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'¡-'Our Innisfail'correspondent ,wHtcs:
Tíón'r; he too 'hard 'Ph" the postal'
îofficmte 'aftcr'ibis; , A. letter 'was
recently received ..'at. :'Innisfail.' ad-
dressed, -Ausiraïla,'- Governor^' Innis-;
fail.'' and the other side 'of the envoi-:
ope ", bore thc words, "Australia,.
Tíúrprorrastcr. P.O;, Innisfail." the
local postal men scratched their
.heads, and decided the "hearest ap-
proach to a Burgomaster at Innisfail
wat the Police Magistrate (Mr. A. H.
O'Kelly); so thc "missive was handed'
to him. They guessed aright. .Thc
letter was an inquiry, from a father in;
Russia about his- son, asking concern-'
mg .the latter's-death in ..tins district,'
and desiring to know if he had left
any estate, «if course Mr. 0'_Kcllir
«ince .being stationed at Innisfail, has.
had to acquaint himself with so many,
.foreign tongues that he has not quite,
reached thc Russian stage yet: so he
secured tuc services of a Russian
intcrorctcr." Thc. .address to whcill
Mr.- O'Kelly is replying (as indicated;
ih'Mhc .letter) is: Mr. Esidor'Parchi
psky. Ukraine Station, Hemcrchy Pod
olsky, Goohcrhy Selb, Vishey Olchc
daev, Russia I .Y ......
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