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2: BEFORE THE PUBLIt
SMr. Henry Chesson has been appointed
elerk of works in the department of the
Architect-in-Chief..
B"y his will the late -Mr. Joseph Turner,
4.4 ?oreke eper, Snow~town;has.
"'b is· family.
Sir Arthur Rickord (president of the
Millions Club, Sydney) was in Adelaide
today on a holiday tour round the world.
A special cable received in Melbourne
~tdlayv announces the death of Mr. Mark
Attenborough, s?olicitor for the South
Australian Agency-General.
Mr. Hugh Davis (managing director
of Bennett & Fisher .imited) and his
-ife, who have been holidaying at Robe,
will return home on Sunday.
The Hon. J. J. Jelley (Chief Secre.
ta-y) wilt leave Adelaide by the express
for Melbourne this afternoon on depart
mental and postal business.
The Central Board of Health has ap
proved the appointment of Dr. H. V.
Broadbent as Officer of Health to the Local
Board of Hlealth for the district of Angas
ton, vice Dr. W. A. l'ryor, resigned.
Mr. Oswald J. O'Grady, the popular
Wes·t TorlTens footballer, is still an in
mate of Memorial Hospital, North Ade
ailde. He was reporited this afternoon
to be making satisfactory progress.
At a meeting held yesterday afternoon
Mr. E. R. D)umas was elected chairman
of the Superannuation Fund Board. This
is the third year he has Ibeen elected. Mr.
Duma.s is auditor of the Land and Income
Tax Department.
Gir. W. F. Woodcraft (national secretar~
of the Young Men's Christian Association)
arrived by the Melbourne express thlis
niorning. He will spend a few days in
Adelaide prior to visiting Peterborough to
finalise for the opening of new associa
tions at Peterborough and Burra.
Sir Austen Chamberlain (British Secre
tary of State for Foreign Affairs), who
took ill while holidaymaking in Italy, con
tinues to imurove (states a Reuter cable
gram received this morning from Rapallo).
His general condition is satisfactory andt
failing unexpected complications his fur
.ther outlook is decidedly favorable.
There" arrived from Melbourne by the
express this morning Lieut.-Commander H.
V. Creer, who has been commissioned to
take charge of H:M.A.S. Torrenis. The
destroyer will leave Port Adelaide for
Melbourne abo'ut' January 25. Lieut.
Commnander- Creer was accompanied by
Gunner F. G. Lowry and Warrant Engi
neer N. J. E. Lark.
At Port Adelaide, on board the steamer
fDimboola, bound for Fremantle, are the
members of the crew of the Hobart
21 ft. yacht Tassie, which is travelling
to western Australia to defend the
Forster Cup. Skipper W. P. Batt has
'with himr Messrs. H. Batt, A. Salter,
G. Flynn, E. Cohen, G. Makepeace, and
?I. Hill. Their iboat, which is owne'd
by the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania,
is on board.
Market- gardeners will regret to hear of
the death of Mr. Edren Norman Hamblen,
who died at Paradise yesterday. He was
$S years of age. and left a widow and two
sons. He was born at Campbelltown, and
received his schooling there. Some years
ago he went -to Port Lincoln, where he
Smet with an accident in a sawmill in which
he disfigured his face. Mr. Hamblen was
a member of the Oddfellows' Lodge at
Campbe!lltown. The cause of his death
was heart trouble. His widow is a daugh
ter of Mr. George Smith, gardener, of
Campbelltown.
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