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Article : 40 wordsAll materials exposed to changes of weather are [?]able to speedily decay unless protected by a conting of some material impervious to air, water, or the hot rays of the ...
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Article : 51 wordsThe Premier, Mr. W. A. Holman, M.L.A., has approved of the botanists and scientific agriculturists, who will visit Australia next year as members of the British Association ...
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Article : 312 wordsA five-rodmed wooden cottage in Church-street, Ryde, occupied by Mr. Sydney Sampson, was destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon at 5.15 o'clock. ...
Article : 191 wordsThe question of farm lnbour has attained considerable notice not only here but in other countries, and particularly in the United States. It is not only a matter of scar[?]ity, ...
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Article : 497 wordsThe new steamer Morinda, belonging to Messrs. Burns. Philp, and Co., Ltd., arrived from Papua, via ports, on Saturday morning. The vessel is going into dock here ...
Article : 88 wordsShortly after 7 o'clock last night a tramcar of the Dreadnought type was proceeding from Coogee to the Railway. When nearing Oxford-street a horse attached to a sulky, going ...
Article : 187 wordsMoving the second reading of the Naval Defence Bill in the Council, Mr. Bell said it was unworthy to suggest that the bill was the result of a desire to change the policy of ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 8 Dec 1913, Page 5
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