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210 , _Koa. John, M.L.O. of New South Wales, wholesale and retail ironmon- ger; o. Black Hills, Pariah of Auldearn, Co. Nairn, Scotland, July 8, 1821, s. of James Macintosh, farm manager, ed. parochial sch. Arrived in Aust. in 1889. Elected Alderman of Sydney for Macquarie Ward in 1862, and sat for 16 years, was M.L.A. for E. Sydney 1872-80, and M.L.O. since 1881. m. May ID, 1840, Caroline Alway; seven children alive; elder sons James and John, now managing' the business their father founded in 1846. Address— -Lindsay, Darling Point, Wool- l ahra; La urel Park, Burradoo.

MoXNTJfJtB, Hon. John, Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania since Nov. 1808; o. Orillia, Canada, Mar. 20, 1842, *. of the late Rev. John Mclntyre, formerly Incumbent of Deloraine, Tas., ed. Manchester, Eng., Christ's Coll., and Launceston Church Oram. Sch. Arrived in Tas. in 1854. He was a student of the Middle Temple, and was call- ed to the bar in November, 1875. De- clined a Judgeship in 1887. Member of the Executive Council, Tas. m. Adeline Ja- netta, d. of the late Commander Langdon. R.N. Address— Judges' Chambers, Hobart; K aoota, Bell erive, nr. Hobart.

XACXVTYBB, Rev. Ronald Ctootfi, M.A., B.D., Minister of the Presbyterian Church at Woollahra, New South Wales; b. in Melbourne, August 80, 1868, s. of the late Angus Macintyre, of Rosehill, Victoria, and ed. at Public School, Fort William Scotland, University of Edinburgh and New College Edinburgh, (M.A., and B.D.). He took a peliminary training in law, from 1800 to 1805, was Minister of St. An- drew's Church, Birkenhead, and from 1805 to 1008, Minister of Maxwelltown United Free Church, Scotland, and was four years Chairman of the Education Board at Birkenhead. Is a Councillor of St Andrew's College, University of Sydney, Convener of the Business Committee of the General As- sembly of N.S.W., and the General Assem- bly of Australia, and was a member of the Education Conference of N.8.W., in 1004. Author of Elijah and Blisha, in Bible class Primer series (1001). m. 1805, Christina Watson, d. of the late Robert Cromb, Reg- ister House, Edinburgh. Recreation— Golf. Address— "Hawarden," Helsoa St., Wool- lahra, Sydney.

MACK, Marie Louise (Mrs. J. P. Oreed), poetess and novelist; b. Hobart, 1874. d. of the late Rev. Hans Mack, Wealeyan Minis- ter, who travelled in Austn. circuits, and ed. Sydney High School. Author of The World is Round (London 1606), Teens (Sydney 1807), Girls Together (1808), and Aa Australian Girl in London — all prose; Dreams in Flower (Bulletin Booklets 1901), and other published verse. She was on the Staff of The Bulletin Sydney as writer of a woman's letter from Sydney 1800-1001. m. 1806, John Percy Creed. Left for England in 1001.

MACXAY, Son. James Alexander Ken- neth, O.B., Col., M.L.C. of New South Wales; b. June 5, 1850, e. s. of Alexander Mackay, of Wallendbeen, N.S.W., sd. Camden Coll. and Sydney Gram. Sch. Raised W. Camden Light Horse, afterwards W. Camden Half Squadron N.S. W. Lancers, 1885-06, raised and organized the first Australian Volunteer Horse Regt 1807-8, Major 1808, Lieut.-OoL same year, Col. 1000. M.L.A. for Boorowa 1805-0, when he was called to the Legislative Council; Vice-President of Executive Council and representative of the Govt, in Leg. Coun. in Lyne Ministry 1800-1000, when he re- signed to take command of N.S.W. 6th Impe- rial Bushmen Contingent in 8. African war (despatches, C.B., Queen's medal with four clasps 1000), Chief Staff Officer and Assistant Adjutant-General of oversea colonial forces at Capetown 1000-1; Vice-President of Execu- tive Council in See Ministry 1008-4 and in Waddell Ministry 1004. m, Mabel Katherine White. Recreations — Racing and cricket. Address — Canterbury, Randwick, New South Wales.

MACKAY, Jessie (Miss), poetical aad prose writer; b. at the foot of the South- ern Alps, Canterbury, New Zealand, Dee. 15, 1864, parents Scottish Highlanders. She was brought up on her father's station, South Canterbury, ed. at the Normal School Christchurch, and was a public school teacher for four years. She was afterwards a private teacher, and has contributed ex- tensively to the New Zealand Press. Author of The Spirit of the Rangatfra, and other Ballads, (Melbourne 1880), and The Sitter on the Rail, and other Poems, (Christchurch 1801).

MAOsTBTiTiAB, Hon. Charts* Mnnaird, M.L.G. of New South Wales since 1885; 4.