NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the above Company will be CLOSED ea from 19th instart to fith proximo, both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.,
General Managers." Hongkong, 18th July, 1915.
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'SS, POLYNESIEN COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
NOTICE.
YONSIGNEES of Cargo from London in coenotion with shove steamer E hereby informed that their Gouda with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables are being landed and stored at their risks into the hazardous sudjor extra hardons Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Con Ltd, ut Kowloon, whenpo delivery may b obtained immediately after landing,
Optional Cargo will be forwarded on unle intimation received from the Consignes before Noos To-Dar requesting it to be landed here.
Bill of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned. Goods remaining unclaimed after the 22ed July at Noos, will be subject to rent and landing charges.
All Claims must be sent in te ms on or before. will not be they the 25th July, or recognized.
All damaged packages will be examined or Thu e's, 2 d July, at 10A.M.
No Fire Lorrance has been affected.
P. THOMAS,
-Agent............. Hongkong, 16th July, 1915,
CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.
NOTICE
TAROM this date or until further Notica during my Temporary Absence from the Colony, Ma C. M. G. BURNIE will Aot an Bearetary of the Company.
By Order of the Board,
C. MONTAGUE EDE,
Secretary,
1742 fougkong, 12th July, 1915. UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.
NOTICE.
PUBLIC COMPANIES
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 17TH, 1915.
NOTIFIED that
AUCTIONS
BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEES.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
TT IS HEREBY
received instructions to sell by Pabllo 2 INTERIM DIVIDEND of 1230M HUGHES & HOUGH lisve per Share, subject to deduction of fener Tax, Jes been declared for the Half-Year ending suti Jane, 1915, at rate of 1/3, 5/10 per dollar.
TAAROM this date or until further Notice, during my Temporary Absence from the Colony, Ma. C. M. G. BURNIE will Act as Secretary of the Society.
By Under of the Board,
C. MONTAGUE EDE,
Secretary. Hongkong, 12th July, 1915.
WANTED.
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The Dividend will be Payable on and after MONDAY, the 10th August, 1915, at tho Offices of the Corporation, where Shareholders are requested to apply for Wariants.
The REGISTER of SHARES of the the 2nd August; to SATURDAY, the 14th Corporation will be CLOSED from MONDAY, August, 1915 (both days inclusive, during which puried no Transfer if Shares can be Registored.
By Order of the Court of Directora,
N. J. STABB,
Chief Manager. 1759 Hongkong, 13th July, 1918.
A Preferred) is required at the Electric SHIFT ENGINEER (Marine Engineer Company's Generating Station. No objection to married man
First application, in writing, acompanied by details of experience and rating, to Station Superintendent, Generating Station, Wanchai.
Hongkong, 13th July, 1915.
. .
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT AND AGENCY CO.,
LIMITED.
Half Dollars per Share for the six months INTERIM DIVIDEND of Three sad ending 30th Jane, 1915, will be Payable on THURSDAY, the 29th July, on which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained on applica- tion at the Company's Offior.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, the 20th July, to THURSDAY, the 29th July (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be Registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors.
MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE,
Acting Secretary—— Hongkong, 13th July, 1915,
Auction,
ON MONDAY, the 10th day of July, 1915, at three o'clock r.M., at their Anction Room, No. 8, Des Voar Road Central,
THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD ·
PROPERTIES,
Situate at Shaukiwan in the Colony of Hong- kong and known as SHAUKIWAN LOTS Nos. 58, 120, 376 and 391 in Four Lots
LOT 1-Comprison 2 wall-built Dwelling- Henson known as 13 and 15, Shukiwa Main Road and 4 single-roomed Chineso Dwelling- Houses.
INTIMATION
BY APPOINTMENT.
WATSON'S
DRY
GINGER-ALE.
LOT 2-Comprises all those well-built FRAGRANT. Dwelling-Houses known as Nos. 15, 17 and 19, Main Street and Nox. 18, 30, 22, 23 and 24, Praya Shaukiwan West.
