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Article : 1,169 wordsCouncillor O. Sinclair, the selected Labour candidate, addressed a meeting in the Port Melbourne Town-hall last night, the chair being occupied by Mr. F. G. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 6 May 1910, Page 5
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