Whilst cleaning an upstairs window at branch of the Melbourne Savings Bank, corner of Lygon and Elgin streets, yesterday morning, John Bennett, ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 25 Jul 1906, Page 8
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