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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1892–

Honghong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1802.

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

"BANKS" have gone up to 11a) per cent premium.

The well known Tamakich! Troupe of acrobats, who have created quite a sensation in all the countries they have travelled through, including India, Java, and the Straits, have arrived bere and will open their show on the Reclamation Ground (West Falat) on Saturday evening. Further particulars will be found in our advertis. Ing columns,

THE Bijou Company will commence at 3.30 pm to-morrow, with specially arranged matlade programme, in which the exhibition of mesme- rism and mystery is simply marvellons. For THE German Funboat Wolf returned to Shangbal or night with the Spirits, le the great feature to-morrow night "Dexter, the Man of Mystery," Nobody should miss hearing Miss Beaumonts two lovely voices..

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SEEDS

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Ma. H. H. Joseph, Superintendent of the P. & 0. Hongkong office, returned from Nagaan to-day.

H.M.S. Peacock Jelt Shanghai for Wuhu on the 16th Inst. She was to stay four days at Chin-, klang en routs.

THE Chian Sugar Refining Co.'s scrip has risen 2 points in pablic esteem, and is now in faiz demand at 8152k per share.

In the Supreme Court to-day the tiligomaniac Wong Tact Hi was further put off for a week. More fees, of course, Poor devil!

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AN Ordinance has been passed by the Legisla ture of Gambia restricting the loading and unloading of cargo on Sundays in the waters of that Colony. The new law, which is on sil werking Ordinance, came into foron on the 1st fours with the Hongkong Sunday Carge Instant and provides for special permits to work on a scale ranging from £10 for vessels of 200 toga and under to £40 for vessels of 2,000 tons

and over.

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south of us, taking a Bór b-west course, so that if anything a north-east course would take us away from it. The recond officer and I proposed hardly by the Capitale did not agree. I could the seas if ranslag. She was rather a low-lying say whether the ship would have stood

the sea there was then, but next day I think not. ship. She could have stood It that night with

would have been broached to er swamped. I think if ranting before the sea next day she

The President -Then од

Monday you had position --No, only the soundings, no calculations in which to determine your

culated the drift at four to dive knote, and by Correcting himself, witness suld, they cal studying the chart the thought the Pescadores must be about E.N.E at 8 pm, on the oth There was a suggestion to put but'a chain cable Impossible to get forward without certato sacrifice of life. The wlacker and cables wess worked or a aca suchor, but at that time it was simply

forward; and they did not know it was cass

of losing the ship.

ship was in a dangerous position ? No. There The President-In fact, you never thought the was no protection on the forecasila except a rall. The cables could not be worked from below. There was no well.

bridge on the port side; the line, drew ahead and off. The dritt was calculated at four or five kuets, with wind and sca. Early in the alter soon lost port lifeboat and two others on the port side they were not turned inboard. Wit ness relieved second officer at 4p.m.; glass 29.15; sounding as to 33 fathoms all the afternoon; fine dark and bottom. At eight o'clock, glass on watch, the former telling witacas he would still 29.15. Commander and third officer came send for him if required. At about a quarter to ten witness felt three heavy seas come on board, which mashed through the engine went on deck and saw the chief engineer, room skylight and put the fires sat. Witnest who said he was going to the captain, to -report that the fires were out and engines use; could do anything. Soundings up to 3 pm. less

the place was so full of steam that nobody about as fathoms Witness remained on deck after that. The ship headed about ES,E, as before, and wind and sea nearly abeam. Slace strines with very fair access; the sexs did not afternoon ofl had been poured through the break so heavily. On finding this, witness had set all the latrines, 6 or 7, flowing with oil, About 10 minutes to twelve the quartermaster on watch came and told witness to ga 3053, and William Humphreys, 2321, both A Come beam. Witness went on the bildge, and the was a storm.tryall-la-the sail room below, but AT the Magistracy today Henry James, private bridge; also told him there was land on the be.

