1903 in South Africa
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Contents
Events
- February
- Mahatma Gandhi enrolls to the Bar of the Transvaal Supreme Court.
- March
- 12 – Andries Dreyer, an archivist of the Dutch Reformed Church, is ordained as a missionary of the congregation for the Hanover Street area in Cape Town.
- May
- 21 – The first contingent of Chinese labourers leave China to work on the Witwatersrand gold mines.
- June
- 4 – The Indian Opinion is started by Mahatma Gandhi with Mansukhlal Nazar as editor.
- Unknown date
- The County of Pembroke, a British cargo ship, is shipwrecked near Port Elizabeth.
Births
- 11 January – Alan Paton, author and founder of the Liberal Party of South Africa is born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
- 21 March – John Beaver Marks, political activist and trade unionist, is born in Ventersdorp.
- 4 May – Louise Behrens, novelist and Afrikaans journalist, is born in the Orange Free State.
- 4 May – Hendrik Susan, orchestra leader and violist.
- 8 October – Mikro (Pseudonym for Christoffel Hermanus Kühn), writer and poet, is born at Van Reenens Farm in the Williston district, Cape Colony.
Deaths
- 13 March – General David Johannes Joubert (Ou Kat), a South African explorer to East Africa, dies of malaria near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 19 February – Cape Central – Swellendam to Riversdale, 64 miles (103.0 kilometres).[1]
- 28 February – Cape Western – Kalbaskraal to Hopefield (Narrow gauge), 46 miles 79 chains (75.6 kilometres).[2]
- 22 March – Free State – Sannaspos to Thaba 'Nchu, 17 miles 3 chains (27.4 kilometres).[1]
- 1 April – Free State – Harrismith to Aberfeldy, 20 miles 60 chains (33.4 kilometres).[1]
- 27 April – Transvaal – India Junction to Driehoek (avoiding line), 55 chains (1.1 kilometres).[1]
- 17 September – Natal – Mhlatuze to Somkele, 55 miles 17 chains (88.9 kilometres).[1]
- 1 November – Transvaal – India Junction to New Canada, 14 miles 31 chains (23.2 kilometres).[1]
- 12 November – Natal – Talana to Lucas Meyer, 50 miles 64 chains (81.8 kilometres).[1]
- 14 December – Cape Eastern – King William's Town to Middledrift, 33 miles (53.1 kilometres).[2]
- 14 December – Cape Midland – Cookhouse to Adelaide, 42 miles 52 chains (68.6 kilometres).[2]
- 14 December – Cape Midland – Willowmore to Le Roux, 75 miles 49 chains (121.7 kilometres).[2]
Locomotives
- Cape
- Nine new Cape gauge and one narrow gauge locomotive types enter service on the Cape Government Railways (CGR):
- The last eight 3rd Class Wynberg Tender suburban locomotives in Cape Town.[3]:59–61[4]:18
- Two Karoo Class 4-6-2 Pacific passenger locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated Class 5A on the South African Railways (SAR).[3]:69–71[4]:39
- Two 6th Class 2-6-2 Prairie locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated Class 6Y on the SAR.[3]:52–54, 56[4]:45
- A second batch of thirty-eight 8th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type locomotives, six on the Western, twenty on the Midland and twelve on the Eastern Systems. In 1912 they will be designated Class 8D on the SAR.[3]:63–64[4]:48–49
- Four additional 8th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type locomotives, built to modified specifications in order to accommodate a larger grate area. In 1912 they will be designated Class 8E on the SAR.[3]:64[4]:49
- Four Cape 8th Class 2-8-0 Consolidation type locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated Class 8Y on the SAR.[3]:64–65[4]:50[5]
- Two 9th Class 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotives. In 1912 they will be classified Class Experimental 4 on the SAR.[3]:68–69[4]:83[5]
- A single experimental 2-8-0 Consolidation type tandem compound steam locomotive. In 1912 it will be classified as Class Experimental 3 on the SAR.[4]:82[5][6]:140
- A single experimental 0-6-0+0-6-0 Kitson-Meyer type articulated steam locomotive on the Eastern System.[3]:69–70, 130–132[4]:84
- A single Krauss 0-6-0 tank locomotive for use as construction engine on the narrow gauge Avontuur branch.[4]:111–112, 157[7]:232
- Two locomotives, later named "Thebus" and "Stormberg", enter service with the Irrigation Department of the Public Works Department of the Cape Colony.[4]:98[6]:130–131
- Transvaal
- Three new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the Central South African Railways (CSAR):
- Six Reid Tenwheeler 4-10-2 tank locomotives are converted to a 4-8-2T configuration by removing the fifth pair of coupled wheels to make them better suitable for yard work. In 1912 they will be designated Class H1 on the SAR.[4]:32, 56[6]:136
- Thirty Class 8-L2 4-8-0 Mastodon type locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated Class 8B on the SAR.[3]:56, 127[4]:48–49
- Thirty Class 8-L3 4-8-0 Mastodon type locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated Class 8C on the SAR.[3]:128[4]:48–49
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 184, ref. no. 200954-13
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Report for year ending 31 December 1909, Cape Government Railways, Section VIII - Dates of Opening and the Length of the different Sections in the Cape Colony, from the Year 1873 to 31st December, 1909.
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 9, 12, 15, 36 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
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