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 ADELAIDE AxND VICINI'JY 345 Hon. John Warren, M.L.C. r THOUGH colonial Parliaments may not reflect that amount of honor and di^niity which by its universal and national importance and tradition is attached to the British Houses of Lords and Commons, there is yet something of loftiness, position, and responsibility about a membership in these provincial Legislatures of the Empire. It is at times declared by certain classes of colonists that to be a member of Parliament is to hold a doubtful conn(ction and is no honor. It is not creditable to their intelligence, and especially to their patriotism, that they should announce such views ; for while some of those who repres(Mit the suffrage of the people may not be of the best, or be gifted with stateliness of intelligence, nothing should deter the man with suitable gifts from placing his services at the disposal of his country to provide for the welfare of his contemporaries and of his de- scendants. There is a deal of work lor good men to do, and they should be ready to do it. It is gratifying to observe in both Houses of the South Aus- tralian Legislature men who repre- sent the best intelligence of the community. Of such the Hon. John Warren is an example. Mr. Warren was born at Elgin, -Scotland, in 1830, and in 1842 came to South Australia in the lona, his father having preceded him. Mr. Warren, senior, first established a brewery on the Torrens, and continued at this business for two years, when he sold it to Messrs. .A.uld & .Shand. He then purchased an estate at Springfield, near Mount Crawford, and there the son, the subject of this notice, has since resided. The virgin land was systematically developed, and upon it has been erected a charming residence. In improving it, and in performing the duties of a useful country squire, the main portion of Mr. Warren's life has been spent. Remote from curious eyes, in rural quietude, he has toiled long and toiled fruitfully. He has unobtrusively iuiomon, ttioto.