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 W. S. M. Hutton, HO was connected with the South Australian Civil Service for over twenty years, died in Adelaide on November 30, 1870. He held the following appointments:—Clerk in the Customs Department from 1850 till 1855; promoted to the inspectorship of foot police in the January of that year, and retained that position until May 1856, when he was appointed clerk in the Registry Office, and shortly after transferred to a first-class clerkship in the same department. In May 1860 he was appointed secretary to the Commissioner of Public Works, and in July 1869 gazetted Under-Treasurer by the Strangways Government. After the decease of Mr. Haining he filled the position for nearly two years, when ill-health caused him to resign. He visited Tasmania in the hope that a change from his arduous duties would bring about a restoration to health, but all was in vain, and he returned to his adopted land to die. Mr. Hutton was regarded as one of the most efficient officers in the Public Service, and his courteous and gentlemanly manners caused him to be much esteemed by all with whom he came in contact.

Robert Dodgson RRIVED in this colony by the "Orleana" in 1839. He was a most energetic man, and took part in various public movements. The formation of the Volunteer Force in 1854 was mainly due to his efforts, when he joined the artillery corps, and was elected captain of the No. 1 Company. He was a prominent member of the Order of Freemasons and the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, and with Messrs. J. H. Allen and J. Manson founded the Albion Lodge in May 1844. Mr. Dodgson died at Norwood, near Adelaide, on Nov. 3, 1870, aged fifty-eight years. Strange to state that his wife, who was devotedly attached to him, died in a fortnight afterwards, and that her age also was fifty-eight years.