“The recent rains," said Mr Hunt, the Commonwealth meteorologist, this morning, "are the result of a monsoonal depression, which intensified on Saturday, ...
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Article : 80 wordsThe Leigh Shire Council wrote to the Colac Shire Council to-day, refusing to sign the petition to constitute Colac and Grenville Shire Councils a railway ...
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Article : 421 wordsThe death has occurred of Lady “Lina” Scott, widow of the late Sir Claude E. Scott, 4th Bt., who died in 1880. Lady Scott was the mother o[?] ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 wordsThe trade union statistics for the United Kingdom have been published. They show that there are at the present time 1173 British Trade Unions, ...
Article : 43 wordsSir,—Please permit me to correct an error that has perplexing in your report of Saturday. It was evidently caused by the omission of a line of type. I did ...
Article : 93 wordsThe collection of modern Dutch and French pictures which belonged to the late Sir John Charles Day, were sold at auction, and realised £94,946. ...
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The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), Tue 18 May 1909, Page 6
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