Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 26 October 1906

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  • 19 1 Eastern Daily Nail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 347 VOL. H. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1906. PRICE 5 CENTS
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  • 166 1 (Reuter's Agency wires. By Submarine telegraph THE NAVY STRENGTHENED. The scheme applauded. London, October 25, 11.55 a.m. The Admiralty have decided to constitute a new fleet to be called the Home Fleet. The headquarters of the fleet will be Sheerness, and the new fleet j is to
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  • 22 1 "Lutin Partly Raised. London, October 25, 1.30 p.m. The French submarine Lutin i has been partly raised, and towed into shallow water.
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  • 60 1 London, October 25, 1.30 p.m. The Novo Vremya referring to the 1 projected Anglo-Russian entente I cordiale regarding Persia, discusses 1 Railway projects in that Empire, and concludes that Russia must abandon all hope of establishing a post in the Persian Gulf, and that Russia must renounce
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  • 138 1 EIGHT SUFFRAGITES ARRESTED. The Lords and the Education Bill. London, October 25, 1.30 p.m. Eight woman sufTragites have been arrested by the police. The Marquis of Ripon, in the House of Lords explained that the Government have decided to appeal against the decision in the West
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  • 58 1 London, October 25, 1.30 p.m. Lieut-General Sir William Gustavas Nicholson has been appointed to the position of General in succession to Sir Redevers Buller, V, C. Home Races London, October 25, 1.30 p.m. Twenty-three horses started, for the Cambridgeshire stakes. It was won by a neck. The horses
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  • 46 1 AMERICAN PRESS COMMENT. London, October 25, 6.35 p.m. In connection with the Anti-American demonstration in Japan, the United I States press in commenting thereon i states that the resignations only affect Osahi and Kitagaki who were midshipmen in training at the Anncapolis Aeademy.
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  • 40 1 GOLUCHOWSKI REPLACED. At Request ok J a tan. London, October 25, 6.35 p.m. It is alleged that at the request of the Japanese Legation, Baron Aehrcnthal has been appointed Ambassador at St. Peterburg. He succeeds Count Goluchowski.
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  • 38 1 WAR MINISTER RESIGNS. National DEFENCE Man SUCCEEDS. London, October 25, 6. 35 p.m. Mr. Pitreich, the Aiistro-Hungarian i Minister of War, has resigned. He is replaced by Mr. Si hoenaich, j the Austrian Minister for National Defence.
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  • 500 1 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN 17 PRISONS. Refined Old Man Goes onco More to Qaol. There stood in the dock at the Old Bailey facing the recorder (Sir Forrest Fulton, K. C.) an elderly, refined-look-ing man, who w.is indicted on counts j charging him with forgery and false pretences.
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  • 206 1 VICTORY OYER A YEXA I lOUS PROBLEM. Nottingham is the new dustlcss city. It claims to hive solved the dust nuisance to such au extent that although hundreds of motor-cars are daily driven in and about the city, there is no suspicion of dust cloud. For three months
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  • 477 1 While the King was staying at Rufford Abbey his Majesty's chief valet, who was returning from Nottingham iii one of thc royal motor-rat was stopped near Mansfield by a young police constable. 11 What do you want asked the occupant. Your number, replied ths constable, who
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 134 1 f^OBINK LITTtP* B0 TOL HITAM. (K .H59.50. ttkd by INSINCAPOH GUfIR ANTEED OVER 7 YEARS IN WOOD. I I Whisljy. I /jB/ oi > Gcttii7§ /K_ C fo 5 !^OHN~IiITTIiE Co., I SLEDGE I I SAFEST, PUREST, BEST, (The Perak and Penaog Government Hospitals use SGOO tins every Month. jj.