LOT 3-Comprises a Ploce or Parcel of Ground and Foreshore containing an Area of 2,970 square foot, a well appolated site for Buildings or Ship Building P
LOT 4-Comprises a Pioce or Parcel of Ground and Foreshore containing an Area of 3,700 square foot now used as a Ship Building Yard and Slip.
Particulars and conditions of salo¡may be obtained from MESSKA, DEACON, LOOKEE, DEACON &
BARSTON,
Solicitora,
1. Des Voeux Road Central, and also frozz MESSES. HUGHES & HOUGH,
The Anobioneers,
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Hongkong, 13th July, 1915,
THE WEST POINT BUILDING
CO., LIMITED.
A Dollars per Saare for the six months N INTERIM DIVIDEND of Two ending 30th June, 1916, will be Payable on THURSDAY, 29th July, on which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained on application at the Company's Office.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, the 20th July, to THURSDAY, the 20th July (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be Registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors.
MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE,
Acting Secretary to the HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY Co., LTD., General Agents for the ̈*: WEST POINT Rotxe Co., LTD.
[759 Hongkong, 13th July, 1915.
NOTICE.
IMPORTANT AUCTION OF LAND IN SWATOW.
D. MOORE & CO., LTD.
(Established 1874),
HAVING been favoured with instructions
from THE TRUSTEE
of the estate of FRANK HARRY HYDE (in Bankruptcy), will soll by Public Auction within their Salearooms,
ON TUESDAY,
the 10th August, 1915, at 4 P.M. precisely, THAT VALUABLE AND VERY DESIRABLE PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Foreign Settlement of Systow sod known as the site of the Swatow Hotel (which Hotel was recently do-troyed by fro).
PARTICULARS: The Land is held andor one Foreign and two Chinese title deeds..
The Ares of the Land le 3,120 SUPERFICIAL FERT.
THE NORTH boundary measures 52 FEET and is bounded by property of the Estate of Diroke & Co..
is bounded by a 15 Foot Bond.? THE EAST boundary measures 60 FEET and
is bounded by the Maritime Customs property.
AROMATIC,
DRY.
progress, and even that it will dissolve The Hongkong Weekly Prest, issued for at the first sign of the ovil days to come. to-day's mail, includes the reports we Such criticisms may be quite correct; have published during the week con- but at the same time they do not affect cerning the great inundation up the the fact that at the present moment the West River and the unprecedent cal whole strength of Germany, and her mity at Canton, undivided counsels, are engaged in
A total of $1,067.26 (less $21.90 Toq us holding at bay three-nay, four-enemies exchange of Swatow currenty) has e that press on her borders. FREDERICK added during the week to the local listin THE GREAT after scizing a province of aid of the Prince of Wales' Natiqul Austria, kept three oven four-onemios Relief Fund
This brings the ta at bay for seven years, and would no amount received to date to $310,371.81. F doubt have kept them at bay for another!
this sums 8290,117.47 has already b seven years if he had not been saved the remitted to London, leaving $20,701. trouble by the death of us inimical TSA balance in hand. The list will appear and the accession of a friendly one. But FREDERICK THE GREAT's opponents wore,
The architecture of Hwigkow (Shang after all, of mean quality compared with those the KAISER has to meet to-day, hai), hitherto not in the least indicative England, at one time an ally, at auther of ambitious brilliance, says a Shanghai time-an-onemy, took but a yawning contemporary, has-been-given-a-distinc interit in the war in either character. It tite feature in the new Japanese Posi was the King's war, a Hanoverian war, Offer, erected on the Baward and Tien-- and as such as remote from the interests dong Road corner site. The building of England as if the scene of it had fou commands an extensive site, and with its haid in Timbuctoo. Franco, on the broad frontage and lofty or complete- downward plane, with its foreign policy ly dominates the humbler structures in directed by the KING's favourites, way its immediate vicinity, also but a lukewarm foe, while Austria's broken fortunes gave her bat little scope
undoubted exercise her
Its "Dryness" is. & feature which has helped to give this well drink the popularity it .SO
deserves.
to
PINTS $1.00 PER Doz." SPLITS 60 CTS,
"?
