After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.

I had learned what wealth was, and a great deal about production and exchange for myself in the early history of South Australia - of the value of machinery, of roads and bridges, and of ports for transport and export.

I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in.

The Town Clerkship, however, was the means of giving me a lesson in electoral methods.

Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive.

Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible.

A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea.