An extraordinary increase in the Customs revenue for July, as compared with the figures for July last year, is shown in the returns issued by the Federal Treasury to-day. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 2 Aug 1929, Page 11
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