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Kusia Lampar, Dec. 15-Sir E T. Brockman has received a telegram from Sir W. Taylor stating that Mr Malcolm Cam- ming is raising funds to provide rubber knee boots for the troope, £1,200 has already been collected. Mr. Cumming sake the Sister to camtzibute --Singapore Free Press
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Baddhist priests by the Gmoscal one of the officers of the German Headquarters of the Manchurian genboss Cormoran, întorsed at Army, The Japanese military Guam, was a prasenger on the suthorities have now been notified army transport Logan, which and they will be interred with dos military oerarmony at the war- srived here to-day. Vonelpon and three of the Cormoran's memorial, Makdan. milors, two of them insane and A Taiping Wedding. A one illy are on their way to reported at the Gospel Hall, Taiping, A pretty wedding was solem. to the commandant of the Norfolk recently, the contracting parties navy yard
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