At a banquet given by the United Law Society in London on Monday evening, Mr. I. A. Isaacs, Attorney-General in the late Turner Ministry in Victoria, who was one of ...
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Article : 70 wordsIt has been definitely arranged that a conference of Premiers in connection with the Australian Commonwealth Bill shall be held in Melbourne on the 19th instant. The ...
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Article : 117 wordsInquiries which have been made by the Government show that over £100,000 has been contributed by the people of New Zealand to the Patriotic and "More Men" ...
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Advertising : 366 wordsIt has been ascertained that nearly the whole of the fifty-four prisoners captured in the recent engagement between General Lord Methuen and the enemy at Boshof, ...
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Advertising : 41 wordsThere are indications that the vanguard of the force which was recently despatched from Kimberley for the relief of Mafeking, under the command of Lord Methuen (who ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Thu 12 Apr 1900, Page 5
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