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Page 91
... streets ; and if nobody was there to support him , his indignation was intense . No entertainment seemed complete without the Savage . In the last year of his life he was dragged aboard a picnic train and taken to Strahan . Late in the ...
... streets ; and if nobody was there to support him , his indignation was intense . No entertainment seemed complete without the Savage . In the last year of his life he was dragged aboard a picnic train and taken to Strahan . Late in the ...
Page 152
... streets and tramped hopelessly from mine to mine in search of work . Buildings were chopped down for firewood or auctioned at mock prices ; twelve huts sold for £ 13 10s . the lot ; a cottage and a church sold for £ 26 ; the mansion ...
... streets and tramped hopelessly from mine to mine in search of work . Buildings were chopped down for firewood or auctioned at mock prices ; twelve huts sold for £ 13 10s . the lot ; a cottage and a church sold for £ 26 ; the mansion ...
Page 285
... Street , the narrow main street , is quiet or deserted , it resembles the old mining towns of the wild west of the ... streets , while people line the road and pavement . But when darkness falls , the neon signs begin to glow , and ...
... Street , the narrow main street , is quiet or deserted , it resembles the old mining towns of the wild west of the ... streets , while people line the road and pavement . But when darkness falls , the neon signs begin to glow , and ...
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