Short," and at one period started a newspaper—The Adelaide Free Press; which only lasted a brief period. On retiring from business in 1842, he was appointed to the office of Secretary to the Government Resident of Port Lincoln, where his official duties brought him into close contact with the aborigines, and the newspapers of those days contained many interesting productions from his pen on aboriginal customs, life and manners. When the Government establishment at Boston Bay was broken up, Mr. Hailes lost his position, but afterwards filled the post of Secretary to the S. A. Institute Library, which he held for some years, and then received an appointment to the Labour Prison at Dry Creek. In 1841-2 he was a member of the City Council, and in 1842 a member of the provisional committee of a society formed to secure religious freedom As a writer, both of prose and poetry, Mr. Hailes exercised considerable influence, and his memory is not likely to be forgotten here in the present generation. His death took place at Adelaide in his 76th year, on July 24, 1879.