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 John Stevens, PIONEER South Australian colonist, who in 1838 started in business with Mr. S. L. Phillips at the original port The firm was shortly after increased by the accession to it of Mr. J. W. De Horne, and was known as "The South Australian Shipping Company." Having been brought up to the milling trade in England, Mr. Stevens soon added to the business of the firm that of a small windmill in Adelaide, and in 1842 started a steam mill at Noarlunga. The flour bearing his brand was in great request here and elsewhere. The company eventually separated, and the partnership was dissolved. Mr. Stephens was a good type of the old colonist, and much respected for his honour and integrity. He died at Port Adelaide, May 9, 1871, aged fifty-four.

Rev. James Maughan, HE founder of the Methodist Kew Connexion Church in this colony, was, from his earliest life, associated with that body in England, and became a minister when little over twenty years of age. He laboured successfully in Bradford, Macclesfield, Derby, London, Leeds, Bristol and other places; left England in 1862, and arrived in South Australia, via Melbourne, in September of that year. He was attracted hither by finding a wide and congenial sphere for his endeavours, and soon established himself as an eloquent preacher and able lecturer. Mr. Maughan, by his liberal opinions, gained the respect of many outside his denomination, to whom his amazing activity of mind and body was a source of surprise. He took great delight in scientific and philosophical pursuits, and his lectures on these subjects were deservedly popular. Mr. Maughan was born at Hebburn, Durham, in October 1826, and died in Adelaide on March 8, 1871.