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Article : 54 wordsAt the Police Court yesterday Mr. Grainger, Inspector of Mines, proceeded against some miners for denuding abandoned shafts of ladders and timber. According ...
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Article : 160 wordsSir George Grey's Law Practitioners Bill, permitting women to plead as barristers, has been rejected in the Council by l8 votes to 9. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 14 Sep 1891, Page 3
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