A LUCKY BUTCHER.
A young man named Charles Stan*, mon, driver of a butoher's order oart at Namurkah, Victoria, reoalved the gratify, ing intelligence a few d»vs ago (i"»ys the " Melbourne Telegraph ") that hit family h** been bequeathed a property valued at £60,000 by an aged relative who lived In Irmaod. Tho letter unnoonolng fch« newa was lying at the Mtldon pmtoffloe fot about a year, while advertUementi wart inserted m the Melbourne papers offering a reward for Information of the whereabouts of the legatee Sinnamon. Finally he was found and the letter, on being opeoed, revealed the news that houiei and property m Belfast! Ireland, valued as before atated, had been- willed to the family. The intero ' and rent had ao> cumulated alnoe tha death of the relative to the amoont of about £6000. Tha family have been In poor cirournstanoes for a number of years past, most of tha members being In various parti of the nlony earning their living by hard work. Young Sinnamon was receiving £1 10s per week. They Intend leaving for Ireland In a few weeks' time.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1763, 10 February 1888, Page 2
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183A LUCKY BUTCHER. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1763, 10 February 1888, Page 2
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