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 346 ADELAIDE AND VICINITY Hon.J.Warren striven to do his duty to himself and to his neij^hbors. At a more recent date, Mr. Warren, in partnership with Mr. Thomas Hogarth, selected an extensive run at Strangways Springs, in the interior. Mr. Hogarth died about twelve months ago, and Mr. Warren, with Mr. Hogarth's sons, now has control of the property. For many years Mr. Warren was Chairman of the Mount Crawford District Council, and during that period performed e.xcellent .service for the district. He was for several years Captain of the Williamstown Company of V^olunteers, and is a prominent member of the Anglican Church in his own district. His political career began in 1888. Four years before (in 1884) he was nominated for election to the House of Assembly for the District of Baros.sa, but was defeated. In May, 1888, however, he was returned for the NorthTuistern District to the Legislative Council ; and so satisfied were his constituents with the manner in which he performed his duties, that at the election in May, 1897, he was returned at the head of the poll. Mr. Warren has upon occasion taken a prominent part in legislative debates, and has delivered sturdy speeches on land matters, his professed aim being the enactment of just laws for the producers, the most important class in the Province, for in them the welfare of the whole community is completely bound up. If the agricultural and i)asloral industries be depressed. South Australia has very weak and tottering bases to fall back on. This fact the Hon. Mr. Warren seems to fully recognise, and, as a consequence, he seeks to encourage production to the utmost of the resources of the Province. Although his views may not meet with the approval of the majority, they are yet the outcome of his observations, and, as that, should command the greatest weight. ' Hon. A. R. Addison, M.LC. ARTHUR RICH MAN ADDISON was born in Adelaide in 1843, and is a .son of Mr. T. P. Addison, at one time Deputy Collector of Customs. He was educated at St. Peter's College, after leaving which he entered the service of Younghusband and Co., merchants, then that of the Nationid Bank, and subsequently the Bank of South Australia, being appointed to the branch at Port I'llliot, then a flourishing trade centre. * Joining Mr. W. Bowman in his milling business at Port Elliot, Mr. Addison became not only a business man of some standing in the district, but also a useful public man. He entered the local municipal council, of which he filled the office of chairman. From Port Elliot the Hon. A. R. Addison removed to Orroroo, where, in partnership with Mr. Truslove, he established a substantial milling business. With this concern he has since been identified. Early in his residence in the North, Mr. Addison associated himself with the Orroroo Volunteer Force, of which he became Captain. He also prominently interested himself with good effect in all matters relating to the welfare of the district. His straightforwardness and shrewdness made him re.spected throughout the countryside, and when, in 1889, he offered himself to the electors of the Northern District in the Legislative Council, he was duly elected. He is a Liberal in politics, and upon the retirement in 1896 of the Hon. j. H. Gordon from the Kingston Cabinet, he was offered, but declined, the portfolio of Chief Secretary.