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Article : 63 wordsOn Friday morning Mr. G. W. Halcombe, S.M., will leave by airplane for Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, where he will preside at a court on his arrival. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 11 Sep 1929, Page 5
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