Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 November 1910

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  • Title Section
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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. published daily. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 263 VOL. LXVIII. FRIDAY, 18th NOVEMBER, 1910. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1528 1 Sea View Hotel,: FARQUHAR STREET. t THE IDEAL HOTEL FOR VISITORS. HOME COMFORTS. SEA BATHING. < X CUISINE UNEXCELLED. Z MODERATE TERMS. Tel. No. 3t3 Proprietor, W. DANIEL. mE ronymede jADELPH! HOTEL s SUBSCRIPTION. MATTI HULLI 111 II U I L.L.J 1«. liOltL SINGAPORE. > For Daily Issue, in Town,
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      56 1 THE STRAITS X SHEET ALMANAC FOR 1911 WILL BE ISSUED BY THE 2 Plnang* Gazette Press, LIMITED, X Before the New Year. This Artistic production and compen- dium of useful information should have a place in every Office and Home in British Malaya. Z Orders are now being booked at
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    CRIPPEN DEATH SENTENCE.
    3288 2 SUMMING-UP OF THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE. LAST DAY'S IMPRESSIONS. Harold Begbie writes in the Daily Chronicle of Oct. 24 The day began solemnly and grimly, but not with that same ghostly feeling of destiny, that same terrible strain of the nerves, which marked Friday out as the
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    THE WEEK.
    108 2 Friday, November 18. Golf Club Ladies’ Monthly Medal Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Australian Buckjumpers, Dato Krarn a > Straits Cinematograph, Penang K Saturday, November 19. Homeward P. O. Mail. Christmas Parcel Mail Closes, 9 a.m Golf Club Ladies’ Monthly Medal Straits Cinematograph, Penang R,, a Sunday, November 20.
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    Coming Events.
    22 2 Nov. 30. —St. Andrew’s Ball. Dec. 19—Penang Race Entries Close. s pi Jan. 13. —Fancy Dress Ball at Town Hall.
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    16 2 Nov. 22.—Police v. Butterw'orth, Esplanade Nov. 24.—Crescent Free School, Esplanad. Nov. 29.—Crescent Butterworth. Esplanad*
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    TENDERS.
    76 2 Penang Committee T. P. D. 8.— 1,000 tons» coal; tenders close noon, Nov. 19. F.M.S. Railways.— Supply of stores, 19R tenders close noon, Nov. 30. F.M.S. Railways:— Painting goods vehicle? tenders close noon, Nov. 30. Selangor Turf Club. Griffins for Sunmg Meeting tenders close Nov. 30. F.M.S. Railways.—Moulding and
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    AUCTION SALES.
    92 2 Wednesday Nov. 23.— Shares; Central Stl«| Room; 11 a.m.; Cunningham, Clark ig Co auctioneers. Thwsday, Nov. 2^. Shares Penang SaiJ Room; 11 a.m.; Koh Eng Hin, auctioned Fiiday, Nov. 23.— Unserviceable and contel catetl property Fort Cornwallis 11 tai tinningham, Clark Co., auctioneers. Friday and Saturday, Nov 2.3
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    16 2 “Clove Mall Clove Hall Road; apply 22i Beach St. or 214 Penang Road.
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    Where to Stay.
    37 2 Penang The E. <fc O Hotel, Toe Raffles by the Sea. Runnymede Hotel.| and Sea View Hotel. Singapore: —Adelphi Hotel and RafflHotel. Kuala Lumpur —Grand Orien'al Hotel Ipoh :—The Grand Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel.
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      391 2 gj The Traveller’s Friend, j““ Q Many distinguished Travellers and Explorers have testified to the merits of LEMCO. |J LEMCO is pure, highly concentrated fresh beef, containing the essence of more beef than any other kind. It never goes bad. In cooking, LEMCO makes I In Sickness, LEMCO 3y'-o US#
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      138 2 A Swollen Knee is about as painful and inconvenient ai anything you would find in a day’s journey. And it is dangerous—a .swollen knee leads to permanent lameness. Read what A. C. Lehman of Waynesbro, Pa., says I have been the victim of a large swelling on the knee for
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      144 2 The Sun. Apparent times of Sunrise and Sunset in 19 Penang Sunrise. Sunset, k Nov. 16 to Nov. 24,...6-07 a.m. 5-53 pm H Nov. 25 to Nov. 30, ..6-08 a.m. 5-52 p.m. The Moon, Last Quarter I]3 p ln> 94 Nov. New Moon 4.10 a.m. 2 Dec. First Quarter 9.5
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1165 3 JANUARY MEETING, 1911. RACE DAYS: FIRST DAY Tuesday, 3rd January, 1911. SECOND DAY Thursday, sth January, 1911. THIRD DAY Saturday, 7th January, 1911. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 3rd January, 1911. THE MIXED HANDICAP. Vwlue $5OO A Handicap for horses which have never won a race of the ad
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      1004 3 NOTICE. 'PENANG COLD STORAGE, A MEETING of the Boardof the Licensing Depot and Salesroom, |i CX C C'ZJS Justices will be held in the District fl Y fl n Court, on Wednesday, the 21st, December, CHURCH STREET GHAUT, yr 1910, at 2-15 p.m., to consider applications OPEN FROM for renewal
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    Friday, Nov. 18, 1910.
