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Article : 1,447 wordsCommander Renshaw had driven the Confederates out of Galveston. Stuart's cavalry were defeated at Pleasant Town. ...
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Article : 3,089 wordsThe Christmas and new year's holidays are pretty well over here, and, notwithstanding the dulness of the times, they were spent in a very jovial way. On Christmas Day there could be seen ...
Article : 337 wordsThe members of the above Association, which has been formed in connection with the early-closing movement at Port Adelaide, met their employers on Tuesday evening at the St. Paul's ...
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Article : 110 wordsCROWN LANDS RANGER V. KELLY AND DAY.—Adjourned till hearing from Commissioner of Crown Lands. MASTERS AND SERVANTS ACT.—RIELY V. CLARK. ...
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Article : 432 wordsSir—The fact of any deputation to Sydney or Melbourne is gross folly, and the conduct of Victoria is convincing that they want no such thing; and I protest, in the name of all who are not ...
Article : 212 wordsSir—It appears to me that, after Stuart's party had arrived on the boundaries of the colony, men should have been sent out with fresh horses for the explorers to ride at once into Adelaide, and ...
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South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), Thu 8 Jan 1863, Page 3
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