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LATE MARQUESS CURZON. PASSING OF THE LEADER OF
THE LORDS
'Losnos, March 9th.
and Leader of the House of Lords,
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NAVAL ESTIMATES.
FIRST LORD OF ADMIRALTY EXPLAINS INCREASE.
̧HONGKONGËS'ULIT APPRECIATED,
LONDON, March 19th. Mr. W. C. Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, introducing the Navy The death is announced of Marquessestimates in the House of Commons, ex- Curzon, Lord President of the Council plained that the increase of nearly ave million sterling was due partly to the fact that the estimates had been excessively cut down by the Labourites, with the result that leeway had to be made up.
All the obligations under the Washing. ton Treaty had been carried out in ad- slay, and that the gravity of his conditionvance of the time limit, but not without is increasing steadily.
The
London, March 10th.
evening's bulletin states that Maryness Curzon lost ground during the
difficulty..
No large scale manoeuvres beyond the adinary Best exercises were being held.
George Nathaniel, ting Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. KÜ.. 6.G.S.I., COLE, MA. P.C.. FR.S.. D.C.L. ILU, JP, DL, was born at Kedleston 4 January 18th, 1859. Ho Was the eldest son of the Rev. Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curton, 4th Baron Scarsdale, and af Blanche, the daughter of Joseph Pocklington Sonhouse, of Natherball. He was educated as Eton and Balliol, and was President of the Oxford Union in 1880, at the age of 21. Five years later he became assistant private secretary to the late Marquis of Salisbury, and stood as Conservative candidate for South Derbyshire in the same year. From 180! to 1802 he wax Under Secriary of State for India, and Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1885 to 1808. In 1983 be married Mary Victoria, the daughter of Sir. L., Z. Leiter of Washing the other country was bearing in this ton, U.S.A.. who bore him three daughconnection. ters, She died in 19
of
From 1998 to 1905 he was Viceroy of ladia, and during that period be brought about far-reaching reforins,
many f which such the improvement agricnktural conditions, irrigation, and famine relief-were "welcomed joyfully by the natives. The final act of Lord Car zon's Viceroyalty, however, the historic Partition of Bengal, which he brought about in October 1905, called down vol leys of native execration upon his head. and resulted in a long continued agits tion and unrest which enn hardly be said to have died down even now. During the illness of Lord Lansdowne in Novem- ber 1014, Lord Curzon assumed Leadership of the Opposition, and be came Lard Privy Seal is the Coalition Government formed in May 1915. He received the Order of the Garter on New Year's Day 1918 In the following year be married Grace Elvira, daughter of the late Mr. J. Monree Hinds, L.S Minister to Brazil, and wilow of the late Alfred Duggan of Buenos Ayres. The scron Lady Curzon survives him.
the
Lord Curzon was Secretary of State for Foreign Airs from 1910 to 1924.
The heir to the Viscounty of Scarsdale Mr. Richard Nathaniel Curzon, a nephew, and to the Barony the deceased peer's eklest daughter. Lady Mary Irene Carron, who was born in 1896. To the Marquisate. which was created in 1921, there is no heir, and it thus becomes **tinet. I
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THE EMPIRE'S NEEDS. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN TROPICS STRONGLY URGED,
SOME SEATHING CRITICISM,
LONDON, March 20th.
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 218′′, 1925
BANK OF ENGLAND. PROFITS FOR LAST SIX MONTHS
Losbox, March 19th.
At the Bank of England six-monthly Court, the Governor announced that the profta for the six months ended Four- ary 28th, after making provision for all contingencies, were Erause, making, with the "Rest" £1,699,919; and after providing for a dividend of a per cent.. leasta, the "Rent" is £3,023,00%
INDIAN ASSEMBLY. SUPPRESSION OF CRIME IN. BENGAL ACT.
Duri, March 19th.
