The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 December 1916

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. ljKJN CENTS SINGAPORE SATURDAY, DECEMBER, 16, 1916. NO. 8,931
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    THE DAYS NEWS.
    313 1 The German peace proposals have been met with distrust by eveiyone, by neutrals as well as the Allies. Russian authoritative opinion is that tbe proposal is a fresh trap, and that a premature peace svould be a terrible mistake the Allies uust proceed to the final triumph
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1102 1 i Quicquid agunt homines nostri est \farrago lihelli Juvenal. Betbmenn Sollwegf'e ipoaoli in announcing that ***** proposals had been 'made is a fair sample of the German mentality, which is another name for megalomania. If the German victory is so complete that they can afford to
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      143 1 LATEST ADVEttTlSfittEN VS. Montries for Y.mopboae Records Page 3. Palladium Change cf Programme Plafce 2. Powell and Co Forthcoming Salts Page 11. Auction Sale of Plantets and Minors ImplementR Page 11 Notice re PwjiMi Ltd.— Page 5. Notices re Simp.no Valltv Hydraulic Mines*-- and Alor Qajsh Robber ESstate Ltd —Page
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      64 1 e— THE WjBEK. Ssturflaj 16th. BlaaWaeat s**3 ,m 2 4 p.m. Here's Fun," Victoria hi stre, 9 p m Ft Anthony's Sport, ,89 p.m. binga:) to Pai By Benefit Bocit by meeting. Sunday 17th. Higb Wafer- 8 2. two V.!8 p m, ad Bnndaj iu A vent Monuay 18th I
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      343 2 Driven Out the headaches are driven out. By simrly rubbing in a little of tblssore actiDg remedy the most stubborn acheor pain is soon brought to teres. When vou apply LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM N U n ng awdafl Think of it- -from maddening sleepless nights and torture- dayn \ou cau
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      575 2 »«j __r _r a_wrw The Worlds best in BRITISH Pianos by— Brinsmead Broadwood Collard and Collard Chappell Stromerger Grands and Uprights AT Incorporated in Hongkong. Childrens Concert VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL Friday, December 22nd at 515 p.m. Admission Free to Children. Idilts $1 MORTGAGEE S SALE OF Valuable Houses and Leasehold
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      665 2 W 'yl: iRm ff s^_if B3k _h_ _1 1 1 1 1 _■■_ita a §m _>S1 a\ b_bl tTBta r= awi ei t gc*« T^a to W c^f TO-NIGHT! (second show 9.15) TO-NIGHT!! Did you Notice this— Another ENTIRE Change of Programme Brilliant Bluebird Photoplays the World's Finest Screen Productions
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      625 2 ANOTHER RECORD WEEK IN SPITE O? THF BAD Wr THE HOUSE OP QUALITY THE ALHAMBRA B E IC H ROAD MANAGER M H. k: <r llAr TONIGHT iij *I-ADL Another Stupendous Ptofran i < Last Two V>eeks __re of thai h THE IRON CLAW with that wonderful trio of Btsn
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    KAMUNING (PERAK).
    531 3 Dividend of 20 Per Cent. The annual general meeting of this company was held on Nov. 3 at Winches ter House, Sir William Hood Treacher, k. c M g. (the Chairman), presiding. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, said that the expenditure on immature area
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    ABYSSINIA.
    371 3 e GERMAN PLOTS FROSTRMED Designs on Entente Residents. Allahabad, Nov. 22nd. Tbe Pioneer's Cairo correspondent; writes giving the following details of the recent affairs in Abyssinia ln June las; all was arranged for a general rnas.acre of the Entente residents by the low-class Abyssinians, who bad been suborned by
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      203 3 mibeirguahties,! e These high-class Cigarettes are something entirely dis- < >>/^^o__.7* tinctive, something absolute- _v -X^v?*'"^/ W ly unique, at the moderate 2 f?N^Yv^§a price charged for them. CIGARETTES NO. 555 VIRGINIA LEAF PER TIN OF 50-70 CEN,S They give to the smokei uNCLDDmG duty,. a feeling of pleasure and
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      855 3 im ii—ini ii im Foster Richard*o«. G. W. Byng. J_k 1 nats. Sydney Coltham Sensational s Price *> f Nat D. Ay_. k f\ Reduction _ilf From now onwards, all the great stars mf of the musical world, famous bands and orchestras, will be obtainable on G. H. Elliott. _S«_«*
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    HIGH JINKS AT GREENS PLAINS.
