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Article : 89 wordsThe Hobart City Mission thanks the following for donations to the Winter Relief Fund: "Thank Offering," £25; St. John's Presbyterian Church £7/13/; Mr. and Mrs. ...
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Article : 276 wordsThe following tenders have been accepted by the Public Works Department: Removal of Castle Forbes Bay school and re-erection at Geeveston Area School, T. R. Balley, ...
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Article : 42 wordsSelection of the more interesting headstones from those placed round the walls of St. David's Park is contemplated by the Hobart City Council. Memorials with ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 10 Aug 1940, Page 7
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