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Article : 89 wordsThe members of the British Empire League were elated at the news of the British victory in the recent naval engagement in the North Sea. This feeling crystallised itself into the ...
Article : 203 wordsThe Bathurst seat is one of those "held over for further discussion" by the Liberals and Progressives with a view to the avoidanec of any triangular contest, but the ...
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Article : 240 wordsA large deputation representing the Seamen's Union sought the sympathy of the Minister for Lands to obtain land as a site for a home for old and infirm seamen. The ...
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Article : 63 wordsOn June 5, at Glenferrie, Norah Florence Rudge, 8, was knocked down and killed by a motor car driven by William Mackie Irving. The inquest was held to-day, and irving was ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 16 Jun 1916, Page 8
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