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288 trict until he wu elected to the Federal Parlt. in 1001. He was Govt. Whip to the Playford Govt. 1890-1 and to the Downer Govt 1898, Leader of the Opposition, and for a short period Premier and Treasurer 1899. He was a member of the Convention which framed the Commonwealth Constitu- tion 1897-8 and of the House of Representa- tives 1901-8, and has been M.H.A. for the Northern Territory ainee May 1905. Twice married. Address— Parliament House, Adel.

0OUTBB, David Henry, black-and-white artist and book illustrator; b. Aberdeen, Scotland, Mar. 80, 1862. Arrived in Aust. in 1886. Illustrated the first set of school- books printed in Australia (Brooks series), m. Feb. 1885, Janet, d. of D. Swanson, Hal- kirk, N.B. Recreations- Reading, painting, swimming, yachting. Address— Birrell St., Bondi, Sydney.

BOWDEJT, William John, Editor and part proprietor of The Register, The Obser- ver, and The Evening Journal newspapers, Adelaide; 5. Castlemaine, Victoria, Apr. 2d, 1858, and «. of Thomas Sowden, mine mana- ger. He entered the office of the Oostlemame Representative, and later that of the Mount Alexander Mail. After further literary expe- rience he joined the reporting staff of The Register in Feb. 1881, soon became chief of reporting and Hansard staffs, and in 1882 accompanfed a Parliamentary party to the Northern Territory. From 1882 to 1892 he contributed to The Register Echoes from the Smoking Room, which were critical humorous comments on Parliamentary pro- ceedings. He was appointed chief leader wri- ter in 1892, Acting Editor In 1897-8 during the absence of J. Harvey Finlayson in Eu- rope, and succeeded in 1899 as Editor, and also became part proprietor. Has been twice chief President of the S.A. Board of Direc- tors of the Australian Natives' Association (holding the record in Aust. as President for five years). He attended the A.N.A. federal conference of delegates at Mel- bourne in 1890, and was the first Chairman of the Federation League in S.A. He has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Public Library since 1894, and seve- ral years Chairman of the Institutes Com- mittee. Publications— The Northern Terri- tory As It Is (1882), and a number of pub- lications descriptive of his travels, m. Let!- tia, d. of Joseph Adams, of Melbourne. Recreations— Gardening cycling, collecting curios. Address— Kimono, Park Terrace, Eastwood, Adelaide.

SPENCE, Catherine Helen, authoress, literary writer, President of the Effective Voting League of South Australia and Vice- President of the National Council of Women; b. Melrose, Scotland, Oct 81, 1825, d. of David Spence, writer and banker, and Helen Brodie (descended from a long line of tenant farmers in East Lothian). Arrived in South Australia with her parents in Nov. 1833. Since 1859 the main object of her life has been Electoral Reform— the Hare-Spenee sys- tem of Proportional Representation cr Effective Voting— in which cause she has lectured throughout South Australia and in other States and delivered about a hundred lectures in U.3.A. and Canada. Also inte- rested herself in the children of the State; the movement made by Miss C. E. Clark in 1872 to take these out of institutions and place them in family homes was joined ny her, and after thirteen years 1 work on the Boarding Out Comte. she was appointed a member of the State Children's Council, with which she has been associated since 1SS6. Has been a member of the Destitute Board since 1896, sat on the Adelaide Hospital Commission in 1895, and is President of the Woman's Co-operative Clothing Factory. She held a commission from the S.A. Govt, in 1898 to enquire into Educational Constitu- tional and Electoral Laws, the management of Benevolent Institutions, and the question of Bimetallic currency, especially to ttks part in the Congresses held in Chicago in tint year. Has written extensively for the SJL press since 1878, more particularly The Re- gister, and contributed numerous articles to Fraser's Magazine, Cornhill, Harper's, Mel- bourne Review, Victorian Review, the Cen- tennial, and other magazines and journals, and Is Author of several works, including Clara Morieon (novel in 2 vols., 1854), Ten- der and True (2 vols., 1868), Mr. Hogarth's Will (8 vols., 1885), The Author's Daughter (8 vols., 1867), Gathered In (novel), and The Laws We Live Under, with some chap- ters on Elementary Political Economy and the Duties of Citizens (1 voL, published under the direction of the S.A. Education Dept. 1880). She lectured for many years on literary subjects, and has filled Unitarian