Constable Henley made a gruesome discovery whilst strolling along the sand at Brighton beach at 5 p.m. yesterday His attention was attracted by two dark objects ...
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Article : 551 wordsA Ballot for four homestead selections at Langunyah to-day resulted as follows:--Portion 55, Patrick Sullivan, Mooroopna (502 applicants); portion.54, John Looncy, ...
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Article : 64 wordsAt a meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society to-day exception was taken to remarks passed on Professor Lowrie by the Victorian Council of Agricultural Education ...
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Article : 68 wordsIn regard to the cases brought against the Greymouth Point. Elizabeth Coal Company, in which relatives of those injured in the Brunner mine disaster brought notions, and ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Thu 26 May 1898, Page 6
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