    1282 4 According to the report of the Government Medical Officer, Penang’s statistics for last year show a declining birth-rate. The figure-, on the officials own showing, are not to be absolutely relied on but the general tendency is, no doubt, correctly indicated. The reasons for this may
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    THE ASSIZES.
    207 4 At the Assizes, in the Supreme Court, yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Justice S. Leslie Thornton and a special jury, t> lo Hindu, Thandayuthanpani, who was charged with committing a murder at Prye, was found guilty. His Lordship passed sentence of death. A Steamer Tragedy This morning, a charge
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    The Bertam Forgeries
    231 4 Tracing Origin of False Certificates. The police are still investigating, with more or less success, the forgeries in respect of the Straits Bertam transfer receipts. It has been ascertained, says the Straits Times, that although the paper on which the receipt and certificate were printed bore the
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    Sir Frank Swettenham.
    198 4 The S.F.P., in the course of a leading article, says The whole of Malaya. British and Protected, must hear with a lively satisfaction that there is some prospect of a former popular Governor, Sir Frank Swettenham, succeeding Sir Francis Hopwood, in the Permanent Under-Secretaryship of the Colonial
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    The Municipal Commission.
    197 4 Mr. Quah Beng Kee’s term of office »s a Municipal Commissioner expires at the end of this year and an election will take place on December 6, to fill the vacancy. It is to be hoped that this retiring Commissioner will consent to be nominated for another
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    790 4 Sir Paul Chafer, of Hongkong, married last month at St George’s, Hanover Square, London. Mr. Frank Browne, Government analyst Hongkong, is a passenger by the Tangl Maru bound for England on leave f or twelve months. Police Inspector Frayne, accompanied by Mrs. Frayne, returned to Singapore from
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      174 4 g*9 H IS S W. D. &H. O. WILLS’S fg ?s z? *> SH 1 8 cMj THE NEW SMOKING MIXTURE de LUXE i€l A PERFECT PIPE TOBACCO ®*§J RB Of all Leadins Dealers (|g |&a HHHHBSSHSO®®-®®® LAST NIGHT! LAST NIGHT!! THE AUSTRALIAN WILDS IN PENANG. DATO KRAMAT GARDENS, COMMENCING
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      193 4 RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION TO THE PINANG GAZETTEPayable Strictly in Advance. Town. Uy Host. monthly 2,50 QUARTERLY 6.75 7.50 y 2 YEARLY 13.50 15.00 ANNUAL 27-00 30.00 Broken periods are charged for either at a half or full month. The Telegraphic Address of the I’inang Gazette is T Gazette, Penang.” Telephone
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    166 5 A FRACTION EASIER. YESTERDAYS PRICES IN SINGAPORE. [Front Our Own Correspondent. 1 Singapore, November 17. The share market is mostly a fraction easier, but this is merely a reaction from mail day purchases. Quiet but Steady. Fraser <k Co.’s weekly share circular notes a quiet week, with
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    35 5 [From Our Own Correspondent] Singapore, November 17. To-day’s (Thursday’s) quotations for produce and opium are Rice, Siam No 2 $l6B to 175.00 Gambier 9.75 Pepper, black 14 40 Pepper, white 25.65 Opium 1,830.10
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    NEW CHINESE MINISTER.
    50 5 VISITS SIR JOHN ANDERSON From Our Own Correspondent.} Singapore, November 18. His Excellency Lim Yu Lin, the new Chinese Minister to London, landed here officially yesterday and was received by a guard of honour. He afterwards called on HE trie Governor, Sir John Anderson, at Government House.
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    LADIES’ RIFLE SHOOTING.
    47 5 SIR ARTHUR YOUNG’S CUP. From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, November 18. The ladies’ rifle competition for the cup presented by Captain Sir Arthur H. Young, has been won by Miss Gunn with a score of 5 ’O. Mi'S Kerr was second with 511 points.
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    COUNT TOLSTOI.
