Commander S. H. Simpson, of the destroyer Anzac, commanding the destroyer flotilla presented to the Commonwealth Govvernment by the Imperial ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 113 wordsA deputation consisting of Messrs. J. Larcombe, F. M. Forde, and H. L. Hartley, Ms.L.A., waited on the Premier yesterday and urged that the Government carry out the proposed combined ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Thu 29 Jan 1920, Page 7
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