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Article : 802 wordsA return match between these teams was played on the lower ground on Saturday afternoon, ending in a win for the Alberts by three runs on the first innings, after a ...
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Article : 432 wordsA reconnaissance of the rebel position attempted by a British force from Suakin has been repulsed by Osman Digna's troops. ...
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Article : 26 wordsDuring a fight between two snearers, named Mason and Cummings, noar Inverell, Mason was knocked down and had his neck dislocated, dying almost immediately. ...
Article : 389 wordsThe Lancashire footballers have beaten the Maori team. ...
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Article : 167 wordsThe cricket match Australian Eleven v. Victorian Eleven was continued to-day. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN. First Innings. ...
Article : 244 wordsOn Friday afternoon, 29th ult., a very enjoyable time was spent when the ladies in connection with the Church of England Sunday·school gave the children a rare treat ...
Article : 326 wordsThere was a special service this afternoon at Trinity Church, when the children of Triuity, St. Paul's, St. John's,' and Invermay Sunday schools assembled to observe a ...
Article : 326 wordsA small colony of rabbits has been discovered on the Warrego, 40 miles from Charleville. It appears to have been there for about six months. ...
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Advertising : 246 wordsThe third heat of the aquatic carnival was rowed off this afternoon, and was won with the greatest case by Beach. The interest manifested in the contest was not ...
Article : 349 wordsThe woman Collins, who was tried twice for poisoning her first husband at Botany, the jury disagreeing each time, was to-day convicted of poisoning her socond husband, ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 10 Dec 1888, Page 3
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