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Article : 300 wordsSuperintendent Booker inspected the Fire Brigade here to-day, and put the men through their exercises. He seemed satisfied with the turn-out, and made an ...
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Article : 18 wordsThe Inspector of Mines and the Chairman of the West Eukaby Company have returned. They were unable reach the field owing to the heavy floods. Three inches and a quarter ...
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Article : 63 wordsA political meeting was held in the Institute Hall this evening to hear Messrs. Krichauff and Osman's, M.P.'s, views. There was a fair attendance. A telegraphic apology ...
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South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), Wed 8 May 1889, Page 6
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