Opening of the Legislative Council in Pretoria. British dignitaries Sir Arthur Lawley, the Duke of Connaught, and General Lyttleton, swear in J.F. Brown, Postmaster-General, at the opening of the first Legislative Council of the Transvaal. The meeting took place inside the Ou Raadsaal (Old Council Chamber). Pretoria, South Africa, 20 May 1903. Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa.