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Floraville
Florieton
Forbes
Fords
Forest Glen
Forest Range
Forest Village
Forestville
Forreston
Forster, Hundred of
Fountain, The
Fourth Creek
Fowler, Lake
Fowlers Bay
Fox Creek
Fox Plains
Frances
Franklin Harbor

Floraville

The name was given to an estate comprising sections 12. 13, 16 and 17, Hundred of Nuriootpa and sections 468, 469 and 3045, Hundred of Barossa. A station named Floraville by William Younghusband was taken up in the mid-1840s. See E.M. Yelland (ed), Colonists, Copper and Corn, page 145 (1983).

"Fire at Floraville" is in the Chronicle, 15 February 1873, page 12f:

Floraville House was destroyed by fire in February 1873 and following an inquest the jury returned a verdict to the effect that there was no evidence to show by what means the fire occurred, but suggested the boys employed on the farm should be admonished for smoking without the consent and sanction of their master.

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Florieton

Nomenclature

A town in the Hundred of Maude 24 km north-west of Morgan proclaimed on 5 October 1882 and named after Florence A. Price, who married the second son of Governor Jervois.

General Notes

A proposed post office is discussed in the Advertiser, 26 October 1886, page 7e:

Florieton was surveyed and sold by the Government and was on the main road from Morgan to the Burra; and any person looking at the map of the Hundred of Schomburgk would realise that the township was originally to be the principal place of business, as the cattle travelling track passed by it and there were nine government roads leading into it...

Its school opened in 1890 and closed in 1906.
See Observer, 12 July 1890, page 31b.

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Forbes

Nomenclature

The section was originally taken up by Alexander and Maxwell Christie who came to South Australia from Scotland in the Sir Charles Forbes in June 1839. The ship carried the name of an eminent member of an ancient Scottish family closely associated with Aberdeen and was built in that city in 1824. Today the 'Forbes School', opened in 1953, stands on the former Christie's land.

General Notes

The section on which the subdivision stands was originally taken up by Alexander and Maxwell Christie who came to South Australia from Scotland in the Sir Charles Forbes in June 1839. The ship carried the name of an eminent member of an ancient Scottish family which was closely associated with Aberdeen and was built in that city in 1824. Today the 'Forbes School', opened in 1953, stands on the former Christie's land. The name derives from the Gaelic forba - 'field, district'.

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Fords

Nomenclature

John Ford who held section 385 in the 1860s.

General Notes

For information on the Fords School see Place Names - Bagot Well.
Parliamentary Paper 18/1870-71 shows "Ford's Crossing School" being conducted by Sarah Roe with 38 enrolled pupils;
it opened in 1867 and closed in 1870.

The reminiscences of John Ford are in the Register,
18 May 1910, page 9c:

John Ford was born on the island of Millport at the mouth of the River Clyde in Scotland on 16th May 1830 and in 1910 recalled that: "I had a look in the at the 1851 Exhibition at the Crystal Palace and then took a boat for here. It was the good ship Catherine Mitchell and we landed in Melbourne after 125 days... Eventually I went to Fords - the crossing and the station were named after me - in 1853, and took up three 80 acre sections. The land was valued at £3 per acre and I had the right of purchase. I paid 15 per cent for the money, too. Jimmy Martin, the founder of the big Gawler firm was then a blacksmith in that town. I gave him £16 for a wooden plough and with it and one wheel I used to do my two acres a day... I was in that country for ten years and had a square mile of country when I left..."

An obituary is in the Register,
22 December 1914, page 9b,
Observer,
26 December 1914, page 45d.
An obituary of Robert A. Ford is in the Register,
12 October 1927, page 13e.

Photographs of a railway smash are in the Observer,
22 February 1913, page 29.

Biographical details of J.N. Smith are in the Observer,
10 February 1923, page 32a,
Register, 2 December 1924, page 8g,
of Patrick Kerin in the Observer,
28 March 1925, page 18b, 24 March 1928, page 34b.

Fords - Obituaries

An obituary of Peter Kerin is in the Register,
6 September 1917, page 4h.

An obituary of Mrs Mary Byrt is in the Observer,
21 February 1925, page 37e.

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Forest Glen

This place was the site of a gold find near Lobethal - see Register,
22 July 1890, page 7c,
9 August 1890, page 4h:

The diggers seem to a little more sanguine about the prospects of the field than they were on Saturday, the discovery of some show of gold in two or three claims having raised their hopes. On Monday morning Bowen, the original prospector, having secured about two pennyweights put more heart into the doubtful workers... That many men on the field have hopes of the permanency of the diggings is proved by the systematic way they have gone to work in rigging windlasses and making other appliances for thoroughly testing their claims... Up to date 254 licences have been issued...

Also see South Australia - Mining - Gold

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Forest Range

Nomenclature

The origin of the name Forest Range is somewhat obscure and interestingly first appears in East Torrens District Council records as early as 1870, whereas it does not appear in Onkaparinga District Council records until 1884. In 1870 the East Torrens assessments gave section 80 as Forrest Range whilst nearby sections 104, 250 and 252 were described as Deep Creek, a name which encompassed most of the Basket Range area. The first use of Forrest Range... was in 1884 and related to James Gillett Collins' property, sections 89 and 90. It is not possible to ascertain whether Collins coined the name, but as early as July 1853 he had named his section 5153 Mount Farm, giving the locality as New Forrest.

There would seem to be little to support Cockburn's Nomenclature of South Australia (1908) that Forest Range was named by Caleb Biggs. From 1857-1870 the location of Biggs' property was described as the Tiers, and in the East Torrens' records as being on the Forrest Road (opened 1859). From 1870 until 1885 his property was described by its name The Bluff which was presumably a reference to The Bluff on sections 257 and 84 over which the bullock track passed before descending to the Stony Creek gully, where his house was located. By 1890 the spelling had been altered to Forest Range and was rapidly replacing the Tiers to describe the locality.

General Notes

Mail deliveries in the district are discussed in the Advertiser, 10 July 1886, page 6b:

The mail had been brought on horseback three times a week, but the distance of eight miles from Adelaide to Magill there was no mail communication whatever... The present mail service between Lobethal and Adelaide, via Forest Range, Ashton and Norton Summit is very inconveniently timed. The time table should be altered so that the mail should leave Lobethal about 7 o'clock in the morning and return from Adelaide about three in the afternoon... This district produced some of the greatest necessaries of life and supplied a great portion of the colony, but they were worst treated of the whole lot... The government had done a great injustice by taking away the daily mail... The mail had been originally arranged to suit the convenience of the Governor at Marble Hill, but the present Governor had never used that residence...

Also see South Australia - Communications - Mail and Postal.

Reports on local gold diggings are in the Register,
22 February 1887, page 7b,
4, 22 and 27 April 1887, pages 5c, 6h and 6b,
11 and 24 October 1887, pages 2e (map) and 6b,
22, 23 and 30 January 1889, pages 7d, 7e and 7g,
27 February 1889, page 6f,
27 August 1889, page 7a,
21 December 1889, page 7g,
29 March 1890, page 7b,
8, 11, 14, 16, 17 and 18 July 1890, pages 7a, 3d, 5g, 4h, 5c and 5a-6c,
Express,
17 and 18 July 1890, pages 3c and 3d.
Sketches are in the Pictorial Australian in
June 1888, page 105.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Gold

Information on the school is in the Register,
19 December 1887, page 5c.
A school Arbor Day is reported in the Chronicle,
24 August 1895, page 12a,
Observer,
4 July 1908, page 46c.
Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days

The district is described as "A Garden of the State" in the Observer,
5 November 1904, page 35a,
Register,
29 October 1904, page 4h;
a local bushfire is reported on
18 February 1915, page 4e.

"Midnight on a Market Wagon" is in the Register,
13 May 1907, page 6b.
Also see Adelaide - Markets

Information on a Mission Hall is in the Register,
2 October 1913, page 9i.
The opening of a hall is reported in the Advertiser,
2 February 1914, page 15c.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
7 February 1914, page 32.

