An Octogenarian.
TO THE EDITOP. ,Sn,- — I would ]Uit point out to you a mWa^S made in the obituary notice of the late John/ Kirkland, of Taien Plain, and lpter of Gisboine, contained m this week's Witness. In ib \ov slate that "the late Mis Mac Gibbon had kindly taken charge of the little motherless boyi Willie," rn»aiung the late Mr Kirkla'id's only; son " The late Mrs Mac Gibbon" is still ahve, pncl has reached the age 01 84 years, with every piospect, I hope, of still fuithei adding to heir years. — 1 am, etc ATJCHD. N. MACGIBBON. Mataura, June 22. P.S —The wages were a little more than whafi your mtoi'iuant btates. They \»eie 3s 6d, and the late Mr Kirkland got 6d extra, or 4s a d?y, vi consideration of his energy and frilhful ser- \ ice. — A. IST. M.
— Three sisters, whose ages aggregate 252 years, have just held a reunion after 62 yearn* separation, at Cainden. N..1. The accidental discovery ot a lerter wntw-n by one of the sisters 30 years r.s.' . and lost' behind two boards r the po?t "lrici at Blackwood, N.J., brought them toother.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2467, 26 June 1901, Page 32
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190An Octogenarian. Otago Witness, Issue 2467, 26 June 1901, Page 32
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