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Article : 637 wordsOwing to the floods in the district, on Friday [?]nnual meeting of the Midland [?] which had been called for that day did not take place until Saturday ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 4 Nov 1889, Page 3
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