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Article : 163 words"Under the National Security (Aliens' Control) Act all aliens must get In touch with the police to whom they must give four photographs of ...
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The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Sat 9 Sep 1939, Page 4
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