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Article : 55 wordsThe Bank of New Zealand shares (old issue) were quoted at from £5 to £6; and the new shares at from £6 10s to £7. There are no sellers. ...
Article : 72 words[?] [?] of Jersey Governor-elect of New South Wales, who is the Lord-lieutenant of Oxfordshire, and the High Steward of Oxfordshire and Banbury, is to be entertained at a ...
Article : 52 wordsA proposition is on foot on the part of the London Dock Laborers' Union, to form a company on the co-operative principle to carry out the loading and unloading of vessels. The ...
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Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), Sat 23 Aug 1890, Page 3
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