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The late Michael Samson in his youth was pearling & Pt Samson was named for him, yet half baked reporters persist in spelling it Sampson.
Mr Hamersley [?] the [?] -horses for Frank Gregory's NW exploration, in which [? employ] named WA's loftiest range for him, yet again & again you see it spelt with 2 Ms. Apologies for this [? lengthy] [?] old age grows tedious. no reply called for.
Yours truly HA Hall
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The [?] express in Geraldton & gave him a job in his [?]
[? Reason] is that Hackett & a partner had a few sheep on the Wooramel River on a well still called Hackettt's Well.
Many years ago I was overseer on Wooramel station for my late cousin E.A. Hall.
& being before the days of [? limited] self lubricating mills frequently had the job of [? oiling] [? Hackett's] Well Mill.
Hackett yarns [?] in the river then, one was that Hackett went to Perth to do some partnerships business, the lawyer said that the documents could only be completed by his partner also being present, there was an important [? repeatiy] notion at that time at Hamelin Pool so Hackett [? undid] his partner to come to Perth first opportunity, Partner [? upheld] "came of leave, [?] due to start lambing shortly". Hackett then [?] "[?] your camel Perth [?] ?? lambing."
