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 1881, when he was returned as member for Yatala at the head of the Poll; and also headed the poll at the election for the same district in 1884. Mr. Gilbert formerly held radical opinions, but is now a liberal conservative. Among many useful measures which he has been instrumental in carrying, the repeal of the Totalizator Bill, in 1883, is the most notable. Mr, Gilbert was a Councillor for Robe Ward, North Adelaide, during the mayoralty of Messrs. Scott and Buik; has been a member of the Destitute Board for the past five years, and a J. P. for upwards of four years. As a politician he is deservedly popular; and though his speeches are not characterised by great brilliancy, they are at least logical and forcible.

Major-General Sir Arthur Henry Freeling, AS probably passed almost out of the memory of the present generation here, as it is more than twenty years since he left Adelaide for England. He was born in July, 1820, and at his death, which occurred during the present year, had reached the proverbial three-score epoch allotted to men. At the age of 17 he entered the Corps of Royal Engineers, and retired, after forty years' service, in 1877, as lieutenant-Colonel, with the honorary rank of Major-General. In January, 1849, soon after his marriage with a daughter of the late Sir H. Rivers, Bart., he came to South Australia, and was appointed Surveyor-General and Colonial Engineer, as successor to Colonel Frome. He had then risen to the rank of Captain, and in September of the same year was appointed one of the five paid Commissioners charged with the management of city affairs. He also for some time occupied the position of a member of the Central Road Board, and in 1855-6 was an official member of the Government, under the old Constitution. The first Parliament was elected in 1857, and Sir A. H. Freeling was chosen among others as