Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 August 1908

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 194 VOL. LXVI. TUESDAY. 25th AUGUST, 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      734 1 THE PINANG GAZETTE." FT“"' LOST MUNICIPAt NOTICE. SUBSCRIPTION. Apply N 0.38 BUNC HOF F 1„. T UwS f 1 s< B ~uc mang Gazette Office. qu har Street and the Esplanade on at tiie Municipa l Office, at 3-30 p.m., on 91 I For lssue, in Town, $27 per annum,
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      1726 2 Mannheim Insurance Co. Dealers in Cycles, Shipping. 7w- wa Sewing Machines, HOWARTH F IKK INF ltd The M d“ 9^^ r g Xwm.o CeP t A “BURNS PHILP LINE. IkT jUvW/IKIII LliollllwL, LIU., M i Risk. on Merchandise, Produce, o Accessories. .o.»™.™ IN. I.IV. I CIVIL, electrical AND K, t
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    HOGAN AND COMPANY.
    847 3 A NEW TRIAL. In the Supreme Court, Singapore, on Wednesday, Mr Justice Sercombe Smith had before him the case of the Procureur in Singapore of La des Missions Etrangeres and another v. A Emslie Benzie, which was an action for damages for alleged misrepresentation. The case was
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    THE GUIDES AT BISLEY.
    782 3 —P. P. The following is a translation of an extract from a letter from one of the Guides Bisley team received by the mail, which, we are sure, will be read with interest. It makes one or two important announcements.—‘The weather this time was worthy of
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    Unclaimed Letters.
    118 3 The following unclaimed letters, parcels, and telegrams are lying at the Penang Post Office Adler, Mr. Kunig, G. Boheme Rud Leoni, Mons. Campbell, W.A. Capt. Lawson, Mrs. B. Cummins, E. N. T. Moffatt, F. A. Chinniah, S. Millar, Chas. Cross, J. C. McLean, A. B. Davidoff, Beilina Paramandan
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    SINGING BIRDS IN HONGKONG.
    707 3 In his annual report on the Botanical and Forestry Department of Hongkong for the year 1907, the Superintendent says With a view to encouraging the increase of singing birds which have been so charming a feature of the Botanic Gardens and surrounding portions of Hongkong of
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    The World's Largest Sapphire.
    77 3 The largest sapphire, not only of Ceylon but in the world, which was recently sold by Mr. O L. M. Macan Markar, G. O. H. Buildings, Colombo, has been bought by Mr. Pierpont Morgan, the American multimillionaire. The gem, of a brilliant darkish blue colour, was
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    THE GROWN COLONIES.
    419 3 FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBIT. The Crown Colonie?’ exhibit at the Franco-British Exhibition has proved to be one of the strongest attractions on the educational and commercial side of the great exposition. This is greatly due to the interesting way in which the products and manufactures of the Crown Colonies
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    The "Creeper."
    143 3 —C.O. A long-time resident of Ceylon has put forward the idea that the Chamber of Commerce and C. P. A. should approach Government with the view of advertising in the leading British papers that, before intending creepers accept positions in Ceylon, they should in all instances refer to
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    THE WEEK.
    114 3 Tuesday, 25th August. Service of Praise, St. George’s Church, 6 p.m. Matsuo’s Cinematograph. Pathescope, 7.30 and 9 p.m. Wednesday, 26th August Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Matsuo’s Cinematograph. Pathescope, 7-30 and 9 p.m. Thursday, 27th AugustOutward P. O. Mail. Band, Golf Club. Pathescope, 7-30 and 9 pm.
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      59 3 A Message from Australia. Messrs. Williamson Co., Jundah, Queenslan I, writes Chamberlain’s Coliic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy enjoys a great reputat ion in these parts. It has effected some really remarkable cures, and there is scarcely a home without a bottle.” For sale by all Chemists and Store-keepers The George
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      48 3 He never knew pleasure who never knew’ pain has been construed by many people to mean that persons who have never had headache have never known the pleasure of getting rid of it by the timely use of Stearns’ Headache Cure which quickly gives relief. Insist on Stearns’.”
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      110 3 A Well-known Remedy. There are few people in this country who have not used, or at least heard of, Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is the first thing they think of when they or any member of ttie family are stricken with diarrhoea, pain in the stomach, or
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      36 3 Stearns’ Cordial of Cod Liver Extract is an honest remedy put out on honest principles Those who know it best are loudest in its praise. A tonic and reconstructor of first rate merit, delightful to take.
