Transcribed from South Africa Magazine 15 March 1902

DOMESTIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

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BIRTHS

BURNS, Mrs. S. B., Mowbray, February 10, a son.

DOYLE, Mrs. P., Cape Town, February 13, a son.

DRAKE, Mrs. A., Sea Point, Feb. 11, a daughter.

EASTON, Mrs. F., Durban, Feb. 10, a daughter.

FITZGERALD, Hon. Mrs. S., Wynberg, Feb. 12, a son.

FLISHER, Mrs. W. M., Claremont, Feb. 8, a daughter.

FRANCES, Mrs. H. L., Reitfontein, Estcourt Division, February 5, a son.

GARDINER, Mrs. H., Woodstock, Cape Colony, February 8, a son.

GREEN, Mrs. E. K., Sea Point, Feb. 9, a daughter.

HAMILTON, Mrs. C. D., Woodstock, Cape Colony, February 11, a daughter.

HEDDERWICK, Mrs. J., Cape Town, Feb. 14, a son.

HERBERT, Mrs. J. B., Claremont, Feb. 12, a son.

HOLMES, Mrs. J. R. Dundee, Natal, February 2, a daughter.

KAISER, Mrs. J., Cape Town, Feb. 7, a daughter.

KUHN, Mrs. E. C., Cape Town, Feb. 13, a daughter.

MASSEY, Mrs. W. R., Durban, Feb. 9, a son.

MCCALLUM, Mrs. G. T., Cape Town, Feb. 13, a son.

OGILVIE, Mrs. A., Maritzburg, Feb. 8, a daughter.

PEARCE, Mrs. H., Observatory Road, Cape Colony, February 10, a son.

RHODES, Mrs. T. C. C., Mowbray, Cape Colony, February 12, a daughter.

RICH, Mrs. T. B. A., Cape Town, February 11, a daughter.

ROPER, Mrs. A. A., Maitland, February 7, a son.

SOUTHEY, Mrs. R. G., Plumstead, Cape Colony, February 11, a daughter.

VAN DER HORVEN, Mrs. C., Feb. 10, a daughter.

WOOLLARD, Mrs. J., Cape Town, February 11, a daughter.

MARRIAGES

BLACK, A.—JOHNSTON, E., Woodstock, Cape Colony, February 11.

GAVIN, J. L. S.—KYNOCH, H. L., Cape Town, Feb. 13.

HAMMOND, A. C.—DISTIN, F. E., Maritzburg, Feb. 10.

JOELSON, S.—LEVENSTEIN, J., Wynberg, Feb. 11.

MANTLE, H.—JOHNSON, L., Salt River, Cape Colony, February 11.

RIDDEHOUGH, E.—COOPER, E. J., Sea Point, Feb. 11.

STEVENSON, F. S.—STEELE, I., Observatory Road, Cape Colony, February 14.

YELLOW, J.—WALKER, A., Durban, February 11.

DEATHS

BARRETT—On March 10, at Hong Kong, of typhoid, the wife of Lieutenant A. L. Barrett, and sister of Mrs. T. S. Flack, Inanda, Alleyn Park, West Dulwich, and Durban, aged 36.

BERRY, M. F., Cape Town, February 12, aged 75.

BEVAN, H. S., Heilbron, February 5, aged 43.

BUCK, J. G., Durban, February 8, aged 46.

CITTO, P., Cape Town, February 14, aged 44.

GROSCH, T. J. M., Cape Town, Feb. 12, aged 29.

HEWETT—On March 12, Harry Hyde Hewett, late of Native Affairs Office, Cape Town, and formerly Lieutenant in “Royal Bucks” Yeomanry, eldest son of Major J. M. M. Hewett, of Riplingham, Eastbourne.

SEALE—On March 5, at Wynberg, Captain John Whiteaway, Cape Police, recently appointed Assistant Paymaster of the Colonial Forces in Africa, second son of the late Edward Wilmot Seale, sen., Solicitor, of Lincoln’s-inn-Fields, in the 44^th year of his age, of dysentery.

WILLIAMS, A., Robben Island, February 9, aged 75.

