The Straits Times, 17 July 1897

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    12 1 The Straits Times ESTABUSBDEDi 1831. 8INGAPO11E; SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1897. NO. 19,271).
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      956 1 rpUS BOkNKO COM TAN V, l.lkl 1K1» 'I'HS SUn.Urd Life Amiiuw. Narwioh Daioa Fira iaanmnra> Bncwtj A'i»« iMnia ComixuiT (Fir*). Thr RqaiUhlo Lifo AnatmßO* Sorii-tr Tb* IX— n Mftrin*- lnnnr»nct* t kimjiany. TW Olios Mutual st.»m NurigittiMii i om| »nj Th. T<t«ihaM IJMr*-r ll««fr Company TW MafitiM* Iniurmnrw i'omp*ny. I.imit4-d.
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      2818 1 I BUCHANAN WHISKY q -p LJ C nrn t sous importers Q IPI t DLO I KATZ BROS, HOLD BY ALL LICENSED SPIRIT DEALERB. i TIVITT]?]) BAHEA9 BI'PPLIED TO THE HOUSES OF LoRDB AND COMMONS AND TO ALL OOOD LONDON CIX'BS. 31/U NOTICES. NOTRE. 'I^HE Commercial Muaeuin is opened to
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      474 1 H A N K S. THK NATIONAL HANK OF CHINA LIMITED. Authorised Capital £1,000,000 SubscrilH-d Capital t 600,000 Hkad OrrirK i -Honpkong. COURT OF DIRECTORS:— I). Gillies, Es<i. Chan Kit Shag, Eso. H. Stolterfoht, Esu. Chow Tung Shan, Eiq.' Kwan Hoi Cbuan, Esq. Chiip Makaqkb: Geo. W. F. Playfair. Interest
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      760 1 BILIOUS COLIC. MY wife has had three attacks of hiliout colic and in each case wan promptly relieved by Chamberlain 1 Colic, Cholera and Diarrfm-a Remedy. I find it to be the be«t medicine for colic I hare ever used. n, tittM, claryiville, Miss. If thin remedy ia given an
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    COMMERCIAL
    485 2 SIKOAroKK, 1"TII JI'LY, 1897. PRODUCE. (Hates are eorrtctetl to one p.m.) Jam bier, buyers 6.80 'opra Bali 6.M0. do I'ont mnak .Y •_■:>. 'epper, Black, buyers. 14.76. do White, (8%) 26.00. <a«o Flour Sarawak, tMk do Brunei,. 2.05. Pearl Sago 3.30. ■<>ffw. Bali, picked 82.00. Palembang, picked 40.00. rtoflee,
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    SHARES WANTED.
    36 2 Municipal Debentures 6%. Do. Do. 6%. Xnnjong Pagar Bond*. Sew Frye Kiver Dock Co. Puniome. Strait* Ice Co. Miiy.-Kt-.l Ji «'o. Raubs, Contributory. FOX SALE. I'engerang Planting HlinreK. SOMEKVILJ.E A UUNX, Exchanee Share Brokers
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    144 2 For Per ,ir. IW To-Day. Ponang A Calcutta I.inhtmng, .1 p.m. Kelantan via ports Ho I Aung, :i p.m. Ponang .Y«m Yong, 3 pm. Bangkok Singapore, 4 p.m. H'kuli-i and Bagan Sultan, 4 p.m. Malacca i- Klang Sappho, 4 p.m. Batu Pahat Aing Ann, 4 p.m. Bangkok Charon,
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    111 2 From Eikopk j— By the P. &O. n.s. Kaittr-i-lliml with dates to'the 25th June due on the I -ill instant. She brings nplies to tho mails whic-h left Singapore on the 81st May. Feom China:— By thel'.&H. s.s. Itavtn.ia, due on Tuesday. Left Singnpore Duo in l.ondon
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    231 2 ARRIVALS. I'cr M. Hue Uung from Teluk An.on via ports -M.--I-V Skene. and S. KatzPer i. A inherit from Teluk Anson via ports:— Rev. Mr. Caterson. Mr. Aschmann. aud Ml*, Armstrong. TO ARRIVE. (For the Far EastJ Pw I. >V s. Musnilia connecting with steamer Jtohilla, at Colombo,
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    SATURDAY, 17th JULY, lay. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. THE ECLIPSE STAKES.
