This is a transcription of a column that appeared in South Africa magazine September 19, 1896. The column is titled "Domestic Announcements".

BIRTHS

SONS

BERTRAM, Mrs. A. Johannesburg, August 17

CONNELLY, Mrs. A. East London, August 13

DENNY - On the 15th inst., at Johannesburg, the wife of Harold Denny

ENGLISH, Mrs. J., Kimberley, August 14

DAUGHTERS

ALDRIDGE, Mrs. J. Pretoria, August 13

DIXON, Mrs. H., Cape Town, August 20

EVELYN, Mrs. C. G. Port Elizabeth, August 13

GREEN, Mrs. E. H. Johannesburg, August 17

STEMMET, Mrs. P. A., Cape Town, August 18

TROUT, Mrs. L. A. Kimberley, August 14

TRUTER, Mrs. J. H. B., Thaba 'Nchu, Moroka, O.F.S., August 15

MARRIAGES

CONNOCK, F. W. E. - NELSON , W. E., Grahamstown, August 12

HOVENDEN - PHILLIPS - On Saturday, September 12, at Holy Trinity Church, Selhurst, S. E., by the Rev. C. Bokenham, Gerald Stanley Hovenden, M.D., B.S. Lon., son of the late Thomas Henry Hovenden, Esq. of South Norwood, to Francis Edith Sara, eldest daughter of the late William Phillips, Esq., formerly of South Place, Finsbury, and Shepton Mallet, and of Mrs. Phillips, of Mansford House, South Norwood.

KENYON - SUTHERLAND - On September 9, at St. Peter's Church, Edinburgh, by the Rev. Dr. E. F. Hoernle, Lionel Richard Kenyon, Lieutenant Royal Artillery, youngest son of the late John Robert Kenyon, Q.C., D.C.L., of Pradoe, Oswestry, to Elizabeth Jane, second daughter of P. C. Sutherland, M.D., of Pietermaritzburg, Natal.

LANGLANDS, J. K. - PEAKE, L., Johannesburg, August 13

OSBURN - TROUSDALE - On August 22, at the Cathedral, Cape Town, by the Very Rev. Dean Barnett Clarke, Francis W. Osburn, Esq., R.N., Paymaster H.M.S. Blonde, eldest son of Commander F. Osburn, R.N., of Messing, Essex, to Ethel, eldest daughter of the Rev. Robert Trousdale, late Rector of Roughton, Norfolk.

SPARGO, D. F. - ATKINSON, F. E., Johannesburg, August 15.

STRATFORD, J. A. - DEXTER, A. A., Kingwilliamstown, August 12.

TROUP, J. - STEEL, M. M., Cape Town, August 19.

WARDROP - DE LA HARPE - On August 1, at Nandesberg, South Africa, Charles Herbert, youngest son of Hew Dalrymple Hamilton Waldrop, of Thames Ditton, Surrey, to Ida, eldest daughter of the late A. de la Harpe and Mrs. de la Harpe, of The Glen, Graaf-Reinet; South Africa.

WOODGATE - WYLDE-BROWNE - On August 12, in the Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg, Arthur Seymour, third son of the late Rev. Henry Arthur Woodgate, B.D., Rector of Belbroughton, to Katherine Edith, daughter of H. Wylde-Browne, Pietermaritzburg.

WOODROOFFE - JAMESON - On the 15th inst., at Smithfield, Orange Free State, South Africa, by the Rev. Canon Woodrooffe, of Grahamstown, Cape Colony, father of the bridegroom, George Borries Woodrooffe to Elizabeth McFarlan (Bessie), daughter of Thomas Jameson, M.D., R.N.

DEATHS

BACKMANN, A., Boshof, August 14, aged 47.

BARNETT - On May 1, 1896, at the Hospital, Bulawayo, of fever, Francis Thomas, second son of Thomas and Sarah Barnett, Knighton Grange, Sussex.

CURTIS - On or about June 19, killed by the Mashonas in Mazoe, Thomas Heath Curtis, Surveyor to the Chartered Company, in his 30th year, eldest son of Charles Edward and Elizabeth Mary Curtis, of 26, Gledstane's Road, West Kensington

GOODMAN - On September 10, at 38, Hyde Park Gate, S.W., Zeb Goodman, late of Johannesburg, aged 40.

MOSES, A., Christiana, August 19, aged 60.

PRENTIS - On August 14, at Umtata, George William John Prentis, eldest son of the late Captain Prentis, Rocky Hill Terrace, Maidstone, aged 25 years. R.I.P.

RUDD - On September 10, at Shieldaig of Gairloch, Ross-shire, Frances Georgina Leighton, wife of Charles Dunnell Rudd, of London and South Africa, aged 49.

SOONES, Miss A. T. C., Gaberones, August 15, aged 28.

