This is a transcription of a column in South Africa Magazine, 10 October 1914, titled Domestic Announcements:

[Announcements under this heading, containing not more than 50 words, are inserted at the price of 5s each., which must be prepaid; beyond 50 words the charge is 1s. per 8 words or part of 8 words. All notices, which must be properly authenticated, should be addressed to the Head Offices, “South Africa,” 83, Bishopsgate, London, E.C.]

BIRTHS

CHRISTIE—On August 29, at Pretoria, Mrs. Charles Christie, a daughter.

COUBROUGH—On August 28, at Johannesburg, to Mrs. James Coubrough, a son.

FOSTER—On August 25, at Kimberley, to Mrs. E. Foster, a son.

NEILSON—On October 2, at Durban, to Mrs. A. M. Neilson, a daughter.

ROSS—On August 25, at Kimberley, Mrs. John Ross, a daughter.

SCOTT—On August 31, at York, Natal, the wife of Charles M. Scott, a son.

TOWNSEND—On October 3, at Nairobi, Mrs. Aubrey Lewis Hume Townsend, a son.

MARRIAGES

LLOYD—LLOYD—On September 30, at Llancynllo, Roger Edward John Lloyd to Peverel de Lormet Lloyd.

PARSONS—TAYLER—On September 22, at St. John’s, Lewisham High Road, Lieutenant Godfrey Craik Parsons, R.N., to Ida Maud Mildred Taylor

WILLIS—FABRE—On August 24, at Livingstone, Harry Graham Willis, Assistant Magistrate, Northern Rhodesia, to Alice, youngest daughter of Monsieur Edouard Fabre, of Paris, and formerly of the Paris Missionary Society, Barotseland.

DEATHS

BUCHANAN—On September 30, at Cape Town, Andrew Buchanan.

BULLER—Killed in action, September 25, on British East Africa Protectorate Borders, Frederick Edwin (Derick), beloved son of Reverend F. G. and Mrs. Buller, of Oakford Rectory, N. Devon, aged 23.

BULWER—On September 30, at Heydon, Norfolkd, Sir Henry E. G. Bulwer, G.C.M.G., from heart failure.

BURGESS—Killed in action on September 25, in British East Africa, John Donald Burgess, of Edgbaston, aged 38.

BURRIDGE—Killed in action on E. A. Protectorate Borders, against German raiders, September 25, Arthur Charles Burridge, aged 31.

CHRISTISON—On September 2, at Kampala, John Alexander Christison, aged 25.

COLVILLE—On August 24, at Elands Kop, Janet Steven Colville.

EDMONDS—Killed in action, on September 25, with the East African Mounted Rifles, B.E.A., Samuel Frank Edmonds, aged 35.

HADDON—On September 28, at Durban, Thomas Robinson Haddon, Accountant, of Johannesburg, in his 74^th year.

HOLLINS—On September 9, at Cape Town, Rebecca Sarah Hollins, wife of Richard Roger Hollins, of Ketton Hall, Rutland, and Johannesburg, in her sixtieth year.

JENKINSON—On October 2, at Volksrust, Annie Jenkinson.

MILLER—On September 6, at Johannesburg, Agnes Ness Miller

MITFORD—On October 4, at Cowfold, Sussex, Bertram, third son of the late Edward Ledwich Osbaldeston Mitford, of Mitford, Morpeth, Northumberland, in his 60^th year.

PORTER—On September 1, at Durban, Tindal Pearson Porter, aged 58.

SMITH—On October 5, at Hawick, John Smith, aged 37.

THOMSON—Died from wounds received in action, on H.M.S. Pegasus, at Zanzibar, David Thomson, R.M.L.I.

Regards,

Ellen Stanton

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