This is a transcription of a column in South Africa Magazine, January 6, 1900, titled Domestic Announcements:

BIRTHS

BARICHIEVY, Mrs. A., East London, December 4, a daughter.

COOK, Mrs. G. H., Durban, Nov. 30, a daughter.

CURNICK, Mrs. E. J., Idutywa, November 26, a son.

DERMAN, Mrs. W. H., jun., Queenstown, November 20, a son.

FISON, Mrs. D., Durban, December 1, a son.

GORDGE, Mrs. C. G., Congella, December 1, a son.

JONES, Mrs. J. J., Durban, November 30, a son.

JOOSTE, Mrs. G. F., Cape Town, Dec. 4, a daughter.

LIST, Mrs. G. R., Durban, December 2, a son.

MELLOR, Mrs. J. E., East London, Dec. 4, a son.

MOWATT—On December 27, at 37, Holland Street, Aberdeen, the wife of Charles Mowatt, Port Elizabeth, of a daughter.

RYAN, Mrs. J. H., Durban, November 28, a son.

SELLAR—On December 27, at Durban, Mrs. J. N. Sellar (nee Bagshaw), of a daughter.

STEWART—On January 1, at East London, the wife of Charles E. Stewart, C. E., of a daughter.

TYSON, Mrs. J. D., Grahamstown, Dec. 4, a son.

WILLIS, Mrs. T. J., Kingwilliamstown, Dec. 3, a son.

WREFORD, Mrs. H., East London, December 3, a son.

MARRIAGES

GALLAGHER, Rev. A. H.—BLACKMORE, M. G., Bellair, December 2.

HENDERSON-TRAIN—On December 28, at St. Andrew’s Presyterian Church, Upper Norwood, by the Rev. John Bogue, M.A. (uncle of the bride), John McClelland Henderson, M.E., Ph.D., Colorado, U.S.A., eldest son of J. C. A. Henderson, Esq., Johannesburg, to Mary Campbell, eldest daughter of Rev. John G. Train, Upper Norwood.

HERBERT, S. C.-GRANT, M., Maritzburg, Nov. 30.

MOLYNEUX, R. J. M.-VAL-DAVIES, M. J., Port Elizabeth, November 30.

SHADDICK-KRIGESCOBB—On December 27, by the Rev. Arnot, Stanley Boyd Shaddick, of Stoneleigh, Beckenham, Kent, to Melita M. Krigescobb, of Pretoria, South Africa.

SHONE, H. J.-SMITH, H. T., Grahamstown, Dec. 6.

TELFORD, J.-CLARKE, G. I., Durban, November 29.

VARLEY, W.-CARPENTER, B., Greyville.

DEATHS

BARKER—On December 20, at Chieveley Camp, South Africa, of enteric fever, Percy Edgar, the dearly beloved son of T. Barker, 30A, Alma Terrace, York, formerly conductor of stores at Edinburgh Castle, in his 21^st year.

BERTHON—On December 15, at Wynberg, Cape Town, of wounds received at Magersfontein, Herbert Cecil Willoughby Berthon, of Cleeve Court, Somersetshire, Lieutenant 2^nd Battalion Royal Highlanders (Black Watch), son of Major-General T. P. Berthon, of Westmont, Ryde, I. W., in his 35^th year.

BLANDY—On January 1, Graham James Duff, only son of the late Graham John Blandy, of Madeira, and of Maria Blandy, of Bournemouth, in his 21^st year.

DALZEL—On December 27, killed by a shell at Ladysmith, Augustus Frederick Dalzel, Lieutenant 1^st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, the dearly-loved and only son of the late William Frederick Blyth Dalzel, M.D., Surgeon-Major Bengal Army, aged 29.

DICKINSON, Mrs. R. L.., Leydsdorp, November 8.

DOOLEY, H., Pinetown, December 5, aged 30 years.

ESCOMBE—On December 27, at Durban, Natal, Harry Escombe, P.C., Q.C., aged 61.

ESTMENT, H., Grahamstown, December 6, aged 66.

