Malacca Guardian, 24 December 1928

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    19 1 MALACCA GUARDIAN (PUBLISHED WEEKLY). V T ol. I. MALACCA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1928. SINGLE COPY TEN CENTS. Ng. 52
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    ALLEGED WIT
    564 3 -Minister Who giveth this woni^ ]l e’s Father—“ldo. And now, I wish to remind you that ‘s programme is coming to rough the courtesy of Walter ibblah, father of the lovely r and president of the Blubblah g,'. ng and Winch Corporation, .acturers of the Little Woninches’ and
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  • CHINA NEWS
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      OVERSEAS CHINESE.
      126 3 (Kao Min Sews Agency). The Overseas Affairs Committee has formulated a scheme for the encouragement of overseas Chinese who are anxious to return to China tor the purpose of developing native industries. According to the project, special consideration wil be given by the Government to those who are
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      CHOOSING EXPERTS.
      115 3 A standard for tne selection of men of ability 7 and experience from the various districts throughout the country ffor consultation on iocai conditions has been formulated by* Mr. Chao Tai-wen, Acting Minister of the Interior. After a joint consideration of Mr. Chao’s plan by’ the Ministries of
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      BANDITRY TO BE WIPED OUT.
      79 3 Five battalions of Hunanese troops, two of Kiangsi troops and one of Hupeh troops have left Nanking for Pmgkiang under instructions lo exterminate banditry in the north-eastern part of Hunan within a specified period. It is understood that Pmgkiang city’ will be used as the
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      FISHING INDUSTRY IN DANGER.
      71 3 In view of persistent reports from Amoy that Japanese interests are organizing a company there to monopolize the fishing industry along tne coast of Fukien and Kwangtung, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in an order to the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs at Amoy, instructs that a
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      FAMINE RELIEF.
      55 3 Immediate remittance of another sum of $2,000,000 for famine relief in tne North nas been instructed by the State Council in an order to the Ministry of Finance. It is understood that the money is being forwarded to the General Relief Committee for distribution according to the needs
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      NO MORE LUNAR DATES.
      50 3 A circular ministerial order, instructing the use of the solar calendar instead of tne lunar, has been issued by Mr. Chao Tai-wen, Acting Minister of the Interior. The order further specifies that no lunar dates should be printed on the calendars as has been done heretofore.
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      LONG DISTANCE FLYING.
      37 3 Encouraged by the success of the airplane Canton in its long distance flight from Canton to Peiping, Mr. Coen Ching-yun of the Provincial Aviation Bureau is preparing to our the country on a hydroplane.
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      EXECUTION FOR BRIBERY.
      33 3 Haying been found guilty of accepting bribes 4 Li Teh-yuan, formerly a district magistrate, is to be executed by order of the Hopei Provincial Government and dhe Special Criminal Court.
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    SHIPPING
    389 3 Over a hundred deck passengers arrived in Malacca from Singapore on Tuesday last. Tne Straits Steamship Co.’s steamer Kamuning is due from Bangkok on Friday with a cargo of rice. The East Asiatic Co.’s steamer Moenia is expected to-day witn a cargo of cement, etc., for Messrs. Sime, Darby
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    PASSENGERS.
    197 3 Arrivals. By s.s. Kopah on Tuesday:— Capt. P. J. Getning, Messrs. G. Holden, P. J. Todd, E. Chester and Nairn. By s.s. Kelantan on Wednesday:—Messrs. E. C. Milligan, L. T. Wakeford and Balfour. By s.s. Larut on Thursday:— Mrs. A. Hinds, Mr. and Mrs. Moir, Messrs. A. Jankins, J.
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      73 3 I I H THE CONCESSIONAIRES FOR MALAYA, gj 1 iyp I Beg to announce that for the conve- f nience of present and prospective |g H Fiat owners, new service premises H and organization, under own manage- j| it ment, have now been opened 33-37, Jonker Street, g MALACCA. I
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  • RECENT NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD
    • MONDAY.
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        RIOT IN NANKING.
        133 4 ANTI-JAFANESE ELEMENT GET CUT OF HAND. The anti-Japanese Association demonstration on Thursday afternoon, demanding the proclamation of tariff autonomy and greater publicity in connection with the SinoJapanese negotiations, and donouncing the so called Nishihara loans, got out of hand and raided the Foreign Minister’s residence br< al
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        BRITISH IN INDIA.
