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Percy Graham's Dismissal single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1878... 1878 Percy Graham's Dismissal
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Tale of the Victorian financial crisis of 1878 and a young government clerk in Melbourne dismissed from his office on the verge of marriage. He goes to Sydney to seek work but is unsuccessful, breaks off his engagement, and is saved from ruin only by the kindness of a Melbourne friend who finds him work in his father's business. Weak style but historic interest. (PB).

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