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Pros and (mod) cons
So pronounced the Sun-News Pictorial of October 16, 1939 … “In aid of the Red Cross and War Comforts Funds Melbourne City Council has transformed the Treasury Gardens into a Garden City with an extensive lighting scheme.”
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