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Article : 520 wordsIn consequence of the action of Great Britain and France in landing troops at Shanghai, the Governments of Germany and Japan are also arranging to ...
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Article : 145 wordsMr. Edwin H. Conger, the American Ambassador, in a cable advice, says that Pekin is in a condition of chaos. The Chinese army have fled, and so far ...
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Article : 57 wordsA selector named Bennett, near Mulculca Station, reported to the police to-day that his son had found the dead body of an unknown man. The coroner, Mr. Hall, with ...
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Article : 27 wordsIn the Assembly to-day Sir William Lyne informed Mr. Rose that the advisableness of offering a prize for the composition of a national ode in honour of the consummation ...
Article : 276 wordsAt the Paris Exhibition the colony of Western Australia has secured four grand prizes for exhibits of minerals, wool, wheat, and timber; also eight ...
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Article : 332 wordsThe City of Pekin, now in possession of the allies, consists of two parts—the Nui Ch'ing, or "Tartar City," and the Wai Ch'ing, or "Chinese City. The outer walls ...
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Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), Sat 25 Aug 1900, Page 26
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