Lord Brassey will deliver a lecture on Work and Wages of the Fitzroy town hull, under the auspices of the local branch of the Australian Natives' Association at ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 102 wordsEnglish missionaries who have returned to England from the Congo Free State give emphatic testimony to the truth of the reports that the natives are very ...
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Article : 354 wordsMrs. Lily Langtry, formerly an English society beauty, popularly known as " The Jersey Lily," but for many years an actress and theatrical manager resident in the ...
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Article : 129 wordsMr. Charles Ryley the operate baritone singer, formerly of Melbourne and more recently of Edwardes's 'London Gaiety Company, died to-day. Mr. Ryley burst two blood ...
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Article : 134 wordsThe death is announced of Mrs. Thomas Stevenson, mother of the late Robt. Louis Balfour Stevenson, the distinguished novelist. ...
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Article : 60 wordsAt the Fitzroy court on Saturday, T. W. Northwood and,W. Evans, butchers, were prosecuted for neglecting to register their premises at North Fitzroy, as required by the Shops and ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Mon 17 May 1897, Page 5
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