meetings held at Moonta Mines, at which the miners' grievances were ventilated, "Reuben" was one of the stock speakers. Among the last meetings of this kind which he attended were those at which the "dynamite question" was discussed. He was an ardent opponent of the use of dynamite in blasting underground, and regarded the ill-health which he suffered from as due to inhalation of the fumes of that compound. He came to Adelaide, where, after working for some time as a mechanic, he took the position of a life assurance agent, in which occupation he was engaged at the time of his decease. Mr. Gill was a consistent advocate of teetotalism, and by his speeches and lectures did good service for numerous Rechabite tents in the colony. He was a power for good in the sphere in which he moved, and his death is regretted by thousands of people in the colony.