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             D1633/1/1/83   My dear Lil   The Margut Mortgage business is<lb/><seg type="unclear">destracting</seg> &amp; the best suggestion I can make is :—<lb/>to offer to sell to the district most of<lb/>the balance, telling the sisters to tender their<lb/>shares through Stavey &amp; Edmund, still seeing<lb/>Con's assent is first obtained.  <seg type="del">The property is show</seg>  I hope the others have received their<lb/>cheques &amp; and have acknowledged them to you<lb/>&amp; that they have quite accepted you as<lb/>the new manager in my place. I think<lb/>the addresses of both  agents  are in my book<lb/>John <seg type="unclear">Bayly</seg>  a  Cliftowith Chambers<lb/>Northdown road. margate<lb/>Meath Brooke Smith <hi rend="underline">?</hi>Hown<lb/> [questionable reading] St<lb/>Strand<lb/>our I think the other but the address you can<lb/>find off any of the monthly <seg type="unclear">tenancy</seg> lists     Your loving husband <lb/> Wilfred B Spender  
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            "C" Form (   <lb/>MESSAGES AND SIGNALS. No. of Message <lb/>Prefix Code Words Received Sent, or sent out Office Stamp. <lb/> £ s. d. From At m <lb/>Charges to collect By To <lb/>Service Instructions <lb/> By <lb/>Handed in at the Office, at .m. Received here at .m. <lb/>To <lb/> <lb/><hi rend="superscript">superscript text</hi>Sender's Number. Day of Month. In reply to Number.<hi rend="superscript">superscript text</hi> AAA <lb/> <lb/>FROM <lb/>PLACE <lb/>TIME <lb/><hi rend="superscript">superscript text</hi>This line should be erased if not required.<hi rend="superscript">superscript text</hi> <lb/>W. 5375-423. 75,000 Pads-12/12-B. &amp; F.- 
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