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The Bubonic Plague.
SYDNEY'S FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE, THE QUARANTINE STATION AT NORTH HEAD. (See Illustrations on this page and pages 32 and 33.)
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After remarking On the great advantage Marconi telegraphy and electric search-lights would have been to our army in South Africa, "Nature" says:—"There can be little doubt that the ...
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