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Article : 162 wordsThe Governor (Sir John Fuller) to-day signed the proclamation proroguing the State Parliament from to-day till Tuesday next, and dissolving it from the ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 25 Oct 1911, Page 3
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