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West Coast Times, Issue 1864, 20 September 1871, Page 3

" Martha, my dear," said a loving husband to his spouse, who was several years his junior. " what do you say to moving to the Far West?" "Oh, I am delighted with the idea ! You recollect when Mr Morgan moved out there he was as poor as we are; and in three years he died, leaving his widow worth a hundred thousand dollar?." The -heart's missgivings — eating a mincepie, and wondering, after a pause, what the contents were .composed of. Auction Advertisements. WILLIAM TODD (Late G. W. Binney), Auctioneer valuator, AND COMMISSION AGENT, WHARF-STREET, HOKITIKA. , 2 26 THIS DAY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, At 11 o'clock. EX WILD WAVE AND EXCELSIOR. WILLIAM TODD, will sell by auction, on the Wharf, at 11 o'clock sharp — 40 bags provincial flour 50 bags oatmeal i 40 bags bran 50 bags oats 20 bags pollard | 41 cases cheese j 1 tin hams and bacon Also, at his Mart — Eggs, oranges, chaff, onions, and Duffield's flour. 1365 b TO-MORROW, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. At 11 o'clock. v TO GROCERS, IRONMONGERS, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. WILLIAM TODD, will sell in Mart, where same has been removed for convenience of sale— The stock in trade of an Insolvent, comprising groceries, proviaioiiß, oilman's -stores, ironmongery, wines and spirits, tinware, tobacconist's goods, scales, &c, &c. 13SGb , tout vMUO