There vras no "flag-waving" in the carefully measured and plain English speech of the Premier at Martin-place yesterday. Looking very much in earnest, and speaking ...
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Article : 385 wordsTo-night at the Theatre Royal, the Beaumont Smith Leslie Hoskins company will enter upon a season of musical burlesque with a two-act [?]rivolity entitled "Stop Your Nonsense." The story has the original ...
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Article : 149 wordsThe Beale Musical Society produced "The Geisha" at St. George's [?]all, Newtown on Monday evening, before a fair house, the proceeds being in aid of the society's cot at the Children's Hospital. The opera ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 146 wordsThe fourth annual Kurri Kurri Eisteddfod, under the management of the local Baptist Church committee, was held on Friday and Saturday. The sessions were well attended. Mr. W. E. Jones ...
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Article : 133 wordsThe Iron Trades' Federation last night resolved to serve a demand on all employers for a conference to discuss the request of employees for increased wages and better ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 11 Aug 1915, Page 12
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