The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 November 1898

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    20 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, i 5 th NOVEMBER 1898. DAIL\ ISSUE, No. jifff
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      574 1 n O-^cr. Ca. yer Qu f, XT "harves. New Huibour O STEAM NAVIGATION Cc. j n ur I HINA JAPAN. PF.NANi.. r -n INDIA, AUSTRALIA. ADEN, EGYPT, MARSEILLES GIBRALTAR, MALTA BRINDISI. VENICE, PLYMOUTH, \M) >O.V rHrou^"> Biil-> 01 L.id.r.; .«ucd for Persian I nZiiin.:^. a/i-l A-nenccn pjrts. aWo Vr BbAj
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      426 1 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGA. TION CO.. LIMITED. KNW RANGOON i CALCUTTA, Ka. -.nany's steamers is intended ti '<xr Wharf every week. Pa> C* irgo <*re booked by the abou Ahmbwi ates »o all ports m India and >No m Rasl African Ports. Mauritius o< I AO 1 AIDS, MXI BOL'KNK
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      449 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKLTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Undbr Comtract with the Nethirlands India Govbrnmbnt. Agents at Singapore. Ships Agency, late I.DAENDELS Co., 2-3 Collykr Quay Time Table for November, 1898. Steamer From Exoectea Will be despatched tor 1 Pr. Alexander Batavia Nov. 12 Batavia, Cheribon Samarang S'baya Nov. 15. Brouwei Bengkalis Nov. 12
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      314 1 ABRAMS HORSE REPOSITORY AND Veterinary Establishment. OVER A HUNDRED Horses, Cobs Ponies rO SELECT FROM Suitable for all purposes Every facility for trial given FODDhR DEPARTMENT Itc.--!) supplier every fourteen days. Hay, Oats, Crushed Food, Barley and Linseed, only the very best quality kein. HARNESS DEPARTMENT Any description oi harness
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      609 1 i fJONGKONG AND SHANGHAI xx BANKING CORPORATION, r'AJD-UP CAPITAL fiooooooo RESERVE FUND j o ooo'ooo 1 RESERVE LIABILITY OF i PROPRIETORS J f 10,000,000 Coibt or Director, Hon. J. J. BELL-IRVlNG.— Chairman R. M. Gkay, Esq Dkputv Chaikmah. C. Beurmann, Esq. A. J. Raymond, E^q. Daviu Gubbat, Esq. R. H.
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      448 1 PETER SYS WONDERFUL SPECIFIC Sprue. Dysentery, Diarrhoea. Hemorrhage and Ulccratior of the Bowels. THE PETER SYS COMPANY 0 SOI E MAVUI p,k Milkmaid see th at the Full Cream. every Tin. Largest Sale m the. World 4J£* KfINfINGA of Japan II TOILET WATER B Appr-r.-- X a n a n
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      152 1 Tovo sgS u> N fu u« re<mtarh J^p^ (or z'%rt ow t- a discount Nov. 1 N Co., ur Aeetiti, MAYNARD &"c^T77 Wholesale Retail Chemists -.ucntix «Wki id the ■MMfei PeriumeryA Toilet Requisites Photographic Chemicals. Homoeopathic Medicines. Filters, &c. c wosriTAiji a MRVMMMai Debbie Spectacles Folders w Gold. Silver or
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    The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1898.
    724 2 The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1898. H«e ih»l! the Pres* trt Peopte*i right w>u:: Uaawtd by influence ar.d ur.U:b*i by gi H«H p*tr at Truth h«r gloricui pr«e*pti draw, r.edftd le Rtilror. Lertltv. and Law. So completely are tht nations interlinked by the .eascli s s puiae of
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    379 2 We ht-ar thai, the increased pa\ to ue granted to the European Police contingent will date from January Ist m xt. Engineer h A. \V. Head and Assistant Engineer P. F Griffiths are appointed to H M S. Daphine. Dr. George Johostonc British North Borneo) bas been elected a fellow
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    BRITISH NORTH BORNEO NEWS.
