LOOKING BACK
The Herald
100 years ago
SALISBURY, 5 November 1919. — It is now some five years since there was any kind of horticultural show in Salisbury, the floral fêtes, in the Drill hall evidently being a thing the past, and there have been many opinions expressed of last the horticultural side of cultivation should receive encouragement and acknowledgement, at the foundation of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society some enthusiasts on the committee were careful to see that the word horticultural was inserted in the title and the society has therefore the power to hold a horticultural show and the society has therefore the power to hold a horticultural show should it so decide.
It is highly desirable that this branch of cultivation should not be neglected, and that it should have the opportunity of showing what can be done in this country.
A most important item is the date of the show, and at first blush it would appear that summer is the time when there would appear the biggest display.
The Herald
75 years ago
SALISBURY, 5 November 1944. — Between 4,000 and 5,000 people gathered on the boulevards of Kingsway yesterday morning for the Salute of the Forces fête which was opened by the Mayor, Mr. Charles Olley, the fête will be continued today.
Fortunately little damage was done by the storm in the afternoon. Business had been so brisk that the stalls had disposed of much of their stocks and the rest was either rushed to security or securely covered.
Before the fête was opened by the Mayor, Mr. Olley, a special choir of 250 school- children sang patriotic songs, it was a delightful beginning to a most successful day. Their clear young voices rang out heartily in old songs like “The British Grenadiers” and “Hearts of Oak.” The B.S. A. P native band played the accompaniments and the crowd joined lustily in the last item, “Rule Britannia.”
Opening the fête, the Mayor thanked all those who had worked so hard for its success, especially those who had devoted many months to it.
The Herald
50 years ago
SALISBURY, 5 November 1969. — The majority of the Salisbury City Council was obsessed with the idea of an immediate introduction of a unitary system of local government for Greater Salisbury, the secretary of the Highlands Town Council Mr. Reg. Lowings, said in a Council annual report released yesterday.
Mr. Lowings made the statement when he referred briefly to the events which has occurred in the Greater Salisbury dispute during the year under review — July 1968 to June 1969. The Government’s intention of establishing the Commission of Inquiry into Greater Salisbury — at present sitting in Salisbury — was the last reference Mr. Lowings made to the matter.
Highlands’ Town Treasurer, MG. H. Norton, said in the report that barring unforeseen circumstances the Council had enough money to meet its planning programme of capital works and replacements over the next five years without having to borrow funds.
Mr. Norton said the capital account remained on a sound basis.
The Herald
25 years ago
BULAWAYO, 5 November 1994. — Farming preparations are now seriously underway in most parts of the country following the recent rains, with most smallholder farmers in the process of collecting Government supplies free inputs or tilling the land. In other parts, however, such as Matabeleland North, half the farmers either have no draught power to start the land preparations or their animals are too weak to pull ploughs. The Agritex fortnightly crop and livestock report issued yesterday said heavy rains were recorded towards the end of the fortnight in most parts of the country. Although most areas received planting rains, these were unevenly distributed. In some provinces such as Masvingo, farmers had already planted before the rains. Most planting seed is available in retail outlets, but certified short season varieties of sorghum are reported to be difficult to find in Matabeleland North.
The Government has continued to assist farmers with agricultural inputs under the drought recovery for the 1945-95 cropping season.