THE pictures sometimes came only in the week after the event.
December 16
1949
BOBBY Locke’s opponents at Southbroom were Bert Brown, J McLeod and N Ferguson. Representing Southbroom Development Co, which sponsored the exhibition, were directors Gilbert Eyles and Harry Forth.
“MARGATE will be the starting point for the country’s first ever off-shore power-boat challenge, when 35 entrants pit their skills against the surf in a gruelling 160km sporting spectacular.”
POURING sewage into the sea was an ongoing issue. “Towns unite to fight Shelly pipeline.”December 17
“ON Monday afternoon, 6th inst., a meeting was held at the Old Hall, Anerley, for the purpose of instituting a Health Board for the rural area of Anerley.”
December 19
“A BANTU housing scheme of enormous proportions is fast taking shape among the rolling hills of the Bantu Reserve about three miles west of Uvongo.”
“SOUTH Coast TV viewers were brought into line with the rest of the country, when the Port Shepstone TV transmitting tower began transmitting test programmes on Wednesday.”1976
“THE Port Shepstone council is to make representations to the Minister of Community Development and Indian Affairs, for the lifting of the Group Areas Act in the town.”
1980
“SUDDENLY, with a flurry of wings, an Indian mynah swooped down to the balcony of the flat and snatched a pair of lady’s panties.”
December 20
1935
“PORT Shepstone’s Beach Pavilion is again ‘to let’, the lessee having thrown in the sponge. Until the general public can be induced to appreciate and attend the beach in far greater numbers, success cannot be looked for.”
December 21
1962
“STARTING from today and every following Friday, a luxury railways bus for passengers will leave Margate at 6am to arrive in Durban at 9.45am. The return bus will leave Durban station at 3.30pm and will be back in Margate at 7.15pm.”
1984
“RATEPAYERS vow to fight the government’s decision to go ahead with an all-race recreational area at Palm Beach.”
December 22
1950
“THE Port Shepstone Council has informed an applicant that it is not prepared to permit the erection on Lot 26 of a prefabricated asbestos bungalow, or a trolley bus, as a temporary measure.”
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