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Subject: BROWN Saltcoats [ZA-IB] South Africa Magazine: Domestic Announcements 19 December 1896
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 08:45:59 +1000

Posting this for the BROWN researchers......maybe someone else owns the
other Scottish names mentioned throughout this posting.
Regards
Jenny

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Subject: [ZA-IB] South Africa Magazine: Domestic Announcements 19 December
1896


This is a transcription of a column in South Africa Magazine, December 19,
1896, titled Domestic Announcements:

BIRTHS
SONS
BRAND, Mrs. R., Kimberley, November 16.
BUCHAN-On November 21, at Sidlaw Cottage, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Mrs.
James S. Buchan
DEAN, Mrs. W. J., Beaconsfield, November 13.
FELGATE, Mrs. J. W., Molteno, November 17.
GARDEN, Mrs. J., Winburg, November 16.
IMPEY, Mrs. F. W., Alexandria, C. C., November 15.
WALLACE, Mrs. H. E., Grahamstown, November 13.

DAUGHTERS
HARRIS, Mrs. J. C. Cape Town, November 20.
MCDONALD-On December 8, at Nevis Bank, Fort William, the wife of Mr. John
McDonald.

MARRIAGES

BRIGHT, W. J.-MACRAE, A. F., Cambridge, Nov. 11.
DOE-ANDRE-On November 12, at St. Augustine's Church, Port Elizabeth, South
Africa, by the Rev. W. Quirk, Francis Blackburn Doe, eldest son of Rev. J.
H. Doe, M.A., late Vicar of Eaton Bray, to Margaret Gertrude, fourth
daughter of J. Lewis Andre, F.S.A., of Sarcelles, Hersham, Sussex.
HUGHES, W.-WESTAWAY, A., East London, Nov. 11.
KYLE-SMITH-On December 11, at Durban, John Tullis Kyle, third son of William
Kyle, Millar Bank, Uddingston, to Jessie Grace, only daughter of the late
Alexander Smith, Slater, Glasgow.
MEDLICOTT, J. E.-WEBB, A. L. W., East London, November 10.
NOBLE, J. N.-FRASER, C. R., Johannesburg, Nov. 11.
PIGG, A. H. G.-DAVIES, E. M., Barberton, Nov. 9.

DEATHS
CARR-GOMM-On December 10, at Simonstown, Cape Colony, Eardley Culling Carr,
R.N., 1st Lieutenant of H.M.S. St George, second son of Mr. Carr-Gomm, of
The Chase, Farnham Royal, Bucks, aged 35.
CHESTER-On December 14, at Johannesburg, from typhoid fever, Douglas James
Chester, formerly of the City of London, aged 42, deeply mourned and
lamented.
CLEMENTS, W., Grahamstown, Nov. 14, aged 77.
GALLON, Mrs. R., Palmietfontein, Nov. 14, aged 65.
OTTO-At Natal, South Africa, Grace Grey Miller BROWN, wife of William Otto,
and daughter of the late Matthew BROWN, of Saltcoats.
SOGA, J. T., Taungs, Bechuanaland.
TAYLOR, Mrs. J., Mount Ayliff, East Griqualand, November 1.

IN MEMORIAM
SPILLANE-Lottie, the beloved wife of W. G. Spillane, who died at
Pietermaritzburg, December 14, 1894.

Miscellaneous articles on the same page:
Mr. James Brister's will, which lately reached the Master's Office at Cape
Town, contains many charitable bequests and legacies. A feature of the
latter is that many of them are to be paid monthly. Dr. Hutcheon is a
legatee to the tune of twenty guineas.

At a meeting of the Provisional Committee formed for the purpose of
relieving the distress in the Zoutpansberg district, held the other day in
Johannesburg, letters were read from Mr. Briscoe, the missionary of the
Wesleyan Church, Pietersburg, in which he stated that there were 400,000
people in the district, and if they only got starvation allowance-1 lb. of
mealies each per diem-it would take 300 bags of mealies per day to supply
them, so that the quantity sent up by the Government would only furnish food
for 10 days. It was pointed out that the poverty of many widows, children,
and old men in the district was such that they had not the wherewithal to
purchase mealies.

NERVES AND STIMULANTS
As our readers are aware, Sir J. Gordon Sprigg is a teetotaler, and when he
met his constituents at East London the other day, he gave his experiences
during the trying times which he, in common with all South Africans, has
lately passed through. Mr. Malcomess had said that as the animal man
possessed nerves, he consequently required a stimulant; but Sir Gordon
Sprigg did not agree that it was necessary for the nervous system that a man
should drink. He added:--"At one time I thought myself I had nerves, but
when I reflect upon what I have gone through during the last seven months or
so, I begin to doubt whether I really have any at all. That, I suppose, is
the reason I do not find it necessary to take any alcoholic liquor. Either I
have no nerves or else they are strong enough to sustain me without the
adventitious aid of liquor." Sir Gordon added that he was not, however, a
professional teetotaler, and whether it was good for them or not, he
believed that the great majority of people would still continue to drink.

