Thursday 28 November 2019

Strand Golf Club


CAPE ARGUS - 1939, March 21
Mr. CL Murray presided at the annual general meeting of The Strand Golf Club last night. The annual report depreciated the lack of interest in the club shown by members. The report indicated that financially the club had never been in a stronger position. The total membership of the club is 179.
The election of office-bearers resulted as follows:
President: Mr. PHB Faure
Vice-presidents: Messrs. JG Morkel, HJH Claassens and CL Murray
Captain: Mr. Geo P Neill
Vice-captain: Mr. PJ Benade
Secretary: Mr. HC Solly
Treasurer: Mr. A Friedman
Committee: Messrs. I Black, HH Louw and EB Philip
NEW CLUB HOUSE FAVOURED
Mr. Benade spoke in favour of a new club house. Personally, he favoured a 19th hole if it could be done legally. Mr. T Fox expressed the view that visitors should be catered for. The ideal would be to build a club house on the beach. Mr. Benade said a club house on the beach under existing circumstances would be impossible because of the expense.
G Bryant, who was formerly a caddie at the Royal Sydney Golf Club, but is now a professional in New Zealand, will in future do his coaching on the high seas.
He has been engaged as a permanent professional for the new 27 155-ton liner, Dominion Monarch, which is now on her maiden voyage to Australia and New Zealand. He will take up his unusual occupation as a sea-going golf professional when the liner leaves Auckland on her return voyage to England in April.
The shipowners will supply nets, mats, clubs and balls. Passengers wishing to have tuition will pay a small fee per lesson.

Monday 25 November 2019

Motor Vehicles in Japan


CAPE ARGUS - 1906, December 29
The motor vehicle has invaded the land of the rising sun, but Japan is far from being an ideal country for the modern vehicle. The roads (says the Industrial Motor Review) are as they have been for centuries, designed only for the most primitive traffic and with the same economy of space which is everywhere manifest. The city streets as well as the country roads average less than 25 feet in width. People and vehicles mix indiscriminately, and look out for themselves as best they may. A 25-feet street is considered a wide one. In many places a motor vehicle with a top would be compelled to put it down rounding a corner, to keep from knocking down awnings. An attempt was made some time ago to have the streets widened, but the inhabitants indignantly protested, because if this took place, they could not walk the centre of a business street, and view the shop windows on either side. The streets of the towns are bad, but those of the country are worse. Many are not six feet wide. Between Nogaya and Kobe there are about 150 miles of fairly good roads, but there are three large rivers to cross, and to make things worse there are no bridges. To read the foregoing remarks one would think that prospect of introducing the motor vehicle to such a country is remote. But the fact is otherwise. Motor vehicles of all descriptions have been introduced, and their number is constantly on the increase. It is an old axiom that the Japanese do everything backward. Here is one example: In other countries the touring car has been the forerunner of the utility vehicles, but in Japan it is reversed – the industrial motor vehicle has taken the precedence. The Japanese have long been chiefly dependent for transport on what they call abbreviately “rich-shas.” Therefore, it is evident that such a condition of offers a wide field for motor buses. The first company that took up the introduction of industrial motor vehicles with serious intent was Osaka Jidoska Kaisha, to operate in Osaka. Seeing that there was a future in Japan for motor vehicles both for passengers and goods, a large order for chassis was placed with an American firm. The bodies of these chassis were made in Japan. The company started out with the utmost care and conservatism. It hired as head mechanic a young man who had been educated in Glasgow. An expert from America was also employed.