In the Assembly, Sir Alexander Mud- diman announced that His Majesty in Council had assented to the Bengal Ordi- nance Act for suppression of crime in Bengal,
was devoted to a dis-
The recent very successful tour of the Special Service Squadron had constituted The whole day the most fitting complement to Wembley cussion of Mr. Patel's Bill proposing to the former giving the Dominions glimpse of the peaceful free of the navying the Bengal Regulation of Seditious repeal certain special sanctments, includ on which the security of trade depended. and the latter providing stay-at-homes with an opportunity of learning about the development and remurces of the Empire. The tour hid enabled the Dominions to realise the heavy burden
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PROGRAMME AT SINGAPORE.
The programme as regards Singapore was to establish the former German float- ing dock recently at Portsmouth in the uld Straits, between Singapore island and the mainland.
A quarter of a million sterling was pirmarked for expenditure on the bane this year.
He commended Hongkong and Singa pore Tor their contributions towards the expenses, and said it was gratifying that two such small units of the Empire were portionately large.
ready to come forward with sums so pro
also thanked Australia and New He Zealand for endeavouring to bear their share. He said that the Faet that
those Dominions diverted money for other purposes when the London Gov-| ernment dropped the Singapore proposal did not mean that they had altered their minds respecting the value of the base. He quoted Mr. Bruce's speech on March tb, urging the necessity for proceeding with the construction of the base.
NO CAUSE FOR FEAR. The fear that the base was a to Japan was groundless.
incunce
#He did not believe any country in the world would have gone so long without
stablishing
abase at Smgapore if it had been in its "possession. A late the map was sufficient to
emphasise the importance of this base, wearer the Far Past than Malta, for repreng VeRNIN engaged in the protection of the trade
the
routes.
The base would be purely de tesise, and was in the nature of in- surance against danger at present not able to be foreseen.
Mr. Bridgeman added that the exact x of the Hunting dock for Singapore had not yet been settled, but it had to be large enough dock for the largest The urgent need of seientide research.battleships, therefore it was necessary to extend the size, which would cost three partientarly in the tropical portions of hundred thousand sterling. Most of the "the Empire. way raphasised by the Han. work of enlargement would be done in
Britain before the duck left for Sing Mr. W. 63. A. Orinsby-Gore (Underpore, it would take three years to com
plete Secretary for the (tulenies), in a speech in London.
He said it was a disgrice to the Empire that until recently it was without a Col- lege of Tropical Agriculture it was tragic to find what the Germans had done in East Africa before the war; and a'crying fisgrug that we had nothing comparable to what the Ditch had established in
Javn
FLEET FOR SALE.
INDIA INVITES TENDERS FOR MERCHANT VESSELS,
LONDON, March 20th. Following the examples of the United Btales and Australia, it is stated the Indian Government is inviting offers for the purchase of a Boct of six merchant steamers, totalling 33,000 tons, all ex- German vessels. Hitherto they have been trading under Government management between India and Britain,
The amount required to be spent on the Bouting dock, on getting it in place, and making the necessary roads, et cetera, was estimated at £737,000.
The full programme, including a gray- ing clock, was still being considered.
Meetings Act, which was eventually car- med against the Goyerament by 11 to 40, the Swarajists and Independents' voting
together.
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FOOTBALL AT HOME. LATEST RESULTS OF LEAGUE MATCHES.
BELGIAN ARMY VICTORY.
LONDON, March 18th.
In the first division of the English F.A.
League, Bury defeated Blackburn Rovers
by one goal to n.
In the second division. · Hull and Middlesbrough played a goalless drawi
INTER-ARMY GAMES.
PARIS, March 19th.
POLITICAL SITUATION FAR EASTERN CABLE
IN CHINA.
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LATTLE EBU IN TRANCE.
PARIS, March 20th. fieneral Hm Shu Tseng ("Little" Hu) accompanied by Mr. Tcheng Lai, Chinese Minister to Frater, visited the Le Bourget aerodronie to-day--Havas,"
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FIGHTING AT LOYANG.^.
TROOPS OF KAN YU KUN IN
STEADY ENGAGEMENT.
FIXING, March 19th. Reuter's correspondent at Kaifeng today reports that steady fighting is still proceeding to the west of Loyang between
the troops of Kan Fu Kun and Lia Chen Hua and Ku Ching Yi'a forces.