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    • 282 1 Howarth Erskine Ei?§ii?ecrs ai>d Contractors. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS. Telephone 2-1. Telegrams ERSKINE." I ART NEEDLE WORK I I One of tne FinMt and Largest Electric Fan* in very Bedroom 1 r"| HIA/CD fIFPHT Buildings in I'enang rftj£ffifrjfc% Cuisine and Catering under rLUfILn ULIUI f Entirely under European ?^F\^^\ Supervision of an
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    • 18 1 THE king of whiskies Per Case 9.75. THE WHISKY OF KINCS. JOHN LITTLE CO. LTD. Soli Ag nts.
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  • 154 2 Messrs. ARBUTHNOT Co. The failure of Messrs. Arbuthnot Co.. one of the oldest and the richest firms in India, will, no doubt, involve the ruin of hundreds of Indian families- An unparalleled amount of confidence was placed upon this firm by the Madras public, dnd people for some time will
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  • 347 2 < »n Saturday the S-aßelle will leave with reliefs for Pulo Pisang lighthouse. Chi ei Justice Hyndman-Jones was occupied yesterday with summonses in Chamber^. Y\\\ S. A. V. go into camp on Saturday next at Tanjong Katong and will remain there until Sunday afternoon. The fishing trade at Port Dickson
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  • 966 2 Our Tramways Recently reference was made in this paper to irregularities in the management ofthe Electric TramwayCompanv as regards the traffic. An accident was reported to the effect thai a cu had been derailed at Kallang and as' it was during the celebration of a festival much inconvenience
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  • 384 2 N OTES AND NEWS. {From th,- almost found th, fore they realis, executed a right-, k n shortly after^ard^J P?™* 111 in one of the 1" of course had to h?**^* luj »»ythcy got i nt V' car becoming st Please note!), n r bunted, set to wo combined Dion
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  • 22 2 A shipment ol livestock from Bangkok by the < consisting ot bui a iheep which were land hand gone through I gcons inspection
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 243 2 CHAFING DISHES "THE HOUSEWIFE'S HANOY FRIEND" ALWAYS READY. NEATLY PLATED ON FIRM METAL, SOUND, RELIABLE, CLEAN, MOST APPRECIABLE GUT. ,m f! m^^ A .J 1 As per illustration, complete $11.50 i, Olher si/c> and style- up to $15.00 1 I THOMPSON, THOMAS Co., THE AUS IRA LIAN STORES. **jok**%*mm *f**o^mme*me*mm********^*
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    • 462 2 WHISKIES. SCOTCH. Dews 0' the Glen. Monarch 0' the Glen. The Old Brigade. Rare Old Blend. Very Old Highland Blend. Extra Special Finest Liqueur. Robert Macdonald. Club Bahru. Club Whisky. 0. DS. V.O.S. (Choice Old Matured.) FRIGES OR PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. I N.B. —ln Bulk, Hogsheads. Quarter Casks and
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

  • 292 3 have talked I the found reaming that if hall true mplicity. tram .al quite mistaken, nde simple j than I I I to be L nof L the ver m. l miles- tor I me M aid ver in the the ven- 1 the ble
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  • 300 3 1 iic British steamer Will o the Wisp arrived here from Patani, in command of Capt. S. R. Perkins touching at I'eloban, with general cargo and 20 deck passengers; she sails for Kelantan direct to-day the local agents are the owners Messrs. V»> Seng Co. The British
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  • 219 3 WEEKS VIGIL OVER MISTRESS'S DEAD BODY A very sad tale was unfolded in the Coroner's Court at Buxton. As Miss L >uisa Darnton, a lady of fortyfive, who lived in Bath-road, had not been seen for -ome days, the house recently entered bv Constable Hughe-, who found her
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  • 214 3 A ii flic All that will soften the brain. li is the Bottle -be warned and ab.-tain the Culprit, to jail he may go. Dm the Drink that has brought him so low. the Earnings— how spent you may i;\: F is the Family deep in distress. G