    126 2 (5. A'. B. Hfrald, Nov. i,t The Editor regards the American action of excluding Chinese of the coolie class from the Philippines as foolish m the ex treme but thinks it will benefit B. N. B. by driving the Chinese emigrants to British Colonies. The Gazette
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    RE THE "GIGANTIC PUBLIC SCANDAL."
    124 2 RE THE "GIGANTIC PUBLIC SCANDAL." Putrid Milk Again. A Swinging Fine. This, from a home paper, may enlighten a little the several persons concerned At Southwark, Abraham Joseph was summoned for depositing for s*le 6,000 lins of putrid condensed milk. He had purchased 169 cases of unsound milk at 1
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    THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE.
    827 2 Contributed The Premier 1 speftch at Che Guildhall Banquet i- so exception. ii!v imp irtaut and for a diplomatist bo unguarded that it is worth while making a lurtlier examination and analysis ol it, and we nrottid pn-lace our remarks by Baying that whatever Reufc-r's
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    THE FORTUNE OF WAR.
    436 2 Wamt rac Bullets Strike the SoimEßv In these daysof war and rumours or mi a ome tacts about bulfetb and iheir InUeti v. rot be without interest. A retr.arkable thing m romwrtian wi- <r tare is thai the ratio of casualties is constant^ do reading, Lheonly
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    56 2 !T c SSI f wo Magistrates yesterday Sek Ah T cng who was employed as a servant at cm p l c Bar, was sentenced to sue months hard labour on a charge of stealing fcyo m notes and $1 1 U, s ii Ver tI.P property of Mr. Wafford.
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  • SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
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      THE CONQUEST OF THE VISAYAS.
      52 2 Further Filipino Successes. 'Special tf» Singapore An P>-t Manila, Nov. i 5 tK Panay Island has been taken bj tr. Filipino espeditioaarjr column- txrr; town of lioilo its<-lt and the three- ad,« town-. Tlie whoie We&tera side of Nej.,- a has also been raptured bf
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      SURRENDER OF SPANISH GOVERNOR
      27 2 His Troops Prisoners, Ih- s j)auiii! Goveraor and hi." tn hd\ b> •a > aptured and arr now priBOOCi m (u-tod_\ ol ihe Filipinos.
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      THE CAPTURE OF MINDANAO.
      15 2 Four Districts Taken Over Four districts m Mindanao bav< been taken
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    LIKE AS WE LIE.
    109 2 About two months ago Sam.oadcn bu C ,T'p r n CtOr OUght an actlon W<™ Wm C y a Cathtr co tr «tor. m th, naden h H CUStOd > with hini S-ri-S 5 rec T l for the mon *y t d and U Seemed
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    74 2 I t H T mai COI eS tr m tb POPU.-' eLdi a rr> l>Pin Mh K (no* a: He™ a' S WC here have lef< 7 y Set by this address wt ha%e leti Egypt and are on the war pair aga-n, only I am afraid the Turks witlXb
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      282 2 BICYCLES, g 2*J STANDARD OF THE WORLD. j®s -3W (3C IS CYCLE AGENCY. JJ 13. BATTERY ROAD |@C[ SINGAPORE. j^ Katz Brothers, Limited. CHRISTMAS CARDS NEW YEAR CARDS SPECIAL SHOW OF 10,000 BEAUTIFUL CARDS Price 2 cents 5 cents 10 cents 15 cents 20 cents. < a a Special Price
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      217 2 John Little I 0., LTD Christmas Cards Christmas Cards Christmas Cards. y>::\ LniLE &Cc IMTI Ei- ar« r.-ti! m Mm Yrw I ur*fc ing li 1 prti Bdkers Bla^k and \A/hjte Cards Comic Card-> Ch>'.drea C ar J^> Sentimental Religious Cards etc etc. JOHN LITTLE CO. S Xmas New Year
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      1133 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISE MX NTS KOR SAL!-. Sir;iu- rr» ing Co.'s S>art r.injong Pagac I) 1 I; 5% Deb. Jvc lyw V, 1 Batu Bers.iwah (iuld > >>iul'cate Shaie. r WANTED lanjoi.g F^^^i Dock Shves Municipal 5% I i. k IRASKR x <. 0.. X 1 Kx-:hant»e ;md Share Brokers. t*
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      524 2 TO-DAYS ADVERTISEMENTS GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. A SHROFF is required >n the Sump Office, rx Singapore. Salary 84.68 per annum. Security to the amouni 0 fi.oio must be given. *pplic..tions should be addressed to the Colonial Treasuier, up to tlie ?ist ins ant. Singapore, 12th November, 1898. Nov 15 i Ul hs.
