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 ADELAIDE AND VICINITY 365 Mr. Vaiben Louis Solomon, MP. THE men who have built up our British colonies and beciueathed an Empire as a monument of their undaunted courage have been sparingly recompensed by their contemporaries. In the Province of South Australia we find sires and sons alike devoting the full measure of their abilities to the general cause. Mr. V. L. Solomon is one whose name can be mentioned in this connection, for his father before him is well remembered as a useful colonist and a valued legislator. Vaiben Louis Solomon is a son of the late Mr. J u d a h Moss Solomon, who was for many years a member of the Legislative Council, and was Mayor of the City of Adelaide in 1869-70. Vaiben Louis was lK)rn in Waymouth Street, Ade- laide, in May, 1853, and was trained at the late John L. Young's educational establishment in the city — the same school that has matured many of the brightest legislative intellects in South Australia. Completing his educa- tion at the Scotch College, Melbourne, Mr. Solomon, as a voung man, proceeded to the Northern Territory, and after some years became prominently identified with the destinies of that part of the Province as proprietor of the Northern Territory Times and Gazette. As a journalist, he wielded a facile pen in the cause of advancing the interests of the north country. He took a pronounced stand against the wholesale immigration of Chinese, and lectured throughout the colonies on what at one time threatened to become an alarming evil. He also brought the question of the independence of the Northern Territory prominently before the public, and it was a fitting tribute to his energetic labors that he was returned as one of the first representatives of that electorate in 1890, which he has continued to represent. Mr. Solomon [was not long in the House before his abilities were recognised, for in 1891 he was appointed Diiryea, I'/wto