Three people were electrocuted yesterday, a woman who was operating an electric washing machine in the laundry of her home at ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 270 wordsThe Belgian Cabinet crisis remains unsolved. M. Hubert P[?]rlot, Minister for Agriculture in the outgoing Van Zeeland Cabinet, has informed the King that he has been ...
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Article : 139 wordsA band of Arabs attempted to storm the police station at Belsan, in Northern Palestine. A hundred shots were fired. Constables ...
Article : 38 wordsProgrammes of Suburban and Country Picture Theatres will be found in Amusements Advertisement column. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 5 Nov 1937, Page 12
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