ee from what has been brought to light in other
States.

The artesian bore at Winton was now completed by the Intercolonial Deep
Boring Company. The bore has a depth of 4,010 feet, and a flow of
720,000 gallons of water per day, the temperature being 182 degs.
Fahrenheit. It had many vicissitudes during its eight years' sinking.
Two other companies went into liquidation in carrying out the work.

In 1898, I induced the Government to grant a loan of L2,500 to
reticulate the town with water from the bore. As far as I can remember
this session was uneventful in a political sense.

The bad health of my partner, Mr. Campbell, made it necessary that I
should return to active business. I informed my constituents that at the
end of this session, which would be the last of that Parliament, I
intended to retire from politics.

Following Mr. Campbell's death, Mr. T. J. O'Rourke became my partner,
and is so still.

I feel it would be out of place to express my personal opinion of Mr.
O'Rourke. It is enough to say that he who can stand up against the
criticisms, and hold the goodwill of western men of all sorts and
conditions, needs no expression of opinion or feeling from me.

Although the Bush Brotherhood was founded by the Church of England at a
period later than that at which I decided should end these
reminiscences, it may not be out of place to allude to the good work of
the Brethren, and the success of their endeavours to promote the
spiritual and oftentimes the material welfare of the west. The members
lived a life of hardship and self-abnegation, which was appreciated by
people of all and of no religious beliefs.

One of its most notable members was the Reverend Hulton-Sams--known as
the Fighting Parson--and who was the winner of many friendly fights. He
travelled the west visiting stations and shearing sheds with his Bible
and prayer-book on one handle of his bike, and a set of boxing gloves on
the other, and after preaching an impressive extempore sermon,
concluding the service, would invariably say, "Now, boys, we will have a
little recreation!" and invite his hearers to put on the gloves. He was
not always the winner, however. His manly virtues, the sincerity of his
life, and the beauty of his character, made him one of the best loved
amongst western men. On his return to England, after the war broke out,
he enlisted, and received a commission as a Lieutenant in the "Duke of
Cornwall's Light Infantry." He went w