There are three sisters living at Norwood whose ages total about 272 years. They are Mesdames C. Amey (93 or 94), W. Langley (91), and R. Lucas (87), and they ...
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Article : 95 wordsJudging by the numerous letters, and enquiries which are being received daily by the General Secretary of the National Federation regarding the formation of ...
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Article : 72 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in his Sunday night report, announces that the British drove off a raid north-west of Gueudecourt, and carried out successful ...
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Article : 112 wordsMr. C. W. Bowerman (Labour member of the House of Commons for Deptford), in an interview after a visit to the front, said:—France has done everything she can ...
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Article : 122 wordsThe census figures just issued show that the Dominion's population, excluding the Maoris in the Samoan, Cook, and other islands and troops abroad, totals 1,098,295, ...
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The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), Tue 16 Jan 1917, Page 5
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