Transcribed from South Africa Magazine 8 March, 1902
DOMESTIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
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BIRTHS
ARMSTRONG, Mrs. J., Cape Town, Feb. 5, a daughter
BAIN, Mrs. J. M., Cape Town, February 5, a son.
BIRCH—On February 3, at 210, Berg Street, Maritzburg, the wife of J. E. Birch, a son.
CHATTERTON—On March 3, at Crosby, Lincs., the wife of Frank Chatterton, of a son.
CLEMITSON, Mrs. J., Mowbray, Cape Colony, Feb. 3, a son.
EHMKE, Mrs. J. F., Cape Town, February 4, a son.
FIENBURG, Mrs. M., Cape Town, February 5, a son.
HOWARD, Mrs. J., Woodstock, Cape Colony, February 6, a son.
HUGHES, Mrs. A., Durban, February 4, a son.
LEVITAN, Mrs. A., Wynberg, Feb. 6, a daughter.
RUSSELL, Mrs. W. Y., Cape Town, Feb. 6, a daughter.
VAN NIEKERK, Mrs. M., Douglas, Cape Colony, February 12, a daughter.
VARRIE, Mrs. J. A., Cape Town, February 6, a son.
WINTERTON, Mrs. W., Woodstock, Cape Colony, February 6, a daughter
WOOLLEY, Mrs. R. C. Maritzburg, Feb. 5, a daughter.
MARRIAGES
ABBOTT-MARKHAM—At St. George’s Cathedral, Cape Town, on February 10, by the Very Rev. the Dean of Cape Town, Willoughby Charles Abbott, of Johannesburg, to Maud Mary, eldest daughter of H. W. Markham, of Cape Town and Johannesburg.
ANDERSON-TAYLOR—On March 1, at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Forest Hill, by the Rev. J. Jeffrey Johnstone, George Rennie Anderson, son of the late Patrick Anderson, to Jessie Isabella, eldest daughter of William G. Taylor, of Forest Hill.
CAVANAGH, H. J.—LANNIGAN, M., Cape Town, Feb. 1.
FROOME, G. E.—WILLIAMS, R. M., Durban, Feb. 4.
GREGORY, G. A.—HOWARTH, M. A., Cape Town, February 4.
LARA, G.—MOORE, K., Observatory Road, Cape Colony, February 4.
MARTIN, J. M.—THOMAS J., Mowbray, Cape Colony, February 3.
SMITH, W. H.—GULLETT, L. M., Durban, Feb. 5.
WEAVER, J. H.—MCINTYRE, H. A., Cape Town, February 6.
DEATHS
ABRAHAMS, L., Robben Island, February 4, aged 23.
BOULT—On February 25, at Elandslaagte, near Klerksdorp, killed in action, aged 29 years, Gordon Swinton Boult, fourth son of the late Frederic H. Boult, of Liverpool, Lance-Corporal Bechuanaland Rifles.
BUDDLE, C. C.—Muizenberg, February 4, aged 36.
COHEN—On March 3, after great suffering most patiently borne, Nellie, the beloved wife of Abner Cohen, of Krugersdorp.
COOKE—On February 25, suddenly, at Cape Town, Horace, the dearly-loved eldest son of Thomas Henry and Catherine Cooke, of 11, St. John’s Road, Putney, S.W., aged 25 years.
EVANS—On February 28, suddenly, at 23, Chestnut Road, West Norwood, Robert Evans, aged 63.
FRANCK, M. E., Three Anchor Bay, Feb. 4, aged 49.
HASWELL, J. P., Cape Town, February 7, aged 49.
HEWKE—On February 10, at Lichtenberg, of enteric fever, Herbert Geoffrey Hewke, third son of Herbert William Curtius Hewks, of Wimbledon, in his 21st year.
HOFFMAN, W. H. T., Hermanuspietersfontein, February 5, aged 50.
JEFTHA, G., Worcester, Cape Colony, Feb. 2, aged 9.
OVERWEY—On February 26, at Lindley, of enteric, William Overwey, son of Mrs. Lamond and the late C. W. Overwey, of Shanghai
POLLAS, L. C., Woodstock, Cape Colony, February 5, aged 67.
PRATT-BARLOW—On February 26, at Lin???, Frederick Holden Pratt-Barlow, Lieutenant Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, of enteric, only son of Archibald Pratt-Barlow, Nottingham, aged 19.
Miscellaneous articles on the same page:
REINFORCEMENTS FOR SOUTH AFRICA
Major-General Sir W. F. Gatacre inspected at Northampton, on Monday, the draft of the Northamptonshire Volunteer Regiment who leave today for South Africa. General Gatacre, in addressing the men, expressed the hope that when their duty in South Africa was ended, many of them would settle down there. There would be abundance of regular and well-paid employment. The Government had promised to assist settlers in every way, but he did not know what the Government intended to do in the way of land settlements. After they had been out there and put together a bit of money, however, then would be their opportunity to take a farm or a ranch and make themselves into bigger men. In the meantime there would be plenty of highly-paid employment in the towns, upon the railways, and in the constabulary. He wished them all the best of luck.
Information has been received at Salisbury Plain that the 3rd (Militia) Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment and the 3rd (Militia) Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, the Militia battalions whose offer to proceed to South Africa on active service has been accepted, are to hold themselves in readiness for departure on March 15. On that day they will proceed to Southampton and embark on board the steamship Orient for the Cape.
