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 George Styles, HO was about 75 years of age at the time of his death, in 1884, was a colonist whose perseverance and energy rendered him eminently successful, and whose honesty and straightforwardness might form an example for others to follow. He was a native of Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, where he followed the trade of a baker. He married early in life, and it was not until he found himself head of a household, including three stalwart sons and an equal number of daughters, that he decided to come to Australia, to give them greater scope for their energies than they possessed in the old country. Shortly after arrival here Mr. Styles entered into business as a baker and storekeeper at Unley, and from a small beginning worked up a large concern, from which he retired about five years since. He was a member of the School Board of Advice for Unley and Mitcham, and as a Justice of Peace on the Adelaide Bench often assisted Mr. Beddome in his judicial work. Mr. Styles was also a leading member of St. Augustine's Church, Unley, and widely respected.  William Kither AS born at Bow, London, in August, 1843, and is the second son of the late Wm. Kither, a much-respected tradesman of that place. Arrived in Adelaide in October, 1855, by the barque "Constance," and has carried on his business as a butcher in Rundle-street (with the exception of a few months) ever since. He succeeded his father in 1870, and has been very successful. He rebuilt, at a large cost, the extensive premises which bear his name, in 1880; was elected a member of the City Council in 1881, and an alderman in 1883; opened a soup-kitchen for the distressed poor of Adelaide in the winter of 1884, when bread and soup were daily dispensed gratis for many weeks. Mr. Kither is a