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THE LATE MRS. S. A. DALTON.
The death occurred in Brisbane on Thursday, at the age of 93 years 6 months, of Mrs. Sarah Ann Dalton, re- lict of the late Edmund Dalton, of Port Fairy, Victoria, after a short illness. The late Mrs. Dalton, who was born at Redruth, Cornwall, England, came to Australia with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Oliver, in 1847, at the age of 12 years, settling in Victoria. In 1857 she married Edmund Dalton, of Port Fairy, moving to Queensland in 1879, where they took up portion of the pastoral area on the Darling Downs. She is survived by three sons and three daughters, 19 grandchildren, and 12 great grandchildren, being predeceased by her husband and four children. The funeral moved to the Nundah Ceme- tery yesterday afternoon.