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Article : 69 wordsHer Majesty the Queen has decided that 700 men from the various contingents of colonial troops who are to visit England to attend the ceremonies in connection with the celebration of ...
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Article : 108 wordsSir George Thomas Michael O'Brien, K.C.M.G., has been selected as Governor of Fiji and British High Commissioner for the Pacific Islands in succession to the late Sir J. ...
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Article : 83 wordsThe Wesleyan Conference spent to-day in discussing the question of Methodist organic union. A resolution was moved by the Rev. W. W. Rutledge declaring in favour of the ...
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South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), Wed 3 Mar 1897, Page 5
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