As had been suspected, General Charles Luard's death was self-inflicted. He threw himself under the wheels of an approaching train at West Farleigh, after spending the ...
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Article : 2,171 wordsPresiding at the inaugural dinner in connection with the Gr[?]cers' Exhibition at Islington, Mr. J. W. Taverner. Agent-General for Victoria (whose excellent ...
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Article : 84 wordsIt transpires that the recent German army manœuvres in the province of Alsace-Lorraine were conducted on a scale of unprecedented severity. The mock ...
Article : 128 wordsAt the annual smoke social in connection with the Victorian Postal Sorters' Association on Saturday night Mr. Samuel Mauger, Postmaster-General, said the ...
Article : 409 wordsThere are 59 entries for the Olympic boxing tournament which will open on October 27. The competitors will be of all five weights (bantam, feather, light, middle, and ...
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Article : 236 wordsThe Minister of Agriculture has decided to reduce, on January 4 next, the minimum age at which students can enter the Gatton Agricultural College from 15 to 14 ...
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The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Mon 21 Sep 1908, Page 7
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