TRADE
A.
肉
BARE.
& CO., LTD.
our next issue.
Just as the Japanese Japonicised the military none of Dalny by converting it intol genius. It was Hussia that FREDERICK Dziren, so have they dealt with Tsingtau, feared-Russia that one day knocked at which they have re-named Saitou. Com- the gales of Berlin while FREDERICK WOR❘ menting on this change the Peking Daily absent, and would perhaps have bestign News sags:-If the Japanese have no FREDERICK_in_the_end_if_the_TSAR-or | territorial ambitions in Kiacchau, why was it a TSARITSA?-had not seen it" to should they have stultified themselves by withdraw from the world and let in a giving a Japanese namio to Tsingtau and foolish successor.FREDERICK scoped by roaming various streets and thorough-- the skin of his teeth; was notually once or fares! It may be that the German). twice beaten if his opponents had only names were difficult to render into Japan- known it; but’lived to see Germany pulless, and therefore added to the difficulties herself together after the struggle. It is of the Japanese administration, but such true that a few years later she felt at the a reason cannot bo urged for replacing| feet of Narotzox, which raises thetho Chiness name of Tsingtan for a question whether that seven years, with Japanese name. If it does not suggest an army in the fast of the seven composed that the Japanese think they have-come of the sweepings of the prisons, did not there to stay, as in Dalny and Port gire Germany a deeper internal injury || Arthur--and the suggestion is one which than FREDERICK thought, The foes-foes cannot be excluded as far fetched--it can of her owo taking that Germany has to only, be regarded as a further gratuitous meet to-day are of a different cslibre. insult to the Chinese nation. There is nothing lukewarm about thein,
Captain William Henry Johnston, V.C., Royal Engineers, was killed in adinu en General Staff Officer (3rd grade), for ser-
June 7th. In 1908 be was gazetted as a
WATSON for to acknowledge defeat is to acknow- ledge Germany a master, is to acknow. hedge that German methods in peace und war are the best, that Gorman
vice in China. From 1908-11 he was ein-· Kalvar is the highest
of type civilisation, and German rule the best ployed in North China, travelling exten- ̈
To acknowledge this is to sively white engaged on intelligence work, acknowledge that, we have taken a back- ward sweep, that our cherished ideals as
18 tons
Hongxons Orsion: 104, Das Vaux ROAD Lommen Omazon: 131, FLEXY GERRE, EO,
THE SOUTH boundary measure 59 FEET and FRATED WATER MANUFACTURERS. obtainable IỪ HAK Mixo, alias IU TAK SING, fier IU TSUN SHAC, a batire of Ping Yuen WE beg to say that our late father, district, Kwang Tang, who was Door when voang, and whe proceeded to Ipoh, Perak, and Seremban, in the Straits Settlements, to work mines for many years, succeeded in obtaining s large sum of money, which was sent back to his native country and invested in real estate, i.. over Sixty Houses for Shops in Swatow and Mai Yaen district, sad over Twenty Houses, Shops and Schools, together with over Three Thousand
Mou
of Agricoltural Land, These properties were all registered in the Rtrics isst meeting, sound, very good pace: Magistrate Vamen, of Ching Het Mui-yusu and Fing-yuen, title deade being held for them and tax regularly paid in respect of them.
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FOR IMMEDIATE · SALE. DOAN Pony Ideal Dahlia, winner and placed
should win a race.
Apply-
LT-COM WYNDHAM-QUIN. Hongkong, 10th July, 1915.
