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Rh pulpits in Aust. and America. Waa a can- didate for the Federal Convention in 1897 on the one issue ol electoral reform, and received 7500 votes, which were insufficient for election. Recreation*— literature, knit- tins;, point lace, whist, cribbage, and patience. Addreee— Aveland Av., North Norwood, Adel.

FBV0B, Percy Frederick Beaton, artist; o. Balmain, N.S.W., 1868. His early life was spent in Fiji, where his father held a Government appointment. From 1898 <o 1905 he was in London, where he contri- buted to The Graphic, Illustrated London News, Punch, The Sphere, Harper's Maga- zine, Pall Mall Magazine, and other illua trated journals. He exhibited four jean at the Royal Academy (twice placed on the line). His portraits include those of Gene- ral Sir Andrew Clarke, James Nicol Dunne (hung in the Institute of Journalists), and Robert Louis Stevenson (purchased for the Nat ional Portrait Gallery London).

PBH0B, Hon. William Guthrie, M.P. for Darling (N.8.W.) since 1901, President of the Australian Workers' Union since 1S86 , b. Orkney, 1846. M.L.A. of N.S.W. for Cobar 1898-1901, when he was returned to the first House of Representatives, and re- elected 1903. Was Secretary and Organizer of Amalgamated Miners' Assn. for sixteen years. Addreee— Parli. House, Melbourne.

BPBJTOBB, Frederlok, I.S.O., late Auditor- General of Western Australia; b. Perth, W.A., Aug. 88, 1844, s. of the late Henry 8pencer. Entered the Treasury Dept of W.A. in 1861, served in the Public Works, Treasury, and Audit Depts., promoted to position of Chief Clerk and Examiner of Ac- counts in 1879, and became the first Auditor- General under responsible Government in 1891, retired in 1904. Decorated Nov. 1903. m. Oct 4, 1866, Madeline, «. d. of Edward Godfrey Bartlett, of Guildford, W.A.; two sons and two daughters; 2nd, Hannah, y. d. of John MacMahon, of Auckland, N.Z. Re- creation*— Gardening, fishing. Addreee — 151 Adelaide Ter., Perth.

FBVOBB, Walter Baldwin, O.M.G., M.A., F.R.S., Professor of Biology In the University of Melbourne since 1887, Direc- tor of the National Museum of Natural His- tory, Geology, and Ethnology Melbourne, President of the Professorial Board and member of the Council of the University ot Melbourne, Trustee of the Public Library, National Gallery, and Museums of Vic; ft. Stretford, Lancashire, Eng., 1860, «. of Reu- ben Spencer, ed. Owens College Manchester (awarded Dalton Prize for Botany and Com- parative Anatomy), elected to open Science Scholarship at Exeter OoH. Oxford 1881 (B.A. 1884 with first class Honours in Na- tural Science). Appointed Assistant to the Linacre Professor of Human and Compara- tive Anatomy at Oxford in 1885, elected Fellow of Lincoln College the same year, and elected Fellow of the Royal 8odety in 1900, Hon. Fellow of Exeter Coll., Oxford, in 1907. He is a corresponding member of the Zoological Society London, Hon. orary Fellow of Anthropological In- stitute London, Honorary member of Anthropological Society, Italy, Honorary Fellow of Anthropological Soc. Washington, member of Horn Scientific Ex- pedition to Central Australia in 1894, and Editor of its reports. In conjunction with F. J. Gillen he conducted an Ethnological Expedition across Australia to the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1902, and is joint author with F. J. Gillen of The Native Tribes of Central Australia, and of The Northern Tribes of Central Australia. Author of The Presence and Structure of the Pineal Eye in Laoertflla, The Narrative of the Horn Expe- dition, and numerous memoirs, dealing es- pecially with the Fauna, Natural History, and Ethnology of Australia. Decorated with C.M.G. in 1904 in recognition of his services to scientific education and ms contributions to the geography and anthropology of Cen- tral Australia. Addreee— The University, Melbourne.

SPmnrCtTKOKFS, John William, M. A., M.D. Melb., M.R.O.P. Eng., Honorary Phy- sician to Melbourne Hospital, Lecturer in Therapeutics, Dietetics, and Hygiene in the University of Melbourne, President of the Dental Board of Tietoria, and President of the Royal Victorian Trained Nurses' Assn. Addreee— Collins St., Melbourne.

YAPKBT0V, ffolm Hanry, D.S.O., Capt 10th A.IJt. ; b. 1866. Decorated for service with South Australian troops in S. Africa 1899-1900.

STAWBXA, miohard mawdon, M.D., M.B. 1887. Ch.B.1888, D.P.H. (Lond.) , Assistant Physician to the Melbourne Hospital, and Physician to the Melbourne