["Shipping", The West Australian, Friday 04 December 1908, page 6]
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TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.
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DERBY.
Arrival. December 2.--Minilya from Singapore, 7 p.m.
Departure, December 2.-Minilya, for Broome, 7 a.m.
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notes:
Tom Ronan senior probably left Napier Downs at daybreak on November 30th or December 1st, 1908,
for the overland run into Derby
Boarded Minilya for Fremantle early on morning of December 2nd.