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HONGKONG JOCKEY. CLUB. NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY-
MEETING.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that No
B EXTRAORDINARY QENERAL MEETING of the Members of the shore Club will bo hold at the Offs of the HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB, situats o the Ground Floor of the HONGKONG CLUB A REXE, Chater Road. Hongkong, on TUESDAY. the 20th day of July 1915, at Noon: when the sabjoined Resolution will be proposed as na Extraordinary
Resolution:
That the Ralos and Regulations of the HUNGRONG JOCKEY CLUB be alterad in the
soner following:-
That the following Clanie be inserted after
Clause 33, via.
Unfortunately, our late father died on the 23rd day of the Eleventh Moon last year in his native country, Ping-yuen district. There are seventeen sons of the deceased and aach of us is entitled to a share of the ssid property. The named In Yenk Hon, died some time first
and left two sous named In Hin Wan and In You Won; the second son was named the third La Yeak Leung altas In Kot Pang; fa Yeak Ko, dias In Ful: Ngom; the fourth It Yeak Ngo, alias In You Sam; the Alch Iu Tenk Kai alias Shing Chai; the sixth In Yenk Wah; the seventh In Yeuk Fook, ahas In Kai Mi; the eighth In Yenk Chow, alias In Chin Ping; the ninth In Youk Sa, alius Lon Chai; the tenth Xu Yeak Hing, alias In U
THE WEST boundary measures 60 FEET and
is bounded by a 16 Foot Road. The property is in the heart of the Foreign Setilement and comprises one of the best business- sites in the port.
CONDITIONS OF SALE may be obtained on application to the Office of this paper or direct from THE AUCTION BERS.
SEALED BIDS.
The Auction will, as advertised, be held in Shanghai, and in order to give purchasers non- resident in Shanghai an opportunity to bid Sealed Offers in SHANGHAI TAILS will be accepted, which Offers will be opened in the rostrum at the time of the sale and in the presence of the Trustes,
L. MOORE & Co., Izo, 40, Kiangse Road, Shanghai, Auctioneers.
Shanghai, 5th July, 1915.
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The Daily Press,
HONGKONG, JULY 17TH, 1918.
war
In 191 he was transferred to the
in the equese of which he visited 11 of the 18 provinces of China. Daring this inte to what civilisation means are all illu- he was also employed in the survey of the
Yet we believe that the faith in boundary of the New Territory of Hong- - those ideals is so strong that those who kong. fight for them would rather see the South China Command as General Staff world go down in blood-red ruin than officer, but remained here only fow months. Captain Johnston was twice men- Telinquish one of them.
tioned in despatches, He received his Victoria Cross for his conspicuous gallan-
A mail for Europe via Siberial closes | try to-day at 5 p.m.
The Yokohama Specio Bank has decided to open a branch at Sydney next month.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Stodart Kennedy and family left for Japan by the s Hitachi Maru.
1
at Missy on September 14th when under a heavy fire all day until p.m., he worked--with-his own hands two rafts bringing back wounded and returning with whomunition, thus enabling the advanced Brigado to maintain its position across the river.”
A PAGE OF HISTORY. WHEN PEPTS was keeping his famous Diary England was engaged in a with the Dutch-not a very glorious war for it
occasion was on this
tha the Dutch sailed up the Thames, while CHARLES, the monarch in French pay, Major U. C. Faichnie, Chief Ordnance INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGA.. was-so it is popularly supposed Officer, Hongkong, has been promoted employed in chasing butterflies. This temporary Lieut-Colonel. was not the only time that the Dutch
Miu, the eleventh In Yenk Ching, aliae In Sut IN THE MATTER OF THE ALIEN pulled the lion's tail, for only a short
Ting; the twelfth In Youk Tea; the thirteenth Ju Yeak Young; the fourteenth In Yenk Kval; the fifteenth In Yeuk Wong; the sixteenth Iu Teak Choung; the seventeenth In Youk Ming; and there are also six or seven grand.
sone.
