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Article : 695 wordsThe Pilgrims entertained Mr. Whitciaw Reid, Ambassador from the United States to Great Britain, at New York, on the eve of his return to London. ...
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Article : 250 wordsMr. Spire, an officer of the French navy recently attached to the cruiser Catinat, who is returning home with a detachment of 15 men on sick leave, arrived nt Sydney last ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 22 Feb 1908, Page 13
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