Detergents through the ages

JEYES' DISINFECTANTS 
To prevent infectious Diseases, disinfect your homes, business premises, Stores, etc. with Jeyes’ Special Fluid Cyllin, the most Powerful Non-Poisonous Disinfectant known to Science. 3d. worth will do the same work as One Gallon Carbolic Acid.
CAPE ARGUS - 1906, December 5


SUNLIGHT SOAP
Sunlight soap stands for Cleanliness. Clothes worn by little children should always be washed with pure soap.
THE STAR Johannesburg - 1918, February 9

SCRUBB'S AMMONIA 
Try it in your bath, to clean your toilet, for household purposes, to soften water, to wash your hair, to end itchy insect bites, to let your nickel items shine again, to clean carpets and clothes. Available at all Grocery stores and Pharmacies.
DE VOLKSTEM - 1925, December 31

MIN  – The HalfMINute Polish
You’ll save yourself a lot of trouble by using MIN, the halfMINute polish. In about 30 seconds MIN gives a beautiful finish for the Piano and all highly-polished Furniture. MIN also gives a lustrous sparkle to Glazed Tiles, cleans and polishes Porcelain enamel Baths and Basins and makes it so easy to keep White Enamel Paint spotless.
THE STAR Johannesburg - 1935, July 26

VIM - A Sparkling Home all over – But no Spoiled Surfaces!
You’d like your home to be the envy of your friends? You’d like a polished gleam in every room? You’d like to keep surfaces safe, unscratched? Well, just say: “JIM! VIM!” – and say it often!
VIM cleanses twice as well in half the time! It whisks away grease and dirt so smoothly – leaves a brilliant shine behind, with never a scratch. You see, VIM has a double action in cleaning. The dirt is first loosened and then held in a soapy foam ready for one easy rinse to remove it all. VIM’s surface-saving cleaning makes things sparkle and keep on sparkling. Today, make this easy test. Just go round the house; look at the kitchen – the floor, the sink, the table, pots and pans. Look at the bathroom – the tiles, the bath and basin. Then VIM the lot. You’ll have a brand-new home in no time! Try it and see!
CAPE ARGUS - 1939, February 6

Thursday 21 November 2019

Cure for Whooping Cough, Croup, Bronchitis, Influenza, Colds


Cure for Whooping Cough
CAPE ARGUS - 1939, December 16
Shirleen Hockman (4) of Doornfontein, was one of several children whose parents used the Dingaan’s Day holiday for flights at the Rand Airport to try and cure them of whooping cough.
Mr. JT Slabbert, who took them up in his Waco plane, said this method of curing whooping cough appeared to be growing in popularity with parents.
When he took up Shirley Hockman, who was accompanied by her mother and a friend, he climbed to 12 000 feet, and then did three dives of about 200 feet each, the effect of which, it is claimed, breaks the cough and ensures recovery.



Bronchitis cured by BORSTOL
CAPE TIMES - 1933, August 9
“I cannot tell you how glad I am that I tried BORSTOL. After suffering for 18 months with acute Bronchitis, BORSTOL Inflammation Oil was the only thing that cured me.”
Clock Tower products are safe and reliable.

THE STAR Johannesburg - 1918, Jan. 10




Croup cured by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
THE STAR Johannesburg – 1918, February 21
When Jennie had her first attack of Croup, it grieved her mother to listen to the choking cough and watch her gasping for breath. She quickly found that there is no need for alarm when one uses Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. If given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears, it will prevent the attack. Always keep Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy in the house. 




Sunday 17 November 2019

South African Airways

 CAPE ARGUS - 1939, October 17
South African Airways promised to give you de-luxe air travel between the principal towns of Southern Africa in spacious airliners with the latest comforts and conveniences ….. at a cost by no means disproportionate to the advantages of speedy and comfortable transport.
Always make your arrangements through the SAR Tourist Bureau, the Main Booking Office for SA Airways.


SA Airways record
A new record for the Rand-Cape flight was established today by South African Airways on the inaugural trip of the new direct service. A record distance was flown, 2 024 miles at an average speed of 157 miles an hour; it was the first time two different air liners have flown from the Rand to Cape Town by different routes, one direct over the Karoo and the other via Durban and the coastal route; and both air liners broke the records for the respective routes.




