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PERSONAL
-The Federal Minister for Markets and
Migration (Hon. R. V. Wilson) wi'll^an-ive
by the express from Melbourne this porn
ing. . '
The Premier (Hon. J. Gunn), who is
Minister of Railways, and the Attorney
General (Hon. W. . J.' Denny) will 'leave
Adelaide this morning for Snowtown to
take part in the opening of the' Snowtown
to Redhill Railway.
The- Attorney-General (Hon. W. J.
Denny) will be present at the opening of
the annual conference of the Returned
Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League
(South Australian branch)' to be opened
in Adelaide next week.
Mr. Commissioner Mitchell, the special
commissioner who is enquiring into the
thousand homes contract, intends to pro
ceed to Melbourne in' order to take evi
dence from Mr. J. Timms.
Mr. J. A. M. Shelley, well known to
old Barrieritcs, has sufficicutly recovered
from a serious illness to Ieav6 tho North
Adelaide Hospital. He intends shortly
to return to Broken Hill.
Thefe were a number of guests at the
weekly luncheon of the Rotary Club of
Adelaide on Friday, including Messrs.
William Brunton, Lord Mayor o£ Mel
bourne; C. R. J. Glover. Lord Mayor of
Adelaide; and A. E. Hocking, Mayor of
Cnmberwcll (Vic).
Our London correspondent cabled on
Friday:-Mr. H. V. McKay, of Melbourne,
is improving after his recent, serious ill
ness, and is maintaining his strength.
At the final session of the tbirty-seventb
annual Convention of .the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union on Friday, Mrs.
E. W. Nicholls was again re-elected Presi
dent for the. State, by a large majority
of votes— making the twenty-seventh occa
sion upon which she has held the position.
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Mrs. Nicliolls was first elected State Pre
sident in 1889, and was re-elected each year
until 1897, when she declined re-election
on account of her duties as Australasian
President— an office which she held for
nine years. ' In 1906 Mrs. Nicholls was
again elected Stale President, and has
been re-elected at each convention since
tben, making 19 years of continuous service
in that position.
Lady Holder is recognised by the South
Australian W.C.T.U. as a most devoted
official, with a long record of service.
Latterly she has desired to he known as
just an ordinary member, but on Friday
a; the annual election of officers, she
to given a preponderance , of votes and
was successfully urged to. return to the
renks of officers in the capacity of Vice
President-at-Large, in place bt Mrs. W.
Pengelley. The new Vice-President began
an official career locally as secretary for
two years. For 13 years she was Presi
dent of St. Peters Union, for three years
President at Burra/ and world's superin
tendent for nine years. Lady Holder
was also District President for 18 years,
State President for three years, and Aus
tralasian President £or 10 years.'
Long terms of service and. the W.C.T.U.
seem synonymous in South Australia. On
Friday, at ' the annual convention, the
position of corresponding, and recording
secretaries, and that of treasurer, substan
tiated that record. For the secretarial
post, Miss Mary Lockwood was again
elected by a considerable surplus of votes.
She was elected corresponding secretary
in 1903, and baa been re-elected every year
since that time, . making a continuous' ser
vice of 22 years. Miss Lockwood pre
viously held the office . of corresponding
secretary to the Australasian W.C.T.U.
for three years, and, before that, wag Dis
trict President of the Yorke's Peninsula
Union. Mrs: G. W.. Cooper, who -wai
almost unanimously. x re-elected, was first
elected recording secretary in 1909, and has
since been, re-elected every year,
aggregating ~ 16 years of con
tinuous ? service, in that office!
She had previously held the office of State
treasurer for three years. ? Mrs. J. R.
Bowering, who also wag returned to office,
was first elected treasurer in 1920, ' and
has since been re-elected to that office each
year. '
Mr. Gordon Short returned to Adelaide
fromQueensland on Friday.
Capt.E, W. Ballantine, who toured with
the last English cricket team, having left
England with the cricketers on behalf of
several London and provincial newspapers,
arrived in Adelaide yesterday on his way
back to London. Since the return of
the cricketers he has covered much of
Australia and studied conditions and. op-
portunities in the Commonwealth, and en
joyed his first Australian season of. winter
sport. A volume he intends to publish
should contain interesting matter for Aus
tralian readers. This- -prolific cricket
writer has witnessed as a cricket journalist
51 test matches in England,' Australia,' and
South Africa.
Mr. J. McGuirc (South Australian
Raihrays Commissioner) left Adelaide by
the East-West express on. Friday to at
tend the- conference of Railways Commis
sioners at Sydney.
Passengers for MelUourae ;'by, the ex
press on Friday night included Mi. 11.
Horton , Wallman.
At his residence, St. Andrew's, King
ston terrace,. North Adelaide, on Friday
evening tbe Lord Mayor (Mr. O. R. J.
