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Ronmanian Petroleum.

Mühe total production of petro team in Koumania between Janmary Int and July 1st, 1915, amounted to 906,472 tons, në compared with 576,516 tons for the first half-year of 1914

German Missionaries" Plight-

Ten German missionaries de- ported from the South Sea Is- lands, who have been staying in a Yokohama hotel since they were taken there some weeks ago, ways the Japan Daily Mad intended to take passage by the T. KE. s. Kiyo Maru, which left for South America, but were refused pawBLO

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Big Whisky Fire in Glasgow. The Ranee Mada of Sarawak Glasgow, Dec. 19-Firemer fought a canal full of blazinzare birth to a daughter at 9 John Street, Mayfair, on D.cem- whisky here to-day, when a fre started in the building of the Dieber 21, tillery Company, Led Twelve themand cake of liquor were in the building. The conflagration spread rapidly, and the explosion of the casks released the whisky, which made a burning stream of the canal..

Firemen pumped water from the bottom of the canal and play- ed it on the blazing surface. The Lose is entimated at £150,000.

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the various Maritime Customs at Treaty Ports, says a Peking paper.

New York's Gold Stores.

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Two boxes containing sacient of Londen was congratulated at a oval gold coins of the Keicho era, public meeting specially beld in three centaries ago, the value of his honour last evening when Sir which is estimated at Y.30,000

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the London Indian Association the house was honoured by a visit Total British Casualties. and interested himself greatly in from the Emperor. The house

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