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      24 2 OUR ADVERTISEMENT COLUMNS A Government not.fication calls for tender for various article, for the publ.c serve? i« or, some cases, for three yearl t^m
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      220 2 The Week. Tuesdty, 15th M.^t, IVa*er: 10.24,3. ri jj p Ab- /c- open Siagapyre and Pens g Spec.al Meeting. Municipal Comma .on 2. jo l D B. G. P. Masonic Hal! g p.m Weanesday, i6th Hn;H Wa-.er j |j no?-. Gan fon Sports I ommiitet, Ptar; Hi; noot Meetiag, l^njong
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    478 3 Monday. Novemkei< 14. IS9B Pkhskn: His Honour 'he OrKccr AJrrp.,t?rir.i; lH« Go*TWPmeat Sir *!.x S.vcttenha <_• v Ihe H^n'bir :ke A, Coi Secretary C W S Kynner>ley thm Ananmy ■Uxal VV k C :kc Col. Treasurer F G Pn«e« •ha AuU t.r licori: E. C H. G. S
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    THE FRENCH FLEET.
    213 3 <•:' X ■>.'■. \<: '"c <i l r Man fleet as. .J k 9M*| quoted to m v§ iho -r-«: far fr e :ng mcl •> <-• :ra* this »nd. a-. >; r ■■I i^pM p. »c > ,'■<■<••— 4.:,rr.pi \t»d.:erra -n fipec 'cat :re :he:r peed
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    E. E. TELEGRAPH CO.
    257 3 fiftieth haif-yrar!y 'vrzur^ -a this Ms hc:d jr. (At .n From reuort :\r: quote the !ui;o*.n^ jra- <'Osi rece:pt... nc udi! g O^.- es, -aye amounted dur;r>g f"at per xi > i -i- :;s 71J against .'s. tC half-year of ijso; Phe working expenses, :m..adinj{ Ids.
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    23 3 A meeting of the Garrison Sports lumraittee will be held at Pearls Hill at noon an Wednesday next. I. J JU m .-I <•
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    THE OPIUM REVENUE IN THE STRAITS.
    342 3 Refenng to this subject, as brought into larger prominence 1 itely owing to the questionable policy of the Farm as to the ret,.ii s ie ot chandu, the London and China Press entertain> the view so long ago presented m these columns as to
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    THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
    791 3 \l~ GwTTUMt OH THt Situation. general rr.-eun,; was held 0:1 Oct. 2 f v .Hr'on--)trect Hotel. EL C The mcc' c •>• SCa td faf the purpose of declaring interim d i-j>>3 !ur the halt-year ended the ;nh tat 1 cow Sim
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    EUROPEANS v. LASCARS.
    113 3 EUROPEANS v LASCARS. Ihe f'. ant O. Company tried the experiment o: tmp!o> ng a crew, obtained from Greenock, m the first ■>'. iher mail steamers, which has to run between Brmd.si and Port Said at the enhanced rate of --peed newly contracted for. The crew, however, were so troublesome,
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    THE KAISER AND THE QUEEN.
