Progress was made at Launceston yesterday with the work of cleaning up the flooded areas. The Charitable Grants Department is to take over the rationing of persons who are billeted with private families, and consideration is being given ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 18 Apr 1929, Page 9
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