Page
NKW
ADVERTSEMENTS
NOTICE.
ECW. ANDERSON having rigned
Min position in ur Office, his authority
to sign contracts for the Company is now at ma end.
fated the 25th day of July, 1922.
CANADIAN PACIFIC S.S., LTD.,
P. A. COX.
General Agents,
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OFFICE ACCOMMODATION
AVAILABLE at
CONNÁUGHT "HOUSË.
(LATE THE Aston Hutse HOTEL.).
VER 50 LARGE ROOMS"To be Let
for me an Offices, Chambers, Shops, etc., Indiately at Moderate Rents.
Apply for full particulars,rental, term, đo,tai
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 201a, 1922.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTION TO 'CONSIGNEES,
AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE.
From NEW TOBE.
TE Steamship
"HALERIC"
INTIMATIONS
SANDAKAN LIGHT AND POWER CO. (1994), LTD.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
STATUTORY MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS will be held at the Office of the Company, ST. GEORGE'S BEILDING, CHATEA ROAD, HoxGross, on THURSDAY, the 27th JULY, 1912, at 11 o'clock in the FORENOON, Drdinance 1911
INTIMATION
!
having arrived from the above Port, Consignees pursuant to Section 66 of the Companies Despite the Largely
of Cargo by her are hereby informed that all Goods are being"haded at their risk into the hazardons and/or extra-hazaricus Godowns of Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company Limited, whence delivery, may ba obtained.
Goods not cleared by the ist August, will be subject to rent.
All broken, chafed and damaged packages. are to be left in the Gedowns where they will be examined at 10 am, on the 1st August.
Claims against the steamer must be pro
ESSRS BASTINGS & HASTINGS.ated within ten days of anival, otherwise
Q
Solctors, etc..
Des Voeux Rend Central.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
R.
they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by in any case whator ez
Bills Lading will be countersigned br
"THE BANK LINE, LTD.
General Agent. Hongkong, July 5th, 1993.
THE BEN LINE OF STEAMERS, LTD
Fox ANTWERP, MIDDLESBRO', LONDON AND STRAITS.
DARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be of on MONDAY, the 31st day Jaly. 1942, t, 3 ... at the Otices of the Public Works Department, by Order of E EXCELIACT THE GOVERNOR, of one Lot of CROWN LAND at Ligard Road in the
The Steamship "BENGLOE Colony of Hongkong, for • term of 75 yours, with the option of renewal at a Crown
to be firal by the Surveyor of Amd that all Goods are being landed st YONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby inform- MARITY THE KINO, for ous farther term of
their risk into the hazardous „and/or extra 53 year
bazardous Godown of the HONGKONG and KOWLOON WHARY & GODOWN COMPANY, LAR
whence and/or from the wharrei delivery may be obtained.
Meglarzy me.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Locally.
Boundary Monrements.
Jear, Irrt.
Dear
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As permule plyn.
About
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods
SHEWAN, TOMES & CÙ..
General Hanager. Hongkong, 18th July, 1612
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THE HONGKONG CENTRAL ESTATE
LIHITED.
N INTERIM DIVIDEND of Four Dollars per share for the six montba ending 30th June, 1900 will be payable on WEDNESDAY, JULY 26th, on which date
• he obtained ou applica Dividend Waals may he ch tion at the Company's
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from TUESDAY,, the 1815, to WEDNESDAY. the 25th July (both days - inclusive), during which period nu transfer of shares can be registered.
By Order of the Board of Directius,
MOWBRAY 9.NORTHCOTE,
Secretary to The General Managers. Hongkong, 11th July, 1924.
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THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT AND AGENCY CO. LTD.
P
N INTERIM DIVIDEND of Four A Dollars per share for the six months Ending 80th June, 1922, will be payable on". WEDNESDAY, JULY 26th, pa which date Dividend Warrant may be obtained on applica- tion at the Company's ·
Ofier The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company
Increasing Demand
for
WATSON'S
E
SCOTCH
WHISKY
We can
guarantee that for a long time
have loft the Godowns, and all Goods remaining will be CLOSED from TUESDAY the 18th yet, all Customers-
undelivered after the 1st August, will be subji
to reat.
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented, to the Undersigned on or before the 15th August, or they will not be recognised.
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods, ara to be left in the Godowns, where they will be 10,500; IN 1,685 ermined on the lat August, at 10 am."
