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.
Two
Karoo Class4-6-2 Pacific passenger locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated Class 5A on the South African Railways (SAR).[3][4]
Two 6th Class
2-6-2 Prairie locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated
Class 6Y on the SAR.[3][4]
A second batch of 38 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][4]
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][4]
Four Cape 8th Class
2-8-0 Consolidation type locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated
Class 8Y on the SAR.[3][4][5]
Two locomotives, later named
Thebus and Stormberg, enter service with the Irrigation Department of the Public Works Department of the
Cape Colony.[4][6]
Thirty Class 8-L2
4-8-0 Mastodon type locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated
Class 8B on the SAR.[3][4]
Thirty Class 8-L3 4-8-0 Mastodon type locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated
Class 8C on the SAR.[3][4]
References
^
abcdefgStatement 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
^
abcdReport 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.
^
abcdefghijHolland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England:
David & Charles. pp. 52–54, 56, 59–61, 63–65, 68–71, 127–128, 130–132.
ISBN978-0-7153-5382-0.
^
abcdefghijklmnPaxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 18, 32, 39, 45, 48–50, 56, 82–84, 98, 111–112, 157.
ISBN0869772112.
^
abcClassification 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)
^
abcHolland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England:
David & Charles. pp. 130–131, 136, 140.
ISBN978-0-7153-5427-8.
^Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1944). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter II - The Cape Government Railways (Continued). South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, April 1944. pp. 254–255.
^
abDulez, Jean A. (2012). Railways of Southern Africa 150 Years (Commemorating One Hundred and Fifty Years of Railways on the Sub-Continent – Complete Motive Power Classifications and Famous Trains – 1860–2011) (1st ed.). Garden View, Johannesburg, South Africa: Vidrail Productions. pp. 232–233.
ISBN9 780620 512282.
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.
Two
Karoo Class4-6-2 Pacific passenger locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated Class 5A on the South African Railways (SAR).[3][4]
Two 6th Class
2-6-2 Prairie locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated
Class 6Y on the SAR.[3][4]
A second batch of 38 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][4]
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][4]
Four Cape 8th Class
2-8-0 Consolidation type locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated
Class 8Y on the SAR.[3][4][5]
Two locomotives, later named
Thebus and Stormberg, enter service with the Irrigation Department of the Public Works Department of the
Cape Colony.[4][6]
Thirty Class 8-L2
4-8-0 Mastodon type locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated
Class 8B on the SAR.[3][4]
Thirty Class 8-L3 4-8-0 Mastodon type locomotives. In 1912 they will be designated
Class 8C on the SAR.[3][4]
References
^
abcdefgStatement 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
^
abcdReport 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.
^
abcdefghijHolland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England:
David & Charles. pp. 52–54, 56, 59–61, 63–65, 68–71, 127–128, 130–132.
ISBN978-0-7153-5382-0.
^
abcdefghijklmnPaxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 18, 32, 39, 45, 48–50, 56, 82–84, 98, 111–112, 157.
ISBN0869772112.
^
abcClassification 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)
^
abcHolland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England:
David & Charles. pp. 130–131, 136, 140.
ISBN978-0-7153-5427-8.
^Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1944). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter II - The Cape Government Railways (Continued). South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, April 1944. pp. 254–255.
^
abDulez, Jean A. (2012). Railways of Southern Africa 150 Years (Commemorating One Hundred and Fifty Years of Railways on the Sub-Continent – Complete Motive Power Classifications and Famous Trains – 1860–2011) (1st ed.). Garden View, Johannesburg, South Africa: Vidrail Productions. pp. 232–233.
ISBN9 780620 512282.