The question whether women should be admitted to membership of the University Senate was discussed at the meeting of the senate at the Assembly Hall yesterday. ...
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Article : 240 wordsThe Church of England Congress was continued to-day. The mayors of the city and town entertained the archbishop and bishops at dinner at Lester's Hotel. ...
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Article : 88 wordsMr. John Vallender, a local tobacco grower, claims to have discovered a cure for blue mould, which has destroyed nearly all the tobacco plantations of this part of the ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Assembly sat till nearly 2 a.m. to-day and passed the Workmen's Compensation Act through all its stages. A Clause was inserted expressly exempting pastoralists ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Fri 25 Nov 1898, Page 6
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