No Fire Insarszce has been affected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
GIBB, LIVINGSTON CO. LTD.
Agents. Hongkong, 25th July, 1999.
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PUBLIC AUCTION,
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ARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of the letting by Public Auction Bale, to be hald on MONDAY, the 31st day of
No
HONGKONG TRAM WAY CO, LTD (INCORPORATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOX),'
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a
INTERIM DIVIDEND of ONE Buly, 1922, at 5 pm, at the Ofices of the SHILLING per Share on acount off the year Public Works Department, by Order of Ere 1922 has been derlard RICELLINEY THE GCTERSON of one Lot of CROWN LAND a. Pekiulam in the Jolony of Hongkong, for a terin of 75 years, with thes option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Burveyor of EM MAJESTY THE Kia, for one further termot 76 years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LUT.
Locality.
Bondary
Moneranda DE.
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feri tea feat. Eat.
As per le plas,
about
Uput Cries,
126,000) 80 2,87:
PUBLIC AUCTION,
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DARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be
·Fold an
MONDAY, the 31st day of "July, 1922, "at-3 pm, at the Offices-of-the- Puble Works Department, by Order of Hi
EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, of one CROWN
LAND
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
The DIVIDEND will be payable on and after WEDNESDAY, the 2nd day of August, 1929, to Shareholders, on the Register un TUESDAY, the 6th day of August 1922, and will be paid to Shareholders of the Colonial (Hongkong) Register at the exchange rate of 2.7. per Dollar.
By Order of the Board.
W. E. ROBERTS, Hongkong. 24th July. 1992.
Secretary.
CONSILAT DE FRANCE.
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WE to notify the General Public that
Tenders are invited for supplying General Electric Plant and accessories for the Lighting of the towns of Fort Bayard and Tele Kan in the Territory of Kwang Chow Wan.]
Fall particulars and specifications to be obtained on application to the French Con- BULATE OFFICES, ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS, Tor Froon, every day from 11 .. to Noon and From PM to 43.3.
The Comal for Friter.
...P. KREMER.
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OFFICIAL NOTICE.
PROPOSAL TO CHANGE A
SHIP'S NAME
E the Po Surs STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
to WEDNESDAY, the 26th July (both dayt inclusive), during which period no transfer ös shares can be registered.
By Onder of the Board of Directors
MOWBRAY S NORTHCOLE.
Secretary. Hongkong, 11th July, 1922.
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5.S. “AMBOISE.” SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
NOTICE.
in
CONSIGNEES of Cargo from Marseilles in connection with Above Steamer are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Opius. Treasure, and Valuables are being landed and stored at their risks into the bazardousugd/or extra hazardous Godowns
old and new-may rely on imbibing
Real pre-war Whisky -of genuine age. For such is WATSON'S E. Whisky.
-
of the Hongkong Kowloon Wharf and Godown A S WATSON &
Co, Ltd., at Kowloon, hence delivery may obtained immediately after landing..
be
Optional Cargo will be forwarded on unless intimation is received from the Consignees before Noon today requesting it to be landed. here.
Bill of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned, Goods remained unclaimed after the 27th inst.. at Noon, will be subject to rent and landing charges.
All claime must be sent in to me on or before the 36th instant, or they will not be recognized
All damaged packages will be examined by Hear Goddard & Douglas, on Thursday, the 27th inst., at 10 am. ·
No Fire Insurance has been effected.
A. JOBARD,
Actg. Agent Hongkong, 21st July, 1922.
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INDO-CHINA STEAM
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NAVIGATION
COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO CONBIGNIII.
Frox JAPAN.
THE Steamabip
Goods not clearod by the 27th inät, will be subject to rent.
All broken, akafed and damaged package azə to be left in the Gedowns, where they will be examined. Claims against the steamer must be promnied within 10 days of arrival, other- wise they will not be recognized
No Fire Insuranes will be elected by in any caso whatever.
