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-"Mr Henry Edward Kater, of Moss Vale, son-in-law of the late William Forster, has been appointed a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council." Daily paper
Why, oh why was Kater lifted From the darkness, where he drifted All unknown, and raised to honour, Side by side with Dick O'Connor, In the Council, free from row? Who is Kater, anyhow?