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Australia and New Zealand, with 737,000 policies, with an income of nearly £4 million, and assets totaling over £16 million. By 1952 the income had increased
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Australia and New Zealand, the majority of which featured a landmark tower with a distinctive stepped top and the company's name in a kind of corporate advertising. All but one were
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All except four of the interwar T&G buildings still exist, and are often still landmarks in many towns and cities across
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T & G : yours for life : the history of T & G Mutual Life Society Limited 1876-1976
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built far more, but in various styles over many decades.
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T&G Townsville, completed 1959, demolished 2008
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578:"Life Assurance: Influence of the T&G".
847:"T&G Society - New Building at Geelong"
608:Townsville City Council: T & G BUILDING
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242:T & G Building, Brisbane
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