-
reported that the latter hava taked Kwangyintang, but the railway
Sanchow is still retained by Kan Yu from Kwangyintang to the terminus at
-Kua
Loyang has been repeatedly looted by the soldiers of the Second National Anny. Many buildings have been des troyed, and the people are în'great, dis
treas!!
Hu Ching Yi is at Kaifeng, but his representatives reached Loyang yester- day, and they are authorised to inves tigate the situation.
Recruiting for the Second National Army is steadily proceeding.
NEWS.
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
EARTHQUAKE AT TALIFU.
→ DISASTROUS FIRE FOLLOWS
SHOOK IN YUNNAN.
FORTION BESIDENTS ARE SAYE.
SHANGHAL. Murch ist.
CASE OF DENT AND CO. JUDGMENT IN H.B.M. SUPREME
COURT. SHANGHAI,
Judgment was delivered by His Honour Judge Sir Skinner Turner in H.B.M. Supreme Court, Shanghai, on March 12th, respecting the motion brought hy s. A C. Holberow on behalf of Dent and Co. to review the decision of a portion of his Lordship's judgment delivered on a elain heard by the Court on a previons date to determine the right of the Banque de Indo-Chine and the Trustee in the
The Her, Mr. Parry, Secretary" of the bankruptcy of Dent and Co. Mr. R. N.
Macleod appeared for the Bank. The judgment is as follows:-
China Inland Mission, has recrived the
following telegram, dated March 19th from the missionaries at Talifu. West Yunusų:"Talifu destroyed by an earth- quake, followed by a disastrous fre. Relief is urgently need. Foreigners are well and safe."
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SOVIET AND JAPAN.
NIPPONESE TO EXPLOIT MINERALS
SAKHALIN.
IN
of the Bankruptcy Act, 1814, asking this This is a motion under Section 106 (1) Court to review its decision in a matter in the bunkruptcy of ... R. V. Dent. It has not been argued that that sub- section does not apply to this Court, and I see that the learned Editor of Halsbury (Vol. 2 or, p. 308) states that this power to rebear, etc. is necessary incident of bankruptcy jurisdiction; and that therefore, Courts exercising that jurisdie tion have wider powers than Courts of ordinary jurisdiction. But certain limita tions on the right to invoke this tion and the condition under which i should he exercised are stated and pro- bably ought to be observed. I have listened to the
arguments addressed to me, and considered them together with what was said at the first hearing. I tako it the whole matter is open to me now? 1 am not tied down by any decision of facts or law made by me in my earlier judgment, where 1 set out the relevnat factors in this matter, and no I need not repeat them. It is urged very strongly that, inasmuch as the Banque took no steps by totice or therwise to communi rate their interest in the debt and securi- ties pledged with them by Dent to the Silk Mill (the original debtor to Dent), they cannot now be heard to claim any PEERS PASS PEACE PRESERVATION shares, as secured creditors, of the fund (the debt) which has been paid by the BILL IN DIET.
MIN
that Deut, having by his compra dore got the money and the Mill being thus free from this liability to him, is The House of Peers, at to-day's sitting Trustee in bankruptcy for his general entitled to pass that money on to his
Moscow, March 20th. The Vice-Commissary of Traile, in « speech today, said arrangements would be made with certain Japanese interests to exploit coal and oil in Sakhalin.
be
Arrangements to this end would made when the Japanese "evacuation had been completed.
JAPANESE POLITICS.
