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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23,"1948,"
"Integrity Of The Shanghal
President
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WASHING FOX, FEB. 22. MAJOR-GENERAL RAY PORTER YESTERDAY EX- PRESSED "ALARM” THAT "MEN OF SUCH PRO- MINENCE GO AS FAR AS TO COMPEL ATTEN- TION AND BOAST OF THEIR READINESS TO DE NOUNCE THE INTERGRITY OF THE PRESIDEN F OF TIME UNITED STATES.”
Indians On Famine C'tee
Cable Strike
it was announced by Cabla and Wirelena yesterday that telegraph operitors in Shang- hai have declared a strike and. that all telegrams for Shang“. hai are being refused until further notice.
APPLICATION FOR
EVICTION
Readers' Letters
"PALE IMITATIONS""
'glen]..
Sir, One of the Georglang sing criticism was, therefore, lo hurt, He has Intimated hia, My criticism of "Death Water" gentlemanly pain in your columns is quite fair, and pot so obvious
"Nostalgia" brought an
apon as Mr. Hopkins makes it out to lexy. If the verses were intend ed for children Mr. Wright should
Pope, for example, was notor have entd mo. I saw little differ-ious for distortion of the intrinsic ence between then and the Grant value of words, in order to t chester
idylls
petrated. But they did
me
previously
TT- per remind are
ex-
them into, his music. The words, of course, should make the music solely on their accepted merits.
The choles of words in "Death
it Water" gives 1
stilted and unnatural music,
to
be able to send by airmail at a them to China
of Wordsworth's "We fraction of the cost of the oresen!
Porter also deplorati that "the These miniature
Sernt
and the porriger in the 35mm fil
character and ability of the men
cemetery. movies will be distributed inland
who so recently led our mined
Georgian themes and technique projector with special Inobile
forces to victory are assalled
I have dealt with in my realy to units, and
will bring to millions
discrimination without
and
I apologise to Mr. Hopkins for Philosophice. 1 would like to of Chinese, for the Ard time, the
not giving him an example with criminal distortion of
add, however, In view of Mr.lustrate my point. I will make Intest sound pictures in black and
Further evidence was heard Wright's "Brooke-inifred" while #til
fuets." in technicolor.
London, Feb. 22.
good this omission, and suggest The 16mm. movie
Porter made these observa the Tenancy Tribunal yesterdayplanation, that my opinion is in Tes-imond's Into
"LA Marche Dea Representativen of India will
In the application brought by the speech without re-
no way changed, his verses are Machines." It the
Mr. Hopkins is memory at Alan being just before the war, pei-
sit on the "Fight the Famine" tions in a
Harold Shiu Hing Company for
still wale imitations WALNICA
d'imita-neuainted After educational use,
with thin work, `he Waihden, wharly
Peari
films Harbour, miniature Fr. nk
Ums Organisation with headquarters ferring spreitically to
wil of No. 187, Des Voeux Rond Cen- And could Mr. Wright tell me
neree that it is a fins port of Vent in d. min.
rayal of the spirit of the machine- tral, third floor. were found ideal for distribution in Singapore, Foreign Secretary Jekes, Interior Secretary, and riction of Mak Che-kan, tenants." Brd Fal vas, 191 Ever reinem
to war zone for the entertain-Ernest Bevin announced in the is controversy with President Truman. Neither did he men-
Members of the Tribunal were bet by in loving wife, mother.
ment of servi
ervice personnel.
All House of Commons tonight.
Recalling the amendmen of tion the charges recently mate Mr. W. N. Thontas Tam, Ngan the eight maior film Companies in relative and friends
National Com Shing-kwan
Luk Ui-wan, Hollywood made 16m. versions Lord Killearn, Britain's former by John Stelle,
Le-Applicanta were ri:toeseint:d by of their productions for free die Ambassador a Cairo, & le Spe.mander of the American
Omar Mr. M. A. da Silva.