THE STAR Johannesburg - 1935, August 6
The three-motored air liner, JAN VAN RIEBEECK, piloted by Captain L. Inggs, left Germiston at 7.30 a.m. and arrived at Cape Town at 2.30 p.m. in five hours 30 minutes’ flying time. The distance is 820 miles. Stops were made at Kimberley and Beaufort West. Four of the Government’s pilots are with them and all four are pleased with themselves for records were set up. Among the passengers were Mr. JA Lindenberg (manager of South African airways) and Mr. CTS Capel (the engineering superintendent), who are making an official inspection of the route. The plane will leave on its return direct to Johannesburg on Friday. 
The second arrived in Cape Town at 4.45 p.m. It had left Johannesburg at the same time as the other machine, 7.30 a.m., but had covered an additional 320 miles. It traversed 1 180 miles at an average of 158 miles an hour. This machine will make its return journey on Thursday via the coast and Durban to Johannesburg. These services will be run regularly in future, in addition to the existing services; and South African Airways will henceforward be flying 8 923 miles a week.
THE STAR Johannesburg - 1935, August 8
CAPE ARGUS - 1939, February 22
THE STAR Johannesburg - 1935, August 5




Tuesday 12 November 2019

The Cango Caves


THE STAR Johannesburg - 1920, July 2
In several ways the most remarkable incident of Their Excellencies’ farewell tour was the visit to the Cango Caves yesterday. Lord & Lady Buxton were accompanied by the whole of their party – the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Town Clerk, Councillors of Oudtshoorn, their wives and many other enthusiasts, not to mention the Magistrate and the local police officer.
The scene is difficult to describe, but it was something of a combination of the most magnificent transformation scene at Drury Lane and the underground world of Peter Pan.
The setting was, of course, the finest stalactite cavern in the world. Then, walking amid rows of twinkling candles and bearing candles on bamboo rods, were the quaintest-looking people in pyjamas, dressing gowns or gorgeous hues, odds and ends of fishing garments, venerable shooting suits, etc., and all headed by the bearded guide – the living spirit or genius of the caves.
These people, in ordinary day life, are said municipal dignitaries and high officials. Their exceedingly picturesque appearance at the moment was dictated by discretion as narrow passages had to be squeezed through, and then the famous mud-slide leading to farther caverns was negotiated to the unqualified joy of the younger people.
The Mayor was in an immaculate pyjama jacket, over cricketing trousers. A lady of Government House provided a perfect patch of colour in a dressing gown of roseate hue. A popular aide-de-camp favoured pyjamas of Liberty art shades. The police officer was quite unrecognizable; and ahead of all was the Hon. Alethea Buxton, the small daughter of their Excellencies – the daintiest of Wendies straight out of Act 1 of Peter Pan.
MAGNESIUM FLARES
These examples will give some idea of an unforgettable retinue.
Frequent magnesium flares brilliantly lit up the scene, and revealed stalactites of every shape and colour – cream, pink, or even milk white – some of them sparkling like myriads of diamonds.
Their Excellencies went about three-quarters of a mile deep into Caves, starting with the vast Van Zyl’s Chamber, which is over forty feet in height. Towards the end of this is Cleopatra’s Needle, which the guide has carefully measured the past 35 years, during which time it has only grown one-sixteenth of an inch. Then there are the Pulpit and the Font, also in stalagmite, the Drum, the Missing Link, besides masses of stalactites in the shape of draperies, curtains, trees and beasts. The guide has penetrated some miles into the middle of the earth, and since the beginning of the year he has made 2 000 new discoveries. For 40 years he has devoted himself to research work – a work of love. His idea is that the caverns were originally formed by an underground river, and he searches very often for its outlet, but so far without any trace of success.
The curious fact in all his investigations is that he has never found any prehistoric remains or bones, and it is certain these caves were never inhabited. Once in recent years, near the entrance, he came upon a few bones, and he was much excited until it was discovered that they were the remains of a modern little dog, which had strayed in with a party, and had fallen over a precipitous edge.
The new discoveries include the exquisite King Solomon’s mines and the Bridal Chamber. To get to these takes hours of walking, and it is necessary to go down the Mud Slide and pass the isolated form of Lot’s wife.
There are still miles and miles of discoveries to be made, although the present known chambers are themselves sufficiently amazing, and without rival. – Reuter