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Toxyo, March 20th,
Sun Yueh is still at Chenchow, but a considerable number of his 'troops are Basisting in the operations at Loyang, while many others, together with Sun 18ECTERS AMERICAN SERVICE]ng the debt and the securities for it aro Yurb's two aeroplanes, have proceeded north by rail presumably going to Paolingfu.
of the Dirt, passed the Pence Prere ereditors, owing to the laches or careless- tion Bill
ness of the Hank and that. ones the debt was paid, the documents represent-
There are
U.S. MINISTER TO CHINA.
much waste paper in the hands of the Banque; and authorities are quoted in support of these contentions, to which I uced not refer Where the argument of can get ne more than his debtor had in this
matter:
be (the dehtor) made a per- feetly
equitable mortage of the debt and under these circumstances, applying and the securities for it to
the
Banque the doctrine laid down in fre
In the Association triangular inter-
no Sun Yerb troops in MR. MACMURRAY MAY BE GIVEN the trustee fails to my mind is that he Army tournament, the Belgian Army beat eastern Homan, though fear generally the French Army by two goals to atl.genils that the Fengtien fornes may The Belgians thus win the champion- site the opportunity to enter Honan eid ship, having already defeated the British Army.
OBITUARY.
M. NARIMANOV.
Moscow, March 20th. The death is announced of M. Sari- manov, President of the Central Soviet Executive Committee.
REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.}
Hanchowfu
LATE DR. SUN YAT SEN.
REMAINS TRANSFERRED TO CENTRAL PARK IN PEKING.
PEKING, March 19th. The streets of the capital were densely packed by thousands of people wearing white rosettes, the badge of mourning, today, when the coffin containing the remains of Dr. Sun Yat Sen were trans ferred to the Central Park, following a HERMAN V. HILPRECHT.
private Christian funeral service at ten o'clock in the Peking Union Medical PHILADELPHIA," March 90th. College auditorium, which was attended The death is, announced of Mr. Herman by the relatives of the deceased and many Volrath Hiprecht,
and foreigners. #rcheologist,
educationist
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TORNADO IN AMERICA.
EYEWITNESS CIVES VIVID DESCRIPTION OF DISASTER. "VAST TABLEAU OF DEATH."
SPRINGRIDLO, March 20th have been placed at the disposal of the All resources of the Red Cross Society victims of the tornado, which, it appears, lasted scarcely five minutes.
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During the service, which was on the
THE POST
WASHINGTON, March 10th. President Coolidge is considering the appointment of Mr. MacMurray, As sistant Sertary of Stuin is the United States Minister to China
FROM THE DAILY BULLETIN."]
FIGHTER FROM MANTLA.
PANCHO VILLA PLANS TRIP TO
CALIFORNIA.
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MANILA, March, 19th. Pancho Villa has announced that will leave for America on May 6th on board this President Jefferson with the clever Cencio, bantamweight champion of the Orient.
aes of the ordinary Christian funeral, Pancho Villa has signed for three fights in which a surpliced choir of 24 students in California. from the Yenching University, carrying
lighted
bymus, ol my
cande, participated. Font "Abide with me."
Jesus, lover soul,
"Peace. Perfect Peace," and Beautiful Words of Life," which are stated, to have been Dr. Sun Yat Sen's favourites, were sung, und also a solo,
Crossing the Bar.
The Rev. T. T. Lew and Rev. 'Y.. Y. Tsu officiated,
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L.C.C. TRAMWAY LOSSES.
£576,798 IN A YEAR.
Jenke, 1902. 1: K. E. 719 (arm ed in lace Andrew 1911, 1. K.B. 300 the Trustee in Deut's bankruptcy 28 statutory assignee only of the bankrupt's choose in action takes them subject to all equities existing therein at the date of the commencement of the. bankruptcy, I hold therefore again, that the Banque must be treated as secured creditor in respect to this fund, I confess to some doubt whether the money ever actually. reached Dent or an agent for him; at books as having been paid by the Mill any rate, it was never entered in his
with costs.
The motion was therefore dismissed
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TALKING WITH THE DEAD. THOMAS EDISON'S REMARKABLE PRONOUNCEMENT.