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      660 3 OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co., Ltd. MEDAN EXHIBITION. Agricultural Exhibition at Medan. PROGRAMME. FROM this date until the 7th Septem- Saturday, 9 p.m. Opening of Exhibiber, Ist Class Tickets will be issued 29th Aug. tion. per Hebe and Calypso from Penang 5 p.m. Football Match, to Deli at the reduced rate
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      59 3 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. Aug. 25 10.23 a.ru. 423 am. 26 11.12 a.m. 5.11 am. 27 12.01 p.m. 6.02 a.m. M 28 12.47 p.m. 6.48 a.m. n 29 1.36 p.m. 7.34 a.m. n 30 2.24 p.m. 8.23 a.m. The Moon. O New Moon 27 Aug. First Quarter 3
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    Tuesday, 25th August, 1908.
    1357 4 From the special telegram from our London correspondent, which was published in our columns yesterday, it would be seen that Sir Henry Blake, Chairman of the International Rubber Exhibition to ba held at Olympia next month, has cabled to His ‘'Excellency Sir John Anderson asking that
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    A CLUB ON WHEELS.
    933 4 UNIQUE ENGINEERING FEAT. Everyone has at one time or another read of huge houses and public buildings being moved bodily from one site to another in America, —the land of “big things,”—but it has been left to the Engineering Works of the Eastern Shipping Company to
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    459 4 The death is announced, from New York of the evangelist, Mr. Sankey. The death is announced of the Rev. Charles Taylor, Master of St. John’s College, Cambridge. The Public Prosecutor at Selangor has left for Pahang in connection with the murder of Dr. Barrack. Mr. H. Graves,
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    Fancy Dress Dance.
    290 4 The Fancy Dress Dance, given last Friday evening at the Perak Club, under the auspices of the Perak Turf Club, was an unqualified success throughout, and reflects the highest credit on those connected with it, principal amongst whom must be mentioned Mrs. R. Pinkney and Mrs. Tate,
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      320 4 “PATH E S C O P E,” 1 King: Street Theatre Hall, 4 TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAMME. J Ist SHOW AT 7.30 P.M. 2nd SHOW AT 9.30 P.M. 1. The 50th Bielostock’s 1 Hurry-up Please! 4 Jubilee. 2. Winter Sports at Chamonix. 4 2. An Interesting Play. 3. A Pedicure for Love.
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      87 4 must be addressed to CX The Editor, written on one side of the paper only, and accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for insertion but as a guarantee of good faith. LL MONIES must be paid at the Pinang Gazette Office, Penang, to the General Manager, Mr.
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    THE COTTON INDUSTRY.
    136 5 SITUATION IN LANCASHIRE. depression and alarm. Rbutrr’s Service.] London, 25th August. Although the Lancashire cotton trade is depressed, it is declared that there should be no cause for the alarm which is existing in some quarters. War to the Knife With reference to the notice of a
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    HOLLAND AND VENEZUELA.
    96 5 A REASONABLE DEMAND. (RKUTKH’s SERVICE.] London, 25th August. Holland, replying to Venezuela, insists that the Venezuelan Government must rescind the various decrees harmful to the trade of Curacao. t [Curacao, the most important of the Dutch West India Islands, lies 40 miles north from the coast of
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    BOXING.
    87 5 THE WORLD’S CHAMPIONSHIP. [Reuter’s Service] London, 25th August. A Sydney telegram states that Tommy Burns has knocked out Bill Squires in thirteen rounds after a good fight. [ln our Sporting Notes on August 8 we stated :—A syndicate has arranged for a boxing match at. Sydney between Tommy? Burns,
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    MOROCCO.
    66 5 MULEY HAFID AS SULTAN. [Reutrr’s Service.] London, 25th August. Muley Hafid has been proclaimed Sultan at Tangier amid popular rejoicings. While it is expected that France will continue her policy in Morocco regardless of the change in the Sultan, the French Governmental organs agree that Muley Hafid cannot be
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    CAVALRY MANOEUVRES.
    59 5 A MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th August. Six thousand cavalry, on the 18th ingt., made a charge at high speed before General Sir John French, Inspector-General of the Force», over an undulating country, which presented a magnificent spectacle. A new feature of the manoeuvres is the visitors’
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    RUSSIA’S NAVY.
    46 5 PLANS OF NEW WARSHIPS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th August. The Russian Government has adopted the plans of a Hamburg firm for the construction of several new battleships, each of 20,000 tons, with a speed of 21| knots. The armaments will consist of 12-inch guns.
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    WIRELESS TELEPHONY.
    43 5 AMERICAN FIRM’S ENTERPRISE. [REurEii’s Service.] London, 24th August. The De Forest Wiieless Telegraph Company of America has engaged a tower in New York, 680 feet high, as the American terminal for the wireless telephonic communication with the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
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    THE POWERS AND MACEDONIA.
