This is a transcription of a column in South Africa Magazine, October 10, 1903, titled Domestic Announcements:

BIRTHS

BALLANTYNE—at 14, Cambusnethan Street, Edinburgh, the wife of Wm. Gregory Ballantyne, a daughter; both doing well.

COLLINS—On October 5, at Bloemfontein, the wife of Francis R. Collins, a son.

ELLIOTT, Mrs. F. W., Venterstadt, September 7, a daughter.

KING—On October 4, at Gulistan, Durban, the wife of Harold E. King, a son.

LONGWORTH, Mrs. C. P., Observatory, September 9, a son.

MERRY, Mrs. J., Maitland, September 11, a daughter.

READE, Mrs. M. W., Salt River, September 8, a son.

STEWART, Mrs. T., Wynberg, September 9, a son.

WALLACE—On September 2, at Currie Road, Berea, the wife of Alexander Wallace, a daughter.

MARRIAGES

ANDERSON—DICK—On September 28, at St. George’s Presbyterian Church, East London, James Cousland Anderson (late of Edinburgh), to Jessie Ogilvie, second daughter of Alexander Dick, 25, St. James Square, Edinburgh.

CLEGG, A.—LAING, A., Cape Town, September 8.

COOKE—ELLIS—On September 9, at St. Peter’s Cathedral, Maritzburg, George Stanley C. Cooke, Lieutenant Royal Engineers, youngest son of Dr. Theodore Cooke, C.I.E., late Principal, College of Science, Poona, to Caroline Agnes, second daughter of Thomas Ellis, of Penticton, British Columbia, and granddaughter of the late Colonel Ellis, of Omagh.

COURTIS—MONK—On September 23, at St. Matthias Church, Plymouth, by the Rev. Howard Coates, assisted by the Rev. Russel Caley and the Rev. H. G. Pound, Edward Courtis, of Cape Town, to Bessie, elder daughter of H. Hugh Monk, C.C., of Plymouth.

CUNINGHAM—OTTO—On September 2, at Maritzburg, William John Rolland Cuningham, eldest son of Thomas Cuningham, 2, Admiral Terrace, Edinburgh, to Elsie, second daughter of R. Otto, Fernbank, Maritzburg.

FOX, T.H.—CHRISTIE, R. A. B., Observatory

HUNTLY—RUTHERFORD—On October 7, at the Cathedral, Cape Town, P. S. Gordon Huntly, of the Stock Exchange, Durban, and youngest son of S. G. Huntly, of Wandsworth Common, to Aileen Beryl, only child of the late George Rutherford and of Mrs. Geo. Rutherford, and granddaughter of George Rutherford, C.M.G., late Collector of H.M. Customs, Durban.

JOHNSON—HUMPHREYS—On September 30, at St. James’s (New) Church, Dover, Walter Johnson, of Cape Town, to Alice Humphreys, third daughter of Matthew Hale Humphreys, Surgeon, late of Thame, Oxon.

LEE, E.—SANDERSON, M. R., Wynberg, September 8.

LESLIE—CROCKETT—On September 26, at Presbyterian Church, Bulawayo, William Leslie, late of Auchreddie, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, to Agnes Crockett, late of 92, Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh.

MARTIN—CURRIE—On September 29, at Cape Town, by special licence, Matthew Martin, the School House, Bonnefooi, to Ada Ann Train, second daughter of Adam Currie, Roetta, Galston.

PAYNE—HARVEY—On October 7, at the Wesleyan Church, Tunbridge Wells, H. W. Payne, eldest son of George Payne, of Durban, to Gertrude, youngest daughter of T. Morgan Harvey, of Camden Park, Tunbridge Wells.

REED, J. B.—HODGSON, I., Woodstock, September 9.

ROBERTSON—BARBOUR—On September 30, at Vrede, James Wynness Robertson, J.P., Langhock, to Annie Stevenson, second daughter of John Barbour, The Beeches, Blairgowrie.

SERCOMBE—WALLIS—On August 24, at Pretoria, Samuel Nelson, younger son of the late Mr. Samuel Sercombe, The Morton, Fifeshire, to Annette, widow of Freeman Wallis, solicitor, and daughter of the late J. Bowyer, J.P., Cheshire.

SERRURIER—FORSTER—On October 6, at the Old Church, Burton-on-Trent, Louis Charles, son of the late Louis Serrurier, and Mrs. Louis Serrurier, of Louisdene, Cape Town, to Isabel Emily, only daughter of the late E. A. P. Forster, and Mrs. E. A. P. Forster, of Ashby Road, Burton-on-Trent.

