The match Australian eleven v. Lancashire, commenced to-day at Manchester, drew a very large attendance; this afternoon there were 22,000 persons present. ...
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Article : 91 wordsAt the ordinary meeting of the Melbourne Tramways Trust yesterday afternoon a report of the finance and legislative committee "that the Tramway and Omnibus Company have ...
Article : 1,791 wordsThe seventeenth half yearly meeting of the Swan Brewery Company Limited, Perth, West Australia, was held at Scott's Hotel yesterday, Mr. A. D. Hart, chairman of directors, ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Sat 30 May 1896, Page 7
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