    96 2 SATURDAY, 17th JULY, lay. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. THE ECLIPSE STAKES. ANtfTHM WIM FOB PBBilllllON. iMtidon, \ltkJviy, Tin- race for the Eclipse Stakes resulted sb follows Persimmon V«l»l-|UC/ Bay Ronald The Eclipse Stakes for three and four vcars old, run at Saudown. is worth 10,000 govs. The course in about h mile
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    SCULLING.
    14 2 AN AMERKA.N WIN. Teneyck, an American, won tho l'iamonJ Jubilee Sculls at Henley:
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    THE GARTER.
    12 2 Lord Derby li.is been api«oint»-d a Knight of the Garter.
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    TURKEY.
    30 2 THE THFisaI.IAN QUEBTION. Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish Minister fur Foreign Affairs, has informed the Ambassador at Constantinople that he will resume negotiations on the Thessalian boundary question on Saturday.
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    THE SEAL QUESTION
    30 2 MX. SHEKMANS ACTION. Several American papers criticise Mr. Sherman's letter on the Behring Sea Seal question for being needlessly irritating in tone, almost amounting to bad manners.
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    CRETE.
    17 2 THE MILITARY COMMAND. Dfpvad Pasha, formerly a Grand Vizier, has been appointed Military Commander in Crete.
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    REFERRED WITH POWERS.
    272 2 YbstkbuaY, the vexed question of a site for the Queen's Memorial Town Hall, was referred absolutely to tho Buildings Committee. The Committee is empowered to settle the question of site without further reference to the subscribers— which is well. The Committee consists of the Colonial Secretary and
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    8 2 The Governor is expected to return on Tuesday.
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    10 2 A Raib dividend of one shilling per share is announced.
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    11 2 A list of books added to the Raffles Library is advertised.
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    15 2 It is announced that an Italian General Exhibition will be held at Turin, next year.
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    15 2 Messrs. I'owell Co., advertise an auction of ship's boats, at Tanjong l'agar, on Friday next.
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    20 2 The P. O. s. s. KmmtiHmi, left I'enang at 10 a.m. to-day and is due here nt 4 p.m. to-morrow.
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    19 2 lli.m: Joseph IVleueu, is advertised to give a concert at the Town Hall, on or about the 20th intiaul.
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    19 2 The linaMi vid end re the new Oriental Bank in Liquidation is advertised as payable at the Chartered Bank.
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    22 2 The Selangor Government Railway, earned 862,197 last month, -t decrease of $8,867 on the earning* fur the correspn ding month of lt>9B.
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    26 2 There will be a I'aperchase, on Wednesday next meet at the Botanical (iardens Gates, at 5 p.m. The finish will be at the OflieerM Mess, Tanglin.
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    28 2 It is advertised tint, I'ngku Muda of Teh.k Blangah is attorney for the Dato Mentri Besar of Johore, to collect certain rents at Telok Blangah and Compang Bahru.
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    34 2 Mb. a. h. Voieeley Lewis, tutor to the King of Biam'f children, died of dysentery at Bangkok, on the bth inst. Mi Lewis was the son of an English clergyman, and an Oxford HA.
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    32 2 The ollicers of the Rifle Brigade will lie very pleased to nee their friends and anyone interested in paperchasiiig at the I'aperchase which finishes at Tanglin, on Wednesday next, the 21st inst.
