At the offices of the "Sydney Morning Herald" and the "Sydney Mail," yesterday, the combined staffs presented Sir James Fairfax with a handsome momento of his long ...
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Article : 110 wordsM. Garros has completed his aeroplane flight from Tunis, in Northern Africa, to Rome. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 24 Dec 1912, Page 7
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