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 Hon. Sir E. T. Smith ADELAIDE AND VICINITY 303 time one of the crack rifle-shots of the Province) ; but, as he says himself, " I like to help the young men in their desire for athletic development." This is the motive which prompts him to render them assistance and practical encouragement. The turf Sir Edwin has never actively encouraged, though he bears no narrow prejudice against it ; but in the direction of every other sport and pastime his sympathies are unbounded. He is President of the Adelaide Hunt Club, Patron of the South Australian Cricket, Rowing, Bowling, Chess, and Tennis Associations, and of the League of South Australian Wheelmen. To the various athletic clubs he has always been generous, and that generosity finds a warm acknowledgment in the hearts of all recipients of his kindness. Sir Edwin has been married twice. In 1857 he took to wife Florence, daughter of the late Robert Stock, of Clifton, PLngland ; but her early death occurred in 1862. His second wife is Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Spicer, merchant, of Adelaide, to whom he became allied in 1869. Lady Smith has earned universal regard, as well for her social qualities as for the manner in which she has supported her husband's many benevolent undertakings. Sir Edwin Smith, both as a citizen and as a man, is highly and rightly beloved of the people of Adelaide and vicinity, for whom he has done so much. A consistent supporter of religion in every form, he is the centre of a wide circle of esteem and respect. People of every class and denomination unite to do him homage. His life has been one long series of services for the general weal, brightened by the gems of kindness of heart and far-reaching philanthropy. The unanimous wish of all South Australians is that his days may yet be long in the land. Mr. William Robinson Boothby, C.M.G., B.A. sheriff of Sotuh Australia SINCE early in the "fifties" South Australia has been popularly acquainted with the name of Boothby. In 1853 Mr. Benjamin Boothby arrived in South Australia, and on August 28 of that year was sworn in as a Judge of the Supreme Court. He was a native of Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, and for some time occupied the positions of Revising Barrister for the West Riding of Yorkshire, and of Recorder of Pontefract. Her Majesty's Government offered him the appointment of Second Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia, which he forthwith accepted. Judge Boothby conducted his onerous duties until 1867, when he disagreed with the Government of South Australia upon the Real Property Act (Torrens Act). He died on June 21, 1868. Two of Judge Boothby's sons became prominent men in the South Australian Civil Service, and one of them was Mr. William Robinson Boothby, Sheriff of South Australia, the subject of our memoir. This gendeman was born in England on September 26, 1829. He took his B.A. degree at the London University, and accompanied his father to Australia in