When in 1923 £54,000 was raised for the Women's Hospital—£4000 in excess of the amount appealed for—the public was declaring its sympathetic recognition of ...
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Article : 48 wordsAt Fitzroy town hall last night the Italian community in Melbourne held their second annual ball for the benefit of the Lord Mayor's fund for the metropolitan ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Fri 21 Nov 1924, Page 11
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