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Article : 66 wordsThe Rev. H. H. Montgomery was consecrated in Westminster Abbey to-day as Bishop of Tasmania. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 2 May 1889, Page 7
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