In the House of Commons yesterday, Captain E. G. Pretyman, one of the Civil Lords of the Admiralty, explained the vote for the Australian Naval Contingent ...
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Article : 7,291 wordsThe Hay-Pauncefote agreement, which formed the basis of the Nicaraguan Canal Treaty, lately amended by the United States Senate, and afterwards ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 7 Mar 1901, Page 5
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