GRAHAM, D., Kenilworth, December 9, aged 54.

HEATHCOTE, B. A., Harrismith, November 30.

KOTZE, Rev. Dr. J. J., Cape Town, December 4.

LAMBTON—Alexander F. Lambton, Captain Highland Light Infantry, killed at Magersfontein, second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis and Lady Victoria Lambton.

LE SUEUR—On November 29, from a mortal wound received on November 27 at Modder River, Eustace Monroe Le Sueur, of the Remington’s Imperial Guides, only son of the late R. T. le Sueur, M.D., and Mrs. le Sueur, of Park Drive, Port Elizabeth.

LITKIE—On December 28, at Kimberley, Emile Maximilian Litkie, aged 55.

MACKAY, W. A., Grahamstown, December 4, aged 21.

MCFIE—On December 6, at Pietermaritzburg, Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Alexander McFie, farmer, Kilmarnock.

MILNE-MILLER—On December 18, killed at Ladysmith while fighting as a Volunteer with the Natal Carbineers, in his 26^th year, Robert Michael Milne-Miller, of Innisfall, Alberta, Canada, younger and last surviving son of the late Surgeon-Major Colin Matheson Milne-Miller (formerly proprietor of Kincurdy, Ross-shire), and of Mrs. Milne-Milner, Meads, Eastbourne, great-grandson of the late Colin Matheson, of Bennetsfield

MOLONY—On December 15, killed in action at Colenso, Joseph Cuthbert Molony, of Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry, late of Gwelo, Rhodesia, and of Belleville, Ashtown, Co. Dublin. R.I.P.

MULLINS, H., Bulawayo, November 19, aged 21.

PAGE, F., Cape Town, December 8, aged 71.

PATERSON, Rev. T. J., Port Elizabeth, aged 85.

PATERSON—On December 30, at “Auchinlea,” Greenend, Liberton, Francis Alexander, eldest son of Hugh Paterson, house-painter.

SIMKINS, W. C., Queenstown, December 5.

SLOGROVE, Mrs. J., East London, Dec. 3, aged 51.

Miscellaneous articles on the same page:

The Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, ex-President of the Wesleyan Conference, having been asked by Mr. Berry whether he would support the proposal for a day of humiliation and prayer, telegraphed the following reply:--“No humiliation, but thanksgiving for the readiness of Englishmen to surrender all, even life itself, to insure freedom for South Africa and justice for our kinsmen.”

The session of the Cortes was opened in Lisbon on Tuesday. The Message from the Throne stated that in order to secure the tranquility and strengthen the prestige of Portugal in the northern territories of Mozambique, an expedition had been dispatched, the heroic efforts of which had been crowned with success, and once more it had been proved that the people which had been able to conquer those territories for civilization was not lacking in the elements necessary to preserve and defend them.

A Daily Mail correspondent has had an interview with General Gourko prior to the latter’s departure from Marseilles for Delagoa Bay. It is the Russian General’s intention to help the Boers and to his interviewer he observed:--“At Port Said about 3000 cases of medicines of various kinds await our arrival, and will be taken on board. At Lourenco Marques I shall disembark with my party, and those-a numerous body-who will have already arrived there. From Lourenco Marques I shall proceed to Pretoria, and thence to the theatre of war, where the command of an army corps has been offered me. In my own mind,” resumed General Gourke, “I am absolutely confident of the success of the Boers, and you may take my word that there are thousands of Russians now fighting under General Joubert.”

The night before Sir Redvers Buller left London for South Africa he was a visitor at the famous “Beefsteak Room” of the Lyceum Theatre. It is related that, in conversation with Mr. Comyns Carr, the latter asked the General how long he expected to be away from England. “About six months,” was the reply. “Six months is a long time,” rejoined Mr. Comyns Carr. “South Africa is a long way off, Carr,” said Sir Redvers. At the present juncture it looks decidedly as if General Buller did not speak by the card when he mentioned half a year as the probable duration of his absence.

