The Government's nationalisation aims in respect to the iron industry have advanced to the stage of the engagement of an expert from Scotland to advise on the subject. ...
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Article : 129 wordsPresident Taft is to send the AngloAmerican treaty on to the Senate at once, accompanied by a message urging its immediate ratincation. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 110 wordsA telegram from Derby, on the north-west coast, states that Constable Fletcher and Meyers returned to that post on Sunday from an investigation of the supposed murder at ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 5 Aug 1911, Page 13
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