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Detailed lists, results, guides : 504 wordsSir,—Referring to a letter under the above heading, which appealed in your issue of Saturday, permit me to say that I think "Old Boy" might have gone further in his statement that our Cadets were overlooked by the ...
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Article : 287 wordsThe Municipal Council to-day adopted the report of the committee recommending that tenders be at once called for the erection of the new Town Hall, for which competitive designs had been received a ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 25 Aug 1885, Page 8
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