TAIT - On August 13, at Cape Town, suddenly, of pneumonia, Douglas Leonard, the beloved youngest son of George and Annie Tait, of 28, Dagnall Park, Selhurst, in his 20th year.

THOMSON, A. A., Mossel Bay, August 17, aged 24.

TRIEBER, Mrs. I. R., Kimberley, August 17, aged 36.

VAN DER RIET - On August 22, at Stellenbosch, Frederick Johannes van der Riet, late of The Residency, Simon's Town, C.C. and R.M.

VAVASSEUR - At the end of June, killed in Mashonaland, Robert Vavasseur, aged 31, youngest and only surviving son of James and Helen Vavasseur, Knockholt, near Sevenoaks.

VISITORS FROM SOUTH AFRICA

[Visitors to the Old Country are informed that these Announcements are inserted for a few weeks gratuitously for the general convenience. Intimations of arrival should be promptly forwarded to the Editor.]

ADLAM, J. C., 8, Greycoat Gardens, Westminster, S.W.

ADLER, HENRY, c/o W. H. Adler, 1, Moorgate Place, Moorgate Street, E.C.

ARDERNE, H. M., c/o Messrs. W. Bolus and Company, 10, St. Swithin's Lane, E.C.

BAIN, CHARLES A. O., Howard Hotel, Victoria Embankment.

BALLOT, JOHN, Dilkusha, Mitcham.

BARBER. F. H., Langham Hotel.

BECHER, MR. AND MRS. HERBERT, Bailey's Hotel, Gloucester Road, S. W.

BETTELHEIM, HENRY, 211, Piccadilly, W.

BOLCE, HAROLD, c/o American Consulate, 12 St. Helen's Place, E.C.

BROWN, ALFRED, 23, Maddox Street, W.

BUTTERS, C., Savoy Hotel.

COOPER, JOHN W., 10, Hatton Garden, E.C.

CORNWALL, MOSES, Arundel Hotel.

CRAVEN, P. E., 1 Hereford Mansions, Bayswater.

CROSBY, ARTHUR J., 52, Chester Terrace, Eaton Square, S.W.

CROGHAN, DR. E. H. AND DR. JOHN, 15, Sinclair Road, West Kensington.

CUMMING, JAMES, c/o McNellan and McCallum, 7, Throgmorton Avenue, E.C.

DALRYMPLE, W., Hotel Belgravia, S.W.

DILLON, JOHN F. K., 9, Weymouth St., Portland Place.

DRAPER, DAVID, Ridler's Hotel, Holborn.

FITZPATRICK, MR. AND MRS. J. P., Langham Hotel

FITZPATRICK, MRS. AND THE MISSES, c/o Standard Bank of South Africa, Clement's Lane.

FLETCHER, R. A., c/o Institution of Civil Engineers, 25, Gt. George Street, Westminster.

FRANCEYS, W. E., Southport, Lancs.

FREEMAN, MR. AND MRS. JOHN, c/o Natal Bank, Leadenhall Street

GILCHRIST, WILLIAM, Langham Hotel.

GLADWYN, ARTHUR G., Royal Colonial Institute.

GLYNN, HENRY T. AND ARTHUR, Adelphi Hotel.

GOLDREICH, MR. AND MRS. S., 4, Whitehall Court, S.W.

GOODMAN, J. L. Tavistock Hotel, Covent Garden.

GRAHAM, W. T., Royal Colonial Institute.

GUINSBERG, B., Bevois House, 27, Basinghall St., E.C.

HALDER, MR. AND MRS. A. H., 1, Newman Mansion, Newman Street, W.

HATHORN, KENNETH H., c/o Messrs. Atkinson and Dresser, 30, Finsbury Circus, E.C.

HEELEY, MR. AND MRS. W. E., Broughton House, Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham.

HENDERSON, J. C. A., 85, Gracechurch Street, E.C.

HILLIER, DR. AND MRS. A. P., Romsey, Hampshire.

HOYLE, L. JOHNSON, Winchester House, Old Broad St.

HYMAN, EDGAR M., 165, Westbourne Ter., Hyde Pk.

JENKINS, A. ROGERS, Royal Colonial Institute.

JOSEPH, MAURICE, 14, Beaufort Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham.

KOLL, O. H., "St. Davids," Cavendish Road, N.W.

LAVINE, I., First Avenue Hotel, W.C.

LAWRENCE, MR. AND MRS. JAMES, Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar Square.

LEECHMAN, MISS KATIE, Savoy Mansions, Savoy, W.C.

LEONARD, CHARLES, Pelham, Chislehurst.

LEVY, P. J. W., Tavistock Hotel, Covent Garden.

LIDDLE, F. C., Winchester House, E.C.