Anglican claimed tribution to the Army, Navy and clal Commissioner in south east gion, against General Air forme. As rent, men on Asia, Mr. Bevin said
that he Bradley as the veterans admini of Gundaeanal, the battlefronts
would like to announce to thatrator, nor the rent criticism New Guine
Guinen, Burna. Chinn, North Africa, and Europe were able to House that they hail rested of General Mark Clark for the see the late pictures within what he thought was "a first-bloody Rapido River crussing
in class powerful organisation" to in Italy. weeks after completion Tow
Portir, cominunded the 75th Infantry Division in Europe. Hollywood, and before actual re-grense with the food problema organisating wukt Op 'flie I in the United States.
stationed in Singapore.
Indian Scene
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pot
It events ach as the mutiny of ratings of the Renal Indian Navy in Bomi and Kod n calculated to reate the ghe at
spher for sober discusa India's put it butigre, the
The phasise the remed
They do Fu are, upon blem. the grave pe il to prace, and good mer within India the might ensils arise bron pres ipitate actin, India has never been closer to th neities emeny nudepigener. It is hers, vatud,
1
..k
ing. Resevarens and conditares which Britain's pyproes doeng at advisable to negotiate to a prett minary to the
suvereignty
endravour
There
tion, but t
esidente nut proccdinate post dina doyum.
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No per
mit Intha to achies hes auge by evolution rather than in Cream
Indian stances
astrides anarch. bonitacanth, gets need to sellega erument, sa passion be one
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vinient, prateteate Comnimal operato mare deeply evalsk elements are ne endly lented outward
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deceptive,
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pusscasion
OVERLOADED
on the round that opponent was И recoraised tenant and had not paid rent The opponent's eas was that he was a member of the On Lok Company, the original tenant of the premises.
On the unplication of Me. Silva in an address before the re-hearing was adjourned to Monday. new miniature size movie,
"feel that this fanting can presentatives of 39 leading W-Feb, 25, 2.30 1, ults. is almost indistinguish- the standard 35-mm. ühle from
hought," Mr. Bo declared,men's Organisations compris shawn in
Jorge theatre
"It can be fought, if available. ing the advisory council to the Public Rela- Technical
resources are reacht de War Department 10
tributed meth be month nations Rareru urging adeqante teening, districts 1 be served it is, and independent
if the military training. Porter said: generation of dower for projec.territory by torri, xr,
harvest of other production
North our ensualties in Thon, are under consideration,
Twenty-two lorry drivers were entirelyemiries comes by and if wa
have been saved R.KO will have
wellsunimoned before Mr. handle ciary on propaganda which will Africa would nate detaret to
been s our men and erichten the hid 1. with Shanghal thalvanise
trained na were Amerlenn sei-Latimer yesterday charged with! Cent The Best shin people.
carrying an excess of passengers controlling pentin. The
of 20 p.ele xetx
"Britain should make a really diers in Europe in 1944,15."
between Feb, 12 and Pel. 15. The n
corporat e muerted to fret-class organising effort to
Berries were on the Kowloon-New Territories run.
problema
dons organising is
on its way to Cens. Treme-sist the people line is sand
ising is necessary to get over there se cone with effective distribution. Ities."
neroachment
FR →
dalien-
Declaring that to wits 14 by the standard 35-m beentine 16-mm, i to mumblemen intention to xurtray the idly- In south- and not disiace 5mm. pradeependent movements
Alr. 1owi wdled: tion Therefore, these miniature feast Asia.
in "With regard to Indonesin, In- sound files will not be seen
Malaya and Ceylon, and Hong Rowe, Canton another dia,
the my Chin which is alan
merging, they ahuila be helped ato independener
Canton Sailings
river
The clearing of mines on the The Pover is the heralt of
general ersunation of river traile Few educated leads indian this important waterway by
steamers and steam Inun Opinión - dostu Beltain's sinarrita hvers
louis,
Following the departure of the Dadirany of purpose.
