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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1903,

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The Hongkong Celegraph

"HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1903.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE French Mail of the 19th May was deliver- ed in London on the 17th înst.

Now look out for LeMunyan's new store adv. It is a beauty. Advt.

THE Chief Justice, Sir W. M. Goodman, is

returning from his holiday in Japan by the Siberia which is due on Tuesday.

IT is estimated that of the world's rainfall, three-fourths is supplied by vapour from the

Au absolute specific for Ringworm and Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Dhobi Itch.

HOUSEHOLD

AMMONIA

The Dutch dredger Port Arthur, of 229 tons, Captain Hille, from Rotterdam, arrived at Colombo on 30th ult., on her way to Port Arthur.

MR. G. A. Woodcock, secretary to the Sanitary

Board, was absent from bis usual post at the Board meeting this afternoon. He has been contined to his house with a touch of fever.

Try it in your bath and you will feel all THE total number of rats caught and found in the better for it... For cleansing silver-the Colony for the week ended 15th inst. is as follows:-Victoria 1,442; 196 of which were ware, jewellery, and, clothing, it is infected. Kowloon 940, of these 22 were in

without equal.

A. S. WATSON & Co.,

LIMITED.

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

ESTABLISHED A.D, 1841.

TELEPHONE NO. 156, CABLE ADDRESS: "ACHEE," LONGKONG, A. . C. CODE, 4TH EDITION,

ESTABLISHED 1859.

A CHEE & CO.,

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fected.

Don't forget the chits for they will not go LeMunyon-Advt.

A LEARNED professor says that a time will come when the length of a day on the earth will be go of the present days. But if the night is on the same scale what a fearful thing insomnia will be then.

JOHN Lyons, fireinan, of the British 5.5, Ayr, was seat to prison this morning for six weeks, on the complaint of Capt Gibson, for refusing duty and for behaving in a disorderly manner and assaulting the complainant while in a state of intoxication.

LeMunyon will have another grand opening Day and a Souvenir day as well; watch the date. -Advt.

By permission of Major Radcliffe and officers, the band of the 33rd Burma Infantry will play the following programme, during dinner, at the King Edward Hotel, to-morrow, Friday, (weather permitting):—

March..........."Only an Outpost "................................Dumus, Overtunt......" The Sapphire Necklace"....., Sullivan. Selection........"The Gay Parisienne "....Isan Caryll Song........"Beloved 11 is Moru ",, Florence Aylward. Selection............."San L'oy ".......................Sidney Joues,

." Modestie"..

".........Waldtoufel. .............." Hungarian"......... Brahms.

God Save the King.

Valte....

Папсе.......

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FURNITURE WITH reference to the prize competition started

DEALERS.

DRAWING-ROOM,

DINING-ROOM,

and BED-ROOM

ELECTRO-PLATED,

GLASS, and

FURNITURE.

CHINA WARES.

PASTEUR'S MICROBE-PROOF

FILTERS,

ROCHESTER LAMPS,

WHITE TURKISH TOWELS

COUNTERPANES.

COOKING RANGES,

KITCHEN UTENSILS, and

HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES.

by the Times in order to boom the Encyclopædia, and which has aroused so much comment in England, it is stated that these new ventures on the part of what was once regarded as the leading English journal belong to the Times in name only. The real inventors and organisers of the scheme are said to be an American firm, which pays the Times so much for the use of its name and otherwise runs the encyclope dia, the dictionary, and the competition as a separate business concern.

THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS| for the immediate delivery of 35 bags of the

OPENED 1815 MORNING.

sugar, The Bim, however, were suspicious and made inquirica of Messes. Dismark & Co. from whom they learned that an auch' request bad

'SANITARY BOARD.

bensed during the prevalence of plague." Dr. Lau Cha Pak minuted :-o view of the plague season drawing to an end, this question might, now, be allowed to drop.

LIME-WASH, NOT CHALK AND WATER.

