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Article : 283 wordsThe Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Page) and the Minister for Defence (Mr. Bowden) left Sydney for Melbourne last night. They will proceed to Western Australia in time to be ...
Article : 245 wordsAlthough it was decided by the authorities to close the Australian War Museum, or, as it is now termed, the Australian War Memorial, at the end of last year, on account of a danger ...
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Article : 309 wordsThe report of the operations of the Labour Exchanges for January shows that during that month 2547 persons were placed in employment. The number of women workers placed ...
Article : 169 wordsA now issue of 30,000 shares of £1 each in the North Shore Gas Company, Ltd., was yesterday offered at auction by Richardson and Wrench, Ltd., in lots not exceeding 100 shares, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 19 Feb 1924, Page 8
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