Happy Pictures taken at Prince Charles’s Third Party


CAPE TIMES – 1951, November 17
Photographs published throughout the British Press today are the first pictures of the King issued since his lung operation over seven weeks ago. Their appearance has renewed in every part of the country expressions of warm thankfulness for the King’s steady return to good health.
His evident enjoyment of the occasion as he listens to Prince Charles tell ‘grandfather’ all about his third birthday has been noted with delight by a public which had become used to a mental picture of the King as a sick man whose recovery must necessarily be slow and gradual.
These pictures, taken by a photographer of THE TIMES on behalf of all the British Press, were taken by Royal command.
THE KING’S REQUEST
They show the King and Queen with Prince Charles and Princess Anne in the Bow Room at Buckingham Palace, where – also at the special request of the King – Prince Charles’s birthday party was held this year in order that his grandfather could be present.
THE TIMES itself today publishes these pictures to the exclusion of all other illustrations and other leading British daily newspapers print them across the whole width of the front page and treat their appearance as the day’s most important news.
BRITAIN’S DELIGHT 
The DAILY EXPRESS describes them as ‘two pictures to delight all Britain,’ and the DAILY HERALD heads them: ‘The King, well again, has a party.’ For two hours the King took a full part in the Royal Family’s enjoyment of the occasion without a sign of fatigue. 
Although the photographs show the King rather thinner than in many pictures taken before his illness became so pronounced during the summer, it is acknowledged that he looks much better than most people had dares to expect in view of the seriousness of his operation. 
‘DID NOT LOOK ILL’ 
The photographer who took these pictures afterwards told the DAILY HERALD: ‘If I had not known, I should never have thought the King had just been so ill. He did not look ill at all. He was laughing and chatting happily with the Queen and Prince Charles, spoke to me often, and made no reference at all to his operation. He moved freely about the room, apparently without pain. He never faltered nor asked for help in getting up. He did not need a stick for moving about, and he did not move slowly either. No doctors or nurses were in the room.’  

Read more about the British Royal Family Tree: 

Sunday 10 November 2019

ENO’S Fruit Salt – Nature’s Own Remedy


CAPE ARGUS - 1906, December 22
There is no doubt that where ENO'S Fruit Salt has been taken in the earliest stages of a disease it has in innumerable instances prevented a serious illness. The effect of ENO'S Fruit Salt upon any disordered, sleepless, or feverish condition is simply marvelous and unsurpassed. In fact, it is Nature’s Own Remedy!



(CAPE ARGUS – 1939, February 23)
ENO is accepted by the people of every nation as the finest, safest and most pleasant laxative aid to good health, simply because it keeps the inner system clean and healthful in a safe, gentle but effective manner. Buy a bottle today and you will quickly realize why there is no substitute for ENO. Being in fine powder form and highly concentrated, ENO goes much further and is thus better value than coarse granular substitutes. Comparison proves this – insist on ENO.



