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Article : 112 wordsMessrs. Sharp and Houghton, the labour members of Parliament, and members for the Typographical Association, addressed a public meeting on Saturday night in reference to the lock-out of union printers ...
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Article : 476 wordsMax O'Rell delivered his first lecture in Melbourne to-night, at the Atho[?]im Hall, before a large and highly appreciative audience. The subject was "The English at Home." ...
Article : 37 wordsThe second day's racing of the Kempton Park May Meeting took place yesterday, when the contest for the Great "Jubilee" Stakes resulted as under:— ...
Article : 327 wordsCaptain Baxter, the first white man to settle in the Frankston district, is dead, aged 87. He arrived in the colony in 1842 in charge of a company of the 50th Regiment on board the ...
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Article : 318 wordsThunderstorms are reported to-night from various country districts, and also welcome rains. A man was killed by lightning in the Koroit district to-day. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 17 May 1892, Page 5
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