"Fatshan" for Cantos on Feb. 21, therefore, would sngest a
the dency in the reverse direction, the stem launch "Man Kwok of Hong Kong and Yaumati Perry Co. will leave for Cantan, at 8 am, to-day with about 60 Passengers and 150 tons of cargo, the bulk of which is U.N.RR.A.
raag i
Kwok" plans The "Man operate
modification of hostility rather Thai Brush than accentuation. is faced with a grim situation of disorder an! violence, ill-teching instead of podwill, justify the theory that the seat!
seems
a recular four-day pas
The next thing, a ta gante them and help them to a croo going concerns and to provide administrations wit expert as- Histance."--fimive,
U.S. ADMIRAL DROWNED
"It is my firm belief that LORRIES
uf
ZBW Quiz Contest
41 L 3->1
W. H.
Inspector Clarke told the Court that he was specially instructed
ક by Major Mitchell intercepi The fare per overloaded lurriça, person was $1.
Mr. Latimer und that as it was the first offence, a line of $1 per person carried in excess of the from number permitted on the licence
If It Imposed.
happened And was The gaia, Eng of 52 would be in-
5jUsi
The larry would be con-
To-nichi's "Quiz" Contest from Z.B.W. Hong Kong at 7.20 p.m.
bu between will N.S.P.8. "Fort Sumbusky" N.S.LS. "Fort Rosalie". tains pres
N.S.I.S. "Port Sambusky": Lt. fiscated on the third offence. Fur- Cdr. B. Pearce. Sub-Lt. P. Rither the conditions of the tyres dick, 2nd Officer R. Jones and rd and the lorry lust be reportsÏ so
Oncer P. Green.
the Transport Office
2nd
Some of the lorries carried
a
and
many as 45 Bersons. Fine: rasz- ed from $1 to $39.
N.5.1.S. "Fort Rosalie": Ofeer H, Swinney, Sub-Lt. Mills,
R. Bryce Quarlermaster
hip's Carpenter A. Hens.
Another special. item in to night's programme i the relay from the E.N.S.A. Star Theatre,
China Dollar
Kowloon, of the second net of Drops Again
rout of the trouble lies with sewer and cargo-service between EN THE MOTORCAR HE in to-morrow alcht's provERMIT downward.
India itselt md tha, the temides Hong Kong and Canton. She has 100 arises from holly internal d... accommodation for about
parseners, and the fares charged cord and supicion, morteatuily are $30 for, 1st class, $25 for 2nd canalised to the confusion on the class and $15 for third cluss,
Into thi. At British Raj.
hefe, the British Mission will step
a
|
Bre
Mr. Hopkins' list of Ingredients
something of the Poet's Rackety-- body of whose snug existense have been
Could it for unaware?
a Georgian Pie is most amus- be the saune which disgusted the ing and very true. I must agree great trench poet Loula Oragon with him. with it's pompous and ungra-
But, surely, there are Limes cious reception last yupimer)
when an attempt to give inspres- Again I can
handly
ane how sion by recurrent rhythm is essen- criticism was shallow and tinl, equally, to modern poetry? I Insincere' beenuse It appear in the same newspaper as
have no Auden with me at the moment, but I recall the follow-
dd the versen of Mr. Wrighting satirical verses: The main issue abrinusly is that the verses did amar. Both Mr. Wri
glght and Philosophia are in- iulting In trivialities.
Mr. Wright asks for my eri- cul muslißentions (and for those of Philosophia). He Imolles we should be puste before we criticise poetry. Samuel Johnson once mid you need be no carpenter to jule, on the confort of a chair. The
noatory serves will in context.
I am unaware of Philosophia's
I wil intencions, but Mr. Wright's challenge, wive him the opportunity for aromat, re-}
If our editor permits.
K. S. HOPKINS.
taliation,
*
this
"Are you Ilving in the city Where the traffle won't stop? Huggard and anxious, for life's
a llop!-
Why not stop?
"Are you tired of partire- All that clever talk?
O boy, have you ever aren F43
sparrowhawk?——
Learn to walk.
This is, of course, merely a variation of
ካ form already well-known, Lut Mr.
take up produces
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FOUR LOVE POEMS
DEDICATION Mararel, to whom I turned in
wjuter
And afraid,
Whose hair shadowed The palest skin,
V
Margaret, who whispered noth-
ing
But the uickness of cuol air. Margaret and the night Purgetting the day.
AUDENESQUE
Needs death, death of conven-
tional thin.
Death of the eye.
Death of the old way-- The things that have gone.
Needs more than body,
Needs hope and vision of the
life.
