This is a transcription of a column that appeared in South Africa magazine July 3, 1909. The column is titled "Domestic Announcements".
BIRTHS
BALDWIN On June 1, at Mossel Bay, to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert BALDWIN, a daughter.
BORLAND On June 28, at Glasgow, the wife of Captain Andrew A. BORLAND, a son.
ELIOTT-LOCKHART On June 23, at Ilex River, Cape Colony, the wife of J. L. ELIOTT-LOCKHART, a daughter.
FREEMAN On June 3, at Mowbray, Cape Colony, the wife of F. W. FREEMAN, a son.
GARCIA On June 1, at Victoria West, the wife of Percy GARCIA, a daughter.
IRELAND On June 23, at Krugersdorp, the wife of Fred. L. IRELAND, a son
JONES On June 23, at Rettenden, Essex (formerly of Teddington), the wife of Bertram Hyde JONES, a son.
LOWDON On June 4, at Barberton, Transvaal, to Mr. and Mrs. G. W. LOWDON, a daughter.
ROSS On June 20, at Johannesburg, the wife of Rev. Hugh G. ROSS, minister of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, a son.
SLOCOCK On June 23, at Salisbury, Rhodesia, the wife of Charles Edward SLOCOCK, a son.
WAREHAM On June 24 at Kawimbe, N. E. Rhodesia, the wife of Dr. Harold E. WAREHAM, London Missionary Society, a daughter.
MARRIAGES
FLETCHER GLOYNE On June 28, at Durban, Frederick James FLETCHER, of Johannesburg, to Marguerite Jane GLOYNE (Daisy), of Totland Bay, Isle of Wight.
HAY HARE On June 3, at Johannesburg, Alexander, youngest son of Major-General Woulfe HAY, of Boscombe, Hants, to Kathleen, eldest daughter of the late Gordon Styles HARE, of Croydon, Surrey.
MUNDY FIELD On June 7, at Wynberg, Hugh Godfrey MUNDY, youngest son of Cyril MUNDY, to Alice Edith FIELD, younger daughter of Theophilus Dymond FIELD, of Tunbridge Wells.
ROBERTSON ROSS On June 28 at Cape Town, by the Rev. J. M. RUSSELL, B. D., George ROBERTSON, Bloemfontein, to Lilian Sutherland, youngest daughter of John ROSS, Edinburgh.
WHEELER HOSSACK On June 5, at Ladysmith, Natal, by the Rev. Wynne RICHARD, James WHEELER, youngest son of the late Captain J. E. WHEELER, late of Dunedin, to Maggie Anderson, only daughter of A. M. HOSSACK, late of Edinburgh.
DEATHS
BARTRAM On June 26, at East London, Eliza, widow of the late Charles BARTRAM, Highbury, and third daughter of the late Thomas Bond DUMVILLE, Tarporley, Cheshire.
CREIGHTON On May 28, at Rietfontein, Johannesburg (after a lingering illness), George J. CREIGHTON, eldest son of the late Donald CREIGHTON, of Greenock.
GRAY On May 28, at Pretoria, Isabella Granger GRAY, aged 37 years, late of Glasgow.
MACLEOD On June 5, at Cape Town, Charles Augustus MACLEOD (late Assistant Registrar of Deeds, Cape Town), in his 72nd year.
MOSTERT On June 6, at Wynberg, Cape Colony, Cornelius MOSTERT, aged 84.
POWELL On June 6, at Wynberg, Cape Colony, Albert Harry August, dearly loved son of Thos. And A. POWELL, aged 17.
STOUFFERS On June 2, John Peter STOUFFERS, aged 70.
DEATH OF THE REV. J. LAING
The death has occurred of the Rev. John LAING, B.A., minister of the Presbyterian Church at Koffyfontein, Orange River Colony, and Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of South Africa. He was ordained 42 years ago. Early in life Mr. Laing was minister at Howick, in Natal; then for a number of years he was associated with Addington Church, Durban. His last half-dozen years were spent in forming a new church for the township created by the diamond mine at Koffyfontein. When nearly 12 years ago the Presbyterians scattered over South Africa united into one church under the General Assembly, Mr. LAING was chosen Clerk, and in that office he continued to the last, although he had been in feeble health for a long time.
An outbreak of East Coast fever has occurred near Barberton and ox transport in the district has been stopped.
Mr. F. B. SMITH (Director of Agriculture) and Mr. B. ENSLIN (Chief Clerk of the Department of Agriculture) have been appointed as inspectors to carry out the provisions of the Transvaal Insect Pest and Plant Disease Regulations.
The Natal fruit growers are paying greater attention to the export of citrus fruits from the Colony than they did last year. A recent shipment of 20,000 naartjes was made from Natal as compared with 890 at the same time last year.
CAPE APPOINTMENTS
Mr. William Babington MAGENNIS, Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate of the district of Namaqualand, has been appointed to act as Commissioner of Robben Island, in place of Mr. R. C. LLOYD, who has been transferred.
SPECIMENS FOR THE ZOO
Mr. Barry MCMILLAN, formerly of the Cape Agricultural Department, arrived in England this week by the Dunluce Castle on a business trip. He brought with him as a South African contribution to the Zoological Gardens two pairs of penguins, a specimen of the caracal or Cape lynx, a piebald crow, a berg adder, schaapstickers and other snakes, scorpions, and centipedes, a curious little creature Peripatus Capensis a sort of connecting link between the worm and the spider, and a pair of sand moles. The collection will no doubt be of considerable interest, especially to South Africans visiting the Zoo.
John ROSS, a seaman on board the sailing vessel Glenesk, moored in Buffalo harbour, while returning to his ship at night, lost his footing and fell into the river and was drowned.
At a recent meeting of the Cape Town and Suburban Clothing Guild, the report of the years work read by the Secretary showed that garments had been distributed among 28 hospitals and charitable institutions; 2206 articles had been contributed, and the roll of membership stood at 840, as against 773 last year. The income of the Guild amounted to £62 and there remained a balance of £18.
Regards,
Ellen Stanton
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