        124 4 UNFORTUNATE ATTITUDE TOWARDS HINDUS. A conference comprising the Council of the European Association and delegates from all the provinces ill India has sent a message to the Queen expressing deep sympathy about the King’s illness and stating that the conference shared her anxiety and prayed for His
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        HOOVER IN ARGENTINA.
        89 4 President Irigoyen and other high officials met Mr. Hoover at the Buenos Aires station, where he was tumultuously welcomed by 100,000 people who swept through the police lines and surged round shouting Viva.” A cavalry escort had to be provided to conduct him to the Embassy. The
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        PAYING DEBT TO U.S.
        79 4 A payment of $94,200,000 (U.S.A.) was made on Friday by the British Government to the Lhiited States Treasury, of which sum the amount of $29,000,000 is on account of repayment of principal, the balance being interest. With this payment the total payments to the United States
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        SALVATION ARMY DISCORD.
        51 4 The Daily News states that the High Council of the Salvation Army will meet at Sunbury-on-Tiiames on Jan. 8, to adjudicate the fitness of General Bramvvel Booth to continue control of the organisation. If a three-fourths majority is obtained for his removal me Council will appoint a
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        GERMAN LINES SPLIT.
        26 4 The North German Lloyd an-roun-'Cs that negotiations with the Hand urg-America line for a work- w r ag: cement have been broken off.
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    • TUESDAY.
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        STRESEMANN GETS HOT.
        259 4 LIVELY SESSION OF LEAGUE COUNCIL. An angry outburst by Dr. Stresemann, unprecedented in the sedate meetings of the League Council,; marked the morning session of the Council dealing with the protection j of minorities in Upper Silesia which disposed of the report of Adatchi (Japan) on it
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        WAR IN S. AMERICA.
        100 4 The serious turn taken by the dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay in which the League of Nations Council has been attempting mediation, is indicated by the following messages. A La Paz message states that the War Minister announces that a -anguinary clash occurred on the Paraguayan
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        RIOT IN JAPAN.
        74 4 According to Press reports serious rioting has occurred at Miyazaki and Kyushu as i result of political bargaining involving the removal of the Government school. A frenzied crowd of cen thousand, including the local ire brigades, surrounded the Prefectural Assembly Hall and pumped vvater, drenching the Assembly
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        KELLOGG PACT IN U.S.
        39 4 AN a conference with the two Republican members of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate, President Ccolidge indicated his ntense demre that the Senate hould ratify the Kellogg Pact without reservation of any sort.
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        REICHSTAG OBDURATE.
        44 4 The Reichstag, after discussion of the report of the committee of .he Occupied Territory, passed a resolution repudiating the French demand for the establishment of a Commission for the demilitarised zone after 1935 as an attack on the sovereignty of the Reich.
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    • WEDNESDAY.
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        KABUL ATTACKED.
        176 4 WAR IN AFGHANISTAN AND PARAGUAY. Rebels are attacking Kabul. There is serious fighting and considerable anxiety. The rebels have captured two small forts and a number of rifles and a quantity of ammunition in the vicinity of Kabul, while at Jalalabad the Shinwaris and Khugianis have ceased negotiations,
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        DEAD SEA SALTS.
        133 4 Mr. Amery, Secretary for the Dominions, was asked in the House of Commons about the nature' of tne claim regarding the Dead Sea salt concessions, made by a certain foreign Power on behalf of its nationals. He replied that before the war the Turkish Government were alleged
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        NO TRADE WITH RUSSIA.
        99 4 Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, stated in the House of Commons in reply to questions, that the Government did not consider M. Litvinoff’s speech m Moscow on Dec. 11, with regard to trading and diplomatic relations between Russia and other countries, m, any way altered the
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        POLICE OFFICER SHOT.
        106 4 Mr. Saunders, Assistant Superintendent oi Police at Lahore, and an Indian clerk have been shot dead. A great sensation has been caused by two youths shooting a and killing Mr. Saunders, while he was cycling home from his office, and also killing a police clerk who participated
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        GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
        34 4 Mr. Tommy Armour (Washing, toil) won the $2,700 (gold) Sacramento open golf championship, with a score of 289 for 72 holes. The Englishman, Harry Cotton, was third, with a score of 296.
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    • THURSDAY.
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        THE AFGHAN WAR.
        162 4 DESCRIBED OFFICIALLY AS MINOR INCIDENTS.” The situation in Afghanistan is proving disquieting to authoritative quarters m London. There is no evidence that the rebels are antiBritish. There are 16 Britishers in the Legation, which is two miles outside the city. Other British subjects in Kabul are non-Euro-pean.
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        U. S. RUBBER IMPORTS.
