood, once much bigger, is Woodstock's Treaty Tree, under which, legend says, the 1806 armistice was signed between the British and the Dutch garrison. It is now to be protected by Cape Town municipality. E. P. Herald. 10-07-1963”
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  • Date Issued: 1963-07-10

Acacia Karoo - King Williams Town

Pinus radiata - Pinus insignis - Pine

Erythrina caffra

Erythrina caffra

King Williams Town - Forest

Umtiza

Erythrina caffra

Halleria lucida - Evergreen tree

Podocarpus falcatus - Yellowwood

Erythrina caffra - kaffirboom

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