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Article : 698 wordsConfirmation of the statement that the Commonwealth had seized five wooden steamers which had been sold to an American company was given in the House of ...
Article : 208 wordsAt the Dubbo Circuit Court Alfred Aksel Syrjahainen was acquitted on a charge of murdering Frank Carragher, at Molong, on February 17. The Crown case was that a ...
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Article : 713 wordsAfter a meeting of the Council of Defence, lasting several hours, Mr. Hughes, who presided, stated that matters of policy had been discussed. The defence scheme has ...
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Article : 386 wordsA large crowd of returned soldiers and others assembled outside Parliament House last night to support a deputation appointed at a recent meeting of the Soldiers and ...
Article : 197 wordsThe Cabinet meeting convened by President Wilson has summoned a specially-appointed board to endeavour to settle the railway strike, which is now involving 100,000 men. ...
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Article : 210 wordsThe missing fishermen have returned to Cairns in the launch Laly. They reported they were obliged to shelter at Green Island, owing to heavy seas and bad weather. ...
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Article : 78 wordsThe Government forces and the revolutionaries in Guatemala arranged an armistice, at which peace was agreed to, provided President Don Manuel Estrada-Cabrera leaves the ...
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Article : 42 wordsDamage estimated at £12,000 was caused by a fire which swept through the towa of Eke[?], in the Wairarapa district. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 16 Apr 1920, Page 7
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