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Article : 70 wordsIn the Assembly to-night an unsuccessful attempt was mode to extend the scope of the Sugar Guarantee Bill to wheat. Mr. Powers proposed a new clause, ...
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Article : 43 wordsThe Rev. George Martin reports that when observing Venus to-night he found a comet in the same field of the telescope. In relation to the planet the nucleus was south, ...
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Article : 166 wordsThe Stock Exchange of South Australia (in liquidation) was to-day sold by auction. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 13 Oct 1893, Page 5
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