Biographical details of Mr & Mrs John B. Fry are in the Register,
5 August 1914, page 5f,
Observer,
8 August 1914, page 36a.
An obituary of Mrs John B. Fry is in the Observer,
3 March 1917, page 21d,
of John B. Fry on 17 August 1918, page 19b.

Flooding of the district is reported in the Chronicle,
3 July 1915, page 16b.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Floods.

"Back to Forest Range" is in the Register,
21 November 1928, page 10e.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
1 December 1928, page 16,
Observer,
7 December 1928, page 35.

Forest Range - Obituaries,

An obituary of James East is in the Register,
17 August 1895, page 5b,
Observer, 24 August 1895, page 15b,
of Robert Caldicott on 21 October 1905, page 38c,
of Josiah Lloyd on 9 December 1905, page 38c.

An obituary of Caleb Briggs is in the Register,
6 March 1913, page 13a,
of Mrs John Fry on 24 February 1917, page 8i.

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Forest Village

The Observer of 15 December 1849 at pages 1d-2e makes mention of this place at Cox's Creek.

The laying of the foundation stone of a Bible Christian Chapel at "Forest Road, near Mount Lofty" is reported in the Observer,
7 November 1863, page 3e.

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Forreston

Nomenclature

Alexander Forrest arrived in South Australia in the Thomas Maitland in 1848. A blacksmith by trade, he laid out the village in 1858 on part sections 6025-26, Hundred of Talunga 3 km north-east of Gumeracha. It is also known as Forreston.

General Notes

Its school was opened as "Gumeracha North" in 1860;
name changed in 1890 and closed in 1967.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
8 July 1911, page 31.

A photograph of a Baptist Sunday School picnic is in the Chronicle,
7 October 1911, page 33.

The silver wedding of Mr & Mrs William Jamieson is reported in the Register,
11 October 1910, page 4g.

A photograph of a Baptist Sunday School picnic is in the Chronicle,
7 October 1911, page 33.

Biographical details of Dawson Hanna are in the Register,
25 November 1916, page 11a and
an obituary on 10 August 1927, page 11d.

Biographical details of Alexander Forrest are in the Register,
8 October 1928, page 8g.

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Forestville

A photograph of the lacrosse team is in the Chronicle,
12 September 1908, page 31,
of a hockey club on
4 September 1909, page 30,
of a ladies' swimming club on
27 December 1913, page 30,
of a Boy Scouts' troop room on
28 June 1924, page 37,
of the captain of the hockey team, H. Cowham, in the Express,
1 July 1910, page 4b,
of a hockey club team in The Critic,
11 August 1915, page 12,
of a baseball team on
10 September 1915, page 10.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Archery

An obituary of Robert Edwards, "of the Insolvency Court", is in the Register,
18 January 1911, page 4i,
Observer, 21 January 1911, page 39b,
of Mrs Stacey (Stacy?) on 23 March 1912, page 41a,
of L.F. Wiehlein (Wieglein?), hotelier, on 10 October 1912, page 6f,
of Mrs Charles Maple on 16 October 1923, page 8g.

Biographical details of Joseph S. Joyce are in the Register,
1 September 1916, page 4g,
of Andrew Willcock on 29 March 1928, page 8h,
of George W. Illingworth in The Critic,
8 March 1922, page 5.

Information on a new Church of Christ is in The News,
5 May 1927, page 13d and
on the Forestville Scout Group in The Mail,
6 October 1928, page 2e.

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Forster, Hundred of

Nomenclature

Anthony Forster, MLC (1855-1864). Born in Northumberland in 1813, he came to Adelaide in the Siam in 1841 and in the 1850s was the proprietor of the Register and Observer. He entered the Legislative Council as a Member for West Adelaide, where he was a strong advocate of the Torrens system of land registration. He died in England in 1897.

General Notes

Also see South Australia - Politics.

A school of this name was opened in 1889 and closed in 1941.

