This is a transcription of a column that appeared in South Africa magazine May 2, 1896. The column is titled "Domestic Announcements".

BIRTHS

SONS

BRINDLEY, Mrs. J. A., Krugersdorp, March 27

DALL, Mrs. J. W., Jagersfontein, March 26

DE VILLIERS, Mrs. A. M. N., Bloemfontein, March 28

GIE, Mrs. George G., Griquatown, March 28

HOFFENBERG, Mrs. M., Johannesburg, March 26

JEFFERY, Mrs. C., Kimberley, March 30

MARTIN – The wife of W. Martin, Commander S. S. Spartan

ORPEN, Mrs. A., Port Elizabeth, March 30

PARISH, Mrs. E. M., Kingwilliamstown, March 27

DAUGHTER

WAKEFORD, Mrs. G. C., Klipdam, March 28

MARRIAGES

BAHLSEN, T. – MONTAGUE, A. I., Kimberley, March 26

BARRINGTON – MONTAGU – On April 29, at St. Jude’s Southsea, by the Rev. C. P. Calvert, M. A., William Gordon, youngest son of the late Honble. Henry Barrington, M.A., and grandson of George, 5^th Viscount Barrington, to Emily Mary, youngest daughter of the late Honble. John Montagu, Secretary to the Colonial Government, Cape of Good Hope

DE VILLIERS, M. S. – VAN SOELEN, T., Pietersburg, March 24

DUNCAN, G.G. – MAXWELL, J., Durban, March 27

MCKESSACK, G. C. – TAYLOR, M. A., Klerksdorp, March 25

RICKARDS – BARNES – On April 29, at St. Andrew’s Church, Streatham Common, by the Rev. W. C. G. Cubison, Vicar, Charles Rickards, second son of S. D. Rickards, Esq., to Fanny Margaret, elder daughter of the late John George Barnes, Fleet Paymaster, R.N., and Mrs. Barnes, of Hughenden, Streatham Common.

STENHOUSE, A. – RICHMOND, J. G., Glengen, March 11

SYMONS – HARCOURT – On April 7, at Wynberg, Cape Colony, South Africa, Gordon Symons, Esq., M.D., of Clairville, Gordon Terrace, Southampton, to Agnes Matilda, daughter of the late George Simon Harcourt, Esq., of Ankerwycke, Bucks and Mrs. Harcourt, 3, Camden Crescent, Dover

THURLEY, W. E. – MACKENZIE, J. F., Johannesburg, March 28

WHAITS – LEGG – On April 7, at St. Mary’s Church, Stellenbosch, Cape Colony, by the Most Rev. the Lord Bishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan, assisted by the Rev. W. F. Taylor, of Somerset West, and the Rev. Percy Hillyard, of Wellington, the Rev. John Henry Whaits, Assistant Curate of Stellenbosch, to Katharine Mary, third daughter of the Rev. J. Philip Legg, Rector and Colonial Chaplain of Stellenbosch

DEATHS

BRISLEY – On March 31, at The Pines, Umzimkulu, Cape Colony, Cecil Kenneth, youngest son of George C. Brisley, J.P., aged three years and eight months.

COTTY, Mrs. F. S., Kimberley, March 30, aged 46

COWLEY, Mrs. J., Johannesburg, March 25, aged 39

DAVIS – On April 21, at Avondale, Putney, Mary Ann, the dearly-beloved wife of John Davis, in her 54^th years.

FRAMES, C. W., Port Elizabeth, March 28, aged 70

GREER – On April 10, killed in action, near Bulawayo, Samuel George Greer, second son of the late H. R. Greer, Esq., and Mrs. Greer, Ealing, in his 31^st year.

MAREE, Mrs. F. A., Grahamstown, March 27, aged 79

MCINTOSH, Mrs. J. L. E., Johannesburg, March 30, aged 23

PAGE, W. A., Committee’s Drift, March 27, aged 46

PHILLIPS – On April 14, suddenly, on board the S.S. Roslin Castle, on the voyage to South Africa, George Arthur Phillips (Phil), of 8, Addison Gardens, Kensington, and for nearly 30 years a well-known resident in Matabeleland.

PHILLIPS – At Bloemfontein, South Africa, after a long illness, Henry Parnham Phillips, late Locomotive Superintendent Burma States Railway, second son of the late L. P. Phillips, Esq., Birchmoor Manor, near Bedford, aged 39

RICHARDSON, J., Johannesburg, March 28, aged 31

SCOTT, W., Johannesburg, March 16, aged 38

SELLER, J., Grahamstown, March 27, aged 69

WESSEN, J. S., Grahamstown, March 26, aged 30

WILSON – On April 28, of pneumonia, at 145, Holland Road, W., Captain H. K. Wilson, formerly of the 85^th and 96^th Regiments, H.M. Inspector of Prisons, youngest son of the late Hon. James Wilson, Chief Judge of Mauritius, aged 60

YALE – At Port Elizabeth, of typhoid fever, John Edward Ivor Yale, Barrister-at-law, eldest son of William Corbet Yale, of Plas yn Yale, Denbighshire, aged 38

Miscellaneous articles on same page:

The new French Bank has begun operations in Johannesburg.

The medical staff of Frere Hospital, East London, has just been reorganized on lines of specialization of departments. It will henceforth be officered by a physician, an obstetric physician, and a surgeon.

One day lately in Johannesburg, three hundred pounds’ worth of cigars were stolen from the warehouse of Messrs. Rolfes, Nebel, and Co. The detectives subsequently recovered the greater part of the property.

A big fire broke out on Table Mountain, Cape Town, the other day. A large amount of damage was done, and it was estimated that the fire covered an area of nearly two miles. The military assisted in putting out the flames.

Private letters from Bechuanaland state that cattle questions, the perennial and fruitful cause of disturbance in South Africa, are making some little stir on the border. When Bechuanaland cattle stray across the line into the Transvaal, they are looted; and the retaliatory course is consequently being adopted when the contrary happens.

Regards,

Ellen Stanton

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