In reply to Mr. Johnson, witness sald there pany, Shropshire Light Infantry, were brought captain said to him "It is all over. Good-bye, it was not ready, and had ubted whether it could up charged with several offences. The evidenca Prickett Then he went to call the passengers have been set even If ready. At 8 am on Maa showed that they got drunk, entered a Chinese up on deck. Wipers saw the land. The sight day they could have set it if it had been be tore in Queen's Road East, grabbed a lump of visible, but gave some light through the mist witness said the ship was very far from being was not very dark's the moon was not actually In reply to further questions from the President cheese and commenced to eat it, struck the torekeeper when he took away the cheese, and and clouds. Could see about 200 or 300 yards, overloaded. She was only carrying 1500 tons further, that one of them slipped a pipe up his minutes later she struck on the starboard of cargo. Her Plimsoll mark gave her a draught sleeve and then both ran way. They were alde, and heeled over to part; struck again, fined sa each and ordered to pay to cents each shipping a sea at the same time which alert of 33 ft. 6 in, and a freeboard of 8 ft. 70 fn.i the actual draught this voyage was only ty it, so la. everybody off the bridge. The third officer and fore and aft, leaving 33 ft. 6 in. freeboant. The were on the bridge. Witness struck the bridge their officers as to lying to or running, or taking witness, helmsman and quartermaster on witch-P-and-O-Co. had a special Instructions to risks in emergencies. Except when the Com- 200 yards out from shore, nearly fat, but with sible. So far as witness knew the congal of he was on the rect. The reel extended about mander gave instructions, itness sharp ridges. Witness wore no lifebelt; had a matters of that sort was left entirely with the life busy in his hand, but lost it. There Captale. The Bokhara was a full-powered ship, were belts on the bridge. When he got though witness could not say what was her on the reef, he found the helmsman, and indicated horse power. s soon after the other quartermaster who had been on watch, and the 4th officer, Then he saw

At this stage the Court adjourned for tifftr. ·· After the examination of Mr. T. H. Jones-Parry third officer. This would be about half an hour 10.30 a.m. after the wreck. Could just see the ship's masts, but nothing of the hull. From the beach the company went over the bill, and found a but; Dr. Lowson was inside. There they stayed for the night Next morning the ship had disappeared entirely. The wind went down about Tuesday during the day; on Wedunday, it was evening, but was not so bad all gufer probably attached by the stays, too yards mast floating. or so ou, Tuesday was spent in foraging about. Two or three tlas of biscuits were washed up. and a well with about two inches of brackish water was found. Some rockets had been washed Wednesday, about an hour after daybreak, ■ number of fishermen landed, to pick up wreckage. Found a good deal the island all round was took them to Pehne, an island further south covered. About noon, the fishermen were per Tuaded to take the abfpwrecked people off, and where they were lodged in a temple and looked atter by a priest. On Thursday morning they were taken to Makung to the mandarin's yamen, on another Island called Panghue.

They they were taken off by the Thais to Taiwanfoo, remained there until Saturday afternoon, when On Sunday morning the Porpoiss took them, on board and retained, calling at Makurg and Swatow, and arriving in Hongkong on Tuesday morolog

THE cable beteren Hongkong and Amoy has broken down again. The repairing steamer has spotted one break and will probably pick up and splice the other 10-m tror.

a compensation, Good old Tommy Alkins 1 BISHOP RAIMONDI requests us to state that the THE NC. Daily Naws of the 17th inst, says: new Roman Catholic Chapel on Pokfulam Road,On the trip up river on Thursday the Wla being carried off, and the next thing he knew lives. It appears that a straw laden boat got in Cores de Vries was the means of saving thres the wash of the Yuantes and upset. Apparently the accident was not seen from the Yewe, but just as the Coraz de Vris got to Silver Island cries for help were heard, and though this was In the narrow part of the river, the steamer was turned round and went after the capsized boat the boat had to be left to drift away down river.

West Point, will be opered for services at 4 THE German Federal Council has passed a law to the effect that the names of vessels shall be marked on them in letters no smaller than to

o'clock to-morrow afternoon.

OUR SECOND and LAST SHIPMENT centimetres (about four inches) in length.

