At a meeting, of the City Council yesterday, Alderman Bayles moved, on behalf of the legislative committee, the adoption of the following draft by-law to regulate or ...
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Article : 269 wordsReferring to the circumstances that a Russian fleet of war ships has steamed down from Vladivostock Bay to Port Arthur with the intention of wintering ...
Article : 185 wordsThe Railway department, the steamship companies, the theatres and the usual band of special caterers who come and go with the seasons have duly announced the several ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Tue 21 Dec 1897, Page 5
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