Sunday 23 February 2020

An Eternal Revelation

CAPE ARGUS – 1939, February 20
Lines from Sunday’s sermon
“Jesus Christ did not regard His death as being the end of His fellowship with His disciples, and He promised them the spirit of the Comforter through which they would follow, not a local, but a universal Christ. 
He promised them a spiritual presence in the place of a physical presence and translated religious truth from a temporary manifestation to an eternal revelation. 
The expediency of His departure lay in delivering them from those limitations of time and place which their expectations implied. 
No longer would they be able to say: 
‘Lo here’ and ‘Lo there.’” 
– The Rev. Hedley Parks, Union Congregational Church, Cape Town.


Shakespeare in Afrikaans

THE STAR Johannesburg - 1935, July 27
The first Afrikaans version of Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice” was produced last night at the Turffontein Dutch Reformed Church Hall by students of The Potchefstroom University College.
Mesdames Wood and Nel, who were responsible for the translation deserve credit for the high standard of their work, which abounds in appropriate and vigorous idiomatic renderings.
The acting on the whole was very good, though the enunciation was in some cases poor, due, perhaps, mainly to the speed with which many of the lines were taken. The length of the play necessitated this.
The production was significant in its reflection of the spirit of the great original not only in costume, acting and lines, but also in setting the stage having been arranged on much the same line as the open one of Shakespeare’s day.
Mr. JC Coetzee, if somewhat extravagant at times, filled the part of Shylock well, and Miss L le Ches, as Portia, was the outstanding player of the evening. 
Others who deserved special mention were Mr JP du Toit, as Gratiano, and Mr AW Muller, as Bassanio.
Good though they were, some players would add to the quality of the production if their bearing and general deportment reflected more of the quiet, genteel dignity of the Venetian noble of the period.
Last night’s performance was the first of a series that will entertain audiences throughout the Northern Transvaal.

Thursday 20 February 2020

How to Learn Afrikaans in 4 Months

CAPE TIMES - 1924, April 26
It sounds impossible, but that is just what the new Pelman method of language instruction enables you to do – learn Afrikaans in four months.
You can proof it for yourself by reading the first page of the Course, reprinted on the right. If you can read this extract, then you can learn to speak, read and write Afrikaans.
The Pelman method is not only the most rapid ever devised, but it is the easiest and most pleasant. There are no translations, no vocabularies to memorise. The Pelman Guide to Pronunciation makes correct speaking easy.

NOTE THAT THE AFRIKAANS ALPHABET HAS 22 LETTERS.

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So that you may form your own opinion, the Pelman Institute will send, entirely without charge, to any reader of The Cape Times a complete test lesson. Write for this today, and prove for yourself that learning Afrikaans can be pleasant, easy and profitable.
The Pelman Institute, 8, Natal Bank Chambers, Durban
Also at London, New York, Paris, Toronto, Melbourne



CAPE TIMES - 1933, August 18
First Afrikaans Bible

The British and Foreign Bible Society has cabled to the printers in England to increase the first edition of the Afrikaans Bible from 100 000 to 150 000 copies. – Reuter.







Tuesday 11 February 2020

Watches in Cape Town in 1875

CAPE ARGUS - 1875, April 27
Open-faced & Covered English LEVER WATCHES 
London-made Jewellery, Electro Silver Epergnes, Cruets, Fish eating Knives & Forks, Broad Wedding Rings (old style revived.
CREWES & SONS, Adderley Street, Cape Town.


LEVER WATCHES and Solid Silver Plated Jewellery sold on Written Warranty at CREWES & SONS. 
Adderley Street, Cape Town.
THE STAR Johannesburg - 1918, February 5







TROY Watches
Non-magnetic: 18, 16 and 12 Sizes. Dust & Damp Proof Nickel Case. £1 12s 6d. Written guarantee for 3 years. Fitted with an “Invar” Balance Wheel and Compensating Hair Spring with mathematically correct terminal curve, the maximum variation of this watch will in no case excel 2 minutes in 30 days.
E. NICOLE, the Troy Watch Works, SA Mutual Buildings, Harrison & Commissioner Street, Johannesburg



CAPE ARGUS - 1918, November 16
AMERICAN SWISS Watch Co., Ltd.
Our prices for Diamond & Gold Jewellery cannot be beaten. Our selection is incomparable. We have also a large and varied stock of Watches, Clocks, Silver Ware and Electroplated Goods which defy competition.
Parliament Street, Cape Town


CAPE TIMES - 1928, July 17
ROLEX Precision Watches are renowned for their beauty and accuracy, allied with moderate price. Holders of 18 World’s Records.
ROLEX Watches are the World’s Best – by every Test.




