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Hongkong, 21st October, 1892. Hon. Secretary,

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THE FRENCHMAN BOTHERED.-." I read in de Times von day dat a murder has been crm- mected, and da gex' day dat de morderer has been commeeted. How is dees ?"

WE are informed by the agents (Mesirs. Dodwell, Carlill & Co.) that the "Stire" Line steamer Braconshire left Singapore for this port yester day, and is due on or about the 26th Inst.","

OUR Shanghal contemporary states that s foreigner, recently arrived at Shanghai, travelled in a junk from Chungking to Ichang in fifty-one Lours. The upward journey takes about six weeks.

A REGULAR meeting of the Diligentia Lodge of Instruction will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, on Thursday, the 27th Instant, are cordially invited. at 5 for 5.30 p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren

IT is now an everyday occurrence for steamers to ground on the Woosung bar. Unless some thing is shortly done to remove the "heaven-. sent barrier," Shanghal promises before very long to become: second Macao...---- The German steamer' Talytch, Capt, Emis, arrived from Newchwang to-day, and reports having sighted the German big Chrifting Nition and German barque Boruto bound to October. the North; both near Shanghal on the 17th of

OUR Shanghal moruleg contemporary says that H.M.S. surveying vessel Penguin could not leave Shanghai until the oth inat, owing to

the mouth of the Ningpo river, where she will continue surveying for some time. This work finished, she will proceed to Hongkong and be paid-off in February.

Tax Shanghat Mercury of the 15th Inst. says;

We her that Lloyd's rate on the feature 167 Special quotations for large quantities. to-day me.to By per cent. She had a valuable

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THE "BOKHARA.”

MARINE COURT OF INQUIRY.

At the Harbour Office this morning Capt. R. Murray Rumsey, R. N, hold an inquiry into the Sokkara disaster, nazisted by Staff Commr. J.H. Woolward (Victor Emanuel), Capt. J. R. Hill (Batavia), Capt. AE. W. Hodgins (Thaler), and Capt. H. Craig (Menmuir).

The Court was to have been opened at 10.30, but waited until 11.30.

There

LATEST BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.

of the British Mercantile Marine as compared Statistical tables have been recently pub Habed, showing the progress and development with that of other maritime Fowers. They show that in, the year 1840 the British Ang floated over 31 millions registered tons of ship- ping and that in 1891 this amount had increased three-fold, to so mililors, and in both years the United Kingdom of Great Britain alene- of the Empira. In 1840 six and a half millions of British tronage entered and cleared at ports in the Unlied Kingdom as against three lllions of foreign shipping, while in 189 nearly 54 millions of British tonrage were entered and cleared in Home ports as against about 21 million of foreign Shipping. In 1840 the U. K., with cargoes and ballast, amounted Brilah steam tonnage, entered and cleared in to $63,000 tons as compared with 128,500 of Ancona sighted the Litalian Light House on the steam, had risen to 493 million tons British, and On Thursday, sots October, at 7 am the foreign tonnage. But to 1891 these figures, for S.W. point of Fisher Island, Percadores; a 134 ilons of forelen tonnage. The retains strong monsoon was blowing at the time, with further show that in 1891 the amount of considerable sex and a hazy horizon. On near- both sail and steam tonnage wee $4 million Tortoise Rock and Sand Island British and neatly 21 millions foreign, were sighted,

THE “BOKHARA"-

THE "ANCONA" IN SEARCH,

following report has been forwarded for publica

Through the courtesy of the P. & O. Co. the tion :-)

Mr. A. B. Johnson (Johnson, Stokes and | xiĥore, and a fire was made with them. On ing the langed a rant being observed a little') and the steamers alone in the foreign trade dur

Master) represented the P. & O. Co.

