DUDDELL G.
above account put in one of the local newspapers.
In any case, it looks like one of those classic instances of official circumlocution.
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The connection of Mr. George Duddell with the Colony goes back to the very early years. In 1847, he is already recorded as being a Sheriff's and general auctioneer "established in the Auction Mart, Queen's Road, with Messrs. S. Appleton and R. Gutierres as assistants.