SMITH—HENRY—On September 30, at the Cathedral, Pretoria, Evelyn Laura, only daughter of the late Henry Cecil Smith, M.R.C.S., of Maidstone, and Mrs. Cecil Smith, Glenlee, Cheltenham, to David Colin Henry, M.D., M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), LM. (Rotunda), of Sunnyside, Pretoria.

SUTER—SIEBS—On October 3, at Christ Church, Purley, Jean Etienne, son of J. Suter, of Geneva, to Madeline Eleanor, only daughter of H. T. Siebs, of Hurst Croft, Purley.

DEATHS

BARWICK—On October 1, at Pretoria, George William, the younger son of Alfred R. Barwick, of The Cottage, Shortlands, in his 22^nd year.

BELL, Mrs. J., Cape Town, September 12, aged 57.

BISSET—On October 3, at Wallington, Arthur Joseph Bisset, late of the London Stock Exchange, second son of the late Dr. C. E. Bisset, aged 76.

CLARK—On October 8, at Fitzroy House, Fitzroy Square, of appendicitis, John Clark, late of Royal Hotel, Cape Town aged 52.

CLOSE, G., Claremont, September 10, aged 86.

DAWSON—On September 28, at Aliwal North, Robert Carrick, son of John Dawson, Lincoln Place, Partick, aged 28.

GORDON, Mrs. F., Johannesburg, September 11.

HARDING—On September 28, at 169, Heathfield Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, Helen, wife of Dr. A. W. Harding, of Johannesburg. Interment at Birlingham, Worchestershire.

HARVEY, T., Cape Town, September 10, aged 47.

HAYWARD, L. W., Diep River, September 12, aged 11 months.

HENRY, J., Kimberley, September 4, aged 52.

HEWITT, Mrs., Cradock, September 4.

LENG, M., Mowbray, September 9, aged 53.

LIVESEY WARDLE—On September 7, at Johannesburg, of pneumonia, Thomas Frederick John Livesey Wardle, C.S.C., late R.N., aged 22, second son of Captain and Mrs. Livesay Wardle.

MADDISON, G., Pretoria, aged 27.

MILNE—At Fochabers, Harriet Logie, daughter of the late James Milne, schoolmaster.

PEASE—WILSON, K., Woodstock, September 9, aged 43.

RONALDSON—On September 8, at Kimberley Hospital, Robert Mackenzie (“Bertie”) sixth and youngest son of the late George Ronaldson, of Leith, aged 22.

ROSS—On September 1, at Harrismith, Alex. J. Ross, late of G.P.O., Edinburgh, aged 30.

SIMPSON—On October 4, at Saratopa Avenue, Johannesburg, Mrs. Agnes Brown Simpson, of Albert Place, Airdrie, aged 64.

SINCLAIR, A. H., Green Point, September 13, aged 58.

STEENSMA, J., Johannesburg, September 9, aged 46.

TAYLOR—On September 29, at Preston, Elsa, eldest daughter of the late Charles and Annie Taylor, of The Firs, Long Eaton, Derbyshire.

VAN DEN HEEVER, D. P., M.L.C., Venterstad, Sept. 4.

Miscellaneous article on the same page:

SOUTH AFRICAN ESSAYS ON CANADA

Some time ago a suggestion was made by the Guild of Loyal Women of South Africa that a competition should be arranged and prizes offered for essays on Canada. Lord Strathcona, on behalf of the Canadian Government arranged for the competition to take place among the scholars of the various schools of South Africa, and considerable interest, evidencing the drawing together of the Colonies and the Dominion, was displayed in connection with the contest. Through the courtesy of the Canadian Commissioner of Emigration in London we are able to give the names of the prizewinners, who were:--

Silver Medals: Cape Colony, Madge Standford, Rondebosch, Natal, Marion Cameron; Transvaal, Johanna Labuschagne, Volksrust; Orange River Colony, Mary Conway, Bloemfontein.

Bronze Metals; Cape Colony, John R. L. Kingon, Sea Point, near Cape Town; Natal, Carrie Ebstein; Transvaal, Charles J. Ellis, Middelburg; Orange River Colony, Aimie Glaiser, Bloemfontein.

Regards,

Ellen Stanton

Email: harprulz@bellsouth.net