The Acting Chief Justice, Sir Henry S. been issued by them. The second prisoner The President (Hon. Dr. 1. M. Arkinson, The President, pursuant to notice, moved

A meeting of the Sanitary. Board was held this afternoon in the Board Room. Present:

Berkeley, took his seat in the Supreme Count was thereupon detained, and a foki sent after"] P.C.M.O.), Vice-President (Hon. W. Chatham, at ball past ten this morning when the June the other prisoner. Counsel said that the D.P.W.), Capt. Lyons, Acting CS.P., Mr. H. E. Criminal Sessions were commenced with tigh- | evidence he intended calling would show that Pollock, K.C., Col. Webb, R.A;M.C., Mr. Ahmet teen prisoners, concerned in nine cases, await- | the delivery order was forged and that both Rumjahoj Mr. Fung Wa Chun, Dr. Pearse, ing trial. The indictments were for larceny, prisoners represented themselves as employees | Acting M.Q.H., and Mr. Hullen, Assistant forgery, disobeying order of banishment, burg- of Messrs. Bismark & Co. in order to pass oli lary, receiving stolen goods, robbery, and a the goods. charge under the Women and Girls' Protection Ordinance The must interesting case on the calendar was that of R. C. Moffit indicted for larceny, the report of which is printed in an- other column.

DISCHARGED,

Mak Tai Yam, a dumb man, was placed in the dock, and the Acting Attorney Geneinl said he was charged with a prisoner indicted with another offence. He had carefully considered the evidence and thought he would not be justified in placing the man on his trial.

No evidence was offered and prisoner was discharged,

ALLEGED LARCENY AND FORGERY,

With regard to the charge of larceny and forgery against Tong Fai, the Acting Attorney General said the case was provisionally fixed to come on for hearing on Monday week, after

the return of Sir William Goodman.

BURGLARY.

Wong Yan and Chan Fai were indicted on

three counts charging them with burglary, larceny and receiving stolen goods. They

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After hearing evidence the jury found the prisoners guilty, as libelled.

Secretary,

CHINESE EXODUS TO CANTON

His Lordship passed sentence of three years' | the table:- hard labour upon each.

The Court adjourned till to-morrow at 10.30 4.157.

MOFFITT PLEADS GUILTY.

THREE YEARS' HARD LABOUR. At the Criminal Sessions this morning Robert

Percy Moffit, ex-secretary of the Hongkong Dairy Fann Company, Limited, was placed is the dock to answer three indict- ments charging him with feloniously and fraud- ulently embezzling and stealing certain sums of money, to wit, $1,075, $1,632.98, and $1,169.42 received by him in 1903 as secretary of the Hongkong Dairy Fann-Co., Ltd.

The Hon. E. H. Sharp, K.C., (Acting Attor ney-General) instructed by Mr. F. B L. Bowley, Crown, and the prisoner, who pleaded guilty, (Crown Solicitor) prosecuted on behalf of the

was not defended.

pleaded not guilty to all counts, excepting with

Addressing his Lordship, the Acting Altorney regard to receiving the stolen property which General said it was not his wish on behalf the first prisoner admitted. The following jury of the Crown to press the case against the pri was sworn: Messrs. R. J. Macgowan (foreman), soner harshly, but he thought he would be Webb, A. McColl, and E. I. Ellis. W. B. Boyce, E. Lüders, W. A. H. Otto, H. Momitting his duty if he did not indicate to his

The Acting Attorney General stated that prisoners were two of a gang who committed burglary at a house in Kung Chung, New Territory, on the night of the 18th May

last.

Some time after aleven o'clock one

Lordship some of the facts of the case. It was specified in the agreement that prisoner's duty as secretary of the Dairy Farm Company, Limited, was to keep the books and receive all moneys which he had to pay into the bank on the same day. The system of the company as to of the inmates of the house heard suspithecustomers accounts was as follows: A shroff cious sounds and raised an alarm, and the was engaged by the company to actually collect prisoner in fier room. wife of a certain Ip Tak found the second

the customers' accounts, and he kept a book He struck a match, and seeing her there caught hold of her and told after two or three days, when he had a large of the money su collected. From time to time,

her to be silent or he would do something to her. He, however, remained there but a short time, and meanwhile the first prisoner was seen to take down a clock of smail value from the wall. The woman shouted out and aroused her |husband and prisoners decamped. The matter was reported to the police at Yaumati, and in consequence of information received they went at 2.30 the next morning to a coolic house in Yaumati and found the clock wrapped up in a wet coat in the first prisoner's,cubicle. The clock, which was going when hanging in the wall, had stopped at 11-19, the time when it was removed. Fourteca men were placed in a row, and the woman from the house identified the two prisoners.

