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Article : 1,136 wordsThe Launceston quotation for tin ore yesterday was 16s. 6d. per unit. McGough's Tin-Mining Company are calling for tenders for machinery. ...
Article : 353 wordsA singular attack was made by lunatic Chinaman yesterday on a white immate of the asylum. Without provocation he violently assualted him and bit his little finger ...
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Article : 278 wordsWilliam Carl Fischer, trading as Carl Fischer and Co., well-known city merchants, to-day voluntarily sequestrated his estate. Twenty-eight tobacconists to-day were ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 13 Aug 1890, Page 3
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