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VOTED AT 104
Previously He Proposed to
a Woman of 1 01
IIOUAnT, Tucstlaj'.--Jolin. Shore,
Datliurst street, llobart, who votoil
at the roferencttim on Satttdray,
will celohrato hl« 104th birthday on
Sontomlior IT. lie elahns lo bo the
oliU-st voted In Tustralla.
A native ot Scotland,. Hhoro nrnvoii
in Auslrnllu SO years ago. In his
early days ho was attracted to the
Victorian K«ddllelds. and Inter fol
lowed tho occupations of busluuun,
blacksmith, and sailor. O11 Saturday
he walked to the polling booth unit
home aurain. lie was Indignant when
nil oHIcial offorod hhn n pah .of spec
tacles to assist him to read tho bill-
lot-pjaper.
Some thno ago he. mot a lady aged
101. lie took such a fancy 10 her
that he proposed to her. "Sho
turned ino down," lie told an inter
viewer. "She has since died, hut if
she had accepted me slift might havo
been ativo today. Kvcn at my ago
I llnd life pleasant, although I ho
llow in the dictum that It is a bud
tiring to live too long."
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