Evidence was heard, and prisoners were found guilty on the first count and sentenced to three years' imprisonment with hard labour,

his Lordship observing that they had been found guilty of a very serious offence..

RETURNING FROM BANISHMENT.

On the 8th December, 1901, Wong On was banished from the Colony, but, according to his statement, he did not know for how long so he returned to Hongkong. He was sent to prisoner for six months with bard labour, and will then be banished from the Colony for five

years,

BURGLARY AND ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE,

Fung Chun, Chan Him and Kung Cheung, three unkempt and determined looking indivi- duals, were indicted for burglary and robbery with violence at the Coffee Plantation, East Point, on the 19th ult.

They pleaded not guilty, and the following jury was impannelled to try the case, Messrs. W. H. Purcell, (foreman), K. E. H. Pollock, C. C. Pedersen, H. Kuttonjee, C. Koenig, P. H. Murray, and W. C. P. Stoppa.

ST. Morgan Phillips, who prosecuted on behalf of the Crown, pointed out that in the early morning of the 19th May, the wife of Fung Cheong, a vegetable gardener, living near the Coffee Plantation, was aroused, and found three or four men in her bedroom. She called out "Thieves," and the men went in the room of her husband where one of them

amount in his hands he gave it over to the secretary who initialled the boak.

His Lordship: The plea of guilty renders it unnecessary to relate the facts to me except with a desire-

The Acting Attorney General-I don't desire to press the charge harshly.

His Lordship: What is the amount? The Acting Attorney-General:-The total defalcation is over $11,000 We have selected three items, amounting to $5,000 or $6,000. 1 think it my duty to indicate to your Lordship, in view of the prisoner's position of trust and the magnitude of the defalcations that the case

is one of exceptional gravity. The three items

in the indictment amount to $5,800 out of a total sum, as shewn by the evidence, of $11,000. The prisoner was secretary of the Dairy Farm Company, Limited, and as the

evidence shows very large sums of money were placed in his hands. In point of fact there was no check upon him except the annual audit. Apart from that there was no practical check upon him and he was trusted implicitly by the company.

The Registrar (to prisoner): Do you wish to say anything to the Court in mitigation of the sentence about to be passed upon you? If so you are at liberty to address the Court,

The Prisoner —I would ask your Lordship, in passing sentence, to kindly take into con- sideration that I have already been six months in prison-five months in America and a month here. I have nothing further to say, 'D my Lord.

His Lordship What, was prisoner's salary The Acting Attorney General:-The pri soner's position under the agreement was this, my Lord. He bad $100 a month, and was allowed private practice. That is to say, he could do other work than as Secretary of the Dairy Farm Company. He had $100 a month, quarters and allowed private practice.

His Lordship (addressing the prisoner) :-Pri- soner, the Court is very sorry to see a man of your position and respectability occupying the position you do to-day.. Your offence is a very

placed in a position of trust and that you

5 AND MAÇÃO.

The following correspondence was laid on

Sanitary Board Office, 29th April, 1903.

Sir,--I have the honour by direction of the President to inquire whether information.can be obtained either through the Harbour Office, the Police Department or the principal local Steamship Companies as to the number of Chinese who are now leaving the Colony daily and also the number of steamers and steam nunches leaving here for Caton or Macao.

The President is informed that there are

many leaving on account of plague and that people are dying daily of this disease an roule between Hongkong and Canton.

The danger to the community lies in the fact that the Board has practically no know. ledge, of the houses, necessarily infected, whence these people come.