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    37 2 Ykstkkday, afternoon, Messrs. Hong Tek C'hye sold a house in Malabar stieet, occupying an area of 9(X> square feet, for 51.600. A hOUM in Jlukien Street, with 04.J iquan bet fetched &4,750, the buyer IxiiiiK Mahound Alsagofl.
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    390 2 THE REHKI.UON The rebellion in Luzon is officially declared to be ended, but bands of insurgents give the troops plenty of work in thq mountainous central parts of that island^ In several places, the rebels were strong enough to take the offensive. In June, seven villages were thus
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    552 2 The programme for the Autumn Meeting, to be submitted to the General Meetingofthe.SportingClub on Monday, is the same as the programme at the Spring Meeting, except that in the Intermediate Race, Penang and Native States ex-road.sters are admitted, and so are horses which ran in the roadstcrs-cum- griffin
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    A FIGHT WITH PIRATES.
    214 2 Bkmgkwt, i*< July. A lively brush with pirates is reported from Xingpo. On the 30th June: laa| the Chinese gunboat Chaotru, 6 guns', while cruising among the. islands of the Chusan Archipelago, anchored in a small bay, whureisu largo village which was rilled with a numbw
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1085 2 Tu* Chiuche*. i» no new thing When tho Phoenician galleys s*i|«j out to Cornwall for tin, the nviner was often vexed by the ehl whose trade name in the Phttnician tongue I do not happen to racoll«ct llw -upereargo was an equally truiiU.'some person in the times
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      543 2 NOTICES. 1 NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, LD. Maaalaciorvrs of DYNAMITE GELIGNITE GELATINE DYNAMITE J BLASTING GELATINE DETONATORS EXPORTERS OF: All slur's oi SAFETY FUZE AXD ELECTRIC BLASTING APPARATUS. Tbe abotb Kxtlohivw, being ali mahcractcbeo iii oabat bbitain, abb madk i to tim the hioh stlxdlbd or purity amd safety tests imposed
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      585 2 ATEST ADVERTISEMENTS, j PARSEE THEATRE North Bridge Road. Will [.lay to-night: HAWAI MUJILIS. AUCTION HALE OF SHIP'S BOATS. AT TakJOMO I'a'.ah Dook. yriday,.2:irt)July, at 2.30 p.m. rO Life Boat*, two Gigs, and one j Pinnace. POWELL CO.. Auctioneers. RAFFLES LIBRARY. HOOKS ADDED, JILYIHhJB97. VTTERIIXJE, A. HILLIARD, Toward. Khartoum. •I.ODD, EDWARD,
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      517 2 ATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. T AN TKH. A qualified Chinew book- I f\ keeper, none need apply without I ttimonials. 9/7 Afply to 8. c/o Strait* Time: -JERK JORKPH PFLEGER.-the eele--71 brated Virtuoso on the Zither. Eleo- I r ic Bow Lyre, and Schoos-Violine will give I concert, on or about the
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    THE NEW TOWN HALL.
    2066 3 IHK HTlUinra COMMIT! EX. KIMKRs' Rltr-HKSINTATIVES APPOINTED IIIL SITE wl EStIOX. N-. ..I tlie subscribers to the i Memorial Town Hall was l,,|d laat evening al the Kxchange, for Ihe purpose "f electing two represen- tivea i" Mt mi tbe Committee that i a plan and
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    RECORD-BREAKING
    76 3 lin 0 1' R Company's steamship Mmmmm »f Japan, which left Vaaoouvej B. C., on .Saturday p.m. June live Uy< Lite, arrived at Yokohama at U9O p.m., Wednesday, tlip 7th instant, baring made the royaga from port to port in the rcinaikal.le time of 10 days and 8 hours,
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    SUNGEI UJONG
    216 3 A DISBONKST l'KSOliri.t V.ill, July. PnOHCLO Javah of Si QintilW, of the Coast District, was charged before the Reeidrnl on the Mh and Bth. with cheating and criminal breach of trust, in reaped to upwards of WOO. The evidence anewea thai Mr. Bnder a cooonul planter on the
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    770 3 Nt \1 1.i.H1.1. BORNEO. Dtt. Nieiwskhuis, who has crossed Dutch Borneo from west to east, on a route hitherto untrodden by explorers, heard of an unknown region on the way. He was told that, on the upper waters ol the Kavan river, there lies a stretch of country,
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN.