Vision of the happiness,
Death of conventional thing
Forget us, a patient forgets on
a table,
Forget the life that has gone, The life that will not return: Needs death, death of the old
Way.
SONG
I kiss you in the inne
ALL
I feel the pain:
I know uga'n
The old despair.
The
Late Christopher Bean" by NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. FEB. 22,
VICE-ADMIRAL THEODORE members of the Alexander Reper-1
This will takeį Chinese national currency fell 67. WILKINSON, WARTIME tery Company.
22 points yesterday breaking OF COMMANDER THE 3RD place from approxbente 820 to
9 p.m.
new low since the liberation, and SOUTH
There are several special items at the close the trend was still AMPHIBIOUS FORCE
WAS DROWNED PACIFIC.
The market closed on Thursday DRIVING PLUNGED The most important is the relav
COM NOR-of-the special talk from London-at-IIK$3.12 CN$1,000 for OVERBOARD FROM
by Mr. John Strathey. Under-futures. Yesterday turning it FOLK-PORTSMOUTH FERRY.
Secretary for Alr, on matters of The Admiral's wife, who was peculiar interest in the members opened at $3.05 and Immediately
other passenger, WE
The talk will started on its downward career, the only rescued by the fetry employees of the Services.
sellors at
$2.90. and taken to husital for shock follow the News from London at and by closing time there were
Spot
transactions opened ROBUBRY CHARGE
and exposure. She told the police [9.05 D.m.
$3.42 aa against $3.52 the pre she believed the car brakes. failed
vious afternoon, and fell to $3.27 at the close. with easy feelings, Int| Cheung Chiu-tang, unemployed, to hold.
The Admiral was charged Before Mr. C. Y. nevertheless ath defermination t discover a matilly satisfactory Kwan at the Summary Military Naval Intelligence
Court yesterday with robbery and of Peur!
Press, formpia. The ssion is as im
Dossession of arms.
Accused was alleged to have pressive as Britain coula make it,
in a robbery at No. the Prime taken without including
15 Bonham Strand, East on Feb. Minister himself.
It is belt, when the Inmates of the house. $8,000, created in fulfilment of the Gov
wer robbed of HK. ernment's promise last September U.S.$100, N.C.$2,500,000, and to make a positive step after the wrist watch and other jewellery.
Оп the application Indian elections to implement the assurance that India would he Insp. Collins hearing of the case
was fixed for March 1 The given full self-government. elections are, in the main, com- pleted, and it is with the "repre sentatives thes chosen that the Labour Party's leaders will seek
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mart
n
of Sub.
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
ов
The
was Director of at the time Harbor.Associats |
R.I.A.F. STRIKE OVER
Calcutta, Feb. 24.
.
A total of 150 Royal Indian Air Force men went on strike yester
20 day at Baidacki Air Seation, miles from Calcutta, it was un- officially reported.
The strike was caused by an
-Reuter
-
Gold has appreciated slightly. and remained practically station nry at $599 per tael throughout the day.
US. dollars were in dranund at $5.95, and English Sterling re
Australian pourds had to $18. buyers at $12.70.
nt
COCKTAIL PARTY
French olliceta The
the of
FIRED ON POLICE cruiser "Tourville", which arrived hore on Tuesday flying the pen- nant
Robert of Rear-Admiral
Alleged to have opened fire on Battet, entertained Hong Kong's stylisfactory" Taply received to a detective when challenged, Lo French colony at a cocktail party the airmen's demands for better. Min-chi, 25, unemployed, appeared
board the ship on Thursday.
arrived in Hong ay ang allowances, better accom-before Mir, Lea d'Amada at the "Tourville" arri Kong with a number of Chinese Rodation and arrangements for General Military Court yesterday Caught by guards at the Kow- students 25 passengers from settlement after demobilisation. charged with shooting to resist
search or arrest. on the night of France. They had been first taken
o was alleged to have shot at The Feb. 16, two mon were summoned to Salgon in a British ship.
