Yesterday, at the invitation of the Mayor of Melbourne (Councillor M'Eacharn), a conference was held in the council-chamber of the Town-hall for the purpose of securing ...
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Article : 297 wordsExperts report unfavourably of the Queensland tobaccco shipped by the Duke of Argyll, which arrived from Brisbane on April 22. They state that it is course in ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 20 May 1898, Page 5
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