An
American news agency recently asked Mr. Thomas A. Edison for his
COMPETITION AND HIGH" WAGES.views on the possibility of eventual com
munication with the departed. The
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A joint report of the Finance and secretary who arranged the interview The service lasted about an hour, the Highways Committee presented to the volunteered the admonition: You must Procession forming immediately after London County Council states that the hot ask Mr. Edison about communication wards to convey the remains to the Park. revised estimate on the tramways account with the dead. Mr. Edison has been so The procession, which was long enough for the current financial year shows mintter that if you mention it to him be misrepresented in regard to that delicato to take half an hour to pass a given surplus on working of $184,605, It occurred in the middle of the after-
point, headed by a detachment of police Against this has to be provided in. will go right up in the air."! noon, when schools, shops and factories
and the Chief Executive's bodyguard,terest on debt. £355.087; repayment of
Despite this dire warning, the forbidden were full The reails was that buildings included several hands playing funeral debt, 2418,008; less excess of income over question was the first one ventured: were razed like pancakes and buried dirges, delegates representing the Chief expenditure on other items in the set that you may devise any mechanisms "Do you think it possible, Mr., Edison, their victims in the burning min
Executive, Government, public bodies, revenue account, 29,620, leaving £771,40, through which, when you have left this. TALK OF DISARMAMENT.
one or two labour unions, and also a large and working out a net estimated delife, you may hope to communicate with An eye-witness, graphically describing the vast tableau of death and destruce Party of Russians representing the Soviet, ficiency for the year of 4576,798. Replying to a question regarding Pretion, says the firemen realised the hope-wearing red arm-hands draped in black sident Coulidge's proposal for a disarma-
The chief causes of the deficit are a lessness of coping with the flames and'
and carrying the Red Flag. These were diminution in traffic and the cost of in-did not go up in the air. He answered The wonder wizard of communication ment conference, M. Bridgeman maid forsock their hoses and turned their at-
followed by Dr. Sun Yat Sen's relatives, creasing wages, the settlement of March graciously, and fully. But he was cau we would be only too glad if it were tention to resque.
and members of the Kuomintang Exec-1st, 1924, involving an estimated addi- ffous against misquotation. He took a He mentions, 28 a posible, compatible with the security of
eurious effect, that every tree and fence.
tive, carrying the flag of the Canton tional cost of £164,000 a year, and the pencil and a pad and wrote carefully this thir country, to arrange anything for which was left standing, was bedecked
Administration. lessening the cost of armaments: Every with garments and bed-clothing entangled
The coffin, which was carried by nem-industry last November, B thing we were doing was in accordance in the branches and rails.
decision of the tribunal for the tramways fundamental part of his statement:" hers of the Kuomintang Committee, was stabilisation of wages and extra pay machine called man is buly a mass of
regards
"If my theory is correct that the with the Washington agreement, eutside which we had no desire to go.
corcred by the Kuomintang fag, red with ment for night work, an additional cost dead matter and that the real life is in white sun on a blue field. The 48 pall at the rate of £20,000 a year. CHICAGO March theaters included several Russians.
The committee feel that the solution of navigate this machine and if on
the inillions of individual units which Ar the procession slowly werded its the present financial difficulties is not to destruction of the machine they keep Between rows of dead, many of whom
way front the Peking Union Medicalbe found in say attempt to increase, by together, including these individuals are school-children and some mere babies.
irtical low overheatral Park, acrophages an adjustment of fares, the revenue of which have charge of memory (which is salute at five-minute intervals gircled and a gun fired a the undertaking while working under our personality) then
it.
IN THE TORNADO ZONE.
It was nonsense to say that our action was provocative. We had had no hust for conquest, nor desire for more territory. A
we wanted was to develop our for long queces of people from the tornado ritories and trade. The glamour and
zone last evening passed through impro- glory of arms did not attract us. Bad seen too much misery accompanying relatives and friends, while the rescuers visvised mortuaries, searching for missing The world knew we wanted pea delved incessantly into the mountains of aud would not think any better of un
our position.
and bonfires, hoping to find survivors or extricating the dead.
The havoc along the "course of 'the tornado from Missouri to Indiana is awful, Some of the small towns are virtually obliterated; entire blocks of holdings in the larger places were level- led; fires broke out
many places,
The coffin was placed in a shrine in the Park, where the Kuomintang offered food to-day. The delegates of the various
existing conditione.