The President read a letter from Mr. Prickett, chief officer of the Bekkara, reporting the loss of the steamer and arrival of the survivors in

for an inquiry

Hongkong, and asking said he was chief officer

Glies Heary 'Prickett of the Bakkara since June 35th last, with master's, certificate, London, dated 1889. The

of Greenock length 351.5 feet, beam 39 Bokkara was a three-masted meamer, 3,907 tane net, 1,697 reg., built in 1873 by Caird & Co. 19 ft depth moulded; 2,500 hp, two cylinders ft, 301 and 86. (These particulars were read by the witness from Lloyd's list.) The master was Charles-Sams; there were f

four officers, four seven quartermasters, one European boatswain, Engineers, A bollermaker_and a winchman f

below, he could not say how many stewards,

carpenter, 43 deck hands (Lascari) about 35. Left Shanghal on the 8th for Hong keng with mails and could not say how many passengers. About 1,500 tons of general cargo draught 17 ft 10 in. fore and af. Os leaving Shanghai, had fresh north-east breeze.

read hir notes made while waiting at M▸kang, At this point witness asked to be allowed to

peblished,

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to the southward of Sand Island, Capt. Medle tag the same year amounted to 4 milllaas decided to head up for it, to aurerfald whether British, and 131 millions foreign steam tonnage it indicated the position of the wreck. It was The returns then show more or less Interesting found to be a solitary Jack et anchor under the facts relative to the personnal of the Service and being seur Sand Island it was decided to lee of some outlying racks, but the Ancona he amount of tonnage turned out of British a careful search for the wreck,

make wards for foreign States.

They are, In facts the most complete statistics of the kind ever issued by the Board of Tenda

question will issue afmilar retous ononally, for and do that mysterious corporation fafinita credit. It is to be hoped that the Board in the public are catliled to know-how Service on less dependent is progressing, as compared on which almost every British subject is more

other Maritime Powers, with the advancement, in the same directios,

The Sheth Palot, the west and north coasts

the reliability of the chast rendered a very close of the faland were thoroughly examined, but the state of the weather and the uncertainty as to approach imprudent. While passing on the these on the deck of the Acess to be moving west side a-namber of people were observed by

were under the Impression they saw what might abuut on the Island and one or two passengers

corner, but these were not observed from the have been the tops of marts his the north west bridge by Captals Mudia and the officers of the

ship.

WOODYEAR'S CIRCUS IN SWATOW V

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDINT.} {♪ vahabi Swatow, October 19th, 1892,

utter lack ofredrers, Britishers la trouble receive at the hands of a heathen mob, and their own oficials.

be deemed a most disastrous one. This is attri

Apart from fallure. Enancially, th

"the visit of the Curces to Swatop maty in every other respect, butable to want of encouragement from Euro pers. pressure brought to bear by a few Inuential Chinese, the generally prevalent native antipathy to anything foreign, and lack of promptitude on the part of the local

In reply to the President, witness asid the Tung Ying, was about correct. The second position at 8 p.in. on Sunday, 8 miles cast of officer was navigating officer, with the com- mander. Up to that point there was a sooth. westerly set. Witness helped to work out the position, on a speed of 13 koots, and no allowance wreck and considering a nearer appesach OF THE SHOW SMASHED OF BY CHINESE ROWDIES,

Captain Madie having seen no trace of the S for current simply dead reckoning. Mala attempt to land dangerous, in the weather then tryanil was blown away in the afternoon, or prevailing, decided to proceed to "Ponghou “Liding` the plants" lo ̈atiain to thols fall the want of water on the Bar. She is bound for the substance of which has been strendy | storm tiysali was brought ont. A stort's trysail | effected and the Ancona anchored of thatch The departure of Woodyear's Cirens by the

rather tore, and had to

be farled; no Harbour to make enquiries at Makung; this wan The President said that he could refer to it, to in the locker, Ship was not supplied with of Mr. E. E. C. Roberts, and officer, accompanied steamship Pakshan for Singapore to-day, con

fore. or main tryall were down at 11.15 B.DE. A boat was sent ashore in charge refresh his memory.

storm fore-stayasil. Witheas went on to say that on the Sunday taken in on Sunday at 10 p.m. In trying to the passengers, who kindly volunteered his

All awnings, etc., were by the Reverend R. M. Ross, of Amoy, ona of stitutes a striking example of the treatment, and (b) wind increased; a selling ship was passed, come up, on the other tack, did not try to spread services as interpreter. They were received in andes full sail and studding-sails; land was sall affs would have blown to bits, Tried a very friendly manner by the people on shore sigated and bearing takes up to to o'clock; tarpaulins to mizen rigging. Could have set and at once conducted to the Military Mandarin cargo. Including 1,500 bales of silk, several reliable on account of hary weather. Soundings Set an all on first lying-in, and after that could accorded a most courteous reception,

alad took afternoon sights, which were not very forchrysall but it would have been blown away, in charge of the place, by whom they were thousand chests of ten, and large quantity of treasure, and the lesurance companies ard W, Thompson's machine and gare 33 fathoms,

were taken, som afar four o'clock with. Sirë not.

