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Article : 221 wordsThe Franco-German agreement for the exchange of prisoners of war has been ratified. The number of prisoners affected is 140,000. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 98 wordsJohn Maclean, a schoolmaster of Glasgow, and afterwards Consul for the Bolsheviks, who was charged with having incited Socialists, has been sentenced to ...
Article : 31 wordsA memorial service to Lieut. A. S. Muir and Signaller Alan A. Winks was held in St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church this morning, when the large congregation ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 13 May 1918, Page 7
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