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THE ULOLWE

SOUTH AFRICA – SUID-AFRIKA

A monthly railway research / historical publication

‘n Maandelikse spoorweg historiese en navorsing publikasie

Vol 2 No 9 B

Un-official / Nie Amptelik Everything to do with the former South African Railways: i.e. Railway

Stations, Harbours, Airways,

RMT, SAR Police, Armoured

Trains, Lighthouses, Pipelines,

Catering, SAR Models,

Diagrams of Locomotives etc

and books on the Railways in

Southern Africa

Hennie Heymans, Pretoria, South Africa

heymanshb@gmail.com

September 2011

Cape Colony

Patron - Les Pivnic - Beskermheer

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Contents Dedication ............................................................................................................................................... 2

Report of Select Committee appointed by the Legislative Council on 30th

of August 1869, to enquire

into and report upon the desirability of extending Railways in the Colony , with power to call for

Papers and examine witnesses. .............................................................................................................. 2

Flag of the Cape Colony ................................................................................................................ 41

A Hub or Nodal Point: South African Railway History and related historical interests ........................ 41

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Dedication

This issue is dedicated to my friend, the late Prof Donavon Marais, who knew of my interest

in trains and provided the original copy of this Select Report for the use of Railway

Historians. He hails from De Aar, a famous South African Railway junction.

Report of Select Committee appointed by the Legislative Council on

30th of August 1869, to enquire into and report upon the desirability

of extending Railways in the Colony, with power to call for Papers and

examine witnesses.

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Flag of the Cape Colony

A Hub or Nodal Point: South African Railway History and related

historical interests

A friend Bruce Jones, a pensioner like most of our readers, with his science and maths

background has created a “hub or nodal point” called: ZA Police and Railway Hub and has

registered it as: http://www.zapoliceandrailwayhub.com/ When you have time, you are

invited to go and have a look! It is our intention to create some kind of a platform where

“we” – like minded people - can place links to our various interest groups. He also helps

with the technical issues related to THE ULOLWE and The eNONGQAI.

From 14 April 2009 I have a Face Book site called: Foto's SA Spoorweë / Photos SA Railways,

the reference is: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=74709226744

I have found that our South African historical interests scattered and fragmented in cyber

space, the more I do research, the more I find this in other fields as well. If somebody would

like more information please contact Bruce Jones – he is a Scotsman - at the following email:

"Bruce Jones" jucebone@telkomsa.net

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Kind Regards – Hennie Heymans