P.C.C. 778, Wan Cheung, loon Godowns
Connaught Road Central, near before bir, W. H. Latimer yester-students had suffered considerable an agreement on the course
during the German
Ramsev Street, on Dec. 10, with an Indian constitution. day, charged with breaking into hardships wards
cun- the stores of the Sea Transport occupation.
intent to commit an offence or to The setting-up of
Office
to commit with Intent
Д The
for Tourville salled
resist search or arrest. stitution-making body will au
Salzon yesterday.. felony. follow such 123 tomatically
Roth accused pleaded guilty and agreement, and it is likely that were sentenced to three month an Indian "Executive Council" hard labour. Inspector will be nominated by the political prosecuted. parties to act as an interim gov ernment working is co-operation with Lord Wavell's present In dian administration until constitutional government itself But the can come into being. whole procedure will take time.
П
Forster
STOLEN JEEP FOUND
Hearing was fixed for Thurs- ! day, Feb. 28 at 10 am
Mr. F. X. d'Almada is appear- Ing for the defence while MF. Alfred 8. K. Lau is for accuse).
"LIDO" POPULAR
I hold your breath
And sense our death:
I buy a wreath
For love's uneasy grave.
And for me other
The watching of the hours: We dio together The grave la ours.
IN THE RED SEA
I saw with sadness One of the corpses, Floating down,
Washed sickly against the dead
coast.
Thinking with an eyeball, Caught by the sun glare," Thinking of a girl, Thinking in the slow.
sweat./
sea,
Time is a death addition, In this slow swell: Love a fixed eye-bali, Asking questions of the sun. But there are no answers here
Mr.
Д
subtic
Auden' burlesque,
agree, to some extent, with Hopkins uredictions. but does he not agree that Soender has attained the virtues the pro- -phat wishes to see?
!
Mr. Hopkins? necond letter proves that he should be ashamed of his original auerficiality. I underline my remarks about his first letter. which I fed was in- effective..
PHILOSOPHIA. ~
RAW OPIUM SEIZED
Arrested at the Cheung Chau Jerry wharf with five tacks of raw opium, a widow, Lo Nut, 42, was charged before Mr. C. Y. Kwan at the Summary Court yesterday with unlawful possession.
Defendant was fined $500 or
hard Inbour. monthy The unium was found in a metal tin concealed
among dry goods when defendant was search- ed at the wharf.
fire
Chief Prevention Officer Ward, prosecuted.
ARMS HAUL
Found guilty of unlawful pos- of ammunition session of two rifles, 139 rounds and three hand remdes on-board-a-funk-in Shaukiwan. a Chinese youth, Li Yan, was sentenced by Mr. C. Y. Kayan at the Summary Milltary Court yesterday to 12 months hard labour.
Sub-Ins, Brookes, prosecuting, said
that defendant was arrested hy the Police on Feb. 21 on in- received. Defendant formation
said that the arms' were not his but belonged to another man. As this man did not turn up the Police
arrested defendant,
Imposing sentence Mr. Kwan remarked that he was satisfied
that accused way not the actual owner and in view od this, ho would pass a lighter sentence.
REPATRIATION.NOTICE No. 64
Passages to the United King- dom in His Majesty's ships are likely to be available in sufficient numbers up to about the 20th March.
After that date these facilities will cease or be greatly recuerd,
Persons who have cuirid |their repatriation on account of private business interests or in order to avoid the winter in Europe should inform the Re- patriation fficer of the earliest date in March when they would be prepared to embark.
PASSAGE DELAYS Mr. Edward Raymond, director of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Lane, Hotels, and of Messrs. Crawford, Ltd., returned to the Colony on Thursday from London, flying over the last lap of the Journey from Singapore.
Mr. Kaymond told the "China A jean. belonging to Col. Hay-Mer yesterday that he was one
Time is yesterday. DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
Time the death day, man, American Liaison Officer to Ma the Chinese First Army, which of about 46 Hong Kong and
Time the slow, sea, swell... Shanghat returning business men Another daring daylight rob was stolen from outside the
Lido Dancing Hall, in bounds
K, S. HOPKINS. to all Allied Services, is one of Singaporu.