Glover) officially entertained at dinner the
principal officers of the Adelaide City Cor
loration, and other bodies on which the
council is represented. Those present
were:— Messrs. H. P. ' Beaver (Town
Clerk), A. J. Morison (Deputy Town
Clerk), R. M. Scott (City Engineer wia
Surveyor), F. L. Stone (City Treasurer),
E. B. Cox (City Solicitor), -J. C. Kippist
(City Valuer), W. C. D. Veale, M.C.,
D.C.M. (Assistant Engineer and Surveyor),
W- J. M. Scdgley (Assistant Building
Surveyor), A. W. Pebcr (City Gardener),
W. B. Good (City Inspector), W. R.
Knox (City Organist), C. K. James (Chief
Clerk, City Treasurer's Department), A.
S. Diamond (Chief Clerk, Town Clerk'*
Department, and Secretary to the Lord
Mayor), A. C. Minchin (Director. Zoo
logical Gardens), J. F. Bailey (Director,
Botanic Garden), D. W. Boath (Acting
General Manager, Metropolitan Abattoir*
Board), W. Simons (Secretary, Metropoli
tan County Board), S.' Reeves (Secretary
Municipal Association).
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Meters. Paul Allliougo and Arthur
Middleton, famous American operatic
singers, and Mr. 'dward Harris, their ac
companist, who will give a farewell con
cert iu the Exhibition Building, North
terrace, to-night prior to their departure
for America via the eastern States and
New Zealand, arrived in Adelaide by the
East-West express from Perth on Friday
evening. Five successful concerts were
given in Perth. The party will leave Ade
laide for Melbourne on Sunday evening.
Mr. Robert Morgan, formerly a well
known poulterer, of Leigh and Hindley
streets, will on Sunday celebrate the
ninety-fifth anniversary of his birth. He
resides in Alpha road, Prospect, with his
daughter, Miss M. Morgan, and bears his
many years with remarkable lightness, and
is keenly interested in the life of the
home.- His vivid recollection of every
thing he has done is amazing. Unlike
many old people, who remember only in
cidents of their early life, he can recount
in detail nearly all of his activities. When
a representative of The Register called to
interview him on Friday afternoon he
walked into the room, shook hands, and
astonished the reporter by recalling, accu
rately, and apparently without much
effort, his life story from his boyhood in
London, and varied occupations in Aus
tralia, right through to his retirement
from a well-known business in Adelaide.
Mr. Morgan was born near London in
1830, the son of a prosperous grocer who
served many aristocratic families, and he
himself was trained in that trade. At
the age of 21 he emigrated to Australia,
and on arrival proceeded to the Victorian
diggings. After a short stay there, with
ordinary luck, he went to Melbourne, and
joined his brother in a grocery business
at St. Kilda. - Afterwards, on his own
account, dealing mainly in poultry and
greengrocery. He took a partner, who,
after a few years, married. Mr. Morgan,
concluding that he was in more need of
the business, relinquished his share, and,
having saved morey, went to England to
visit his people, but soon tired of London
and returned to Auatralu, With a com
panion he bought a claim at Ballarat, and
mined with considerable success. He next
answered an advertisement for a poul
terer, came to Adelaide, and was employed
by Mr. Assheton, butcher, at corner of
King William and Grenfell streets, where
the Imperial Hotel now stands. He
again went to Ballarat, but was recalled
to Adelaide by Mr. Beach. Soon after
this he established a business of his own
in Leigh street, and then removed to
Hindley street, and did very well, gain
ing a high reputation for integrity and
honest dealing. His clientele was exten
sive, and his name esteemed in Adelaide
business circles long before he relinquished
trade in favour of Conrad's about 19 years
ago. He built his house at Prospect 40
years ago. Throughout his long life Mr.
Morgan has had enjoyment. He says him
self, ''I have had a jolly good time, but
I have had enough." He is a non-smoker
and teetotaller. His sight and hearing
are somewhat failing; but only a few
weeks ago he made a wonderful recovery
from an attack of bronchitis. He married
Miss Mary Thorn in 1878. She died about
three years ago, and tbe family now com
prises Mr. Robert Morgan, his son, Mr.
R. Y. Morgan, and his daughter, Miss M.
Morgan.
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MRS. W. PENGELLEY,
who thli year retire* from the offic* of
VIce-Pretldent-at-Laroa of the W.C.T.U. of
South Auitrallt, afttr 15 yeari' service In
that capacity. A paragraph relating to
Mrt. Pengelley appeared In The Register on
Friday.
MRS. W. PENGELLEY,
who thli year retire* from the offic* of
VIce-Pretldent-at-Laroa of the W.C.T.U. of
South Auitrallt, afttr 15 yeari' service In
that capacity. A paragraph relating to
Mrt. Pengelley appeared In The Register on
Friday.
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MRS. E. W. NICHOLLS.
MRS. E. W. NICHOLLS.
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MR. E. A. BROOKS,
Who will succeed Mr. A. E. Hamilton ti .
President of the Stockownerc' Association
of South Austral it.
MR. E. A. BROOKS,
Who will succeed Mr. A. E. Hamilton ti .
President of the Stockownerc' Association
of South Austral it.
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. MR. ROBERT M0RQAN,
Who will be 95 years of act on Sunday.
. MR. ROBERT M0RQAN,
Who will be 95 years of act on Sunday.
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