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 Jas. Pile, J.P., DENTIFIED with the town of Gawler for many years, and resided there at the time of his death, which took place March 19, 1885, in his 85th year. He was a Councillor of the Gawler Corporation, a strong supporter of the Presbyterian Church, and did much good privately, both by giving sound advice and rendering monetary assistance. Mr. John McKinlay, the explorer, married one of his daughters, who still resides in Gawler. Mr. Pile was a successful squatter, and his name is quite a household word in the colony. He was born at Beverley, Yorkshire, in 1800, but was a true Scotchman at heart, having been brought up in Scotland. In early life he was engaged in mercantile pursuits in partnership with the late Mr. James Pender, of Glasgow, and made a fortune, but lost it. He arrived in South Australia in November, 1849.

E. L. Grundy. N Jan. 21, 1875, death garnered home from the Modern Athens, at the ripe age of eighty, the last of a choice few who lived and spent a great portion of time in Gawler; and with his demise passed away the ablest Athenian once residing in that picturesque little town. He was a polished scholar, and might aptly have been termed the local Socrates, as his knowledge of the departed heroes of Grecian history was extensive and profound. But with all his information he was no pedant; his bonhomie and good nature made him accessible to all, whilst sufferers of every grade found in him a ready champion for any just cause, and no knight errant of olden time ever entered the lists with greater ardour and more determination to see the wrong righted than he. His geniality as a speaker was proverbial, and his speeches were