    130 3 The London correspondent ol the Birmingham Daily Post writes I hear, from a source which has hitherto proved trustworthy, that the German j Emperor has written an autograph letter to the Queen expressing a strong p-rsonal wish to see the peoples of the two countries
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    NOTES FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
    466 3 The American authorities have at last i made a wholesome example of the reptile Spanish Press of Manila. On the afternoon of the 261h ulto. an American police official accompanied by an interpreter and three armed soldiers, presented himself m the offices of La Voa Esfianola,
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    OUR SUN'S NEW PLANET.
    1054 3 Hidden i* n m odd comer ot ,me ncnpaperj, and i.>ok>-'] by orhds, an announcement has ippe-tred ot recent astronomical discover) •t.i.niy b the most interesting that h^~ been m-ri m ifa decade Its true purport h.is not been grasped, because the intelligence wa-. conveyed i
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    "FOR THE KING OF PRUSSIA."
    1465 3 fTransl. from L lndependance Tonkinoise.) People have plentifully discussed the import of the speech of Mr. Chamberlain. Coming after that of Lord Salisbury, and m spite of the perhaps designed violences of form, it is none the less the revelation of a new situation, and
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    THE ASSIZES.
    158 3 The Assizes oijened before the Chiel Justice Sir Lionel Cox this morning. The calender is comparatively a short one, and includes fifteen cases to date. Ettore Bncchi, the Italian barber, stands charged with attempted murder Lim Cheng Lip, formerly a clerk m Messrs. Mansfirld Co ib indicted on
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    THE OMBILIEN RAILWAY IN SUMATRA.
    152 3 f h<! Bolietimo delie Finance reports ih.it mount-c.n railway ha, been reoeotlt m ..per,, r n Somalia, the first ot its kind ai.d length which has ever been constructed for pureh industrial purposes. This line was not finished without many difficulties, chief amonj. wl., c
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    OF LOFTY BIRTH.
    200 3 A cunous scene was vftnesced writes a oowes* pondfciit m a home paperj m Bjw-roa -1 the other evening. On the top of a tramcar was a lady *ho suddenly became aware of the fact that m a few minutes she would add at least one to
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    SHARE LIST
    349 3 nAIIbER 15th, iB9« Quotation. Camt*l. Paid Up. Shikbs Paid Oi» Bank of China *nd Japan, Ltd. $2$ Nominal, f 2,000,000 -150,968 190,*****.5. f Deferred. £5 Buyers. 5 o BettN A bestos Eastern Agency. $5 Sellers L 10,000 f^ 8.584 2 Clear W.-uer Dairy Farm Ltd. *ioo SiOOC f
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    EXCHANGE.
    76 3 I OKhr.CTF.D up TO November 15.) On London Bml |«/i <*«"aad /M j l J nvat. ..in, 3 m/ e t/ a dov ament*- 3 nj/> Ji<j cr-dits- 6 m/V 2 /oi France i/emmd .24-4 > Germans demar.c ,|L/ indu r.T Hongkong demand 4%cti- Yokohama demand prn Java deauod
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    PRODUCE.
