Natal: … then D’Urban is having its sandy streets hardened: Clay and concrete is being laid down the principal thoroughfares and broken bricks layered thereupon. This forms a capital surface, hard, elastic, and tolerably durable. An expense of £2,000 will probably have to be incurred for the execution of this indispensable work. A proposal has lately been originated in D’Urban by Mr. Councillor Pinsent to make provision by endowment for the establishment of a high school, college, and public library at the port. Communications upon the subject have appeared in various papers, and one professional writer has given the project an encouraging fiat; the thing may therefore be regarded as being fairly before the public, and as most of our actions are characterised the zeal of youth, we shall no doubt ere long count a college amongst the number of our institutions. … …
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GRO0798 Devonport: Savery Pinsent: 1815 – 1886