At the monthly meeting of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, held on Monday afternoon, money and book grants amounting to £3860 were then made. The former included £1050 for the enlargement of Lincoln Training College, and £500 for a diocesan college for boys at Karkloof in Natal.

The Daily Graphic of Wednesday publishes a letter from an officer of Rimington’s Scouts, in the course of which the following passages occur: “my predictions as to the strength of these ‘pious and pastoral’ enemies of all that is good in civilization, are being amply verified. Maxim-Nordenfelts, Hotchkiss, and other guns, together with guns of caliber and range equal to any in our possession, they are plentifully supplied with, and ammunition sufficient for years. Renegades and foreigners have joined them, and it is pretty certain that they have nearly 100,000 men altogether. So no one can advance the argument that it is a case of the strong against the weak. Our advantages of system and training are negatived by their absolute knowledge of every inch of the ground, by their ‘mobility,’ and by their ‘slim’ cunning. Unless they have a strong position they will not fight, and their fighting consists of shooting down the attacking men and bolting before they have a chance to return the compliment. If our men had been able to make a bayonet charge the other evening the war would be over as far as Kimberley and this part of the country is concerned. By this time you will have heard all about the awfully treacherous abuse of the white flag by the Boers. In case anyone should advance the plea that they are ignorant, I state that amongst a whole lot of papers I found in their laager at Belmont, were printed copies of the Geneva Convention, dated October, 1898. What about their unpremeditated attack in defence of their country? I also found a lot of ‘commandeer briefs,’ or papers showing what was ‘commandeered’ from the inhabitants of certain districts, and most of the oxen, horses, mules, wagons, and provisions mentioned therein had been taken from ‘Kleurlings’ (coloured people, natives). In case a ‘Kleurling’ couldn’t give material he had to go himself. Letters full of the foulest abuse of English men, women, and children, and inciting the receivers to spare none, were also found, full, also, of hypocritical calls for aid from Divine Power. I am most thankful that these scum, these would-be slave-owners and slave-drivers, have at last been found out. The most extraordinary thing to my mind is the marvelous sang froid of Tommy Atkins. He goes ahead as if at a picnic, and his shooting has improved wonderfully. Some, when crossing the river under a hail of bullets, were calmly catching ducks and wringing their necks for supper. They are always asking us questions and continually wanting to know ‘’ow fur are them beggars off, sir,’ ‘D’ye think Kruger is with ‘em this time?”

DR. CARL PETERS ON THE WAR.

In an article contributed to this week’s Finanz Chronik on the war in South Africa by Dr. Carl Peters, the explorer says:--“A peaceful settlement between the two races has been impossible after Majuba Hill, and particularly since the Jameson raid. If England would reign from Table Mountain to the Zambesi, she had to prove her military superiority by facts, both to the Boers and to the native tribes. The curious point in the matter is this, that the war, let it result as it may, will fail to seriously disturb the previous balance of the two races in South Africa. This part of the world will permanently remain Anglo-Dutch. Two languages will remain in dual power whether the English have to deal with a disaffected Dutch populace or the Dutch with rebellious British subordinates. German sympathies are engaged, as far as I can see, mainly with the Boers, not in South Africa, where the majority of German commercial men hope for a British victory, and in Johannesburg itself most of the educated Germans are anti-Dutch and the pro-Boer sympathies prevalent within the German Empire, originate rather in the rivalry with England than in racial instinct. For the two nations are related to us in the same degree, the Anglo-Saxons and the Low Franks. The South African Boer does not care more for the German than for the Englishman, and I cannot bring myself to believe that even the Dutch in Europe are conspicuous for philo-German sentiment.”

The Messageries Maritimes steamer Natal has arrived a Port Said, carrying heavy mails for Pretoria. She also carries thirty French filibusters, chaperoned by a Transvaal agent, and three Russian ex-officers. These Boer filibusters form an awkward squad under a French artilleryman and two lieutenants. The principal Boer aboard is a grandson of President Kruger.

Regards,

Ellen Stanton

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