WINGROVE—On February 25, killed in action at Elandslaagte, Lieutenant Arthur Cecil H. S. Wingrove, 5^th Imperial Yeomanry, only son of A. C. Wingrove, late of Patiala, India.

WOODWARD, A. H., Maritzburg, February 1, aged 43.

WYBERGH—On February 13, at Johannesburg, Wilfrid Hilton, aged 7 ½ years, only and dearly loved son of Wilfrid Wybergh, Commissioner of Mines, and Katherine, his wife.

Miscellaneous articles on the same page:

CASES IN THE COURTS

A BOGUS V. C. SENTENCED.

For impersonating Isaac Lodge, V.C., who distinguished himself at Sanna’s Post, a man named William Barr was at the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced to eighteen months’ hard labour. Barr, to substantiate his story, had forged papers showing that he was entitled to a sum of £65 from the War Office. By this means he induced people to give him money, food, and lodgings. For a similar offence Barr had been previously court-martialled, sentenced to 112 days’ hard labour, and dismissed the Army with ignominy. He rejoined the Army, but afterwards deserted. Prisoner had never been to the front.

DIAMOND MERCHANTS’ FAILURE

Messrs. Emms and Co., the old-established firm of diamond merchants, whose affairs have been the talk of Hatton Garden for some weeks past, presented their petition in bankruptcy on Wednesday, and the usual receiving order was made. The liabilities of the firm are nearly £70,000, and the assets considerably less. Among the creditors of Messrs. Emms and Co. are Messrs. Heymann, of Amsterdam, who failed for a large sum last month, and Messrs. Barovsky and Weinbaum, of Antwerp and London, who also failed recently for a considerable sum.

VA L RIVER MINERALS SYNDICATE

This was a petition by the Transvaal Lands Company, Limited, for the compulsory winding up of the Syndicate. The petitioners were the holders of 1000 shares, and the grounds of the petition were (1) that the substratum of the Company was altogether gone, (2) that it had done no business, and (3) that the affairs were at a deadlock.

Mr. Ashton Cross, in support of the petition, said that the Syndicate was formed for the purpose of acquiring certain options in South Africa, and it was not disputed that it had no property.

Mr. Vaughan Williams opposed the petition on behalf of the Company, contending that the war had prevented business being done in South Africa, and that there was no such cessation of business, as was contemplated by the Companies Acts as a ground for winding up a Company.

Counsel for shareholders to the amount of £3787 also opposed the petition, and suggested that the shareholders should be called together with a view of ascertaining their views.

Counsel for the Transvaal Exploring Company also opposed the petition.

Mr. Justice Byrne remarked that the Board of the Syndicate was very curiously constituted, and no balance sheet had been presented to the shareholders. Nobody seemed to know what had become of the money. He directed the petition to stand over until the second day on which these matters were taken next sittings, the Company undertaking to call a meeting to ascertain the true feeling of those interested in the Company and entitled to vote.

“AN ABOMINABLE FRAUD”

At the Westminster Police Court yesterday, Louisa Warren, aged 23, arrested on a warrant at Long Place, Bermondsey, was brought up on remand before Mr. Sheil charged with obtaining £45 by fraud and false pretences from the London Road Car Company. Mr. Moore presented. The Company made a compassionate allowance of 7s 6d. a week to the wives of men in their service called to the colours in South Africa. The prisoner claimed to be the wife of a man named George A. Warren, a Road Car conductor who served for two years in South Africa, whereas in fact she was his sister-in-law, in receipt of another allowance from the London General Omnibus Company in respect of her husband, also in South Africa. The prisoner, by her fraudulent representations, received allowances from the prosecutors in the aggregate amounting to £45. The imposture was not discovered until recently, when G. A. Warren returned from South Africa. The prisoner was also lately in receipt of an allowance of £3 a month from her husband since he joined the Johannesburg Police. Mr. Sheil said she ought to be ashamed of herself. It was an abominable fraud, and on the various charges he sentenced her to nine month’s hard labour.

Mr. Arthur E. Berrill leaves in the Walmer Castle today on a short business trip through South Africa for his firm, Messrs. Gordon and Gotch.

Regards,

Ellen Stanton

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