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Article : 112 wordsMr. C. J. Stewart, the Public Trustee, who is the head of the department which acts as executor or trustee for testators, reports that his department is ...
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Article : 83 words"I regard the situation as being very satisfactory," remarked Colonel Foster, Director of Military Studies at Sydney University, referring to the war last ...
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Article : 61 wordsA number of English women are to attend the International Peace Congress, which will open at The Hague on the 28th inst. The British ...
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Article : 87 wordsThe official communique issued in Paris last night states:- We made an important advance at Les Eparages on Tuesday night, and ...
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Article : 1,176 wordsMiss Ruth B. Patterson writes:- "Those interested in the Field Artillery Sandshoe Fund will be pleased to hear that the amount that has not already ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 9 Apr 1915, Page 5
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