    69 5 A PREMATURE ANNOUNCEMENT. [Rrotkr’h Sbrvick.] London, November 17. The death is announced from St. Petersburg of Count Tolstoi. Condition More Favourable. London, November 18. The news of Count Tolstois death, which was based upon a telegram from Prince Obolensky, proves to be a mistake. Hie condition is somewhat
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    THE PANAMA CANAL.
    45 5 FINISHED IN FIVE YEARS MORE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, November 18. A New York wire reports that 125 members of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, have inspected the Panama works and say that the Canal will be finished in five years’ time.
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    DISSOLUTION PROSPECTS.
    115 5 LATEST POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS. INTENTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT. I Reuter’s Skkvick. l London, November 17. It is stated that the Government has arranged to advise a dissolution of Parliament on Friday, 25th inst. A “4 tc I” Chance! Insurances at Lloyd’s in prospect of a dissolution are equivalent to
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    INSULT TO RUSSIAN FLAG.
    95 5 PERSIAN APOLOGY DEMANDED [Reutkr’s Skkvick.] London, November 17. It is reported from Teheran that Russia has demanded an apology or other reparation from Persia for the alleged insult to the Russian Consular agent and his flag at Kashan due to Bakhtiriz entering his home in search
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    THE OPIUM TRAFFIC.
    47 5 CHINA AGAINST IMPORTATION [Reuter’s Skrvice.] London, November 17. According to a telegram from Peking, the membeis of the National Assembly have warned the Wai-wu-pu (Foreign Office) not to sign the new opium agreement they advocate appealing to Great Britain for instant prohibition of importation.
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    INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY PROJECT
    49 5 TO PERSIA AND INDIA [Dbr Ostasiatischk Lloyds Service] Berlin, November 17. The Novoe Vremya states that a syndicate is considering the question of constructing a railway from Europe to Persia and India. Financiers and engineers from Germany, Great Britain, and France will participate in the scheme.
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    DISASTER AT A COLLIERY.
    48 5 TRAIN DASHED TO THE BOTTOM [Reuter’s Service London, November 18 While a train, containing sixty m»n, was being hauled up from the Bristol Colliery, the rope snapped and the train was dashed to the bottom. All the men were injured, three being already dead.
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    TSAR AND TSARINA.
    26 5 [Dbr Ostasiatischk Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, November 17. The Tsar and Tsarina have arrived at St. Petersburg. The health of the Tsarina has improved.
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    DAMAGED BY TIDES.
    22 5 [Dbr Ostasiatischk Lloyd’s Service.j Berlin, November 17. Considerable damage has been caused at Venice and Trieste hy the spring-tides.
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    AUSTRIAN EMPIRE COUNCIL.
    23 5 [Dbr Ostasiatatchk Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, November 17 The Austrian Council of the Empire has been convened for the 24th inst.
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    Lower Perak Planters.
    106 5 .—T. of M A meeting of this Association was held in the Lower Perak,Club on Saturday last, to elect a President in succession to Mr. C. Peters, resigned, and a Secretary vice Mr. A. J. Boase, who has gone to Europe. The members present were Messrs. Cooper,
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    SHIP ON FIRE.
    415 5 SHARI WORK BY A PEJtANG MAN. A particularly smart piece of fireextinguishing stands to the credit of Mr. J. C. H. L. S. Smith, Superintendent of the Standard Oil Company’s instillation at Canton Mr. Smith was born in Penang and is a brother of Dr. J. Emile
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      WELSH NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO KING EDWARD.
      179 5 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette."] Sir, Will you allow me to appeal to all Welshmen among your readers to support the Welsh National Memorial to King Edward. A national conference recently decided that the memorial should take the form of a crusade
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    The Smallpox Outbreak.
    101 5 For the week ending November 5 there were 60 cases of smallpox reported in Penang, of which 22 were fatal, compared with 65 cases in the previous week and 16 deaths. The following table shows the number of cases of smallpox in Penang from the beginning of
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    Penang Exports.
    72 5 The following were the exports of tin and produce from Penang to the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the Continent of Europe during the fortnight ended November 15 UK. U.S.A Continent Totnl Tons Tons Tons Toas Tin 1250 100 25 1375 Pepper, black 50 60
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    TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
    829 5 THE COLONIAL OFFICER. London, Nov. s.—With reference to the rumours of changes in the Colonial Office, Reuter’s agency learns that the growing importance of the Dominions, tne change of thought in regard to them, and the views of Mr. Deakin and others in favour of a separate Dominions
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    ANOTHER RUBBER SHARE CASE.
    260 5 —5.7’. Rubber was again a topic of discussion in the Supreme Court at Singapore on Tuesday, when Mr Justice Fisher began the hearing of an action by Kong Chin Hoe against J. A. Meyer to recover $l,OOO and interest upon a transaction in Lunas shares. Mr.