    263 3 OOLD DISCOVERIES, (From a OonmftmdmU.) Oa tlie 12th instant, Mr. K. Berdoe Wilkinson, and Capt.Lawson visited the gold mines at I'asoh. It is understood, lliat Mr. Wilkinson's visit was due to a rich gold discovery at Dimallet, adj. lining the Cherubang mines. A prospect ;i u sayed OT
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    THE KING OF SIAM
    56 3 A IicUTBH t.-l.^r.iin to the Hungkok papen taya, tl.at the speeches of the i tar and the Cmi of siam at the banquet at I'cterhof wire delivered in ftnglisb, and waraof the most cordial ail mi' The ki ig >aid that the .Siamese regarded tint Cinr
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    VOLUNTEERS FOR SELANGOR.
    81 3 Thk Malay Mail, of the 15th inst emphasising the desirability of a Volunteer Corps in Kuala Lui'nnur says Every single European in Selangor who has been appr jached on the subject has declared himself in favour of a Volunteer Corps for Selangor, and almost without exception all
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
    142 3 JULY 16TH. Thk Governor has appointed, the Hon'ble C. \V. Snoyd Kynnersley, to be his Deputy during his absence from the Colony dating from the 11th instant. An agricultural show will be held at Malacca about the end of June, IH9B. The Show will consist of exhibits of
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    HOME NOTES.
    1321 3 Thk publishers' are exceedingly reluctant to offer new works to the public just now. The stream of books from the press has dwindled to its smallest dimensions, and will scarcely grow in volume until the autumn. What volumes are being issued would seem to have a more or
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      266 3 TO-MOK ROW'S CHURCH .SERVICES. Fifth Sinday aktkk Trinity. CHURCH OF ENGLAND St. Andrew's Cathkhbai.. 7 a. m.. Matins. 7.:«) a. in.. Holy Eucharist and Sermon, (•a. in.. Lita..y and Holy Kueli.irist !>MO p. in., Evensong anil Sermon. St. Mittiiew'h OHUBOB. p. in.. BSSSSOSSJ and Sermon. ROMAN CATHOLIC Cathedral of tme.Qood
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      1073 3 AUCTION SALE& ntHiMNAIi ADVERTISEMENT, j SALE OF VALUABLE HOL'HEHOLD FURNITURE, 4r. Thk Property of H. E. Majoh-Gkneral H. T. Jones Vai'OHAN, c. b. Saturday, 3ltt Jvly, at noon. FULL-SIZE billinrd table hv Wright, London. Excellent-toned Cottage I Piano, by M. F. KachaU A Co. Xle K nn* drawing room furniture.
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      472 3 FOR SALE; EMPLOYMENTS: TO LET AND PERSONALS. Ikttimr, lftcenti a line; Sad and 3rd times, 10 cents a line; 4th to lith tim«H, A cents a line; 7th to 18th times, 3 mot* a line; afterward", U ceola a line but no charge lets taaa onadoliar. Thus, a thrrtlinr advertisement,
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      263 3 WEATHER RETORT. Kandang Ktrbau Hotpitat, Mlh July, iS«7. U a.m. S p.m. 9 p.m. Remarks. Bar. 29.909 29.804 29.837 Temp. M 1.6 82.2 80.0 W.BMhTheV 78.5 76.1 76.0 >.v Dir.ofWind N.W. N.E. N. Max. Temp, i 85.7 .Z Mm 76.0 ?2 Max. in Sun i S Terr. rad. 66 0
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      131 4 Und«rthi»headingth«followingabhreyia. tionsare mod str. -steamer sh ship bq.-bnrquej Brit.-British U.S. I nit'-d Statos Fr. French Ger.— Oerman Dut.— Dutch; Joh.— Joborc; Ac, G.c, General cargo d.p.— deck passengers; U-—Uncer-tain; T. W.-Tanjong Pagar Wharf T. P. D.-Taniong Pagar Dock B. W X"" 1 0 Wharf; J. W.-JardineajWharf ;N.H.