        84 4 In the House of Commons, in reply to questions, Sir Philip Cunliff-Lister, President of the Board of Trade, stated that between April 1 and Sept. 30 imports of crude rubber into the United States from the United Kingdom, British Malaya, and Ceylon were, respectively, 61.787,000, 250,235,000,
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        ANTI RELIGIOUS RUSSIA.
        78 4 The conference of anti-religious societies in tne Moscow district has leported to the Moscow Soviet that despite anti-religious propaganda in the schools and homes the masses insist upon celebrating Christmas with Christmas trees and presents. The conference asks ■he Soviet to prevent the cooperative societies and other
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        WAR HALT ORDERED.
        42 4 A message from La Paz states that Bolivia and Paraguay have greed to submit their differences ■o the Pan-American Conference. The Commander* of the Bolivian forces has ordered a halt and the (ivance guard’is to cease attacking Pai aguayans.
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        MUSSOLINI THE GREAT.
        32 4 Signor Mussolini nas undertaken another ministerial portfolio, namely the Colonies, Sig. Federzoni having resigned. He nas now seven portfolios, namely Prime Minister, Foreign, Interior, War, Navy, Aviation and Colonies.
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        NO POISON GAS.
        36 4 Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Minister for War, stated in the House of Commons that no part of he Army’s training for offensive purposes involved the use of poison M-s as a, weapon of offence.
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        CREW SAVED.
        28 4 The Yogen Maru arrived at Yokohama with fifteen British and sixty-five Chinese officers and crew ol the Chief Maquilla which foundered in mid-Pacific on December 1.
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        FRENCH BUDGET.
        28 4 The French Chamber passed by 4CO to 120 the Budget, providing fer 45,415,131,743 francs receipts and 45.369,183,966 expenditure thus showing an actual surplus of 15,947,777 francs.
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    • FRIDAY.
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        ORMSBY-GORE ON MALAYA.
        390 4 REPORT ON HIS VISIT IS PUBLISHED. The report of Mr. Ormsby-Gore, Colonial Under Secretary, on his visit to Malaya, Ceylon and Java, has been issued as a Blue Book running into 166 pages. The most interesting part deais with rubber, in which connection he says that he
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        “VESTRIS” VERDICT.
        184 4 1 he Lhiited States Commissioner, Mr. O’Neill, has reported to Congress on Attorney Tuttles investigation into the sinking of the Yestris.” Mr. O’Neill, who recommends sweeping reforms in maritime regulations, attributes the heavy loss of life, firstly, to the lack of stability of the Yestris when she encountered
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        KING MUCH BETTER.
        43 4 An authoritative statement in the British Medical Journal and the “Lancet” concludes: “The dangerous phases of the King’s illness have been surmounted and there are increasingly solid grounds for hoping that recovery will result from this long and anxious struggle.”
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    • SATURDAY.
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        TERRIFIC EXPLOSIONS.
        330 4 HAVOC WROUGHT BY G \s in LONDON. IN Gas explosions which' occurred early m the morning under we and central London were of a tom fic character, and did a tremendous amount of damage. Wonderfully there was no loss of life, but seven teen persons were more or
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        AMANULLAH SAFE.
        120 4 King Amanullah, it is reported, has telegraphed to his eldest son, who is studying at the Paris Lycee. declaring that the disturbances in Afghanistan are of an unimportant nature and represent no danger to the regime or the Royal Family. The King counsels his son to continue his
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        EDUCATION IN TURKEY.
        107 4 An educational Mobilisation of all Turkish citizens of both sexe< between the ages of 16 and 45 will commence in January. Conscripts will be compelled to follow a course of tuition in the new Latin characters in National schools throughout the country. Classcwill be held not only
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        SINO-BRITISH TREATY.
        34 4 The Sino-British Tariff Treaty in which Great Britain recognise." the complete tariff autonomy <>! China, was signed after mid-night. Sir Miles Lampson formally presented his credentials to Marshal Chiang Kai Shek this morning.
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        CHRISTMAS WEATHER.
        14 4 Severe cold exceeding twenty degrees centigrade below zero reigns in eastern Germany.
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    3836 5 I p lt M' >cca Guardian does not necesndorse the opinion of its correspondents Forthcoming Indian Conference. t j lt titor of the “Malacca Guardian/’ Sir. p o r lie second time in the jjstor.' Malaya, the Indians (joinid ■‘l in thls country are ar ranc ng to meet
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    BURMA TO SIAM.