Biographical details of Christopher Bolt are in the Register,
8 March 1919, page 6i,
Observer, 15 March 1919, page 28b.

The deliberate burning of a Lutheran Church is reported in the Register,
19 June 1920, page 10h,
3 July 1920, page 4c:

The Reverend John Blacket responded: "I want to assure the minister of the church and his congregation of my deep sympathy with them in the oppression and persecution to which they have been subjected... and my detestation of a cowardly and wicked act...

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Fountain, The

Nomenclature

An old accommodation house on section 7, Hundred of Wanilla 16 km north-west of Port Lincoln so named because a permanent spring is nearby; it is listed in directories between 1866 and 1877, when the proprietor was H. Bryant; the 'Fountain Run' was established by H.J. Smith in 1851.

General Notes

It is described in the Register on
22 May 1884 (supp.), page 1a,
15 May 1888, page 6f:

Driving on a few miles we came to a spring of delicious water bursting out from the side of a hill... Here the traveller may quench his thirst without the fear of establishing an aquarium in his internals or of making an acquaintance with hydatids...

The establishment of "The Fountain Forest Reserve" is reported in the Register,
30 January 1890, page 5b.

Information on Mrs Julia Roberts's "refreshment house" is in the Observer,
19 March 1904, page 39b.

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Fourth Creek

A water dispute is reported in the Observer,
24 February 1906, page 12a,
Chronicle,
24 February 1906, page 38c,
Express,
16 March 1906, page 2c;
riparian rights along the creek are discussed in the Express,
5 February 1908, page 1i,
25 June 1908, page 1i,
Register,
14 May 1923, page 15a,
Chronicle,
14 April 1923, page 40a,
19 May 1923, page 51a.
Also see Adelaide - Water Supply.

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Fowler, Lake

Nomenclature

Near Edithburgh. William Fowler, who held the pastoral lease of Moorowie station from July 1851.

General Notes

William Fowler speaks at length of his experiences on the Moorowee (sic) run on Yorke Peninsula and in the North in the Register, 15 September 1864, page 3b.

In 1875 he wrote a letter to the editor of the Register (2 November, page 7b) in which he deprecates the public attitude towards self-confessed murderers:

Being a layman, of course, I am not supposed to know where people go after death, but this I must say... If cold-blooded murderers are to be the inmates of heaven and to have the fingering of the olden harps, then I seriously hope that I may not be there to listen to their music. An obituary of William Fowler is in the Register,
11 December 1901, page 7b.

"Riotous Saltscrapers" is in the Register,
30 and 31 January 1903, pages 3e and 4c.

A photograph of the lake and its salt deposits is in the Chronicle,
26 June 1926, page 39; also see
21 April 1928, page 42.

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Fowlers Bay

Nomenclature

Named by Matthew Flinders on 28 January 1802 after his First Lieutenant, Robert M. Fowler.

General Notes

Inspector Holroyd's journal of a trip to and from Streaky Bay and Fowlers Bay is in the Register,
28 September 1859, page 2h,
4 October 1859, page 3c,
Observer,
8 October 1859, page 2g (supp.).

A murder by Aborigines is discussed in the Advertiser,
27 and 28 August 1861, pages 3d and 2e,
11 September 1861, page 2f.

A horse race meeting is reported in the Register,
15 January 1867, page 3d,
Chronicle,
26 January 1895, page 14d.
R.T. Maurice's account of a race meeting is in the Register,
6 October 1903, page 6a.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing

The district is described in the Advertiser,
22 July 1868, page 2c,
Chronicle,
26 May 1888, page 8b,
Advertiser,
30 January 1890, page 5g,
3, 12 and 25 February 1891, pages 6g, 7c and 7c,
4 August 1927, page 16f.

The town and bay are described in the Register,
27 May 1879, page 6b.

A report from Prof. R. Tate on "The Waterless Country" is in the Register,
26 March 1879, page 6c; also see
Observer,
8 October 1887, page 30c,
Register,
24, 25, 26, 28 and 29 November 1887, pages 7g, 6e, 7d, 7f and 7h,
14 February 1888, page 3g,
30 January 1891, page 6b,
2 October 1897, page 10c,
31 January 1911, page 5e.
Also see South Australia - Northern Lands Development and Allied Matters - Water, Artesian Wells and Springs.

