The deck of the troopship Britannic presented an animated spectacle last evening. Word had been received half an hour before midday that the vessel was to leave the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 25 wordsProfessor Franklin Peterson, selected some time ago to fill the Ormond, chair of music in Melbourne University, has sailed for Melbourne in the R.M.S. Britannia. ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Thu 31 Jan 1901, Page 6
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