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CONCERNING PEOPLE.
Mr I. Black, of Millicent, was advised
on Tuesday that his brother,
Mr S. Black, of Stawell, had been involved
m a motor car accident, near
-Burrumbeet, Victoria, as a result of
which he was in the Ballarat hospital,
suffering from a fractured skull and
other injuries. . Mr Black' proceeded
to Ballarat on Tuesday. ^ >
The death occurred in Adelaide, on
the 28th July, of Miss Amelia Crafter,
second daughter of the late Mr H. P.
Crafter, Millicent, and sister; of Mrs
A. Watt, Millswoodj Sirs J. Light,
Naracoorte; and Mr Peter Crafter,
Mount Gambier. The deceased lady
lived at Nangula for many years, and
left the district shortly after the death
of her father.
Miss Isabella Flett died suddenly at
Mount Gambier at the age of 59. She
was a daughter of Mr James Flett,
who was for many years a tailor in
that town, where she was bbrn. She
was a member of St. Andrew's Pres-
byterian Church and did. muck good
work. Two brothers, Messrs John and
James, and two sisters, Mesdames
Hipwell (W.A.) and Seymour (Melbourne)
mourn her passing.
The death" has occurred at Glenoed
East of Mrs Susan Elizabeth' Riddie,
wife of Mr L. E. Riddle, a wellknown
farmer and road contractor of
that district. Deceased was born at
Mount. Gambier. in 1894, being the
only child of Mr and Mrs O. J. Schulz^
of Glencoe East."- She was married
in 1915, and had since resided-with
her. husband ^at Glencoe, where she
was an ardent worker for the local
Church of England. There are no
children.
The death has occurred at Mount
Gambier of Mr Christian Gust, an old
and highly respected resident of that
district, after a brief illness. He was
born in Hanover in 1841, and came to
South Australia with his father, landing-at
Glenelg in 1848. His mother
died- on the voyage out. The same
ship also brought the late Dr Wehl
and Mr F. Hammer's father. Until he
was 18 years of age Mr Gust worked
around Adelaide, mostly in the hills
districts, and became an expert bullock
driver. In "February, 1859, he
was engaged by Mr Seinemeyer to
drive a team of bullocks to-Mount
Gambier, where he had taken up land.
This trip was one of Mr Gust's favorite
reminiscences.' Mount Gambier
was then a straggling towfc with very
few residences. He obtained work
with Mr C. Kirnmmel, father of Mr
P. . F. Krummel, who conducted a
blacksmith's shop. Mr Gust was the
original owner of the valuable property
on which the' Capitol theatre
now 'stands. He was married in 1865
to MissJEmma Wyatt, daughter of an
ex-mayor of the town, and they had
a family of-.four sons and two daughters.
• Those. surviving are Messrs
Louis Charles, Waikerie; Ernest A.,
St. Peters; Rupert aifd Alan, Kongorong;
and Mrs F. Wilkinson, Northcote
(Victoria). There are 20 grandchildren
and 15 great grand-children.
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