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  • 48 3 Mr. j. Goos, Messrs. Bchn Meyer as out alter crocodiles in the Knan River and succeeded in killing a eery Mg one measuring about 1 7 feet. 1* m M brought down to town this morning and a crowd collected to see this very tine specimen- Straus Echo.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 226 3 > Recreation HoteL < y SERANGOON ROAD, TRAMWAY TERMINUS. p Has excellent m commodation for temporary and per>manent boarders. J Airy rooms with Verandah and bath rooms complete. y GOOD TABLE WINES. "V Prices moderate which may be ascertained from the Manager. J Joe F. de CONCEICAO, J Manager. NOTICE-
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 2196 3 iL/W-X LrmmW'-*mmm\ rJttmmA SHIPPING NEWS. T7 L^QQI^T O Reyniersz, Belawan-Deli, Oct. 28 Janet Nicoll, Brit. str. 475 tons, Capt V JCiOOJCi±jid Daendels. Hopkins, 24th Oct. From Bangkok, R. C. Rickmers, N. York, Oct.—; A. 20th Oct. G.c, and 23 d. p. Taik Lee 'TTJ'yp'iQ^f^r 1 1 1^ v Gilfillan. Guan,
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  • 297 4 The Batavia autumn race- will l be hcld on i oth and nth November. Ihe following is the programme ErURPAY lOffl NOVSamarang Prizk m Race. Handicap. Open to Amateur riders, value guilders 500. Distance 2 mil< m, Pehajkj Pane Maiden plate, flatrace, open to all maidens, value
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  • 436 4 F. v. S. C. C. After a lapse of a couple ol months the S. C. C. played a friendly game of football on the Esplanade yesterday afternoon against the Sherwood Forester- whom it will be remembered defeated the Club in the Cup Tie Competition. Nothing much can be
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  • 59 4 An ordinary deck passenger by the C.ienfallaeh from China yesterday-a Chinaman reports that he has been robbed of $100 during the passage down. Ami-Opii'm meeting- begin to-da\ in Penang COOdtlCted by Mr. C. Alexander, LL. IV, and will be carried on till thc end of October, also in Malacca Nov.
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  • 362 4 Someone has said that an actress is C little more than a woman and that an ctor is a little less than a man. It is true only the divine spark is latent in every woman-actress or not that d vine spark of selfsacriticc. she who only
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  • 228 4 EIGHT MEN DRINK SIX GALLONS OF SPIRITS. Sil gallons of stolen brandy and rum were drunk by eight men at Victoria, Monmouthshire, in one night, the re-ult being that they had to be conveyed to Ebbw Vale Police Station by special train. At the police court the landlord
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  • 227 4 Mr.K. Su;idararama Aiyar contribu an article to the Hindustan Retttem o.i the subject of mercenary marriage. The writer gives some figures which illustrate the average value of a University youth in the matrimonial market Rs. 500 for a youth who has passed the matriculation examination R-. 800
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  • 212 4 A correspondent writes to a contemporary—lnconsequence ofa Reuter telegram, it i- alleged that the Netherlands trot »ps in Bali slaughtered about 400 people, among them a majority of women and ch.ldren. What happened is this All. students of Malay and Hindu history know that (mc of the most horrid customs
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  • 569 4 SEARCH FOR AN IDEAL HUSBAND Hir Dutv to Woo." To facilitate divorce is to encourage matrimony "—a piece of philosophy into which Mrs. Le Page, a New York lady who has just married her eighth husband, crystallises her experience in life. Five of her seven former husbands
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  • 296 4 1 Spkctal arrangement- are being made by the Admiralty to keep a tleet in Home water- always in readiness. For the week ending 20th October 21 1 deaths were registered. The ratio in the proportion to the population stands at }B.*o. From telegrams of German origin, it was published yesterday,
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  • 1013 4 NUTHURST DOCTOR.' TALK WITH THE OWNER OF A BULLDOG CHAMPION. Charms of Style. Quietly, without ostentation— reposing, as a matter of fact, within the recesses of an airy and well-furnished wicker-work conveyance— a mightly conqueror retired yesterday from the accomplishment of world's record. The scene was the Royal Horticultural Hall
