A meeting of the Banking Commission was held yesterday afternoon at the Premier's offices, Mr. J. Winter, M.L.A., presiding. A letter was read from Leongatha residents, ...
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Article : 395 wordsRelative to a paragraph that appeared in The Age from Euroa on 4th May, suggesting that the Railway Inquiry Board should take into consideration the advisability of making Euroa ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 173 wordsThe export of sugar from the colony for April was only 122 tons, making the total quantity exported this season to date 67,336 tons. ...
Article : 28 wordsDONALD BROWN, as a municipal officer and auditor, protests against shire councils urging the Government to grant those bodies power to abolish local municipal auditors. The writer ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 15 May 1895, Page 6
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