Information on local Aborigines is in the Register, 5 December 1890, page 6e:

There are altogether about ten parties employing natives for the purpose of kangaroo hunting between Laura Bay and Eucla, a distance of about 350 miles... I am of the opinion that the blacks are treated well by their various employers... I have frequently questioned the natives although no complaints have been made to me by any native or other person as to the alleged ill-treatment of any women or girls by the hunters, and not one of them have any complaint to make. I have no doubt whatever that considerable immorality is carried on amongst the native women, some of the hunters being reputed to keep lubras for the purpose of cohabiting with them... The lubras, so far as have come under my notice, are in every instance consenting parties...

Also see South Australia - Aboriginal Australians.

A proposed jetty is discussed in the Observer,
19 September 1891, page 33b,
23 June 1894, page 29e,
22 December 1894, page 29e,
16 November 1895, page 14a.

A sports meeting is reported in the Chronicle,
25 January 1896, page 27b.

The school opened in 1893 and closed in 1959.
Information on district schools is in the Advertiser,
20 April 1907, page 4d.

A photograph of the town is in the Observer,
28 January 1905, page 25,
4 February 1911, page 29,
29 May 1926, page 31,
Chronicle,
5 January 1907, page 29 and
of rifle club members on
21 January 1911, page 32,
of a bogged motor mail coach on
28 August 1915, page 29,
of the post office on
11 July 1929, page 36,
of Mr & Mrs T.S. Price on
8 August 1929, page 38.

The reminiscences of Mounted Constable Donegan are in the Observer,
12 May 1906, page 49b.

"Death on the West Coast is in the Observer,
20 August 1910, page 46d.

An obituary of Jeffery T. Miller is in the Register,
28 December 1910, page 4i,
of Thomas Young on 19 August 1924, page 8g.

The reminiscences of George Murray are in the Register,
31 January 1911, page 5e.

A photograph of a camel team is in the Observer,
15 February 1913, page 31.

An obituary of David Washington is in the Observer,
22 November 1913, page 41a.

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Fox Creek

An obituary of Mrs Ruth Fox is in the Register,
6 August 1918, page 4e,
Observer,
10 August 1918, page 19a:

Buffalo

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Fox Plains

A chapel at this place in the Hundred of Light is mentioned in the Register,
15 September 1866, page 2e:

A public meeting was held in September 1866 at Fox Plains Chapel by a few persons interested in forming a district council in the Hundred of Light. 35 persons were in attendance including Messrs Rankine (promoter), Fox, Gravestock, MacNamara, Barber, Keane and Costello.

Probably named after a family of early settlers of whom H. Fox was a member - see Express,
31 August 1867, page 2d,
Advertiser,
7 January 1870, page 3d.

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Frances

Nomenclature

This town 40 km north of Naracoorte was named by Governor Fergusson. Frances Jones, the wife of Henry Jones of Binnum Station.

General Notes

Information on Mrs Frances Jones is in the Register,
28 April 1926, page 12b.

The school opened in 1888 and closed in 1890.

Information on Mrs Christina Schaumann (Schumann?) (Schaummer?) is in the Register,
28 January 1903, page 5d,
Observer,
31 January 1903, page 24d,
of Christina Schammer on
13 October 1906, page 38d (obit.),
Register,
10 October 1906, page 5a.

A horse race meeting is reported in the Chronicle,
25 March 1905, page 19a; also see South Australia - Sport - Horse Racing and
a football match on
1 July 1905, page 13d.

An obituary of Thomas Slough is in the Register,
14 September 1906, page 6g,
of Mrs R. Holmes on 11 March 1911, page 15d.

