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Article : 163 wordsAt the usual fortnightly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works held yesterday afternoon there was an attendance of 32 members, and the chairman (Mr. E. G. Fitz Gibbon) presided. ...
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Article : 198 wordsMessrs. Prendergast, Lormer, Hannah and others are advertised to speak to-night at the Northcote Wesleyan school. Messrs. Cameron and Trenwith, M's.L.A., ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 11 May 1898, Page 6
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