    252 5 NEW RAILWAY CONNECTION DEFINITELY SANCTIONED. It is understood that the conjl uctlon ot a new railway line from Burma to Siam has been sanetioned by the Government of India Lieut-Coi. M. T. Porter, M.C.' Royal Engineer, who surveyed the Moulmem-Ye Railway and the Yeiavoy section, will undertake
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      203 5 RIALTO THEATRE. To-night’s feature attraction at the Rialto Theatre is “Love Me And The World Is Mine,” a dramatic, realistic tale in which drama, comedy, pathos and startling realism are combined in an amazing mixture. Norman Kerry and Mary Philbin, the romantic lovers of The Phantom Of The Opera and
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    THE CURSE OF POLITICS.
    373 6 We are delighted to be able to agree, on anything, even half way, with our esteemed contemporary, the Straits Times,” which published a leading article under the above caption something over a week ago. The only point in which we find ourselves at variance with that
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    OUR REPRESENTATIVE.
    575 6 It has been officially intimated to the Hon. Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, our unofficial representative on the Legislative Council, that the Government wiil look with approval upon his resumption of the office for another term. Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, however, feels that there are others in Malacca who
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    AMUSEMENTS.
    296 6 We had no space in our last issue 0 con ment on a letter on the above übject from “A Poor Citizen” in *vhich he deplores the setting up n Melancholy Malacca of a new amusement enterprise on the ground of alleged catch-penny devices which impoverish the pat•ons of
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    MERRY CHRISTMAS.
    175 6 We wish the readers of the Guardian,” Christian and nonChristian alike, a Merry Chris'-mas and a Happy New Year. While this anniversary of the birth of the Prince of Peace finds the church which bears his name greatly weakened by the combined inroads of so-called higher criticism and
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  • FROM OTHER PENS.
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      THE FLOOD MENACE.
      185 6 The Malay Mail.” After their experiences in 1925 and the following year, rnarr r residents in Kuala Lumpur be van to wonder whether it might no* prove necessary before long to remove the site of Kuala Lumpur to the hills bordering the vallev in which the present
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      SIAM IN THE MAKING.
      55 6 Siam Observer.” As a matter of fact we are inclined to think that modern boxing, in company with football and tennis, will tend to be the making of Young Siam, and for that reason we are glad to see it flourish and grow in popularity as
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
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      HOCKEY.
      727 8 SELANGOR SWAMP MALACCA. On Saturday on a sodden slippery ground in a slight drizzle, Malacca met a visiting Selangor hockey eleven. The visitors were not at full strength in that regular state players did not make the trip. E. W. Hide, Malacca’s Malaya Cup soccer captain and H. S.
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      TENNIS.
      98 8 AMERICAN TOURNAMENT AT MALACCA CLUB. The final of the American Tennis Tournament, whicn was started on Nov. 29, was played off on Monday last. Toe weather looked threatening but fortunately tne rain held off. There were a few lookers on, and play was commenced about five in the centre
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      MALACCA HOTSPUR ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT.
      301 8 The third Tennis Tournament 1928 of the above Association came to a conclusion on Wednesday, the 19th instant. There were three events Singles Championship, Open Doubles Championship and Mixed Doubles Championship. Tne ast two events were played off during last month and resulted in Messrs. Lee
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      GOLF.
      407 8 MALACCA GOLF CLUB NOTES. This month’s mixed foursomes competition was played off last Ti ursday, the 20th instant. Owing, oiobably, to the approach of the festive season, there was not a very tcod field.” Tne following was he full draw:— Mrs. Glover and Elies —l2). Mrs. Milne and Strivens
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      RIFLE SHOOTING.
      447 9 CHINESE VOLUNTEER RIFLE CLUB OF MALACCA. The first annuai prize meeting ot the Chinese Volunteer Rifle Club. Malacca, was neld at Bukit Sebukoi Range on Saturday and Sunday, the 15 and 16tn instant. There were six events aitogetnei of which two deliberate events at 500 and 600 yards
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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    MUNICIPAL BOARD.
    3044 12 LONG AGENDA AT REGULAR MEETING. Tne Municipal Commissioners met for their usual monthly meeting on Friday afternoon. Mr. W. F. Zehnder was again absent, being out of town. Mr. Tree was intro duced as a new member in place of Mr. Laville. The agenda for the meeting included
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    RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.
    1039 12 instructive address pv distinguished The Rev. W. C. Barclay, 1) j} New York, who is tomar, r 7 f m tne interest of reiigi- ai y a tion, gave an interestin'. h a that subject to an an, 0n posed chiefly of teacmo V7u' Suydam Girls' School on
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