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 Wilson was married at Richmond, Vict., to Miss Harriet Elizabeth Bean, on August 9th, 1866. He was appointed a justice of the peace for the central bailiwick in Feb. 1883, and for services in connection with the Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition of 1888-9 was awarded a gold medal.  Wilson, Hon. Walter Horatio, M.L.C., was born at Rhos-y-Medre, Ruabon, Denbighshire, on July 15th, 1839, and arrived in Victoria in 1853. In 1865 he was admitted a solicitor of the Supreme Court in Queensland, and practises in Brisbane. Having been called to the Legislative Council in July 1885, he succeeded Mr. T. M. Patterson as Postmaster-General in the Government in August 1887, retiring with his colleagues in June 1888.  Wilson, Hon. William, was born on Feb. 16th, 1834, at Renton, two miles from Dumbarton. He emigrated to Australia in Oct. 1852, in the ship Sir William Molesworth—a joint stock concern—all the passengers having an interest in her. The captain and crew went out on 1s. per month wages, in order to get their discharge on landing. Shortly after his arrival, in 1853, Mr. Wilson commenced business in the timber trade at Geelong as a member of the firm of Tate, Wilson & Wright. After they had straggled through the commercial crisis of 1854, the partnership was dissolved, whereupon Mr. Wilson went into the New Zealand trade, bringing oats, etc., to the Fiery Creek rush. He afterwards bought a business there, and on the opening of the Canton lead at Ararat opened a wholesale store there. Three years later he sold his business, and turned his attention, with a fair measure of success, to pastoral pursuits, first on the Lower Goulburn and then in the Lower Wimmera. He then joined the firm of Boyd, MᶜNaught & Boyd, which was subsequently known as Wilson, Crosbie & Co. He had been one of the earliest town councillors of Ararat; and was about the time just mentioned returned to the Legislative Assembly for the district. Mr. Wilson was Commissioner of Railways in the Government from Sept. 2nd to 20th, 1869, and again under the same Premier from April 9th, 1870, to June 19th, 1871. At the following election he was defeated by Mr. Carroll, but was soon afterwards returned to the Legislative Council as a representative of the eastern province. He afterwards retired and paid a somewhat lengthened visit to Europe. He re-entered the political arena for a short time in 1881, when he opposed the re-election of Mr. at Ararat, on his appointment as Commissioner of Crown Lands, and succeeded in defeating him by a considerable majority. He did not, however, again offer himself at the general election in 1883. Mr. Wilson was in England from 1885 to 1886, when he returned to the colony. In 1873 he became a director of the National Bank of Australasia, and was chairman of the board in 1876. Mr. Wilson was largely interested in pastoral pursuits in Victoria and New South Wales, and was also chairman of the Evening Standard Newspaper Company of Melbourne. He died on Nov. 16th, 1891.  Wilson, William Chisholm, was one of the fathers of New Zealand journalism. He was a practical printer by trade, and entered into partnership with Mr. John Williamson in the publication of the New Zealander newspaper, which first saw the light at Auckland in 1845. Mr. Wilson introduced the first Caxton printing machine into New Zealand, and also established the first gasworks, having purchased a small plant to light his own offices. Differences with his partner over the policy of the paper led to a dissolution in 1863, and a few months later Mr. Wilson started the New Zealand Herald, which soon extinguished its predecessor. In connection with this journal Mr. Wilson started a weekly issue. Although unwilling to enter public life, Mr. Wilson actively assisted in founding many Auckland institutions, among the most noteworthy being the Bank of New Zealand and the New Zealand Insurance Company, of which he remained a director till his death on July 10th, 1876. The Herald under his management became the leading morning paper in the colony. After his demise the business was carried on by his sons, Messrs. W. S. and J. L. Wilson, who had previously assisted in its management. They entered into partnership with Mr. A. G. Horton, who had purchased the Southern Cross, the other morning journal, from Sir, and the two papers were amalgamated, the Southern Cross  517