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Article : 139 wordsWork on the wharfs was carried on without any hitch. The inward and outward cargoes shipped by the Newcastle and Hunter River Company are receiving much quicker ...
Article : 203 wordsEight Indians and a Chinese who were picketing at Pretoria, in order to dissuade compatriots from registering have been ordered to quit the Transvaal before the ...
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Article : 124 wordsThe pending test case under the Harvester Excise Act was considered by the State Cabinet to-day. The Atterney-General subsequently made the following statement:—"At ...
Article : 99 wordsOf the 800 motor 'busmen who were on strike, 200, owing to the smallness of the strike pay, and agreed to go back on the owners' terms, namely, payment ...
Article : 54 wordsOn Saturday morning a man named George Edwards was trenching some ground at Kurraba Point, Neutral Bay. At the depth of 18in below the surface he struck some bones, ...
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Article : 49 wordsThe Victorian and New South Wales selectors have wired to Noble asking if the New South Wales contingent of the Australian Eleven will play against Victoria on ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 15 Jan 1908, Page 9
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