Alexander Donaldson,
THE senior partner of the firm of Donaldson, Andrews, and Sharland, warehousemen, died at Surrey, England, March 18, 1883, in his 50th year. He came to this colony about forty years ago, and first began business with Messrs. Peter Cumming & Sons, of Adelaide. In 1853, he entered the service of Messrs. G. & R. Wills & Co., and remained in their employ until 1865. He was one of the first commercial travellers in South Australia, and was considered one of the most successful men in that capacity. In connection with Messrs. Andrews & Sharland, he founded the firm in 1866. He went to England shortly afterwards, and has since spent most of his time in that country. He was noted for his genial good humour, for his energy and straightforwardness in business, his gentlemanly manners, and other good social qualities.
Richard Jagoe.
IF sheer hard work and dogged perseverance deserves a place in this record, it has been well earned by the subject of this memoir. Born at Truro, Cornwall, in 1833. Prior to leaving England he engaged first in a collier schooner and then in a fruiting cutter, as an introduction to sea-faring pursuits. Arrived with his parents in this colony in 1849, he commenced his colonial career by working as farm laborer or drapers' runner, as occasion demanded. Later on he took another turn at sea-faring, and made several intercolonial voyages, but the life was not to his taste, although a most profitable employment in the days of the diggings'. On returning from Forest Creek he served with an auctioneer in Adelaide, and obtained an introduction to newspaper life, and a favorable opportunity arising he was placed on the Adelaide Times to collect the shipping news.
