The Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) laid on the table in the Senate this afternoon his report on the progress of universal training to June 30, ...
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Article : 123 wordsAfter appearing before the courts on three occasions, and being acquitted twice, a man named Joseph Charles Belcourt was to-day convicted of ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 1 Aug 1912, Page 5
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