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Mataura Ensign, 16 March 1909, Page 4

'I iin lulluu ing is Captain Edwin's lormist- to o p.m. to-day:—Moderate (o strum; Hinds principally from tho southward «(. plains north of Lyttcllon am! Uokitik;i, and from the westward elsewhere. A good walking perlormance has Ijren accomplished by )Kms Jfi. iiiggar and X. ihuivn. who I (jit Goif at- 3 a.m. on Ul'da ■ and reached luvercargill at 1 p.lll. 'lheir actual walking time was !»; hours lor the distance of over -10 nules. 2200 guineas to a Melbourne buyer, subject to examination next Monday. Ballarat was scratched for tho Auckland Easter Handicap at 10.10 a.m. yesterday. Considerable interest- has been aroused in the case of the old man Donald Watt, who was iound dead in his hut near tlit! Cement Works on Friday (says tin) Otago Daily Times'). Tho deceased was a native of Thurso, in tho shire of Caithness, Scotland. He started work ill a quarry when II years of age, earning lis a week. Subseiiuentlv he hecame ioreimin for a- road contractor, receiving the munificent sum of lf>s weekly. Ho emigrated to New Zealand as tar hack as 1862 and being energetic, resourceful anil thrifty made a considerable sum of money at contract fencing. His money has been on fixed deposit at a fair rate of interest- ever since, so that- at the time of his death he was rapidly becoming a wealthy man. Among his effects were Ttmnd oauk deposit receipts for £(1685 and a sum of £23 in cash. The bulk of his money will bo divided between his two aged cousins—an old man and au old woman iu poor circumstances—living in Thurso ana an old friend in who used to sit and play cards withi iiui at night, has been surprised to learn that he is to benefit tin<]ur +Uh [ will to tho extent of £250. 1