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Article : 193 wordsMr. Lonsdale, M.L.A., has wired to Mr. Macnamara, secretary of the railway, league, that the Minister for Works has promised him to place before the Cabinet at once the ...
Article : 45 wordsMr. A. R. Bamford has resigned from his position as secretary of the Molong Cottage Hospital. ...
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Article : 138 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Agricultural Bank Act Amendment Bill was considered in committee. The main discussion was an amendment that the clause which ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 20 Nov 1909, Page 17
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