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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6296, 17 February 1892, Page 4

—A RGYLL--3 TO HIS TRUSTY RETAINERS' GREETING. THE Knights of Labor, the KingßofConr merce, aud the public at large, who are in search of an amiable abode, good cheer and joviality, are hereby directed to the Argyll demesue, where they will find the gates and portals ef the family mansion ajar, and an ever-hearty welcome to the weary wayfarer, irrespective of claD, country, religion, or color. Bis Grace the Duke of Argyll holds a levee every morning, and is pleased in granting audience to have presentations made at the same time, receiving tribute, distributing largesse, and causing the wassail bowl to revolute on. its axis. Gentlemen from the primeval fastnesses of the impenetrable bush are expected to appear clad in Court costume, claw hammers, and white chokers, bearing the arms of their guild, namely, a golden grindstone, supported by silver axes on a purple field of supple-jack, with the motto, " Whilst I live I' whack. " Huntaways returning in cheque suits (provided the cheque is a large one and a good negotiable pattern) shall be considered en regie. Whippers-in and body-snatchers coming provided, on presentation with the Rex pecuniarum in fiato, shall be cheerfully taken in, and comfortably dossed. One long and special refreshment, together with nine Jubilee shillings and a tanner, given for every second-hand half-sovereign produced at the bar of the house. Given under our h nd, and sealed with our big thumb, this 24th July, 1891 . -J|§L JAMES FINLAY, Fifth Duke of Argyll. MONE V TO LEND ON FIRST CLASS FKEEHOL.D SECUIUT/, AT SPECIALLY LOW RATES OF INTEREST, UV AMOUNTS FROM £100 to £5,000. Apply to THE GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT OB ANT OF ITS AGENCIES. 10]