CAPE TIMES - 1928, July 17
OMEGA Watches
“The Exact Time for Life” – Ask your Jeweller about OMEGA Watches.










CAPE TIMES - 1928, July 17
ROLEX Precision Watches are renowned for their beauty and accuracy, allied with moderate price. Holders of 18 World’s Records.
ROLEX Watches are the World’s Best – by every Test.



















CAPE ARGUS - 1939, January 19
ROLEX Oyster
The Original Waterproof Sports Watch
100% Perfect. Fine Stainless Steel Case. Water-proof, Dust-proof, Perspiration-proof, Sand-proof, Tropic-proof. 27 World Records.
Fine Stainless Steel: £8 8 0
9ct. Gold, heavy case: £15 15 0
18ct. Gold, heavy case: £19 19 0
Rolco quality Stainless Steel: £5 5 0
Available in Cape Town, Kimberley, Port Elizabeth, East London, Bloemfontein
ROLEX Watch Co., Ltd.
H Wilsdorf, Managing Director
Geneva, London, Paris




CYMA – The World’s Wonder Watch. Always the Leader in Smart Design. CYMA – On Time All the time!

CAPE ARGUS - 1939, December 23
CAPE ARGUS - 1939, October 19
The UNION Special 
Another Triumph for South Africa’s National Watch. Once more proves itself and Survives sensational Ocean Bottom Test which proves it 100% Waterproof.
15 & 17 Jewels, Shockproof, Non-Magnetic, Accurate, Duscite Crown;
100 New Ladies’ and Gent’s Models from 25/- to £10/ 10/-
Previous tests Triumphantly Survived include: FIRE, ICE, AIR, CRASH
The American Swiss Watch Co., Ltd.
The Diamond House


More than 600 years ago, CLOCKS were created in Babylon, helping to keep track of time, build schedules and control the flow of a daily routine. Some people say the origin of the word WATCH came from the word WOECCE, an Old English word for “watchman”, as watchmen used the device to keep track of their shifts. Another means that the term came from sailors who used the new mechanisms to determine the length of their duty shifts (shipboard watches) in the seventeenth century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch






Friday 7 February 2020

Tips for Waiters

CAPE ARGUS - 1927, August 2
Tips are given and taken in this country as a matter of course, but there are rare occasions when tipping is not tolerated. It is an unwritten rule that waiters at public banquets are not supposed to hold the guests up at ransom. The rule recently has been flagrantly broken by waiters at big West End hotels. At several public dinners I have attended lately waiters have sidled up towards the end of the meal to suggest that their services should be “recognized.” The classic formula employed is “I hope you are satisfied, sir,” and if that does not produce a pocket to pals reward more direct methods are used.
“A London Visitor,” in a letter prominently displayed in the “Daily News” draws attention to this abuse. He relates an incident in which Lord Burnham this week, at an International Press banquet, formally requested his guests not to give any tips to the importunate waiters. At this, as well as at other banquets, adequate arrangements had been made to cover the usual gratuities to waiters, but these grasping gentlemen wanted additional “extras.”
ENDURING BUGBEAR
“The incident,” says the “Daily News” correspondent, “raises in an acute form the question of tipping, an enduring bugbear to visitors to London. One tips without demur in the ordinary way when dining at a hotel, but it is new to me to be asked for a tip, as I have been on three occasions, by waiters in three different hotels at banquets similar to the one referred to. The question seems to need ventilating.”
THE UNINVITED GUEST
Tipping is a long established evil which cannot, it seems, be abolished. A more recent social problem which is being tackled with more determination is the problem of the uninvited guest. The habit of “dropping in” to parties without an invitation has grown alarmingly, both in this country and America. Some of these intruders are brought by friends who have single cards of invitation, many are simply “crushers” without scruple, with well-cut clothes and sufficient social address to stage an entry into drawing-rooms where they can enjoy free hospitality and the pleasure of mixing with “the best people.” A few may be well dressed crooks with sinister designs on the expensive trifles that glitter in West End ballrooms. All these types of intruders have become so persistent that givers of parties are now insisting that tickets of invitation must be shown at the door. “Punch” goes further and suggests that each authorized guest should show his or her passport (with photograph) on demand. 
The “uninvited guest” problem has given the practical joker a new opportunity for developing his wretched mania. It is considered an excellent hoax by some misguided people to send out bogus invitations to social functions. The latest hoax of this sort was discovered just in time by the intended victim, the Hon. Evan Morgan, who was celebrating his 34th birthday by giving a party to 150 friends, including Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaught, Augustus John, GK Chesterton, Alfred Noyes, the Sitwell brothers, Mlle. Spinelli, and Senorita de Alvarez.