In Natal, regulations have been published permitting chilled meat to be
carried over the railway from Harrismith to the Transvaal.

The other day Mr. Lukas Meyer, member of the First Raad and ex-President of
the New Republic, celebrated his fiftieth birthday. His eldest daughter,
Miss Lettie Meyer, is shortly to be married to Mr. Lodewijk de Jager, of
Ladysmith.

THE LADIES
It will be welcome Christmas news to Doctor Jameson's myriads of friends to
hear, on reliable authority, that he seems at last to have turned the
corner, and is, saving relapses or other unforeseen circumstances on a fair
way to recovery. Until Tuesday great anxiety was felt concerning his
condition; the extreme weakness, coupled with great despondency, interfered
materially with any progress towards recovery. The knowledge that his
officers are still at Holloway is a source of perpetual worry and anxiety to
Doctor Jameson, and he would not be the man his friends know him to be if
this were not so. One can only wish and hope for the best, and trust that
Government will not wait until more valuable lives are in danger before the
officers who are still retained at Holloway are liberated.

I am very glad to be able to state that Mr. William Knight, of Witwatersrand
fame, is rapidly recovering from the dangerous malady which attacked him
some time ago. He had already grown so weak that the least exercise was an
effort, when he consulted a celebrated physician, well known to several of
the leading men in South Africa, for the cures he has effected. Since then,
about three weeks ago, Mr. Knight's recovery from the worst symptoms has
been very satisfactory.

Our young folk will be having a gayer time than ever this Christmas, and
South Africa is, as usual, well to the fore with entertainments.

The news of the destruction by fire of Groote Schuur, Mr. Rhodes' uniquely
beautiful residence in Rondebosch, has come as a great shock. Placards of
immense size, reporting "Mr. Rhodes' house burnt down," dealt the first
blow, and then, little by little one realized that the five words contained
on the placards had spoken absolute truth. Although I have never seen Groote
Schuur, many friends have been visiting Mr. Rhodes there, and from all came
the same most enthusiastic accounts, and occasionally a vivid description of
the interior of the house and the exceptionally liberal hospitality
dispensed there by its generous and large-minded owner. If ever a place
deserved the designation of "Liberty Hall," it was, indeed, Groote Schuur.
Not only luxurious rooms and servants were at the disposal of the visitors,
but horses and carriages and coachmen all complete. There was no necessity
to fit in one's plans or movements with other visitors', each did exactly as
he liked, or went where he liked, and thereby best pleased his host.

When the mail arrives, may we have the reassuring news that at least some of
Mr. Rhodes much-prized treasures and curiosities were saved. It will
certainly be interesting to know the origin of the conflagration, though
there is but poor consolation attached to that.

Just when one commenced to think that the chapter of troubles in the book of
Rhodes had come to an end, comes a fresh calamity, which is quite out of
one's reckoning. Stoic and strong-minded as the world knows Mr. Rhodes to
be, the destruction of the home of which he was so proud, and which, to
bring to such great perfection, he had spared neither pains, trouble, nor
expense, must be a very sore and heavy trial to him. Could he rebuild the
house and re-collect all the countless valuables and curiosities which it
contained, with the sympathy of the people, friends, and admirers of all
nations that goes out to him in his loss, I think that even a more beautiful
Groote Schuur than the last one would be the result.

The Cycle Carnival in Johannesburg has been an emphatic success. It brought
together the biggest number of people ever known to have assembled at one
time at any one function in Johannesburg. That seems to me to be saying
much, for the Johannesburg citizen is nothing if not a pleasure-seeker.
Where there is fun there he is to be found, and whatever he may have to miss
occasionally, sports rank first and foremost on his programme of pleasure.
From all accounts, the floral decorations of the "steeds" and their
riders-in addition to effective and appropriate fancy costumes adapted by
the latter-were superb. No wonder the prizes were substantial in value, and
competition very keen.

Influenza, the fiend, is busy amongst South African friends. With sincerest
regret I heard that Mrs. Kirkwood and Mr. and Mrs. J. Macalister were
attacked by that hateful malady. Mr. James Kirkwood, of Johannesburg, has
been visiting some South African friends in Somersetshire. I hear that he
thinks of leaving for the Cape during the month of January. All the nicest
people are returning to South Africa, away from this uncertain climate, best
described as the "unexpected."

To all my readers I wish a very happy and bright Christmas
INKOSIGAS.

Regards,
Ellen Stanton
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