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Page 500
... London it was thought to inaugurate a new era of safe , fast ( 50 days ) and scheduled travel . Unfortunately , during its third voyage from London to Melbourne , on 11 January 1866 the London foundered in the Bay of Biscay during a ...
... London it was thought to inaugurate a new era of safe , fast ( 50 days ) and scheduled travel . Unfortunately , during its third voyage from London to Melbourne , on 11 January 1866 the London foundered in the Bay of Biscay during a ...
Page 525
... London and New - York in size and appearance , and are not wanting in editorial ability ; and though the topics generally discussed in their columns possess local interest only , yet it is the interest of a country that is rapidly ...
... London and New - York in size and appearance , and are not wanting in editorial ability ; and though the topics generally discussed in their columns possess local interest only , yet it is the interest of a country that is rapidly ...
Page 526
... London . There are no such papers in the Canadas , because the Canadians rely more on the Press of London and New - York for news and general reading than on their own . The Australian papers are edited by gentlemen who have been ...
... London . There are no such papers in the Canadas , because the Canadians rely more on the Press of London and New - York for news and general reading than on their own . The Australian papers are edited by gentlemen who have been ...
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