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  • 1013 4 THE CURIOUS AND ANCIENT ORIGIN OF MANY OF THEM. The Word owl (or, as it was formerly, ule is derived from the Latin word u lit la an owl. This was probably from the bird's cry and hence is remotely related to our word howl Hawk comes from
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  • 100 4 Fiance is to possess a new Order of chivalry. It is to be styled the Order of Merit, and is to be the French equivalent for the British Order of St Michael and St. George. The new decoration will be esp-ecially set apart as the reward for service in connection
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 497 4 H. S. KIRWAN S TANK ROAD LIVERY, RACINC, COMMISSION m. (OPPOSITE RAILWAY SI A new building specially bu.lt for Accommodation for Horses and < !arrig< I Kxtra large loose boxes for Race H J Ventilated storeroom, for the us- of pati J accommodation for syces all kinds of vi^^Mi'MMi tno**mmaq*af****tm
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  • 161 5 TANJONG PAGAR ARBITRATION. l tf HOLDI f »5* I letter, with refer- ibes the I I I |uly 18 has 1 inI t,on on I I edas 'an respecting t therefore I leetingofthe r-on, npanv, ask- which, 1 I ■*tM how* I npany I j thc I ame to _c
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  • 76 5 ind lr !1. I. Pus, Blockley.have -hire heat in thirty seven -it a't 8-20. been threshed, i in the mill. and a in the AithIhe bc-t 1 minutes. >ys and 1 particulars ised for m* 1 >unt ol land the 1 produced, iue roiihcted. imount Hms the k ng the
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  • 417 5 SOME RUSSIAN SOLDIERS AND A WOMAN. MILITARY PENALLY FOR FEMININE BAN lER: "THEY HAVE RETAKEN PORT 1 Under date Sept the St. Peters- J burg correspondent of the S Morning Past writes as follows Some t.me ago two voung Russian factory girls of the name of Smirnoff were walking at
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  • 227 5 KAISER GREATLY IMPRESSED WITH ITS POWER. 1 1 ting is taking gain, this l Imperial quarters at Wilhelmslohe. It is noteworthy that the.-e mystical experiments are chiefly made by members of the nobility just at the moment when, at tiie gineers at Bremen, their tnlessness was emphasised.
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  • 303 5 The discovery ofa cu;e for sleeping sickness recently announced by cable from London is one of the most important steps made in recent years in connection with the study of tropical diseases. From Dr. Castellani, a medical expert in Colombo, a Times of 1 :i representative gained some
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  • 323 5 •GRANDE DAME' OF THE OLDEN TIME. The Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry, who died recently, was the daughter and heiress of Sir John Edwards, a Liberal stalwart, and hero of a political fight which cost him Sixty year- ago she married the fifth marquis, who died in
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  • 155 5 The great number of mosquitos of late has set the bureau of health at Manila to devising some method of ridding the pest. The filling up of the breeding places and the pouring of oil on the waters has not been successful. A new plan, however, has been sug-ge-ted to
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  • 529 5 WHY .£200,000 IS GOING TO GERMANY. Berlin's Boast "How many motor omnibuses are here running rn London to-day A large manufacturer put this quesion to a journalist who immediately msweied it Thousands And very shortly, as mentors reckon time, most of them will scrapped In view of this
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  • 786 5 Date of Canital H„H ""KumEeT" Issue paid Pays at formation capital s>ubsc bed <Bf Va ue up tQ Reserve Company Quotations Present j j Price. GOLD. 'VSLa IO Bcrsawah G. M. Co., Ltd 10.00 sellers 1900 »i75,000 $140,000 I 3,500 unissued -I 4,000 10 10 (Deferred) Sou
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  • Commercial.