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      TRADING VESSELS.
      1377 4 Arrivals Bike« Noom of Yesterday. Ajar, Dut str. 1,524 tons, Capt Robnson 16th July. From Amsterdam, Bth June, il.c, 242 d.p. W. Mansfield and Co. For lava. 20th— Rds. Amher*:, Brit. str. 108 tons, Capt Rozells, 17th July. From T. Anson, 14th July. G.c, md 169 d.p. Wee
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      450 4 Same, port, probable date of ■rrimi, a name of agentt. A. ApeeT, Calcutta, July 23 B, Bnron lnnerdale, left Barry, June 10; Bavern, Europe, July 22 Behn Meyer. Heileroplion. Liverpool. Aug 1 KansfltM Bcnvenue. Hongkong. July 28 I*. Bimott Benlomond, London, July 16 P. Simon, Biaarno, Bombay, July
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      ARRIVALS.
      83 4 I Vrmel'h Nams. 4 Toss. Captaw Fbo* Sail»u II I a kio J'ly 1« Kil <|C tOy a tl a ?T^ F InSD(1 z Mallil July 11 KAMI! 5 1109 Christenseu Mauritius. July IK. >.. IS Nam Yong Bnt.str. <>H4 Hector Aimov July 7 Wee 1 «^i..n. h", r
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      CLEARANCES.
      137 4 inn. Vlbsil's Nimh FlaoAKiu Captaih DESTINATION uly 16 Zweena 16 I iK-itii 17 *ipplio 17 Kul.y 17 fio f.eoni; 17 I Perflana 17 ('liartn 17 Ban 17 Kian mi 17 Hohe 17 I Singapoje 17 I'uli Ann 17 licnvurlifli 17 Sumatra 17 Rio 17 St. Idt LuvuU 17 J
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      576 4 NOTICES. JKAfiAfIGA of Japan TOILET WATER Appreciated for itt Plicate perfume and tbe fer/nj of wmfort and freshness which il imparts to th« ikio Kananga Extract A DELICIOUS X' TIC PERFt'HE FOA THE H-.NDKKRCHIfr A\ once ohfi il, (ritcful *nd persistent'/ fragrant. RIGAUD* C'\ 8, rue Vivienue, PARIS JAMES WATSON
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      1146 4 NOTICES. I OISOAPORK BPOSTING CLUB. M )ffcE. Thk Half Ycßrly GeDernl Meetin« .if ilic DMMiben of the Cluh will l><> hi-1.l in th.Kxchstißr, on Monday, the 19th .lulv. (it ft o'clock p.m. Bitsisem- To receive the »tnt«n»'nt of the account* for the lwlf yearcn.l.Ml *rth June. To fix dates nnd
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      927 4 _NoncEs 'TIMKS" AND "HUIMiKT. 1 Strati* Timen, post free, a year, or 2$J a month, or t«n cents a cgpy. Straits Budaet, poot free, $*J0 .1 year, or (ft a quarter* 1 or 40 cents a copy. The advertising rates are: first time, 15 e»nt» line: 2nd and 3rd 1
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      745 4 NOTICES. Weakened Vitality IMPOVERISHED BLOOD. Read what Ajei's Sarsaparilla did f.,, the Rev. Z. I. Wildj a wellknown city missionary in New or* and brother of the late eminent Judge Wilds: "I was for many years a sufferer from Iwils and other eruptions of a like nature, caused by the
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