As we have so many near relations, it is 334-Any Hamber who is adjalicate a
feared that among them there may be one or Bankrupt, or who compounds with his creditors under the provisions of any Act brothers, therefore, had a meeting and decided two who might secretly contract debts, All we "relating to Bankrupts, or whose name that no one be allowed secretly to sell or
is officially publishers an outlaw
property We therefore beg "or whin is the subjet of a nation between mortgage the sald
ENEMIES (WINDING UP) |
ORDINANCE, 1914,
AND
IN
&
THE MATTER OF BEHN MEYER COMPANY, LIMITED, AN ENEMY COMPANY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SAID ORDINANCE,
NOTICE OF
OF
•
AND HOUSES,
SITUATE AT
EX
SALE
to anaounes publicly, as we fear that our distant FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD LANDS which and Best Britain a stato of war relatives de friends are ignorant of the fact. Moxiste, ne who shall be imprisoned for a
erimin a suco er eball be dismissed that the said property cannot be mortgaged or from the Public Service with disgrace, employed as security for obtaining loans of Collyer Quay, De Souza Street, Prince Street, -skill, ipso fact, eonse to be a Member money secretly, and if any of our brothers Robertson Quay, Kanisah Merican Road, the Club, and stall forfeit all right to abould have seenred any toan on such security Mohamed Sultan Road and Grange Road,
the creditors should' demand the repayment of Singapore.
TO BE SOLD the use of, or clim upon, Property it from the one who is responsible for it, other- in the Club; bat it shall be lawful for the Stewards, on the w istea application of wise we will not be held responsible for any
bi contrasted. such Member, after enquiry, to restere
Sigand-In Yenk Ngo, bia nama to the books of the Club and to Member so re-admitiul ahall not be oiled upon to pay any Eutrance Fee." Should the b-ve Resolation be passed by the required msj vity it will by submitted for confirmation as a Special Resolution to a Second Extraordinary Gonsal Meeting which will be subsequently conveged,
By Order,
'T. F. HOUGH,
Clork of the Course. Hongkong. 10th July, 1915.
R.
NOTICE.
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HEN the Government Dredger "ST. ENOCH" is working in the Harbour she will fly by day a RED BURGER at the fore and by night carry 2 BED LIGHTS One at esal Fathead.
All Craft are warned to pass Qutaide 150 yards from bow or aten and stesmers are to esse their engines to slow when passing within 250 yards of this dedger when working.
C W. BECKWITH
Commander, F.N
Harbour Master, Kin Harbour Department. Hongkong, 13th Jals, 1915.
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Tu Yeak Leung, In Yeak Kai, In Yoak Ko, Tu Yoak Chow, In Yenk Wah, In Yeak Fook, In York S Ju Yenk Tsoi, In Teak Hing, fu Teak Ching, Iu Yoak Yeang, Tu Your Cheong, Ia Yeak Ewai, In Yeak Wong, Iu. Yeak Ming. 4th June, 4th Republican Tear, Hongkong, 24th June, 1915.
NOTICE.
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NY EUROPEAN, Non-Asintis or Indian desiring to leave the Colony should spply
in writing for permission, to do so to the. Captain SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, at lomist
PRIVATE TENDER.
The 31st August, 1915, has been fired as the last day for the acceptance of tenders,
Copies of the Particulars and Conditions of Sale and form of Tender can be obtained on and after the 25th June, from the Liquidator at No. 4 Collyer Quay, Singapore, or from the Undersigned.
SISSON & DELAY, --169,-CHANGE ALLEY, Singapore,
Solicitors for the Idquidator.
[760 Singapore, ist July, 1815,"
SAVE YOUR
BLADES
per Dozen.
49 hours before the intended hour of departure 75 Cha giring name, stiomlity, age, sex, height and occupation of the applicant, and stating the asme of the steamer or other Tessel er the hour of the train by ich the applicant wishes to loare. Applicants should apply in person for their passes at the CESTRAL POLICE STATION between the hours of 9 A fe 1 rm, sad 2.P. to 4 P.M. daily.
Hongkong, 10th July, 1915,
IF YOU SHAVE WITH
Major Macdonald, of 85 The Peak,
TION CO., LTD.
THE DIVIDEND.
