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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8356, 11 February 1907, Page 5

■:. A rich woman —her name is not given, but it is strongly hinted that she is Mrs Russel Sage—has applied to the postmaster'of New York to have all the Santa Claus letters handed over to her. Every year thousands of letters addressed to Santa Claus are found in the mails, and the lady's purpose is to impersonate the Christmas saint. Unless . President Roosevelt gives his permission, however, the postmaster will send all such letters to the dead letter office. A bad business deal was made by n Hutt business man the other day. Some time ago ho sold a horse to a certain party ' *" 'jatigfied with his 'purchase, so latter decided to rid i' so. He put it up for sale at auction, and, strange to say the nr>j»i i.il uwner, taking a fancy to the horse, made a bid for it, ana --finally it was knocked down to him., tie was .leading it home down the mainstreet when 'he suddenly stopped, had another good look at the equine, and only then discovered that it was the same horse he had himself sokl a few weeks ago. To make matters worse he had paid a higher fr-aa than he had sold it for ■