ONE might guess without knowing that the Royal Show was in the offing. As the time draws near the weather begins to assume ominous ...
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Article : 232 wordsSPECIAL circumstances belong to the visit to Tasmania of Captain Bertram, the German flying man who arrived yesterday, and leaves ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 18 Oct 1932, Page 6
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