A sports day is reported in the Chronicle, 13 January 1906, page 15b:

Pedestrian and aquatic sports were held on 1 January 1906 when a large group assembled at Lake Cadnite and everything passed off satisfactorily under the management of Messrs J.C. Brown and A.J. Carracher. In the evening a ball was held in the Institute Hall. Messrs W. Pettit and D. Smith officiated as masters of ceremonies and Messrs A. Quinlivan (piano) and A. Oliver (violin) supplied music.

The opening of the Institute is reported in the Observer,
27 December 1913, page 17c,
3 January 1914, page 16e.

The reminiscences of Mrs Kate Cumming are in the Register,
28 April 1926, page 12b.

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Franklin Harbor

Also see Place Names - Cowell.

Nomenclature

In the course of a speech at Port Lincoln on 5 May 1840 Governor Gawler said:

The name honours Sir John Franklin, Governor of Tasmania (1837-1843), who was previously a midshipman on the Investigator.

General Notes

"Execution of Blacks at Franklin Harbor" is in the Observer,
26 January 1856, page 3f.
"The Natives at Franklin Harbour" is in the Observer,
11 November 1871, page 10g.
Also see South Australia - Aboriginal Australians

The district is described in the Register,
27 September 1856, pages 2c and 3b and
27 September 1879, page 6g,
Advertiser,
5 February 1910, page 15b,
Register,
9 January 1911, page 6g,
5 October 1911, page 5c,
"Some of the Farmers" appears on
17 October 1911, page 3b.

Information on the "Morowie Mine" during 1869 is in the Register
5 April, page 2h,
1, 12, 17 and 31 May, pages 2g, 2g, 3d and 3a; also see
12 October 1869, page 2e,
2 February 1900, page 7c.
Also see South Australia - Mining - Coal

The Register of
25 October 1871, page 4f reports a discovery of plumbago by Mr Charles White who "is contemplating [the] formation of Yabmana Plumbago Mining Venture." Also see
Express,
25 and 31 October 1871, pages 2d and 2d.
"Mining in the Franklin Harbour District" is in the Observer,
17 February 1900, page 15b.

A survey expedition of 1877 is recalled in the Register,
9, 12 and 28 February 1924, pages 7g, 12e and 13d,
21 March 1924, page 11f,
5 April 1924, page 11f,
13 June 1924, page 14b.

A proposed jetty is discussed in the Register,
9 and 23 November 1880, pages 7b and 6d,
1 and 21 January 1881, pages 6e and 1f (supp.).

"Tragedy at Franklin Harbor" is in the Express,
6 January 1881, page 3d,
Observer,
5 February 1881, page 241e.

"The Late Fire at Franklin Harbour" is in the Register,
1 February 1881, page 7c.

Its first Show is reported in the Register,
5 November 1895, page 7e; also see
3 November 1896, page 3f.
A history of the Show appears on
7 October 1911, page 11g.
Also see South Australia - Agricultural, Floricultural & Horticultural Shows

A photograph of members of the district council is in the Chronicle,
14 May 1904, page 43,
of local Aborigines on
21 May 1904, page 43 and
of scrub rolling on
10 November 1906, page 30,
of loading wheat at Warren Beach on
17 August 1907, page 29.

A system of tenant farming in the district is explained in the Advertiser,
17 January 1913, page 12e.

"A White Elephant" is in the Observer, 11 and 25 April 1914, pages 17a and 46a:

It does seem a pity that the residents of a great district should be fighting one another, instead of cooperating to ensure the advancement of their district; and if Nature has decreed that Franklin Harbour can never be a harbour for deeper boats, it would be wise for the Cowell residents to recognise it at once and, instead of wasting their energies fighting Carpa people, join them in getting the deep sea harbour, which I understand can be had 12 miles away...

Franklin Harbour - Obituaries

An obituary of Edmund Bradley is in theObserver,
11 May 1912, page 41b,
of William Pike on 28 July 1923, page 35d.

An obituary of F.W. Beinke is in the Register,
11 June 1918, page 4f,
of James A. Foulds on 27 July 1920, page 4i,
of William Pike on 24 July 1923, page 9b,
of Reuben Deer on 4 August 1923, page 16e.

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