The Old Victorian Colonists. — Tke address from the " old colonists" of Victoria, which had been in course of signature for several days in Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, and Sandhurst, was presented to the Duke of Edinbui'gh at noon on January 3rd in the Public Library, Melbourne. The signatures of over 600 gentlemen, whose colonial residence dates back, in accordance with the limit prescribed, not less than twenty-five years, have been attached to the address, and the document is the most interesting of the kind that the Dnke has yet received. Tho names ai-e all wiitten on sheets of parchment, which form the leaves of a hand-somely-bound bcok, prefaced by the address, which is brilliantly illumiaated,
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 912, 25 January 1868, Page 3
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