"KUTSANG" baring arrived from the above porta, Con- signees of Cargo by her are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed ai their rink into the. T'kamardons and/or extra hasardow Godawad of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Lot of
Godow Cov Lid, whence and/or from the at Findlay Bord WLTRO, of victoris in the Colony of wharren, delivery may be obtained. in the Colony of Hongkong for a term of Hongkong. hereby give notice that in con- sequence of her present name being nasuitable applied to the Board of Trade, under Section 4 of the Merchant Shipping Art, 1804, of the ship "PAZ of the Part of respect › Manila Oficial number
of gross tonnage 1,400 tons, register tonnage 854 tons, heretofore owned 1 by MADRIGAL AND COMPANY OF MANILA IN the Philippine Islands for the permission to change her name to "NEW MATHILDE" and to have Ker registered in the new name at the Port of Hongkong as owned by the-said PO SHON STEAMSHIP COMPANT, LIMITED,
Any objections to the proposed change of name must be sent to the Registrar of Shipping at Hongkong within seven days from the 8,001 ppearance of this advertisement."
THE PO SHUN S.S. CO. LTD. Dated at Tictoria aforesaid this 24th day of July, 193
No. of gala
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touality.
Bomidary Hessaremiata.
Contaals
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As per salo plan
Annual Rental.
Upset Price,
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THE EAST ASIATIC CO. LTD
THE M/S
COPENHAGEN.
#AFRIKA",
having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are by informed that all Goods are being kanded and stored at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardons Godowna of the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf and
-NIGHT.
HE CORONE
THE
SHOULD
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Bits of Lading will be countersigned by
JARDINE, HATHESON, & Co., LTD.
General Managera. Hoogkorg, at July, 1994.
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LTD,
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LTD.
CONSIGNEES per Company's Steamer
'" MACHAON * E-
are hereby notified that the Cargo will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lie at Consignee's risk and subject to terms and conditions of storage at Hoff's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for from Godown on and after 24th July. Optional cargo will be landed, unleas notice has been given prior to stomIDER'S All broken, chafed, and damaged goods are to be left in the Godowas, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 10:45 am, and Noon within the free storage period.
Godown, Co., Ltd, whance delivery may be WOMAN TELL?AL,
obtained.
No Chime will be admitted after the
ods have left the Godowns, and all Goods undelivered after the 1st of
will be subject to reat.
Twining
Avgust,
No claims will be sumitted after the Goods
CO., LTD.,
Wine & Spirit Merchants..
ESTABLISHED 81 YEARS.
BIRTHS. HOLMES-At Shanghai, on July 17th,
to Mr. and Mrs. H. HOLMES, & SON, MAGNANI.At Shanghai, on July 18th. to Mr. and Mrs. A. MAGNANT. daughter.
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT, Mr. PATRICK HENRY MURRAY and family beg to return their" sincere thanks to their numerous friends for their kind expressions of sympathy in their recent sad bereavement and also for the numerous beautiful floral tributes received.
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HONGKONG OFFION: 104, Da Vaux RD., LONDON OFFICE: 131, Fixer Star, E.
The Baily Press.
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HONGKONG, JULY ZETU, 1922.
"REGRETTABLE
INDISCRETION."" -
Is it credible that there has been The Canton Times says: "Oo account: on ships of any nationality deliberato of the desertion of the staff of the Muni- rough-handling of American freight to cipal Financial Department, title deeds." prejudice foreign markets against it "1 kept by the department have been mislaid, The allegation strikes us as being trans. In a notice issued by the pront manage. parently absurd. Mr. DENBY, it will be ment, a list of the title deeds lost was observed, made the observation palatable published.**
to Japan, which does a large shipping. business with America, by adding that he
Mia Len Johnson of No. 6, Giuge Street, was happy to say that he had never has reported to the police that late on heard of such instances in connection with Monday night, whilst taking a chair to the Japanese merchant marine, Who, her house, her handbag was snatched at then, are these foreign shipowners who the junction of D'Aguilar Street and are alleged to be guilty of this deliberate | Queen's Road by A Chinese who made rough handling of American freights? good his escape. In the bag, which was Are they British, French, Dutch, a silver meshed one, and valued at #29. v. Italians or Germans? It is just as she had a sum of it and a watch of dicult for anyone who does not think the value of $60. so auch in terms of ships, and" loves
Colonel E F Halt, BAF, whenatık ships" as Mr Orsay does to "under stand how any company could debase recently has berry in the service of the itself is to fail to discharge an honour Chinese Government as expert adviser i able duty entrusted to it." For our part regard to civil aviation, has been spend we have no difficulty in believing that ing a few days in, Hankow, Accompanied there is not a shipping company in the by Mr. Perceval Landon, who is a travel, wide world which deliberately set itselfling correspondent to 'he Daily Tele out to rough-handle American freight in graph, Colonel Hoit has now left for order to prejudice foreign markets Changaha, whence the travellers intend to against it. That company, or even any | proceed overland to Canton, particular ship, which did that sort of thing would speedily have to retire from business. It plainly stands to reason that shipping company. whatever its nationality, is out to get all the freight
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it gan, and certainly one can afford to engage in the suicidal policy that the American Naval Secretary ascribes to them. But for the fact that such
an amazing charge is made by a responsible Minister of State, it would have seemed ridiculous for ser inux
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tice. }{ ther exists the
slightest fendation for such a charge
Dr. Wheeler, of Yokohama, has recently celebrated his 80th birthday. He has beca a resident there for 52 years and has never... left the port. To mark the occasion of his. eightieth birthday, about 250 of the
babies" whose advent into the world
be has "witnessed presented him with a cocktail set on a tray, the whole. still follows his profession in Yokohama. being of hammered silver. Dr. Wheeler
A Filipino ran amok last week in the and hotel district near Luneta, cutting heart of the American residential, club and slashing eight persons including one woman who had both her hands cut off.
