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Article : 5,326 wordsIt is but just to the Peninsular and Oriental Company to say, after so much in the way of complaint at former delays, that they succeeded in the delivery of the mail for the month of June punctually to their time. This, ...
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Article : 217 wordsThe sub-marine cable between Tasmania and Victoria has now been lying useless in Bass's Straits for several years, owing to breakages, which neither the government of Tasmania, nor the government of Victoria ...
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Article : 153 wordsAnniversary gatherings of the United Methodist Sunday schools, took place on Sunday the 27th ultimo and the following Tuesdays The Revs. J. Smith, R. Rogers, and J.W. Simmons were the preachers. At ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 25 Jun 1866, Page 3
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