We are informed by Messra. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., the General
time before they had visited the Tirth was fined 85 by Mr. Wood at the Magis Managers of the above Company, that
of Forth, where all the people on the tracy yesterday for allowing his dog to
they have received a telegram from the Head Office in London to the effect that countryside turned out to resist the he out without a muzzle, ̈ supposed invasion, the distinction in
Among the Indian offers recently the Annual General Mesting of Share- those happy times between the civilian
mentioned in despatches are three holders will take place on the 23rd inst.; and the soldier being apparently not so well-known in Hongkong, viz., Lient. that the Underwriting Account stands at strictly drawn as it is to-day.
Those
the
1931.0%
After allowing £39,545 for de preciation and providing for all expenses,
were bad days for the British Navy and General Anderson, Capt. B. de L. Brock £88,398 0. 0, and that £1,450 0. 0. has begu bad days for England generally, though (12th Baluchis) and Captain Hamer written off the expenses of the Debenture heroio deeds were done and some of the (129th Baluchis).
The Bishop of Victoria will preach at the available balance is £29,539 0. 0. out Cathedral to-morrow, Bunday of which the Board of Directors recom- foundations of England's greatness laid. Practically the country lay open to an
at tho 11 am. service.
His lord-tend the payment of a dividend to the invasion for many a day, with no morey to pay the sailors or provision to refit
ship is authorising the use of holders of Preferred Ordinary shares at the Fleet, and if the Dutch had had
all the Anglican the rate of six per cent, and to the General of the ability and ambition of special prayers in NAPOLEON, it is possible they would have Churches in the Colony on behalf of the holders of Deferred Ordinary shares at tried to gain a footing on the islands. eufferers through the floods in South the rate of three per cent, carrying for- To-day Britain, grown into an Empire, China. The offertories at all the services ward £7,224 to new Account, finds herself at war with a greater Power at the Cathedral will be for the relief of than Holland evor was, and this, it has the sufferers through the floods. to be remembered, is saying much. For Shipping and Engineering has Holland in the days of her greatness interesting article on
the enforco cutdid the British on the sens and wa
ment of harbour rales. The paper points able to meet on equal terms such first-
out the dangers incident to launches, cargo class military Powers as Spain boats and simpan men making fast to
France were in those days. Yet Germany as a whole is stronger than the Nether- She has never accom-
A SAFETY RAZOR Jade ever were.
SAVE YOUR OLD:
BLADES.
We can re-new their usefulness ro-sharpen tham and make the
like new. WE BHARPEN EVERYTHING. CAMPBELL, MOOBE & Co., LTD. Hongkong, 24th June, 1915.
ал
HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO.
The following are the Company's figures for week ending July 10th 1916-
10,129
707
Receipts Decrease compared with cor-
responding week last year..$
25
..$297,828
$ 29,428
Aggregate to date
No. of Weeks Total
Decrease to date
Mr. Marcus J. Martin contributes to
steamers before, they have reached their moorings and says the very creditable plished such deeds at the Dutch achieved activity of the Harbour Police of Hong- on the waters, and it is too early to kong and the stern measures of repressión say whether she can show such heroism adopted by the Marine Court, presided
pregnant summary of the prout stage in defence as the Dutch displayed-to over by Commander Beckwith, in dealing the current issue of Wireless World take only one instance-at the siege of with offenders who become a menaco to the is the development of Television Osterid, when PHILIP claimed dominion safe navigation of steamers through the is plain from the calculations quoted by commercial stage for the transmission of over the world and actually ruled a largo harbour, meets with the approval, not to him that the science is hardly yet in its German strength lies to say, gratitude, of shipmasters who in pasta picture 2in. by 3in. with a screen similar part of it.
distance of 100 miles would amount to the close coordination of her people. It years have complained bitterly against to those employed on newspapers over a ong and quarter million pounds may be quite true that this solidarity is the nuisance of boats being permitted to
sterling. only achieved at the cost of intellectual board vessels while still under way."
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