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KRUGERSDORP , a See also:town of the See also:Transvaal, 21 M. N.W. of See also:Johannesburg by See also:rail. Pop. (1904), 20,073, of whom 6946 were whites. It is built on the Witwatersrand at an See also:elevation of 5709 ft. above the See also:sea, and is a See also:mining centre of some importance. It is also the starting-point of a railway to See also:Zeerust and See also:Mafeking. Krugersdorp was founded in 1887 at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the See also:discovery of See also:gold on the See also:Rand and is named after See also:President See also:Kruger. Within the municipal See also:area is the Paardekraal See also:monument erected to commemorate the victory gained by the Boers under Andries See also:Pretorius in 1838 over the Zulu See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king Dingaan, and on the 16th of See also:December each See also:year, kept as a public See also:holiday, large See also:numbers of Boers assemble at the monument to celebrate the event. Here in December 188o a See also:great See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting of Boers resolved again to proclaim the See also:independence of the Transvaal. The formal See also:proclamation was made on Dingaan's See also:Day, and after the defeat of the See also:British at See also:Majuba See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill in 1881 that victory was also commemorated at Paardekraal on the 16th of December. The monument, which was damaged during the See also:war of 1899-1902,
was restored by the British authorities. It was at Doornkop, near Krugersdorp, that Dr L. S. See also:Jameson and his " raiders " surrendered to Commandant Piet See also:Cronje on the and of See also:January 1896 (see TRANSVAAL: See also:History). At Sterkfontein, 8 m. N.W. of Krugersdorp, are See also:limestone caves containing beautiful See also:stalactites.
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