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Article : 82 wordsMR. MAITLAND, P.M., and Mr. Hall, J.P., adjudicate in the Police Court this morning. One first-offending drunk was fined 2s. 6d., and Christina Callaghan, with nine previous ...
Article : 113 wordsThe 11 men arrested for stealing ore at Brookman's Boulder mine were before the court yesterday, and were remanded for a week. Bail was allowed, and was promptly ...
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Article : 89 wordsTHE annual election of office-bearers in the Barrier Branch of the A. M. A. will be in progress during next week. The balloting will commence to-morrow. All the offices ...
Article : 51 wordsThe following items are from the latest available issues of the Johannesburg Diggers' News, which is, of course, favorable to the Boers:— ...
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Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), Fri 29 Dec 1899, Page 2
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