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Article : 55 wordsA cricket match was played between our local club and a team from Messrs. Moss and Birks's establishments in Adelaide, on the Duke of Edinburgh's birthday. The weather ...
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Article : 210 wordsThis week a batch of the railway navvies was set on at this end of the Jamestown line. It is the intention of the authorities to raise very considerably the main line in the present ...
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Article : 106 wordsThe debate in the Assembly on the Government position closed at 2 o'clock this morning. It was characterised by great disorder and recrimination. The ...
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South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1868 - 1881), Sat 11 Aug 1877, Page 21
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