Messrs. Chapman and Co., engineers of Druitt-street, Sydney, are making good progress with an ambitious scheme they have begun at Balmain. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 205 wordsWhen asked to-day whether he intended to take any further action to meet the wishes of the disaffected men in the Garrison Artillery in Sydney, the Minister for Defence ...
Article : 78 wordsThe remains of the late General Booth were removed for interment at Abney Park Cemetery from the Salvation Army Headquarters this afternoon. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 159 wordsThe late General Booth left private property valued at £487, which he bequeathed to the Salvation Army, excepting a few articles and mementoes to each of his children and ...
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Article : 152 wordsLaurence Fryberg, 36, labourer, sustained a terrific fall yesterday morning from the effects of which he now lies in a dangerous condition in Sydney Hospital. ...
Article : 223 wordsThe Assembly, in considering the Pearling Bill, accepted a clause imposing a penalty of £200 for unlicensed dealing in pearls. It also decided that no boat should be used for ...
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Article : 62 wordsAccording to the statutory returns issued to-day by the Federal Treasury, 3,748,592 Commonwealth notes, to the value of £9,346,220, are in circulation. The Treasurer holds gold ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 31 Aug 1912, Page 17
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