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                Longford    May 2<hi rend="superscript">nd</hi>. 1916   Dear Mr Lamb,   Repayment of irrecoverable <lb/>Town Rates doesn't need sanction of <lb/>L G Board but Council must satisfy <lb/>Auditor their repayment was proper <seg type="closer"> Y.  <hi rend="underline">J W Delaney</hi> </seg> 
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