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Article : 59 wordsI am only a weak woman, for which one surf pest should be thankful, for had I been a man no terror of assault law would have stopped me from giving him what I have heard my ...
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Article : 193 wordsI greatly appreciated the short chat appearing on the Leader page of last Sunday's issue regarding this subject, for it, pointed, to a matter which is in need of earnest attention ...
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Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930), Sun 8 Dec 1912, Page 15
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