The members of the Postal Commission met privately on Thursday morning, and in the afternoon left Launceston by the Loongana for Melbourne. Our Melbourne ...
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Article : 288 wordsA remarkable memorandum, signed by many peers, nineteen bishops, seventy-six members of the House of Commons, numerous lord mayors and ...
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Article : 116 wordsThe Wages Board has fixed the rates of wages for the retail butchers employed as follow:—First shopmen. £3 5s.; second shopmen, £2 17s. 6d.; other shopmen, ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 26 Dec 1908, Page 5
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