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Article : 33 wordsIn connection with the departure from the colony of the Rev. W. Y. Young, president of the Baptist Association of Queensland, a social gathering was held in the City Tabernacle on ...
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Article : 119 wordsThe annual, commemoration and religious services in connection with the Loyal Orange Institution of New South Wales, took place in the Exhibition Building to-day. There was ...
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Evening Observer (Brisbane, Qld. : 1887 - 1907), Mon 13 Jul 1891, Page 5
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