Those who fail to avail them- yourred yesterday when Peninsula Hotel on Monday night, who obtained passare as far as three armed mon stolo
·GOOD POETRY neveral found at 11 pan, in Castio Most of them are still in Singa- the most popular rondezvous of the spacious
selves of these facilities KTO thousand dollars from the Kem Peak Road. The wheels of the pore, awaiting transport do their Servicemen and Yuen tailor shop, 408. Nathan Jeep had been removed but the
destinations.
bromises is packed from 6 p.m. to
Sir-Mr. Hopkins is abeolven, wan.d that th re might pos engine was in perfect order and
midnight avery day.
because of hisxouth
sibly ba na repatriation ships Road, at about 3.80, p.ni.
The men bound the shop atten- the tanks still Kule
The band has recently been
The refers to Auden are, 1 alt r the 20th March and that It will be complicated becair dants and two customers (who
A pominul fine of $10 was - augmented and a number of our imagine, hits for me to define delay until after that date might Indic itself is highly complicated were also relieved of their valu- Tho chic item on, the pro-
posed on a junk master, Chong dancing hostesses from Shanghai and because of the recen: developables) and spent half an hour gramme of to-morrow's
out hesitation that to me the bafore at the Catholic Contre, King's Shine-pui, by Mr. W. H. Latimer and elsewhere have joined the by own preferencas, I say, with therefore deprive them of their'' The elections for in- rasucking the promise
yesterday. Accused was arrested Lido recontly:
works of Aldington and Spander last chence of passages under Buliding first floor, is Borilor by A Hall of the Water Polico
epitamise gond poatry.
the Government cehems stance, inve been labelled by
Symphonic Fantastique. The Inain
patrol for the possession of 20 While he was cleaning a side I am surprised that Mr. Hopking on the rest of the
off Spring Garden Lane did not mention. Richard Alding
This notice does NOT ratite some Indians as, "rich men's elec
A Chinese constable on duty attes
tins of kerosene on his junic No. Lano
box containing Th
second letter.
to persons in the essential tions," because of the Franchisee, wore poly, as grammo are the Moonlight Sonata 12361 on Feb. 20. The kerosene Wanchai.
Borodin'
It limitations, based pactly on pro slightly injured when, Ho was no- by Beethoven, and Basin, on would be kept by the police untu, rounds of revolver. ammunition is obvious that a man can services, who will be dealt with and 46 rounds of rifio ammunition only be a revolutionary or a by spicial measure having perty. And it seems that lessaulted by street mblors
there are slep Items by Smetana the defendant obtains a
was found by a Sanitary coolic, reactionary, whilst hela alive. than a million have gone to the about 4pm yesterday Two men and Elgar, This is the tenth of from the 1. & E. Office,
about 3 pm. vostorday. The am way, therefore, cito, Shelley and regard to the necessity for this popular series of Gramo
s? They will always bo con-retaining their services. They polls out of a population of were detained: 370,000,000. 'Moreover, the
bona Concerts. It will be held
sidered like others at 3.30 pm
the
imprisonmiont was imposed on Lo2. Police Station. Sza by air. W. H, Latimer for two unlawful possession of three, Lacia Royal Navy ahfpe in the har-, at night chresmen, tw
opium, Accused was bour yesterday drea of ship and armed with revolvers, entered the of raw
ments.
enakin nood their escape.
at
figures returned revealed a sur And politicians hardly asist to prising Moslem strength which restore a balance of reason when will not serve to modifs their de instead of condemning vidence mand for the project state of and disorder they doplate fall Pakistan. The picture, indeed,ure to take timely steps" to pre.
far from an encouraging one, vent it
Concert
permit
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"A fine, of 4300 or two month munition was handed over to No. Kevolutionaries it is their are, however, urged to arrange prane who are for any d p'ndeafs in the Col
In
hi
Hopkins
ony to avail thema:lves of the
Kam Yuen tailor shop. No. 10, searched at the K.C.R. Station flew the US. Eneken at the main led me to bellers that he had above facilities.
George poetic appreciation and was not a Nathan Road, and stole elething on Feb. 20. and the opfum, found on the occasion of the anniversary reached an embryonic stage in REPATRIATION OFFICES and jewellery to the value of in a basket he was carrying, D.O. of the birthday of
inclined to go further. My clos 22nd February, 1946. 31.200
Phillips arosocuted.
Washington"
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