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spores, especially relating to keeping flocks of sheep and related animal products free from contamination. Middlebrook acted as
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Middlebrook was selected was his ability to give financial aid to the Leeds South Liberal Association. Walton had paid the salary of his political agent and Middlebrook undertook to pay the constituency £100 a year. This was at a time when
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in 1928, a memorial to the former Liberal leader and
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