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Article : 74 words"The German time-table is a long way out of date," says Lord Haldane, the British Lord Chancellor. "Bearing in mind that the first shock has failed, we may ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tue 1 Dec 1914, Page 8
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