They ascertained that the 23 survivors from The President-Having your storm-leysall the wreck bad left for Talwan and that since growing hourly more uneary. But we do not believe that anything worse than a break-down 8. 33 W. 2. At eight o'clock sounded again, not get it up.

mad bottoms ship then golog 13. knots, course down below, I think it is a great pity you did their departore 53 bodies had been washed of her machinery will be found to have pegurred.'

38 Ly wind N.E., force 6 to %, a little on the port

Witness continued, that in trying to wear, they which they were found, amongst them

sahore and buried in cofins at the places at quarter; had the reefed foresail and whole could not use head tail, as they had nene. He females who were interred near MalungThe officials (foreign and native) to sip disturbances, THE Kobe Herald understands that "fourteen foretopsail; main trymall had been blown away sides, the attempt would have been the death Mandarin produced some doepmenis left within the bad, and a day Portuguese residents of Kebe met on Saturday in the afternoon. At ten o'clock the Commander of those trying it to bepresented to His Ex. Sr. Custodio de Borja, was going down very fast, and asking if it would pity you did not get these things ready before also the official record he is keeping of Commissioner of Customs for the occasion, and evening for the purpose of signing the memorial spoke to wiiness on the bridge,, saying the glass The President I cannot help thinking it is a Makung, relating to their kind treatment &c., galan plot of Customs propesty, granted by the bim by the surpfrom on their departure from The Circus was erected on an enclosed trian Governor of Macao, Envoy Extraordinary and not be better to lie to seas were then breaks band, Minister Plenipotentiary accredited to the Courting over the port quarter. Witness turned the

Witness explained that they might, if they had mentioned that he had been The fact of it being on. Hal Kwan' property and the number of bodies recovered. He also war simply circle of mating some 20 feet in of Japan, bearing on the subject of the aban hands sp, battened down forn and aft, took in known their danger; but they could only have for any mess bodies that might be

height, minds 100% or covering of sny sait donment of the Portuguese residents in Japan sail, and at a quarter to two on Monday morning made the preparations at considerable risk to ashore this. party so doubt being the people in close proximity to by their representative, Mr. José da Silva reported to the commander that all was ready the seamen, and not knowing that there was any seen on Band Island from the Ancona. He why deter the Chinese mot from making thinga the slices, did not in Roy Loureiro. The important document was passed też lying-to. and signed by everyone present and on a Commander Woolward:-Then it took you all men's lives. They thought the ship was just off faland and was completely covered at high Hostile demonstrations were of nightly occur

urgeat necessity they did not wish to risk the stated that the wreck was on the North of Sand, hot. MYTERIAN motion made by Mr. Rosario it was resolved the time, fouten until a quarter to two, to manke Ockien, fustead of sear the Pescadores. NOW READY. that for reasons which will in due course be ready

The President-f

water, but that the tops of two of the maste rence from the very commencement, and the made public, two gentlemen who were not pre- Witness explained that it took some time to other back, ide ship in bad got round on the could be seen at low water and that, so far, rowdies amused themselve by throwing momen sent should not be allowed to sign the document take in sail The wind was then a strong gals,

might have been saved. nothing but the bodies referred to had been. And excrement over the enclosure, and eyes right, This reminds us of the famous three tallers of face about 9, steady, and the glass 29.25. The their position was to calculate the dead reckoning people to reach the scene of the wreck in a in this way almost uninterruptedly until Saturday Witness explained that the only way to find recovered. An attempt had been made by his intothering in many instances Things progressed Tasley Street who commenced a somewhat ship was brought to on the port tack. similar memorial" We the people of England."

