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Article : 459 wordsAs a good many people in this district are holders of property also on the other side of the river, and, consequently, entitled to vote in Victoria, much, interest is displayed in the elections no in progress. The feeling on ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 28 Feb 1880, Page 38
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