Saturday 9 November 2019

Wine Exports to Sweden


CAPE TIMES – 1933, August 8
Sweden’s increased imports of South African Wines, referred to by the Union Trade Commissioner in Sweden, are attributed by the K.W.V. officials to the fact that South Africa has concentrated on supplying genuine wines of the Cap Constantia type.
Germany had for many years exported large quantities of wine, known as Cap Constantia, to Sweden one of the officials told the Paarl representative of the Cape Times yesterday. This variety, however, was a concoction of cheap Continental wines mixed with a small blend of South African Cap Constantia.
As the result of a report received by the K.W.V. from the Union Trade Commissioner in Great Britain, the K.W.V. had concentrated on supplying the genuine article direct to Sweden. This South African wine had no difficulty in ousting the Continental brands, and the Union’s exports increased last year by 365 percent, while the German wine manufacturers and exporters had lost 45 percent of their wine trade with Sweden.
STILL EXPANDING
Whereas German exported 86 229 litres to Sweden in 1931, this figure dropped to 47 587 litres that year. On the other hand, South African exports to that country increased of 1 litre, or .22 gallons a day.
Although this was only the K.W.V.’s second year of export to Sweden, the market had assumed large dimensions and was still expanding. South Africa now ranks third on the list of wine exporters to Sweden. Portugal still leads with an export of 1 588 864 litres while Spain is the runner-up with 413 229 litres.
The Portuguese exports to Sweden have, however, diminished by 36 percent, while the Spanish trade has suffered a decrease export of 30 percent. The only other country, besides South Africa, that showed an increased export of wines to Sweden was Italy, who last year consigned and sold 40 percent more wine on the Swedish market than during 1931.
The wine exports from Greece to Sweden in 1932 decreased by 63 percent. The French market in in Sweden showed the lowest decrease, of only 2 percent.

Read more about the Press Release: Wines of South Africa Export Report 2018 
at   https://www.wosa.co.za/Wosa-News/Press-Releases/2019/Press-Release--Export-Report/

Temptation

CAPE ARGUS – 1939, February 20
Lines from Sunday’s sermon

“All students of human character have observed that there is a backwater of temptation which is more deadly than direct assault. You may fight hard against temptation and fight victoriously; you may beat it off and crush it down, and then, weary with the conflict, you suffer the strain of vigilance to relax, and it steals in and masters the citadel which lately it spent all its force in trying to win. Beware of your best moments as well as of your worst.” – The Rev. R. W, Wighton, Baptist Church, Observatory.

LACTOGEN – the Natural Milk Food

CAPE TIMES – 1933, August 10
There’s a lot of life in a baby, and it’s wonderful what a baby will come through and how he will fight his way up – if just one thing is right. His food! Find the right food and the result will be smiles on baby’s face and joy in mother’s heart.
LACTOGEN never stops bringing a long procession of babies around the corner. Babies who were given good foods if only they could have digested them. Babies who cried, fretted – pined away.
And then LACTOGEN was tried and LACTOGEN made a change, for every drop of LACTOGEN is the full nourishment of pure rich milk and contains all the cream and all the vitamins. LACTOGEN is scientifically modified to be the nearest approach to mother’s milk, and is the ideal food for babies who cannot be breastfed. Mother! If you cannot feed your baby yourself, give your baby LACTOGEN.

Read more at    https://www.thebabywebsite.com/advice/baby-essentials

Friday 8 November 2019

Vaal-Hartz Water Scheme


THE STAR Johannesburg - 1935, July 9 & August 31 





The 100ft wide channel on the Transvaal side of the Vaal-Hartz dam along which the Vaal River is now being diverted while the main wall of the Vaalbank Dam is being built up from the Transvaal side of the river that has been pumped dry.

The largest breakwater scheme yet built in the Christiana area has just been completed in the Vaal river opposite the town. 
The work was started some months ago by the syndicate of Johannesburg men, with Mr. AJ Ackerman, a well-known local diamond digger in charge. 
A wall was built across the river and a channel cut along the bank on the Free State side for deflecting the water (writes our Christiana correspondent). The object is to dewater a large portion of the river for the purpose of digging for diamonds in the river bed which has not previously been worked. It is expected that digging operations will begin on a very large scale within a fortnight.






Cape Town’s new £22 000 Broadcasting Station at Milnerton

 CAPE TIMES - 1933, July 18 The Cape and Peninsula Broadcasting Association started Cape Town’s first Broadcasting Station on September 15, ...