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Article : 266 wordsTo celebrate the coming-of-age of their daughter Dulcie, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Neale entertained 60 guests last night, including Dulcie's girl friends ...
Article : 167 wordsTetanus is one of the most serious problems of war-time medical science. An open wound may pick up a germ from soil, manure, or ordinary highway dust. ...
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Article : 107 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.—In the Legislative Assembly to-day, the Minister for Labor told Mr. T. F. Plunkett (C.P.) that £15,000 appropriation from ...
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Article : 62 wordsMELBOURNE, Thurs. — The total value of butter and cheese handled by the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Equalisation Committee for last year ...
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Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954), Fri 6 Sep 1940, Page 9
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