The Anglo-German Friendship Conference opened at the Guildhall to-day. Sir Frank Lascelles, formerly British Ambassador to Germany, and Count ...
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Article : 51 wordsIn the Legislative Council yesterday Hon. W. B. Propsting moved the second reading of the Hobart Corporation Tramways Bill, authorising the Hobart ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 1 Nov 1912, Page 5
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