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Article : 88 wordsAt the Methodist Conference of Tasmanian and Victorian delegates to-day, the Rev. Frank Lade moved a resolution congratulating the Federal Government ...
Article : 308 wordsAt the Hospital Board meeting tonight, accounts amounting to £325 13s. 10d. were passed for payment. The chairman (Mr. W. S. Geard) ...
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Article : 116 wordsThe new regulations issued by the New Zealand Government, under their Orchard, Garden, and Pests Act, in regard to the importation into the ...
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Article : 183 wordsAt the annual conference of the Grand United Order of Oddfellow's today, the Grand Master, Mr. R. D. Patey, severely criticised the affairs of ...
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Article : 47 wordsP. M. Newton, Patent Attorney, begs to notify that hi[?] Hobart Office has been removed from 95 Macquarie-street to 72 Collins-street, and that Mr. H. C. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 11 Mar 1908, Page 5
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