The brightest exhibition of batting in the memory of old players was witnessed at the Sydney cricket ground to-day, when D. G. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 98 wordsA total of 10,007,000 workers between the ages of 16 and 24 years were employed in Britain on December 18, which exceeds ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 3 Jan 1934, Page 5
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