    34 5 BRITISH GENDARMERIE OFFICERS [Reuter’s Service.] London, 25th August. Great Britain has not taken any steps to recall the British gendarmerie officers in Macedonia, preferring to await a unanimous international agreement.
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    RAHMAN HYDRAULIC TIN, LTD.
    1074 5 SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING. The first annual general meeting of the shareholders in the Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Limited, was held at eleven o’clock this morning in the office of the Company in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Buildings. There were present Mr. F. Douglas Osborne (Chairman), Messrs. W.
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    AMERICA’S ARGOSY.
    60 5 GREAT REVIEW AT SYDNEY. [RtUTBB’ft Service.] London, 25th August. A telegram from Sydney states that a review was held of 13,00(1 of the Commonwealth naval and military forces together with detachments from the British find American warships in the Centennial Park in the presence of Lord Northcote, GOv-ernor-General
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    KING ALFONSO.
    18 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, JSth August. His Majesty King of Spain, hM arrived in EngUqd. jhiw b
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    74 5 MOROCCO. Muley Hafid is at Tangier and hasheey proclaimed Sultan. Abdul Aziz has fled to Settat and it is said that he is willing to go into exile at Damascus. The Powers expect a declaration from France on the matter shortly. BRITAIN AND JtUSSIA. M. Isvolsky, Russian
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    Ladies’ Rifle Club.
    123 5 The members of the Penang Ladies’ Rifle Club held their weekly practice at the Rifle Range yesterday afternoon, when, owing to the inclemency of the weather, only four ladies turned up. There was a heavy downpour at the 100 yards’ range, but it did not affect the
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    "Carter the Magician."
    109 5 So far as is known at present, Carter the Magician is due in Penang about September 18 or 19, and will perforin two nights here at the Town Hall, the arrangements being in charge of the Robinson Piano Company. Carter has visited all the principal towns in
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    Eastern Shipping Co., Ltd.
    161 5 Shareholders’ Meeting. A general meeting of shareholders in the Eastern Shipping Company, Limited, was held at 3 p.m, yesterday at the Company’s Office, Nos. 41 and 43 Beach Street, at which a statement for the first six months’ working was laid before the shareholders. After due
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    THE BONDED WAREHOUSE.
    476 5 T AMENDED RULES. The following amended rules have been made by the Governor in Council under Section 112 (1) (d) of The Liquors Ordinance 1906 in substitution for the Rules published as Government Notification N0.'826 in the Gazette of the 24th July, 1908, subject to approval of
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    The Bisley Meeting.
    249 5 —S.F.P. Singapore Competitors We heartily congratulate Corporal Chater of the Singapore Engineers on his having taken so excellent a place in the competition for the King’s Prize at Bisley. He had got into the Three Hundred with a valuable 97, and it may be mentioned that a
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    Our Trade Depression.
    178 5 Long Terms of Credit. Saturday’s Singapore Free Press says For some litte time past representatves of the Import Firms have been in conclave, with a view to coming to some arrangement to restrict the present long credits given to dealers .n the Bazaar. The matter has been
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      3 5 SCALES. Co,, Ltd.
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      827 5 PENANG GOLF CLUB? HIGH CLASS IRISH LINENS MONTHLY MEDALS. to be sold by Sunday. 3016, and following Slay. Auction without Reserve Price, J AT BEACH STREET, (Premises formerly occupied by the International Banking Corporation), T THE UNDERSIGNED, have this day Monday, 30tll August, 1908, A ceased to be the President
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    LATEST INDIAN WIRES.
    785 6 Calcutta, Aug 7. Lahore, Aug. 6.—Owing to excessively heavv rain, which fell on the 4th instant, several breaches and washaways have occurred on the N.-W. Kailway, resulting in serious delay to traffic and some loss of life. Railway accidents, attended with small loss of life, are also
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    MAILS CLOSE
    86 6 To-mobbow. for. Per. Close. Negapatam Madras Taroba 10 a.m. Registration 4 p.m. to-day. Batu Bahra Sree Bangka 1 p.m. Teluk Anson Ban Whatt Soon 2 p.m. Dindings Mary Austin 4 p.m. Singapore, China, and Japan Devanha 5 p.m. Thursday. Trang Leong Ho 1 p.m. Batu Bahra Padang 1
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    European Mails.