    538 4 Our Green's Plains correspondent writes: Tbe first springback snake of tbe season made its appearance and disappearance in a somewhat sensational manner tbe other day It was a large fancy coloured speci men of the tiger persuasion, destination unknown, and in passing made a morniug
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    ARMY CLOTHING CONTRACTORS.
    327 4 The Nationality of Firms, Lord Rothermere, Director General of Clothing, Royal Army Clothing Depart* j ment, addressed a circular letter to certain clothing contractors working under Go- I vernment contracts stating One of my chief anxieties dnce my appointment has been in connection with some of the
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    THE TAURUS TUNNEL.
    271 4 Fnra time to time there come indica tionsthat work on the Bagdad railway is beini pushed on. On Saturday it was state! from a Bulgarian source that thn mos difficult of the two existing gaps bad beer filled in by the completion of the great tunnel section
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    SICUT ERAT IN PRINCIPIO.
    38 4 Dsrk days aDd anxious Briton,, where fore wonder For Britain, since her chronicles begin, Never waged war in which she did not j i blunder N'ever waged war in which she did not win.
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      307 4 _B _____f Js~"\. M _S v B?^__-__^ s {3 _7_: __-_f_- '8 ___Bf*^* v _J**Wlm „rf _f_^___ r_rfrV' _Hk—^EJH i 18^^ „i!X 1 :> '^4_^_ftv g_WP It is true economy to treat your tyres with care, especially in the matter of inflation, because a worn grooved cover with a sound
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      550 5 SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES. 3rd SUNDAY IN ADVENT. II t DEi 'KM her. ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL. I f*.m- Litany, r 4.3 a.m H ly Communion (Choral). i Matins followed by Holy Communion -unday School and Bible Clashes. Evensong and Sermon. I Daily Services a |0 BM eafl n 8 a.m. M
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    Domestic Occurrences BIRTHS.
    39 6 CRUICKSHANK.— At Caledocia, P. W.. n the 13th instant, the wife of J. ChUiCKen*K, of a son. Thompson.— At lhe Maternity Hopital. Singapore, on the 15ih Pecemher to M. and Mrs. S. L. THOMPSON, a daughter.
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    The Singapore Free Press Saturday, Dec. 16. 1916.
    1116 6 The Singapore Free Press Saturday, Dec. 16. 1916. **re jkei: th- f h e ftap'p aysMig fcawwd fry bribe tbr!Mbreih| "5'scfl pstri.-v Truth OS' t-.h^li .c A great many prejudices, based |ainly on sentiment, have been wipediaway in the course of this war, thus enabling everyone to see a little
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    111 6 i < Lieut. G Day haB been appointed temp. M captain Singapore Volunteer Rifles. I 1 i j Rules madp by the Governor in Council j under the Midwives Oidinance are pub- i lishe.d in tbe Gazette. i f < The Viceroy has decided not to attend 1 1 the
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    RUBBER DIVIDENDS.
    14 6 From Our <> Uh < r t r t 7 Eateruoa. 15. Pmala. K
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS
    31 6 ag eota Gattcj 1 1 1 .ti Tm aril Lydfau:. slant* cable teat Plantations ii 1 1 torioi lividei d ftoaneial root |o M| pHV Jauuary, 1917
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    BELGIAN RED CROSS.
    129 6 Th. unhappy hi te of the of Belgian) being in enei its uh1.uk armi la hoIdi DR *tl eatrooiooortt,, and undergoing the^ ■J r with its A „ie 6 U unpoaofble to collect the ti for d. lit* v a fflo< c.ti? of tbe Brit** B their
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    "HERE'S FUN."
    100 6 [a edition to the performances already acreage* 1 tot en the I6;h, I9;b 2?rd Utet, the a D C nave Maangel further pen Paeenabet assaac the auspices c: Strait- Caioeee Bril -jciation. this particolai perform*: ce ticket be ahteiaeJ froai :—Mr Lee Chin Tuan, 10 Malacca M Ifi
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    EARTHQUAKE AT KOBE.
    64 6 Japanese papers of Noi I -tain accounts of a severe earth quake in the Kohe district, BCifiaetiBf miles east of Deeka, Baiidi I M shaken and celling! rive- ohi cracked aindowt broken ai I articlee thrown) rhe shock area Dot parable in intensity tc that of I8tl,
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    LEGATION PROPERTY.
