Rev. James Maughan,
THE founder of the Methodist Kew Connexion Church in this colony, was, from his earliest life, associated with that body in England, and became a minister when little over twenty years of age. He laboured successfully in Bradford, Macclesfield, Derby, London, Leeds, Bristol and other places; left England in 1862, and arrived in South Australia, via Melbourne, in September of that year. He was attracted hither by finding a wide and congenial sphere for his endeavours, and soon established himself as an eloquent preacher and able lecturer. Mr. Maughan, by his liberal opinions, gained the respect of many outside his denomination, to whom his amazing activity of mind and body was a source of surprise. He took great delight in scientific and philosophical pursuits, and his lectures on these subjects were deservedly popular. Mr. Maughan was born at Hebburn, Durham, in October 1826, and died in Adelaide on March 8, 1871.