    321 6 Home- o Ex- PosrnvKLY io SIKAMKR. WARD, PECTKD. DUK Sa 11. P. &U. Delta 27/9 B. I. Thonyiva 5/9 N.D.L. P.R. Luitpold 2/9 Outward. P. O. Devanha 27/8 B. I. t~ 4/9 N.D.L. Lutzow 3/9 ON WEEK DAYS. FOR Taiping, Ipoh, Batu Gajah, Kuala Kubu, Kuala Lumpur, and
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    63 6 Ban Whatt Soon, Brit., 199, Milne, August 25, Brandan, gen., E. S. Co. Janet Nicoll, Brit., 474, Bell, August 25, Tongkah, gen., E. S. Co. G-G. Jacoba, Dut., 3 08, Steenborg, August 25, Sabang, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Mary Austin, Brit., 121, Harvey, August 25, Pangkor, gen., E.
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    CLEARANCES.
    40 6 Jin Ho for Langkat. Petrel for Asahan. De Kock for De)> < an d Langsa. Pin Seng for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Hye Leong for Teluk Anson. Perak (S. S. Co.) for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Catherine Apcar for Calcutta.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    87 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound. and Agents. Ajax, Singapore, Sept. 19, Antwerp, W. M. A. Apcar, S’pore, Sept. 11, Calcutta, A. A. A. Bendoran, London, Sept. 4, Japan, S. B. Cyclops, S’pore, Sept. 3, L’pool, W. M. Keemun, Singapore, Sept. 18, L’pool,
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    SHARES.
    1124 6 O O QB X O I aatiA w-r +S No o f i Dividends. Nnmo x g Capital. Subscribed. SharftB Vab,e Ea d S =3 S w 5 5 i.__ MINING. iVO3 4300,000 5300,00 b 30 000 s>o $lO 10 per cent, for year ending 31-3-08 |Belat liu Mining
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 6 Penang, 25th August, 1908. (By Courtesy 0/ the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2'3 15/16 4 months' sight Bank 2/4 3/16 )f 3 Credit 1/4 5/16 n 3 Documentary 2/4 3/8 Calcutta Demand Bank R» 175| 3 days'sight Private 1( n< Bombay Demand Bank 175| 3 days’sight Private 177
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    PRODUCE.
    187 6 Penang, 25th August, 1908. Gold leaf 65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb 5 -»z.) no stock. White Pepper $15.25 buyers. Trang Pepper slobuyersfor India, $7O nom. Mace Pickiiigs $5B buyers. Cloves (picked out of season. Nutmeg» 11(1 $19.50 sales. rNo 1 $6.65 sales. Sugar. < 2 x. no stock.
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      35 6 livHr «n Pe ple loth to believe that cod a-’reeable le ar f tlO C&n be,nade pleasant and X ntuc na 88 al Wine of Cod Liver Oil ’n tonic—Stearns’ sceptical. WI convert the most
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      88 6 A Stubborn Disease. Rheumatism is considerably by the medical men to be the hardest disease there is to control, but Chamberlain’s Pain Bahn has remarkable power over it. One application will give relief. For sale by all Chemists and Store-keepers. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents. Functional Liver Troubles are
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      28 6 Petter’s Patent Petroleum Engines. THE MOST PERFECT MOTOR OF THE DAK. J 1 or Quotations and CataloguesAPPJY TO SANDILANDS, BUTTERY GO Sole Agents, PENANG AND F. M. S.
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      6 6 STEEL TRUNKS. UcAliatet V Co., Ltd.
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      120 6 QOOOOOOQOOOOQOOOOOQOqqqqOOOO A MATSUO’S i I Japanese Cinematograph. 0 location: corner of Campbell street and Penang Road. q O To-Night! To-Night I !g O GRAND PROGRAMME. g §New Pictures! New Pictures!!§ O Two Performances Every Night. O Mr S t show I Secoud Show Q O From 7 p.m. to 8-30
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      1470 7 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL NEDERLANDSCHE-INDISCHE THE MERCANTILE BANK OF BROWN Co., AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA. BANKING CORPORATION. MAATSCHAPPIJ. ESCOMPTO-MAATSCHAPPIJ. INDIA, LIMITED. Monumental Sculptors, M LT (Netherlands-Indian Discount Bank.) CALCUTTA, JL Paid-up-Capitalsls,ooo,ooo Netherlands 1 rading ocie y. Established at Batavia, 1857. Authorised Capital £1,500,000. Established A. D.
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      2159 8 Shiwhg. Shipping. Shipping. Shipping. P. &0. Steam Navigation Company. Ir*tended Sailings. Norddeutscher Jloyd, Bremen. EXPECTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES BRITISH INDIA Imperial German Mail Line. CE STEPM MAVIGATIOW C.„ LTD. OCW3 Sttlß Slip CO,, 1|( Au-'. 27 Devanlia connecting with Victoria I AND Sept. 10 Oriental Britannia Foe Intundrd to Sail.
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