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Article : 74 wordsThe funeral of the victims who were killed during the riots at Belfast on Sunday, took place yesterday. A renewed collision between the opposing parties occurred in the Belfast ...
Article : 70 wordsThe re was no quorum in the Legislative Council to-day, and the House adjourned. In the Assembly, Mr. Hill presented a petition from the pastoral tenants of the South Kennedy and ...
Article : 186 wordsHeavy rain fell at Birmingham to-day, and prevented the continuance of the cricket match, Australian Eleven v. County of Warwickshire. The contest has consequently been abandoned. ...
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Article : 275 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day, after a long and frequently adjourned debate, the motion that it was desirable to dispose of a portion of the Crown lands of the colony with a view of reducing the ...
Article : 250 wordsThe Standard considers that it is time the French troops evacuated the New Hebrides. The Republique Francaise insists that France should retain the New Hebrides by ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 12 Aug 1886, Page 7
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