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Article : 471 wordsWith reference to the recent convictions of Bowron Bros., merchants, of Christchurch, for making false returns of income for 1905, 1906, and-1907, assessment ...
Article : 100 wordsIn connection with, the theft, at the beginning of the month, of half a ton of saccharine from a warehouse in Southwark, in London, four arrests ...
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Article : 47 wordsThomas Patrick Crowe, who was the driver of the tram which came into collision with a go-cart near the Central Railway Station a week ago when a boy was ...
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Article : 85 wordsWhil[?]t out motoring yesterday in Sheffield, Mr. Lester Collingwood, the proprietor of a theatre in Birmingham, was killed. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Government has introduced a bill providing for the raising of half a million a year for the development of hydroelectric power. ...
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Article : 259 wordsLate last night at Newcastle Customs officers watched the suspicious movements of three Chinese on leaving the steamer Empire at King's Wharf, and stopped ...
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Article : 104 wordsAt the Bairnsdale Supreme Court today, George Poeck was charged with the murder of his wife, Annetta Julia Peeck, at Bairnsdale, on June 22. The ...
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Article : 70 wordsThe members of the Greek Asscmbly, by 148 votes to 121, have resolved to take the oath and prescribe to the Constitution. The moderation exhibit ...
Article : 67 wordsMessrs. E. B. Myers and Co.'s warehouse in Flinders-lane, city, was entered last night by thieves, who got away with stock valued at £130, and cash ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 22 Sep 1910, Page 5
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