    94 3 I whor: 0 i do. c«be N0. g,; Heppt-r. Black (ordinary Spore, 2 -.'c 0 1 do. Wnite, (Fa.r L/W=s% Nutmeg I ios to the Ib., >lac< i Banda 1 .ove- Amboinai über.an Coffee Tapioca, -mall p^ari > a quality) 4^ do. do fi«e do.) Tt do. -necium pearl
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      243 3 A Relic of the War. Many old soldiers now feel the effects oi the hard service they endured during the war. Wr. f»eo. S. Anderson, of Rossville, York county, Fenn., who saw the hardest kind of service at the front, is now frequently troubled with rheumatism. "I had a severe
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      301 3 OCKAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. Ltd. AND NEDERLANDSCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCrfAPPXJOCEAAN Tne Company's steamers are despatched < rom Liverpool outwards, for the Straits, China, and Japan, and from Japan homewards tor I. or, don every ten days, and have accommodation for third class passengers only. The
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      196 3 MAILS CLOSE I O-MORROW. **or Per At Hongkong, ice Armenia ,am Kuala Pahang, &c. Prrdana 7 am Batavia f.a Seym g AN Batu Pahat Sultana 1 pm Perang D2II Calypso 2 pm Hongkong, &c. HtmgLtottg Z rM Malacca, &c. Sri Pegatan r M Bengkalis 6c Bagan Srie Samarinda 3pm Sourabaya,
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      942 3 VESSKLS IN PORT Mtr.-of-Wai FUcs and Ton* Corrmandert AjTived From For Waei CORONAIHJS Siam gun boat Ring Nov. 14 Per.an«r uf I* Not IS Daphne Br.t. cru., 1 140 Ingrarr Sep. eg Cocoslc Other Vessels Flae. Ton* Masters Arrived Froic Consignees For Wbec ADhH far. is., Nacoda* Nov p SOmi
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      448 4 WANTED AN mrotsM House with four bed-rodw^ uuiet c !»tr"t. POWELI x co..— Auctioneers. WANTED \FL RNISHED or unfurnished house, m rfood i»tuatio», towards the end ol February. i3o«*. Apply to X.. co Sn>Kapo re r**J rV»» No- \\*\STED. We pay highest .»-*> awwa per W hundred or per thousand
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      677 4 TO BE LET I NEW Bungalow situated at No. 16, Kramat Road, off Cavanagh Road, near Orchard Road Market. For rent and particulars. Apt iv >>< No. 1?. Kramat Road. let. A COMMODIOUS house. No. 13, Wtikie Road. Gas and wnlcn l"d on. Immediate entry Apply to E. NATHAN. Change
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      383 4 John Little Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE. Sole Agents for the WORLD FAMED OGDEN'S TOBACCOS CIGARETTES 1 Silver Veil, m tins of 50, 60 cents GUINEA GOLD, do 45 rents TAB do 30 cents CIGARETTE TOBACCO I Silver Veil m lb. tins. 60 cents Bird's Eye do 40 cents PIPE TOBACCO j
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      460 4 THE ROBINSON PIANO CO. 1 jJ Pianos by Collard Collard #575-55° -iSlnui<'ift'lfky>i7r 71 \s' J. Brinsmcad o: Sons $55"-5 20 -~'~^St^ est English Makers $400-520 M P M *^lß»j4 Best German Makers S4OO-425 1 Cash and Easy Payments THE ROBINSON PIANO CO. 2 9 tii.tn.B. LIPTON TEA MERCHANTS BY SPECIAL
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      84 4 ORCHIDS. J. d 1 A. PEREIRA Horticulturist. G R< oS. Imponeri Collector and Esport of April 22 AddfeS S a d Restdence Oxley Road ADOLF STERNBERG, UPHOLSTERER AND DEALER IN NEW and Second-hand furniture, 51. Victoria Street. Adolj Sternbbrg respectfully be^ t« A the public of Si^nK thaT h^nLVlo^ h.s
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      601 4 The Singapore Free Pre»t AND Mercantile Advertiser CftßLfc Address,— Advertiser, Stngmpert. Telbphons Ni'Miiß. No. hi. Published at 30 3, Raffles Place, Singapore THE leading English Newspaper m thf^ Straits Settlements Johort, the j Federated Native States of Perak. Sei— gor, Sungei Cjong, Pahaug, the Nqgri Sembilan British North Borneo Saraw^K
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      1260 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port of departure, and known) date due here, and name of Agp"^ Mbn-of-Whi BuFl-ALO, IS New \'ork. <lv Nov. Catin^i Pf. Edu\ H.M.S Dcv mpert. Ghii.i -k, Rub Conetadt. Goverkolo Ital. Spezzia, Hai Lin... Chn.. Stettin, due <><. K.iSA'i. I 1 iiadclphia. St. t'\TKi. h. H.M.S., dredgpi.
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