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BIRTHS AVERY, Mrs. H., Newlands, Cape Colony, March 23, a son. BELLAIRS, Mrs. W. G., Wynberg, April 3, a son. BOLUS, Mrs. A., Kenilworth, Cape Town, March 28, a son. CAW, Mrs. R., jun., Cape Town, April 4, a son. DIXON, Mrs. P. D., Cape Town, March 29, a son. EISENSTAEDTER, Mrs. H. W., Cape Town, April 1, a daughter. HIRSCHLER-On April 28, at 90, Kensington Gardens Square, W., the wife of I. H. Hirschler (of Bulawayo), of twin daughters. HURFORD, Mrs. E., Durban, March 25, a son. HYMAN, Mrs. E. R., Maritzburg, March 27, a daughter. JONES, Mrs. P. E., Wynberg, April 3, a daughter. KENNEDY, Mrs. M., Cape Town, April 4, a son. KINCADE, Mrs. R. G., Durban, March 27, a son. MCGREGOR, Mrs. J., Maitland, March 27, a daughter. O'CONNOR, Mrs. T., Cape Town, March 31, a son. ORPEN, Mrs. H. R., Sea Point, March 29, a son. RAE, Mrs. E., Woodstock, Cape Colony, March 30, a son. RYAN, Mrs. W. T., Durban, March 29, a son. SILBERBAUER-On April 28, at 10bis Villas, Dubochet, Clarens, Switzerland, the wife of Conrad Christian Silberbauer, of Bloemendal, Mowbray, Cape Colony, of a son. STACY, Mrs. A. J., Salt River, Cape Colony, March 27, a son. TAYLOR, Mrs. P. H., Maritzburg, March 31, a daughter. THOMPSON, Mrs. E. A., Durban, March 25, a daughter. VAN BREDA, Mrs. W. P., Stellenbosch, March 26, a son. MARRIAGES BUCKNALL-BUCKNALL-On April 24, at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, by the Rev. Henry Arnott, Rector of Beckenham, Norman Rixon, son of Henry C. Bucknall, of 15, Collingham Road, S.W., to Hilda Mary, daughter of Jas. Lloyd Bucknall, of Langley Court, Beckenham, Kent. DOUGLASS, A. W.-BIDEN, B. A., Grahamstown, April 2. EARDLEY, P. H.-MASON, M., Maritzburg, March 25. FORSYTH-PAGE-At Mowbray Presbyterian Church, Cape Town, on April 21, by the Rev. W. G. Macfie, assisted by the Rev. J. J. McClure, Alex. Forsyth, architect, Cape Town, to Agnes, younger daughter of the late John Page, Alloa. GARRATT, J. H.-FITZGERALD, E. C. A., Cape Town, March 31. JEWELL-TOWNROE-On April 26, at St. Michael's, Chester Square, by the Rev. Canon Fleming, Arthur Cluett Jewell, younger son of Richard Jewell, of Streatham, Surrey, to Agatha Marianne, second daughter of the late Richard T. Townroe, of Rondebosch, Cape Town, and of Mrs. Townroe, of 52, Eaton Terrace, S.W. LOUWRENS, A. C.-BREMER, E., Wellington, Cape Colony, April 2. MCDOWALL-DE VAAL-At Carnarvon, Cape Colony, on April 15, Alfred MacDowall, Inspector, Standard Bank of South Africa, son of Wm. W. McDowall, J.P., National Bank, Johnstone, to Elizabeth Frances, elder daughter of J. J. De Vaal, Carnarvon. MORRISON, J. F.-NICHOLS, C. M., Durban, March 29. MULLINS-HASLAM-On April 24, at Grahamstown, by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Grahamstown, assisted by the Rev. Canon Mullins, father of the bridegroom, Charles Herbert Mullins, V.C., C.M.G., Major I.L.H., barrister-at-law, Johannesburg, to Norah Gertrude, third daughter of Sam. Haslam, Brooklands, Uppingham. RADFORD, W. L.-REEVE, F. S., Durban, March 31. STEGMANN, J.-BLORE, C., Worcester, Cape Colony, April 1. YULE-HARVEY-At the Presbyterian Church, Durban, on April 25, James Alexander, mining engineer, Randfontein, Transvaal, youngest son of the late John Yule, engineer, Glasgow, to Agnes Anna Hay, eldest daughter of William Harvey, 25, Athole Gardens, Kelvinside, and Eastwood, Craigmore. /2

/2 DEATHS BATHURST-On April 22, at Vet River, of enteric fever, Nevile Charles Bathurst, South African Constabulary, second son of the Rev. W. A. Bathurst, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Eastbourne, aged 27. CLARKE, M., Cape Town, April 1, aged 26. DE JONGH, S. M., Cape Town, March 31, aged 83. ELLINGSON, C., Cape Town, March 26, aged 43. HEALEY-On April 22, John Drysdale Healey, late of Johannesburg, only son of the late Alex. Healey, baker, Edinburgh. HIRTZEL-On April 22, at Tafelkop, of enteric fever, Guy Dashwood Hirtzel, Lieutenant S.A.C., sixth son of George Hirtzel, of Exeter, aged 28. KIRKWOOD, M., Durban, March 28, aged 69. PAISLEY-On April 21, at Cape Town, Andrew Paisley, Manager, Standard Bank, second son of the late Rev. Robert Paisley, D.D., St. Ninian's, Stirling. RUDD-On April 27th, at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, Thomas Rudd, of 'Germistoun,' Wimbledon, aged 71. STEINBACH, C. H., Cape Town, March 30, aged 48. STEVENSON-On April 17, at Deelfontein, of enteric fever, William M. Stevenson, of Stevenson Brothers, Golden Lion Hotel, Stirling, aged 31 years. THOMAS-On April 20, killed in action at Oliver's Farm, near Ficksburg, Charles Oswald Morgan, 1st Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, second son of Charles Carey Thomas, Penarth, aged 23. TRICKETT-On April 3, at Addington Hospital, Durban, of enteric fever, Noel Trickett, aged 44, third son of the late Samuel Trickett, of Millwall and Upper Clapton. VINES, C. G., Kimberley, March 28, aged 31. VAVASSEUR-On April 29, at Knockholt, Helen, wife of James Vavasseur, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Robert Moffat, of Kuruman. WOOD, W., Maritzburg, March 25, aged 79. Miscellaneous Articles on the same page: A MISSIONARY'S TERRIBLE DEATH Mr. Linfield, a missionary in Tongaland, connected with the South African General Mission, has succumbed to injuries received from a crocodile. He was on his way to Durban to be married. He was crossing the St. Lucia Lake, when he was attacked by a crocodile, from which he just succeeded in freeing himself and reaching land. Both his hands were torn off, and he had a terrible wound in his left side, extending from the abdomen to the knee. In this condition he lay undiscovered until noon next day, and died before he could be moved. Mr. George Wyndham, Chief Secretary for Ireland, speaking at Brighton recently, said they had in South Africa what they must still call a war, and he could only hope that they might be able to cease calling it a war at no distant date. The recent ceremony at St. Paul's recalled to his mind a conversation he had with Mr. Rhodes on a certain October morning on the very granite crag which now held him dead. Mr. Rhodes had reclined, lost in thought, for some 30 or 40 minutes, when suddenly he saw a point of light flashing in the valley below. It was after he had made his peace with the Matabele. 'They say I have not made peace,' Mr. Rhodes remarked, 'but that point of light is caused by the Matabele hoeing his corn again.' Mr. Rhodes was transported with boyish delight that war was over. Copied from the ZA-IB Board