With regard to this I would refer you to Professor Simpson's recommendation at para- graph to of his Second Memorandum of last year: Personally. I am further of opinion that the Canton steamers-Native and Euro- pean--should, during the first six months of

the year, carry at their companies' own expense a medical man who might be a Chinese graduate, educated at the Hongkong College of Medicine for Chinese, to examine the Chinese passengers en route and report to the Boarding Officers."

The Board does not wish to prevent the people leaving the Colony, but to ascertain the houses, where they have been residing.

It might be possible for the Police to assist the Board in this respect.-I have, &c.

G. A. WoodCOCK, Secretary.

In reply to a minute from the Colonial Secretary, the Harbour Master reported as follows:-

There are no steam launches running regu larly between here and Canton. There has been no special increase observable in the occasional launcher, or in those to Macao.

2. To Canton-5 river steamers.

Macao-3 river steamers; 1 launch, 3. I think "A" [, the recommendation of Prof. Simpson] is desirable, but if carried out 1 wish to point out that the Boarding Officers are not the persons to report to; it should be to the Police and Medical Officer of

the Fort.

On the 5th inst., the Colonial Secretary wrote to the Hon. Principal Civil Medical Officer that "Government has decided not to oblige the River steamers and Macao steamer to carry doctors as it is not clear what good would result thereby."

PLAGUE IN FORMOSA.

A paragraph appearing in the Hongkong 7.legraph of the rath ult. relating to plague in the island of Formosa led to an inquiry being made by Government with the result that the following report was received from H.B.M. Acting Consul, Tainan:~~

TAINAN, 26th May, 1903.

On the 15th instant, I had the honour to receive the following telegram from you:-

"Forward special report as soon as possible an bubonic plague in Formosa especially Tai- man, Anping," to which I replied on the same day by telegram to the following effect;-..

"No cases of plague in Tainan or Anping this year. A few cases in other districts in South Formosa. Full report by post.".

I have now the bonour to send you the fol lowing return of cases of, and deaths from pes: bubonic plague) in South Formosa during the No.of Cases, Deaths, Kwantiebyo, Jan. 1 to Apr. 30

Kogi,

May 16 159

present year-

District.

Eusuiko,

Dalt.

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13

13

8

70

102

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The Kogi district where the cases of pest

We shall have a Souvenir Day 5000, but you caught hold of him by the throat and held serious one, because it appears that you were have occurred is about 30 miles to the North

will have to pay us a personal visit as no chits him while another pulled a jade-stone bangle seriously abused that position. It is stated by of Tainan city; Eusuiko lies about half way will go. LeMunyon-Advk

from off his arm. Fung Cheong struggled with

the man grasping him by the throat and got the Attorney General that very large sums of hold of his queue, and the other men went

money passed through your hands, and baving away. An alarm was given and the police regard to that fact I cannot but feel that your arrived on the scene and took Fang Chun into: salary was one much smaller than should be custody. The case against the other men

paid to mea through whose hands very large mainly rested on their atatements at the Magis sums of money pass. But that is no excuse tracy where they admitted having been on the premises. They said they were invited by the Grat prisoner to go there to make monty

After evidence bad been heard the men were

in law, nor can I take it into considera- tion, but undoubtedly employers who pay ,small salaries to persons through whose, hands large sums of money pass open the employee. I say again that that is no excuse themselves to risk of temptation on the part of

between Tainan and Kogi, while the district of Kwanteibyo where a few sporadic cases of plague have occurred this year lies about 13 miles to the soulb-east of the city of Tainan, The districts to the north of Kogi are comprised

in the Consular district of Tamsui. S

As stated in my telegram of the 15th instant, there have been no cases of pest in either Tainan or Apping during the present year nor have there been any cases during the year in the more southern part of Takow or the city of Hozan. As regards Tainan it is satisfactory to

in law; but the fact remains, as I have stated. note that, doubtless, owing to the widening of

SINGAPORE being for various reasons the great entrepot of the East for pearls, it is worthy of note that prices are apparently on the rise. A pearl which about ten years ago could have been purchased for $250 will now sell at from $500 to $700 so that it would seem that they PHOTOGRAPHIC

are now a capital investment, especially as DEPARTMENT. there is reason to fear that the largest pearl fisheries are rapidly becoming exhausted. It DEVELOPING and PRINTING

may be noted (says the Straits Times), that the found guilty and sent to prison for three years UNDERTAKEN for AMATEURS. | largest pearl in existence, and which is said to and six months, his Lordship ordering them to

GOOD WORK.

weigh

over, three ounces, is in the South receive 20 strokes of the birch three days before Kensington Museum, and that one pearl their liberation from Laol, Iss necklace has recently been offered for sale at

FORGERY. [728d £25,000.