LIMITATION OF TRAFFIC.,
the
for any gesturing which would weaken débris, under the glare of searchlights bodies will begin to offer rites from the London advisory committee appointed to size is beyond the limits of our 4
DEFENCE OF LABOUR."
Mr. Ramany MacDonald defended the action of the Labour Government in hold fing up the Singapore scheme, on the ground that a period of examination was absolutely accessary, not t merely from the viewpoint of national safety but also increasing the horror of the situation. of the taxpayer. The result of that The number of deaths it estimated still gesture was the Geneva Protocol.
perhaps fatally. at well over 800 with 3,000 injured, many
that
Ho anked, what was the objective of the base at Singapore, seeing America and Japan were both friendly estimate the damage but certainly it will It is impossible yet to attempt to Experts' theoretical views ought not to total millions of dollars. dominate the mind..
He saw not the slightest reason why there should not be a substantial reduc
WORK OF RELIEF.
́INTERNATIONAL SECURITY,
MORE CONVERSATIONS TAKE PLACE IN PARIS.
PARIB, March 20th. During the last few daye, M. Herriot has had interviews with the Polish and tion in the navy estimates, similarly with under control of the Federal and State Relief work proceeding everywhere, Checho-Slovakian Ministers of foreign
Inat year' Affairs, about the question of security.ment's decision in relation to Singapore diers are patrolling the various places He was of opinion that the Govern Governments. Red Cross men and enl-
the whole equanimity of the East. was most deplorable, as it might upact as it is feared disease, especially tetous, may break out in the stricken districts. The House agreed to the estimates with. The Red Cross have asked that 800 tubes
The papers consider the interviews will open an interim phase between : the Genom Protocol, repudiated by England, and the future system of peace.—Basag.
out a division, after rejecting a motion of anti-telanus serum be despatched by by Commander Kenworthy to reduce the aeroplane to Murphysboro without delay. kpersonnel of the navy, n
(Continued on nexi Columa).
24th inat.
it is.
-por- sible to devise apparatus to receive com- munications if they desire to make them. The committee are hopeful that the It will be very dificult, as each individual
recently will be able to rearrange the present microscopes." provision of passenger transport accord and hounds, Mr. Edison relaxed into Having thus marked securely bis metes ing to the requirements. of each district frank talk. He stoutly insisted that he and thus eliminate unneccesary competite understood as not meaning sny such
called
on thing as spiritistic messages, so He means messages as substantial and those of the telegraph, telephone, phone as susceptible of authentication as are graph and radio. There shall be no medium, no mystery, no superstition
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Without much limitation no lasting CHICO, March 19th. remedy can be secured for preventing a tornado casualties are 300 killed and 500 in their opinion it is the line along According to the latest estimates the recurrence of the present position, and injured in Murphysboro, 350 killed and which relief can most legitimately and 900 injured in West Frankfort, 350 killed reasonably be afforded. and 300 injured in Parrish, and 400 killed
It is recommended that if approved by no autobypnotism known" as and 400 injured. in Desoto.
the Treasury no provision, be made dur His method, to serve at all, must ab Rescue work is hampered by fires, which ing 1924-25, and for such further period blutely guarantee the integrity of the have attacked the ruins left by the rot exceeding three years, in respect of communication it conveys and guard pori- out. The buildings are being dynamited tomado. Murphysboro is still burning, repayment of capital expenditure for tively against any possible doubt, dispater the business quarter being almost wiped tramway purposea
or misconstruction, an In a number of towns, including Wal.. to check the conflagration.
Ball, Chesterfeld, and Keighley, it has tion with the dead, thoroughly authentic
It geen without saying that communica.. been decided to scrap tramways for ated as Edison says he must have it, trackicas cars on account of the cost, would instantly revolutionize" all Recently also the London United Tramanlly accepted theories regarding human
Kener
on the north side of the Thames to visions as to the nature and ultimate ways, Ltd., decided to pull up the rails existence, reveal a new science of the on their route from Richmond Bridge essence of life and open up vast new
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