and the drift of current ; they could not possibly small streamer on 10th October, but the state of Capt. Woolward bow Did you experience any expect to reach the Pescadores; they had no the weather rendered it Impracticable to de se, Europeans present as fater, brd reached when it became apparent to the fem in coming to?" Portuguese trouble with Japan has become of water, but it

ides of it at all. poraries for months past regarding this alleged

They thought they were going

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The rubbish published by our Japanese contem, | diligi We shipped a considerable argoint | down mid-channel, and coming up on the other *ng monsoon having perelips over since the danger polot and that trouble, was !

Carts Wool w/ AMESTECHE UN TAR-inportance. Of course, if they had known the the mapie Yinded, and confirmed by the YamITE) HERE A o enclosure, and' with frightful / tape was not considered of absolutely vital to Hundreds of coolles bad congregated outside

Information was given by the natives when.

yella made the evening horrible. About We understand that orders have been received from the Hesse Guards to the effect that Mr. comfortably, not forging ahead winch, keeping bertainly have tried every possible way, even faxred The Neph ground when ceremoniously in front of two or three foreigners Witness-No. The ship was riding petty accessary it was to get round, and they would of the tide in Fongbow Harbour and that they of the circus and chucked down most an pm, x-coolles brought to the entrance Meredith, the popular Garrison Sergt.-Major, is the sea on the bow, and heading from N. 80 E. though some lives were lost thereby, to be transferred to Gibralter by next English At 6 am. found the water around was muddy

the side ebbed, the remained in who happened to be standing, there. He was Camiz. Woolwards-When you saw shost the position she had taken apse. The party bloeden preinsely from a cut across the posedo mall. His Successor is Seret-Major Newberry, sounded with the Thompson sounder and found water on Monday morning, did not that give therefore returned on board as quickly as poss the cuttin all probability, having been doct of the 1st East Yorkshire Regt. wha is new in as fathems, mud bottom shortly afterwards got you an idea you were on the east side of the sible to communicate this report in Captain ministered by his friends and it immediately PRICE THREE DOLLARS.es for the last 11 years, having arrived with the the ship was well cese of Ockses and far enough

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Africe. This officer has been amongst into green water, a fathoms, med. Concluded channel 7 "Grand Old Befft, bom which distíngalaked | to the east ; decided to bring her fucksen, especially na we found as fathom the shove, after leaving the sheltered", posklóz - the, sirens, & und? directly..., they, dides

went the rounda Witness: No, we thought we are formy Ash was necessary to more the ship and it manualy the Chinese

-the uniply horda that. Orders for Copies of THE "HONGKONG Regiment he was appelated to Warrant Rank other tack Tried to bring her head to

D the near

was not practicable to again construeleste with

deed almost simultanequely u 39 directly after. DIRECTORY" may be sent to the following Ganison Sergeant-Major in Hongkong, Mr. much as she came up was blowing come round, later on Monday, why did you let on her voyage to Hongkong, the time, belag after earning the South Africa medal As fall speed, helm hard-a-starboard, but fell off as Com, Woolward Then, after trying to originally taken up, the Ancond thun, progedes Agente

Meredith's perenata contesy, and HONOLONG...Mr. W. Brewer,

demeanour has done wonders in smoothing the soE, and then fell off against her holm? Several so rhoad any further, but jun dirlit down channel

genial hurricane, and she could not get nearer than N. her fall off towards E.5.E?We did not want to 1.30pm. trembled sea of military discipline, which is apt times this was tried, but failed. Then they tried and wait for the typhoon te pais, to become too rough in a station like this to wear, the skippengines astorp, to bring her The President-Was there no suggestion of a where Tommy's walks are circumscribed by stern up to the sex, and then with heim hard sea anchor -No we didn't think we wanted various local restrictions (wisely perhaps). Br. port went full speed ahead, but the ship malpod one. Meredith will always be remembered as haring in the same position. This contributed in various ways to the general times, keepingch time is all the steam she involved danger bich we thought needless for

WAL tried several

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