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Article : 193 wordsSporting matters are, generally speaking, well catered for in Oakey, and the race club particularly is an active organisation, whoso programmes ...
Article : 110 wordsDeep sympathy has been expressed with Mr. and Mrs. John Slattery on the death of their infant daughter. Eileen, aged 17 months, who died on Saturday ...
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The Daily Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1903; 1916 - 1926), Fri 25 Jun 1926, Page 10
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