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    The Singapore Club.
    232 5 A Common Gamino House Thus our Singapore evening contemporary of Tuesday By a decision given in the third police court this morning, by Mr. Robinson, the Singapore Club has been legally and indisputably designated a common gaminghouse.” The case out of which this arose was one in'which
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    B.I. Captains Sudden Illness.
    32 5 On arrival of the 8.1 SN. steamer Taroba from Negapatam yesterday morning the Captain W. H. Jacob whs taken to General Hospital in the ambulance suffering from sunstroke.
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      295 5 WANTED. MANAGER for a Rubber Estate with several years’ experience. Applications will be treated in strict confidence. No. 20, c/o Pinang Gazette. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of Section 19 of “The Municipal Ordinance 1896,” that an Election of a Municipal Commissioner for the
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  • Obituary
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    30 5 OBITUARY. MR. A. L. CHITTENDEN. [From Our Own Correspondent Bangkok, November 17. Mr. A. L. Chittenden, partner in the firm of Messrs. Chittenden Co., Bangkok, has died here of cholera.
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      1298 6 N. Y. K.! The 15 H. P. I! j INFANCY u Straker-Squire i*l h"TTTI I and (Four Cylenders.) Car. Uia'l'V I age. w M M I Those who use NESTLE’S FOOD for Infants and Convalescents place B a regular CHEAP TO RUN. LIGHT ON TYRES. M M I their trust
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    SHIPPING.
    464 7 ARRIVALS. Atjeh, Dut., 393, Popjes, Nov. 18, Segli, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Avagyee, Brit., 217, Campbell, Nov. 18, Teluk Anson, gen., E. S. Co. Ban Watt Soon, 336, Milne, Nov. 18, Brandan, gen E. S. Co. Carlyle, Brit., 234, Upton, Nov. 17, T Anson, gen., Kwong On Co. Jin
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    SHARERS.
    1712 7 o Capital. Subscribed. N s|^X. Of vZlue. 3 Dividends. j Name. 0.2 (5 M 02 9 —J 1906 1907 190 S 1909 1910 MINING. 1093 5300,000 $300,000 30,000 $l,O $lO 25 10 30 Belat Tin Mining Co. 3? 1906 300,000 225,00 C 22,500 10 10 Bruang, 1901 600,000 600,000
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    MAILS.
    295 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE To-Mokbow. For. Per. C lose. I Alor Star (Kedah) Tong Chuan 9 a.m. Ceylon, Australasia, x India, Aden, Mauri- I Arcadia 2 p.m. tins, Egypt, and vid > Reg. up to 12-30 p.m. Brindisi for Europe, I Parcels Il a.m. etc. Tongkah, Kopah, Re-'j
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    PRODUCE.
    201 7 Pknang, Novkmbrr 17, 1910. Gold leaf $64.8'» Pepper (VV. Coaet. 3 it». 5 <>z.) No stock. White Pepper ...$24 5/8 buyers. Trang Pepper slBnomieal. Mace ;$95 nominal. Mace Pickings $9O sellers. Cloves $5O sellers. Nutmegs I 10 $2l sellers. {No. 1 $6.50 sales. No. 2 $6.40 sales. Basket $5
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    EXCHANGE.
    128 7 Pbnang, Novkmbbk 18, 1910. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 5/32 4 months’ sight Bank ...2/4 15/32 3 Credit 2'4 9/16 3 Documentary 2/4 19/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174 J 3 days' sight Private 175| Bombay Demand Bank 174| 3 days’sight Private 175 Madras
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    533 7 Per P. <fc O. 88 Nile, from London. Oct. 22 doe at Penang Nov. 20 :—To Pbnang Misses Jennings aud Pirrie, Messrs A Oliver, G Walker, H C Blee and W D Manar. To Singapore Mrs G Maltby and child, Mr and Mrs Lambert, Mrs Keller
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      707 7 SliO Of CSildlJQ. (K«tnbli«l>e<f !*«*>. ....A £6 (MM) «>00.0.0 Assets exceed Surplus over all liabilities according to Government Standard 840,265.0.0 Income, 1908, £1,428,000 0.0 W. A. WHIII., KENNEDY .V Co.. Manager, South-Eastern General Agents. Penang a. Skin Troubles are often the direct result of digestive disturbances. Waste products, instead of
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      35 7 Appendicitis, now so prevalent, is believed to arise cliiefly from constipation and local inflammatory troubles, which may be prevented by the occasional use of Hunyadi Jar.OS natural aperient water. Average dose a wine-glassful before break-fast.
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