HALES, Alfred Arthur Greenwood, Aus tralian novelist and journalist : b. Kent Town, Adelaide, 20 July 1870. He was special cor respondent during the South African War for the London Daily News and he served as an officer in the insurgent army in Macedonia against the Turks in 1903. His articles on Macedonia published in the London press were translated into Bulgarian and used as a text book by order of the Minister of Education. He was also correspondent for the Doily Newg during the first part of the Russo-Japanese War. He is known in Australia, England, United States, Canada and South Africa as a lecturer. In addition to much material which appeared in newspapers and magazines and consisted of songs, poems and short stories, he has written on mining, agriculture and the prob lems connected therewith. He has been upon nearly all the well-known mining fields of the world. In the investigation and study of min ing, pastoral and agricultural problems and possibilities, he spent three years in South Africa alone. Among his numerous published
works are (McGlusky> ; Fire Sketches> ; 'Campaign Picture' ; 'Driscoll King of Scouts' ; 'Jair the 'Angel ; 'Molly Micheldenel ; 'Little Blue Pigeon' ; 'The Watcher on the Tower> •, 'The Viking Strain> ; 'Poems and Wanderings of a Simple Child' ; 'Maid Molly> ; 'A Lindsay of the Dale' ; 'The Great Betrayal' ; 'McGlusky the Reformer' ; 'Peter Jackson,' and 'Morozia' Among his numerous dramas and short plays are 'The Warrior Priest' ; 'The Last Man Out' ; 'A Wrecker of Hearts> ; 'The Crimson Passion Flower> ; 'The Surprise Packet); 'Foiled by a Woman> ; 'The Jalcaroo) ; 'May Yolie); 'A Woman Worth Sinning for' ,• 'The Career of McGluslcy> (1917) ; Great Adventure> (1917).