He was pursued by a large crowd to the
against any company, we are unable to The man was eventually hisscord by an beach where he jumped into the Bay.
understand why there should be any Government, or the aggrieved American
hesitation on the part of the Ameriena followed in a rowboat. Ail. the, wounded)
army captain and native policeman who Were Filipinos of Chinese.
shippers, de nue the Company and seek
The Belgian Legation in Peking is redress which po Court of Justice would insisting on the re-instatement of the deny them if the allegation could be Belgian Chief Engineer of the Lung Hai established. For Minister of State trunk railway. Owing to a strike of the Chinese employés. on the line inst year He publicly making "such imputations in the Chief Engineer temporarily vacated a form which renders them applicable to his post. The Loan Agreement provides ships of "a dozen nationalities or rare is, that the Chief Engineer of the line shalt to say the least of it; regrettable be a Belgian, but it is reported that at a conference held at Kaifeng recently it indiscretion."* Until specific proof is was resolved to strike if the authorities furnished we cannot believe any sane reinstated the Belgian Chief Engineer. person who has the least acquaintance with the shipping trade could possibly believe a word of it, so utterly opposéd | Yat-sen. Recently the Cantonese Guild is it to the sound business considerations sent a telegram to Dr. Sun asking hisa to leave Canton in order to pave the way by, which any shipping company in the for a settlement of the troubles there. A world must be governed if it seeks to number of local Cantonese have now taken.
the Committee of the Guild to task for live and prosper.
this message, asking if the members know what they are about, and whether they have not heard of the looting, violence Ching-ming's troops. and depredations committed by Chem
Observatory yesterday afternoon reported The typhoon warning from the Manila
a cyclone or typhoon in about 126deg. Long, E. 20deg. Lat. N. moving N.W.
The return of the Medical Officer of Health for Monday shows three fata Chinese cases of plague and one now fatal case of enteric fever (American). The last named case was an imported one."
The sum of 170 wise realised as a result of the concert held at Mount Austin Barracks on July 8th, and has been paid to Mrs. Humphry towards the Military Stall at the forthcoming Ministering (Children's League Bazour.
The interesting announcement in nade that the Royal Asiatic Society, London, has awarded its Triennial Gold Medal to Dr. H. A. Giles. The award is part cularly notable from the fact of its bring the first given for Chinese.
of Dr. J. W. Boss, who is leaving for Canada on a business trip.
Hongkong has not a monopoly of the great heat." North China is a sharer proverbial oldest inhabitant of Tientsin of our suffering in this respect. The
does not remember so hot a summer. Shanghai is also complaining.
Cantonese in Shanghai appeze, to he divided in their allegiance to Dr. Sua
The American Secretary of the NOTY, Mr. Denby, was proceeding to Nankow, aeroplane on the 15th inst, when tains at a height of 4,000 feet. Landing engine trouble developed over the moun
diffealt but the pilot succeeded in land- was imperative and the ground, was very ing without injuring anyone, though the machine was practically wrecked. The party consisted of Captain Dolan, the pilot, Captain Blake, the observer, Mr. Denty and two pressmen who are accopi- panying the Secretary's party. Ther voyagers returned from Nankow by train.