Li King Cho and Chan Fung Yau pleaded imprisoned for several months, but I must because of its gravity-abuse of trust by a man Four Boors freshly painted and tinted and innot guilty to indictments charging them with mark your offence with a severe punishment AND

first class condition to rept. Inquire at C. Bring a forged request for the delivery of 35 in possession of education as you appear to be, LeMunyon, New Store, 31, Des Voeux Road. bags of sugar, purported to be chopped by The sentence of the Court is that you be impri- Messrs. Bismark & Co. and with endeavouring sened with hard labour for three years, count P. O. Box 368. Advt.

10 obtain delivery of the goods. Thing in that the time you have been in prison."

The

Tollowing jury was sworn.—Mesars. C. Oldüerp, F. E. Shuster, A. Beattie, A. Me. That will be two years andáix months. Coll, W. C. D. Turner, RJ. Macgowan and E. Lüders.

·· PROMPT RETURN. Hongkong, 8th July, igoà

CARMICHAEL

CLARKE,

CONSULTING engineERS AND

SHIPBUILDERS,

SURVEYORS AND CONTRACTORS.

REPAIRS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO,

TELEGRAMS: "Carmichael," Hongkong. A. B. C. Code, 4th Edition.."

A. I Code.

Lieber's Standard Code.

TELEPONE, 732.

Hongkong, 20th March, 1903.

SIR CHICHEN LOFENGLUH.

the principal thoroughfares, the constructions

I will take into consideration the fact that you of open drains and the steps taken by the

should ask me to consider that you have been

The Acting Attorney Gural The prisoner has not actually been in prison.

His Lordship-For two years and six months.

WATER POLO..

The Straits Times of the tath inst. reports that a telegram received in Singapore late last The Acting Attorney General explained that night announces the death at Foochow about on the morning of the 30th May the first prisoner is the sentence of the Counties three days ago, of Sir. Chichen Lofenglub, they want to hop in Winglok Street and late Chinese Ambassador in London. The announced himself as an employee of Messrs. deceased's daughter, was recently married to Bismark & Co, and arranged, nominally, on Mr. Tan Soo Bin, son of the Hon. Tan Jiak | behalf of that; firm, for the sale of 50 bags Kim, and is at present living in Singapore. The of sugar.. "At noon both priso deceased died of an internal affection of the shop and while the first

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between "jcams repré- Recreation Club, and be played tomorrow .enclosur

authorities in the matter of inoculation against

five cents was given for each rat taken to the plague and the destruction of rats (the sum of police authorities), 10 cases of bubonic plague occurred since the end of 1901.

It was decided that no action was necessary.

CLOSING OF CHINESE THEATRES

In reply to the Sanitary Board letter of the thinst the Culonial Secretary wrote to the Board

as follows on the 10th June:-RAY I am directed to inform you that, in view of the divergence of opinion on the Board itself as evidenced by the voting at its last. meeting, of the experience of the past and of the fact that persons attending the Chinese would probably be less crowded to- if they remained in their own prepared to act

houses, the Govern

"on the recommend

Sanitary Board that the

* made in the

of a: májönty of the lese thes ould

pics

That whereas the Board bave found it necessary to take certain proceedings against people using chalk, and water instead of lime-wash, the Board obtain authorityto insert an advertisement in the local papers to the effect that chalk; and water cannot be accepted in lieu of lime- wash, but that there is no objection to colouring matter being added to it. Mr. Pollock seconded. Carried.