LINDSELL, CAPTAIN C.F., Badminton Club.

LOEWENTHAL, L., 123, Harley Street, W.

LOEWY, DR, J., c/o Deutsche Bank, Behrenstrasse 9, Berlin

LUCAS, ARTHUR E., Whitby Lodge, London Road, Clapton

LUCAS, W. B., 12, Leamington Road Villas, Bayswater.

MARKS, MRS. SAM, 54, Princes Gate.

MARKS, MISS HONOR, 144, Kennington Park Rd., S.E.

MARKS, NEWMAN, Hope Lodge, Whetstone, near London.

MARSHALL, H. B., 15, Great St. Helen's E.C.

MEIN, CAPTAIN, Brown's Hotel, Dover Street, W.

MERCER, H. W., 35, Romilly Road, N.

MERRITT, W. J., c/o R C. Boothby, 23, Russell Road, Addison Road, Kensington.

MOOR, MRS. C. C., 33, Linden Gardens, Kensington W.

NELLMAPIUS, MRS., c/o Anglo-Austrian Bank, Vienna.

NELSON, MISS CARRY, 28, Portland Terrace, Regent's Park, N.W.

NIVEN, MR. AND MRS. A. MACKIE, Rosehill, Ashton-on-Ribble.

NORRIS-NEWMAN, CAPT. AND MRS., 24, Prince's Street, Hanover Square, W.

PEIRSON, J. WALDIE, c/o Natal Bank, Limited, 156, Leadenhall Street, E.C.

PETERS, A. MARTIN, Waterloo Hotel, 14, York Road, London

PHILLIPS, LIONEL, c/o Messrs. Wernher, Beit, and Co., 120, Bishopsgate Street Within, E.C.

PICKERING, MRS. AND MISS, Barkston Hotel, Barkston Gardens, Earl's Court, S.W.

RICHARDS, MR. AND MRS. GEORGE, Hotel Cecil, Strand.

ROGER, J. A., c/o Messrs. Wood and Parker, 2, East India Avenue, E.C.

ROGERS, MR. AND MRS. H. A., 61, Albert Hall Mansions, Kensington.

ROOS, JAMES M., 1, Lansdowne Place, Russell Square, W.C.

RORKE, MRS. FRED. N., 116, Kennington Pk. Rd., S.E.

ROSS, HON. W., M.L.C., Hotel Metropole, W.C.

SABER, EDWARD S., 65 Aden Grove, Green Lanes, N.

SALFELD, M. F., 10, Vine Street, Clerkenwell, E.C.

SALOMON, MR. AND MRS. L. E., 98, Elm Park Gardens, S.W.

SMITH, A. A., c/o Messrs. Hunwicke and Hadley, Suffolk House, Laurence Pountney Hill, E.C.

SMITH, JOSEPH, Devoran, Cornwall.

SPERLING, MAX, Leicester.

STEPHAN, MRS. H. R., c/o Messrs. Finley and Co., 17, Fenchurch Street, E.C.

STEWART, DR. THOMAS, Loch View, Burnside Rutherglen, Scotland.

STRAWBAUN, MRS. L., 144, Kennington Park Rd., S.E.

STROYAN, JOHN, Sorn Castle, Mauchline, Ayrshire, N.B.

SUSMAN, MR. AND MRS. LOUIS, "Ravenscourt," Alexandra Road, St. John's Wood.

SUTHERLAND, MRS. AND MISS, c/o Mr. J. A. Blaikie, 6, Lancaster Road, West Norwood, S.E.

TAYLOR, W. P., Teaninich, Alness, Ross-shire, N.B.

TUCKER, FREDERICK N., 20, Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, W.

TUDHOPE, HON. J., 7 Lothbury, E.C.

VARLEY, MR. AND MRS. J. G. BOYES, 33, Upper Bedford Place.

WALLENSTEIN, W. F., 7, Drapers' Gardens, E.C.

WALLER, J. H., c/o Messrs. J. Wrench and Sons Limited, London Bridge

WALSHE, MR. AND MRS. A. P., Ridler's Hotel, 133, Holborn, E.C.

WATTS, J. WHITBOURNE, 110, Cannon Street, E.C.

WHEELER, WALTER W., 79 1/2, Gracechurch Street, E.C.

WILLIAMS, GARDNER F., Langham Hotel.

WILSON, W. STREET, Royal Colonial Institute.

MR. "CAM" WALKER has left Pretoria, having lately received the appointment of Lieutenant to the Johannesburg Foot Police. He will be missed from the cavalry and football ranks of the city.

W. AND C. GOWIE, the Grahamstown nurserymen and landscape gardeners, have carried off the prize offered lately by the Free State Government for the best design for the laying out of the Radzaal grounds at Bloemfontein. The competition was open to all South Africa.