Saturday 1 February 2020

BSB in Suid-Afrika

DE VOLKSTEM - 30 Desember 1925
Ons belange is Eners - Ons werk nie alleenlik vir ons eie voordeel, maar ook vir die bevordering van Boerdery in Suid-Afrika.”
So praat die vooruitstrewende boer wat die sterkte van Eenheid besef.
Daar is geen beter en sekerder manier om eenheid te handhaaf dan deur middel van die BSB nie – Boere Saamwerk Beperk / Bymekaar Staan Betaal.
Opgerig: 1920
Geregistreer onder die Wet op Ko-operatiewe Verenigings 1922
Verkoopsagente vir die Transvaal Skaapboere Vereniging.
Kantore in Durban, Oos-Londen en Port Elizabeth.
Hoofagent Transvaal: Mnr. FP Hoogenhout, Belfast

Sexy Swimwear for Men & Women


CAPE ARGUS - 1918, November 30
Meridian Swim Suits
The top of this smart swimsuit “zips” away if desired, to leave slick, tailored trunks.
Be sure you see the new Meridian range before you choose a swimsuit. You’ll be amazed that such high quality should cost so little.
Ask your Outfitter to show you Meridian – the perfect swimwear. In all styles, for men, women & children.
CAPE ARGUS - 1939, October 9


Men’s Bathing Costumes
Regulation One-Piece Costume (Navy, Trimmed White). Bathing Slips to wear with above. Suit with Skirt (Navy, Trimmed white). Canadian Two-Piece Suit (Navy)Boy’s Bathing suits. White Beach Shoes for Boys and Men. Bath Towels. Towelling Gowns. Lawley’s Ltd., Longmarket Street, Cape Town
New 1940 Swim Suits for Men
Latest styles tailored to fit!
  •          “Jantzen” All-Wool bathing trunks with ¼ skirt & belt. Green, Navy, Royal, Maroon or Brown.
  •          “Jantzen” Bathing trunks: HALF-HITCH de Luxe with tunnel belt. Well-tailored for snug fit. All wool. Navy, Green, Maroon or Royal.
  •         “Jantzen” All-Wool bathing trunks: ZIP-HITCH with tunnel belt and Zipp front. Superior made in shades of Navy, Maroon, Green or Royal.
  •          “Jantzen” SUEDESHEEN” bathing trunks of Wool & Elastic. Excellent quality and snug fit. Popular shades of Navy or Dark Green.
  •         “Gantner HI-BOY” bathing trunks: Well-knit from pure wool yarns, in shades of Royal or Black. Durable quality.
  •         “Gantner BOSUN” bathing trunks: Superior quality of Art. Silk. In Gold with white belt. Soft texture.
  •          “Gantner WIKIES”: Wool & Elastic knit. Bathing trunks strike a smart note for bathing wear. Excellent quality, in shades of Navy or Royal.

Available at Fletcher’s & Cartwright’s Ltd.
CAPE ARGUS - 1939, October 2
Heavy Canadian Bathing Costumes for Women

Designed to permit perfect freedom of swimming action. Well-fitting and becoming in Navy, Saxe, Old Rose, Cerise and Tango.
Bathing Caps in all the Newest Colours.
Norman Anstey’s, Johannesburg

THE STAR Johannesburg - 1918, January 17 
Heat wave clothes

The holiday week-ends are almost here and the sensible girl will see that she has chosen her beach clothes before the prettiest have been sold from the Cape Town shops. Here you see a playsuit which has white linen shorts and a brassiere top of thick, gaily printed silk in colourings to match the cork and cloth sandals.
CAPE ARGUS - 1939, December 14


Hotter in Durban
It’s hotter in Durban than it is in Cape Town, with the result that these children are allowed to attend classes dressed merely in bathing trunks or short trousers. “They work better like this,” their teacher declares.
CAPE ARGUS - 1939, February 6  
Keeping fit on Durban beach
Scenes like this take place on the beach at Durban every morning now that physical culture classes have been started under the auspices of the Municipal Entertainment Department.
CAPE ARGUS - 1939, December 20






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, ...