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Article : 1,299 wordsSALE.—On Friday last about noon, Mr. Alexander John ston, our auctioneer, sold a half-acre allotment of ground, adjoining Mr. R. Furguson's Willow Tree Inn, in Liverpoolstreet, for £46. Mr.R. Ferguson was the purchaser, and I am ...
Article : 199 wordsRECEPTION OF JUDGE MURRAY.—A committee has been formed to arrange a demonstration on the occasion of the first district court and quarter sessions at Walgett on 4th November ...
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Article : 312 wordsTHE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.—Now that the forthcoming election is drawing nigh, politics are the order of the day. Outside constituencies are bestirring themselves in procuring competent and efficient representatives of general abilities. ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 2 Nov 1878, Page 39
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