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Article : 54 wordsThe adjourned sitting of the eleventh synod of the Diocese of North Queensland was opened to-day before Bishop Frodsham. There was a fairly large ...
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Article : 55 wordsThe Right Hon. J. Chamberlain and Lord Kitchener will meet the Boer Generals in London on Friday next. It is understood that the Generals have ...
Article : 57 wordsThe death is announced of Lord Connemara, aged 75 years. ...
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Article : 122 wordsThe Treasurer stated in the Legislative Assembly to-night that the pensions paid to retired civil servants for the past year amounted to £110,000. ...
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Article : 72 wordsThe Legislative Assembly last night debated the taxation proposals, on which the Ministry were defeated last week, and on a clear-cut issue of an income tax or no ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Fri 5 Sep 1902, Page 5
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