AFTER MANY YEARS.
?!L^A,singuiav occurrence; took place mv Bnniadin; ... recently. 3M[r Louis Courts ■>. the wjejl-known proprietor bf the Otagb' , Hotel, was,i according to; i»i customjxof? ten: jyears' standing ..entertaining! twelve of his personal- friends at breaks! fast on his birthday, w hen a stranger jenteredvthe; room, sand after pleasant; greetings with ;th« bos' , took a seat at the table . The unexpected, guest was nope^f-.other than &A gentleman >wlio^ twenty years ago,, electrified Duned - © by iis. enterprise and public spirit^ m ifact bet^vas the well-remembered Mr Shadrachjonesb Mr Jones, who le£c (Hago: .\bout seventeen, years ago, has jusfciretuwied and, rwe understand, m- - tends now ito make' it his permanent-home.-/Flic singularity of the occurs rencewillbe apparent ; from T the facts that 'Mr. Jones^ 'and M r Court wef fy '• frjofti the^ime oftt*heir arrival m Dune-' din m 1862 until the departure of 'th'e : torrfier iril ß6s, associated' >in the con-ducbiof-the Provincial Hotel, audHliat' on; -his sudden return be should have arrived sffi. his old friend's home -"dn't such ap. occasion, not JoniyUo meet him, but twelve other gentlemen, every one of :whdm claimed him as an old ' friend;* If (continues the Dunerlih Morning' .Herald)-^Alc^Jot^^eiiv^^-^tego* " shou ld prove fhe .{Hcecu-sor of as busy times an those which" followed his -first . arrival here, jnany besides his -old friends will have cause to rejoice abjhis second advent >amrp}g Tils.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 300, 21 November 1883, Page 2
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224AFTER MANY YEARS. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 300, 21 November 1883, Page 2
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