    • 114 5 do Cube No. i 1 0.82 Copra, Bali „9 5° do Pontianak 920 Pepper, Black (ordinary S'pore) „20.25 do White, Fair L. W. 5 p.c. 26.50 Sago Sarawak Flour „2.85 do Brunei No. 1 2.85 Pearl Sago, small h- rs c "f 4 Coffee' Palembang. 20 0/0 basis „22.50
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    • 59 5 Jv On London Bank 4 m/s 2 /4 I Demand »/4 1/16 do. 6 m/s. 2/5 Private 3 m/s.. 2/4 On Germany Bank d/d 2.39', do. 6 m/s v On trance Bank d/d ~.u*\ Private 3 m/s do. 6 m/s.. 4;;, Ok India— Bank T. T. ntJ Private 30
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  • 1154 6 RAISIN G PLANTS BY ELECTRICITY. SOME IN I ERESi ING EXPERIMEN IS. Of lhe. recru! successful experiments in Europe in the application «>i electricity tb agriculture lor the increase 01 fertility the lllustrirte Zeitung contains an up-to-date conservative resume by B. folk- 1 »rf. The article after admitting that mqsl
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  • 376 6 WOMAN MEDICAL ATTENDANTS FOR EXPRESSES. Train-sickness is becoming more prevalent. Whereas ten years ago only one traveller out of 100 ever became train-sick, now tive times as many succumb. The cause among women is an increased tendency to eat hastily at stations, reading small type while the train
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  • 218 6 COLOUR RESTORED TO HAIR AND BEARD. Professor 11. A. Imbert, of Montpellier. whose work *ince 1896 has -itated his constant exposure to the action of the XVays, relates his personal experience of the intluence of these rays upon the pigmentation of the hair of the beard
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  • 267 6 HOW THE PUBLIC ARE BEING POISONED BY FOOD. Dr D. L Thomas medical officer of health for Stepney, deals with the effect of boracic acid (which is used largely as a preservative in food) upon the consumer in a report he has iust presented. According to
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 696 6 BANKS^ Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000 RESERVE FUND:— Sterling Reserve *10.000.000 1 $20,250,000 Silver Reserve $10,250,000 Reserve Liabil.ty of Proprietors $10,000,000 Court of Directors. A Haupt, Esq— Chairman. Hon W.Dickson— Deputy-Chairman. E. Goet/. Esq. I H. E Tomkins Esq. C. R. Lenzmann, jD. M. jyairn, hsq. G. H.
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    • 417 6 NOTICES, G. A. Fernandez Co. No. 6 D'Almeida Street. LICENSED AUCTIONEERS, SURVEYORS, ARCHITECTS, APPRAISERS, AND HOUSE AGENTS. Charges and Commission will be found moderate. 9-8-06. u.c. Fop Sale Privately. Two full sized billiard tables by Burroughes Watts, complete. Can be seen at our sale room No. 6 D' Almeida Street.
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    • 307 6 Dr. S, IWATSUBO, Dental Surgeon. Mo. 1 Raffles Place. Hours oj consultation 9 a.m. to 12 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Or by appointment.) 3/8/06. tc 2/2/07. Fop Sale. This is the time to get ready for Christmas. Why wait till the last hour when you now have time to
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    • 420 6 E- M-" ADLETS. FOlTsg^^ WANTED. WANTED for a Rubber Estate 1 ,ki ram 1 r Drcsser or Chinese able to speak Tamil Application with copies of certificatesto be addressed to M. b. 330, c/o this paper. ****WA*******-^ TO BE LET. No. 7 Battery Road. Three rooms on 2nd Floor. Apply
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    • 198 6 P S P2 ci alHo| id J Ol'u U ■St .•*«t elites health stati 0n f An attractive holidav CHEAP RETURN TICKETS Tn ft* Saloon 22 TO COU^ Second Saloon t rheP.&o nounce that they k arrangements ufth thi COLOMBO, KANDY a d ktWl whereby holders NE^ U Tour Tlckett
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