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Article : 128 wordsCHRISTMAS, with its attendant festivities, its lights and shadows, and its various associations, has flitted by us once more, and is now drifting astern. Yesterday being the day fixed for the ...
Article : 712 wordsThe weather has been very warm during the week, and there has been a great deal of thunder to the west. Some heavy rain has fallen about the head of the Endeavour, but only one light ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 31 Dec 1881, Page 6
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