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Article : 700 wordsThe manager of the Proprietary Mine posted a notification at Broken Hill that owing to the combined unions not agreeing to meet the company, the ...
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The Macleay Chronicle (Kempsey, NSW : 1899 - 1952), Thu 10 Dec 1908, Page 4
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