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Article : 113 wordsCivil defence expenditure of the London County Council for the first six months of the war, to Match 31 next is estimated at £6,000,000.—Official Wireless. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 18 Dec 1939, Page 12
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