Orders have been received somewhat unexpectedly at Northampton for the embodiment of the 3rd (Militia) Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment on March 17 for garrison duty at Colchester. It is believed that as soon as they are embodied the regiment will be invited to volunteer for South Africa.
The third active service company of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Volunteers, formed from the 1st and 2nd Battalions at Barrow and Lancaster, was embodied at Lancaster on Thursday, and leaves a fortnight hence to join the Line battalion in Natal.
The transport Montrose sailed from Southampton last Saturday with 21 officers and 521 men, 3rd West Staffordshire Regiment, 100 men of the Derbyshire Regiment, 100 men of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 48 men of the Royal Engineers, and details for South Africa. At Gibraltar two officers and 200 men will embark for South Africa.
The Union Castle Company’s intermediate steamer Goorkha sailed last Saturday for Cape Town, taking 11 officers and 242 men, various.
The 3rd Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment (Militia), which was embodied at Dover a fortnight ago, has been notified to be held in readiness to embark for South Africa about the 27th inst.
No. 7 Mounted Infantry Company, at Shorncliffe, has been placed under orders to be held in readiness to embark for South Africa about the 15th inst.
Captain H. C. Laverton, 2nd Royal Highlanders, has been placed on duty with the drafts of non-commissioned officers and men, Army Ordnance Corps, Woolwich, under orders to hold themselves in readiness to proceed to South Africa at an early date.
The 4th (Militia) Battalion East Surrey Regiment is to embark in the Sicilian at Southampton on Saturday, March 15, for South Africa.
THE “GOOD HOPE”
The trials of the armoured cruiser Good Hope have passed off satisfactorily, and the ship is now to be completed for sea as speedily as possible. It is hoped that she will be ready for the pennant in about three months-in other words, in ample time for the Coronation Naval Review. She was presented to the Empire, as everyone knows, by the Cape Colony, and her name in its entirety is almost a new one in the British Navy. There has been only one former Good Hope, and she was a hired ship of 34 guns and 130 men, which took her share in the battle of Sole Bay. But a Hope took part in the Armada fight; another took part in the battle of La Hogue in 1692: and when a Dutch squadron sent to recapture the Cape of Good Hope surrendered to our ships in Saldanha Bay in 1796 without any fighting taking place, a Hope was among the conquering fleet. It is expected that the present Good Hope will become the flagship of the cruiser squadron in the place of the St. George.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTABULARY
Major-General Baden-Powell has written to Lady Baden-Powell asking her to convey a message to those who so kindly sent Christmas gifts for the men of the South African Constabulary. Writing from the camp at Tweefontein, he stated that he had just been round the troops of the “B” and part of the “A” Division, and everywhere had received from all ranks a request to send their most grateful thanks to all the well wishers of the Force for the good things sent by them from Home. The General adds that it seemed wonderful to him, in traveling over so wide a country, that the things could ever have reached the men. Not only were the Christmas presents vastly appreciated, but the troopers felt deeply the kindness which prompted their dispatch.
Recruiting for the South African Constabulary proceeds apace. During the past month the number of recruits who offered themselves were 1400, and of this number 85 were finally accepted. These men will sail next Friday. Until further notice, 120 candidates will be accepted monthly instead of 80. In all, 8000 men have been sent out from England, and, including the troopers recruited in Canada and South Africa, the total strength of the corps is now about 10,000. Men serving in the Regular Army and Reserves will not be accepted in future, but Yeomanry and Volunteers are taken on when found to be suitable. Many applicants send their applications to wrong addresses. They should write to the Recruiting Officer, King’s Court, Broadway, Westminster. General Baden-Powell is reported well pleased with his men on the whole.
MOVEMENTS OF TRANSPORTS
The transport Orient arrived at Southampton on Tuesday with more than 700 officers and men from the front. There were 53 lying-down cases when the vessel left the Cape, but only 29 were for Netley on arrival. The remainder left for their discharge depots and convalescent homes.
The transport Winkfield, from London and Southampton for South Africa, left Queenstown on Monday, after embarking 115 horses.
The transport Pinemore has arrived at Malta, and proceeded for Flume, where she will ship horses for the Cape.
The transport Wakool, from Bombay, on Wednesday arrived at Natal.
The Templemore, from Table Bay, reached Albany on Wednesday.
The transport Dilwara, from Southampton, arrived at Cape Town on Thursday.
The transport Lake Erie, from South Africa, arrived at Southampton yesterday, bringing the 3rd Battalion Welsh Regiment, consisting of 17 officers and 601 men.
The Philomel, cruiser, Captain J. E. Bearcroft, C.B., which recently returned from the Cape of Good Hope Station, is to be paid off at Devonport on March 18.
Surgeon-Captain Crean, of the Imperial Light Horst, who gained the Victoria Cross for gallantry in South Africa, arrived at Southampton in the Avoca on Monday.
A lift accident with a fatal termination, has occurred at Dix’s Café, Cape Town. It appears that the lift was undergoing some repairs, and that in an unthinking moment, Mr. F. A. Jones, who held a responsible position with Mr. Dix, got into it, with the result of a fall of about forty feet. He was at once conveyed to the Somerset Hospital, but in spite of all that could be done for him, the internal injuries received were of such a severe nature, that he expired the same evening.
Regards,
Ellen Stanton
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