According to the veruncular press the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs at Shanghai has received intimation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Peking that now regalations have been introd regarding the hunting and shooting of grime in the interior by foreigners. The new regulations are: (1) No guns may be fired in vicinities where people are living; (2) Sportsmen should notify the nearest police statich in order that they may receive proper protection; (3) Sportsmen who are forbidden by the police to do so, shall refrain from firing their guns: (4) No hunting or firing of guns shall be permitted near military areas lest there should be misunderstandings; (6) Only No sportsmen shall be permitted to camp sporting gung, shall be carried; and (6)
in the open.
Mr. A. Rolph Emery, junior Canadian Trade Commissioner, has IT has been left to the Hon. EDWIN arrived in Shanghai to act as Canadian DERBY, the American Secretary of State Trade Commissioner during the absence for the Navy, now on a tour in the Far East to make in Japan what surely is the feeblest of all arguments put forward for the proposed subsidisation of the new merchant marine of the United States, and at the same time to cast a stigma upon foreign shipping companies which Cannot be allowed to pass without com-
By the capsizing of a launch at Soo- Owing principally to absence of funds chow recently the Rev. L W. Pierce, an ment. Addressing at Yokohama
Chinçac students in Japan have had a American Missionary at Yangchow lost gathering of American business men. Mr. very bad time recently. It is not surpris his life. Mr. Pierce, his daughter (Dr. DENBY is reported to bave said;-- jug, therefore, says the N-U. Daily News, Ethel Pierce), his son Herbert, and Mr. that there has been a somewhat rapid | Stephen Green of Yangchow were on the "Aside from national defence, we must carry a good portion at least of exit on their part from the country, as upper deck at this time. Mr Pierce was our commerce under our own flag, or many as 150 having arrived in Shanghai in the cabin below. Efforts to straighter suffer the constant annoyances and fin-within the past few days. pements that ensue when our goods,
Instead of the merger" recently dis- are carried under the flags of other nations: Instances have been known of cussed the Hongkong Hotel and Mesars the deliberate rough-handling of Ame Lane, Crawford (who now have a con rican freight to prejudice foreign trolling interest in the Dairy Farm Co.) markets against it. No such instances, have come to working arrangement I am happy to say, have I ever heard from which it is claimed that better ser of in connection with the Japanese vica to the publié will result. merchant marine. It is difficult for one who thinks so much in terms of ships, A difficulty, which has cropped up in the window and was instrumental in sav. and loves ships as I do, to understand regard to the recent settlement in the ing her life. A moment later the launch
the boat after she had stuck were unavail- ing: on the contrary, it tipped further to one side and those on the upper deck, were soon in the water. The windows were at the water's edge. Herbert knowing his mother was inside, entefed a window and, seeing ber head among floating cushions and tables, reached her arm and drew her to the window. Mr. Green, working from the outside, pulled Mra. Pierce through
him, chatod and damaged Goods KOWLOON THEATRE, bare lafs the stemmer's Godowns suit all how my company could so debase itself lightermen's dispute has been under turned completely over, Herbert diving
are to be left in the Godowns, where they
will be examined on the 1st of Augusti
3924, at 10 KD-
All claims must reach us before the 5th of
August or they will but be recognized.
No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bilis of Lading will be countermigned by
"A ROMANCE
OF
Intuat be
Gooda remaining undelivered after the th July, will be subject to rent.
At Claima against the Steamer prosented to the undersigned on or before the 12th Ang, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Lururance will be affected.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRL, Agents,
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MANNERS & BACKHOUSE, LTH HAPPY VALLEY.] Hongkong, July 24th, 1921
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Agenté
as to fail to discharge an bonourable negotiation for some daya paat and for a window and emerging safely on duty entrusted to it. When I pat my yesterday the mes rather unexpectedly the outside. Bearch was now made for goods aboard a foreign ship, and pay suspended work. The trouble is entirely Mr. Pierce. It was thought he had gone the freight for their transportation, Ins to an interpretation of a clause of the inside to rescue Mrs. Pierce, but it was have a right to safe and careful hand- agreement. A meeting was held Inst uncertain how or where he had gone down Jing of those goods, and if I do not night of the mon concerned, and it is and Herbert tried to find him by diving get it I cannot avoid a feeling of deep hoped that a modus vivendi will be in water over 18 feet deep. His body wis resentment."
reached to-day.
ton minutes later found inside the launch
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