An Unclaimed Letter.
"There is lying at the Timara Pb&fcP Office, at the present moment, a letter which for nearly twenty years has led »'- --wandering; life and never been claimed.. It is addressed as follows ;— ''jOare Mr Hebard, Timaru, Royal' Hotel, NewZealand, for ifonora O'Gbnor." I vjST was posted m Adelaide on 4th May^, 1863, and it seems,' according to thepostmark^ to have reachSd' Dnnedia ■twelve days later. . From' there it wis>> sent first to one place and, then. to-: another (always excepting .Timaru), i until it found; its j way to^'Watson'n 1 Hotel, Dunedin.-' After lyings thert « considerable time (says the Titaar*; 'Herald) it was returned tQ thftflPosb Office and marked { 'Timara," About 'a fortntght ago itttt laat. {eaehed^it*;. proper destination^ :a4d the- posted officials are anxious to. know whether " Honora O'Oonor" ia gtttl ;■ alife ca claim it.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 63, 7 February 1883, Page 2
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139An Unclaimed Letter. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 63, 7 February 1883, Page 2
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