A full report will appear in to-morrow's issue.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

A meeting of the Legislative Council w li be held on Monday, and inst, at 3 p.m., when the following business will be transacted --

1. Fina cial Minuter. (Nos. 14 10 23), 2. Report of the Finance Committer. (No. 3).* 3. Report of the Public Works Committee. (No. 1)

4. Resolution by the Hon. Colonial Treas- urer. Resolved that the percentage on the valuation of tentments, payable as rates, in the village of Mong-kok-tsui be altered from raj to '124 per cent.

ORDERS OF THE DAY.

First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend The New Territories Rent Recovery

Ordinance.

First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance

amend The Holidays Ordinance, 1875, (No.

6 of 1875).

First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance His Majesty the King on the 12th day of to give effect to an Order în Council made by

March, 1993, relating to the marriages of British subjects in Foreign countries.

First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to author'z and regulate the establishment and use of installations for the purpose of wireless telegraphy.

Fiest reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend The Malay States (Fugitive Criminals) Surrender Ordinance, 1903.

Second reading of the Bill entitled An' Ordinance to provide for the more effectual pretention of frauds on owners and charterers of ships by stowaways, their aiders and abettors."

R. F. JOHNSTON,"

Acting Clerk of Councils.

A meeting of the Finance Committes will be held immediately after the Council,

ALLEGED BRIBERY.

Niels August Johnsan, assistant Inspector, of Markets, and Robert Gardiner McEwen, Inspector of Markets, appeared at the Magis-

tracy this morning, in answer to summonses against them: for: offences under the Bribery. Ordinance, No. 3 of 1898.

Johnsan is charged for "that he on the 24th day of December, 1901, then being a public servant, accepted the sum of $100 from Ip Chun, Wo Kam, and Lam Hing Shan with a view to influence bis conduct as such public servant contrary to Ordinance No. 3 of 1899." A similar charge is laid against McEwen for accepting the sum of $120 from Chan Wong and the sum of $100 from Ip Chun, Wa Kam, and Lam Hing Shan, also with a view to influence his conduct as a public ser vant contrary to Ordinance No. 3 of 1898. Pang Chin Ngok, manager of the Hop: Wo Chan, merchants,: of 736, Des Vœux Road

West, for receiving the sum of $100, which was offered by him to McEwen; and Tang Ah Tso, market coolie, of Wanchai, for receiving the sum of $20 and which ho also is alleged to

have given to McEwen.

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With the exception of Pang Chin Ngok, who admitted the charge against him, all the defendants pleaded not guilty. Inspector McEwen is defended by Mr. John Hastings, solicitor, (of Messrs. Deacon and Hastings). The hearing of the case was adjourned to Thursday, the 25th inst., at 10 am, ball of $500 each being allowed.

THE PLAGUE,

During the twenty-four hours ended at moun to-day 7 further cases of bubonic plague, making, according to the official retum, 1,209 since January 1st, were reported. Of these Give Chinese cases were fatal. Included in the list of patients is the name of Miss Schuber, a nurse at the Government Civil Hospital, who is suffering from a mild attack of the disease. In fact, so far this year Furopean plague cases have not been nearly so severe as hitherto, out of 27 case only four proving fatal.

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

HAILS DUE. };

American (Siberia) 20th inst. Australian (Taiyuan) 22nd inst." Indian Aratoon Apear) 238 init, German (Roon) 24th-insta German (Hamburg) 24th inst Indian (Zairang) 29th inst.. American (Coptic) 1st prox. Canadian (Tartar) 1st prox.

The N. P. S. Co.'s... Victoria arrived at

Victoria, B.C.,' on 17th inst..

The E. & A. 13. Austraijas left Sydney on 16th inst., for this port via Queensland l'orts, Port Darwin, Timor and Manila.

The H. AL. 5 Wuriburg from Hamburg Left Singapore for this port yesterday, a.m., and may be expected here 23rd inst., at daylight,

Neft: Vancouver for. Hongkong, to usual, parts of call on Monday, pan, the 15th inst

HE Beer to drink in the tropica is the Beer

made in the tropics SAN MIGUEL,

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