    172 6 Mr Cathcart Wason is suggesting tha a* the Bnlffacian Premier took poefetfioi of the Secbiaa I egution in Sofia las spring vre thould take over tl; Mlilsaaelee in London and use public purposes during the war. IPOOU hteolta tbe occupation of em territory for an i the territory
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    THE PEACE PROPOSALS
    526 7 RUSSIAN VIEW: AND GENERAL trals Doubt Sincerity submarine CabU] rUater'g Bervioej -14. -A semi official note k no tu atforta to create prospects among her l I obtain their sup fchfl tioops. It dwells a disCQCd among the I pottl of a separate i ths lack cf
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    GERMAN MODERATION
    39 7 *JC 2 4. The Frankfurter ble article in a tone endearonxisg to ate SO accept the peace ---iys wictough they do not yet toy's peace proposals they .1 moderate as the great Germans are anxions for a
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    THE BRITISH EFFORT
    455 7 BONAR LAWS' STATEMENT [By Submann, Cable] [Renter's Service] London, Dec 14. In tbe House of Com noons, Mr Bonar Law moved a credit vote of four hundred millions, "which would suffice until Feb 24. The daily average expenditure had risen to .£5,710,000. The House unanimously adopted the
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    THE NEW GOVERNMENT
    127 7 Appointments London, Dec 15. Tbe followiug appointments are announced Parliamentary Secretaries: Munitions Mr Evans Kellaway Admiralty, Mr Macna mar a. Civil Lord cf the Admiralty, Mr Pretyman. Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, G Roberts to 'ha Board of Agricul tare. Mr Winfrey Parliamentary Under Sr_ttary
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    SALE OF DANISH WEST INDIES
    30 7 Copenhagen, Dec 15.— The Plebiscite question regarding the sa la cf the D-nith We [ndiefl has resulted in 388,694 votes in favour and 157,596 against.
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    134 7 Mr F G Jeavous has been tranferred from a machine gun corps to a "'Tank." Ho ia to be married ou Jan. 25th. When Mr Douglas Campbell returns to Johore Mr F J Weld will go to Tsiping us Registrar cf Titles. (M. M Mr at d Mrs W G
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    THE WAR FRONTS
    257 7 GREAT ARTILLERY DUEL With Some Raids on the West [By Submarine Cable] [Renter's Service] London, Dec 15. Sir Douglas Haig re ports: We entered trenches in the neighbourhood of Monchy au Bois, southward of Arras and bombed dugouts full of troops, An enemy's attempt to raid the
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    ASSESSMENT APPEALS.
    326 7 A(___3__< Man's Lucky Neighbours The Municipal Commission met in the board room yesterday afternoon to consi der assessment appeals. There were pre sent the President (Mr FJ Hallifax), Dr Veerasamy and Messrs Roland Braddell, J A Elias, E Tessensohn. M A Namazie, Seet Tiong Wah and J Polglase
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    172 7 Major R Wemysa Campbell, D s o, formerly manager of Bukit Lancbong Estate and still part proprietor, who rejoined his old regiment, the Royal Scots on the outbreak of war; is now in France There will be no monthly meeting of the Young Women's Christian Association at 8 Fort Canning
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    GENERAL NEWS
    583 7 THE AUSTRIAN CRISIS [By Submarine Gable] [Renter's Service] Amsterdam, Dec 15. Count Koerbet's resignation is the sensation of Vienna where the Emperor's move is regarded as revolutionary and indicating his intention to restore the absolutist regime. The Emperor personally requested Koerber to resign. No explanation was forthcoming but
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    SINKINGS
    22 7 London, December 15. Tbe steamers Stursula, Harlyn, Harlingtcn, Barnhope, British the Bjoer, Norwegian, and tbe Emma Laurens a fourmasted barque. French.
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    151 7 Mr Gilbert C Smyth, of the Siamese Southern Railway, ba? received a commi_6ion in tbe Royal Engineers and has proceeded to work on y_e railways in France. Prior to gaining his obmmia eion Mr Smyth served in the Officers' Training Corps. To the name of those residents in Malaya who
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      313 7 ROBINSON CO. SOLE AGENTS FOR SlH_F_P_. _P* M% _I «7_ W__ i§l UIIUvUI ultiO Asserted Chocolates |lb Boxes Do. do. Ilb Chocolate Almonds Alb Do. do. Ilb Chocolate Lily Cream glb Chocolate Peppermint Cream glb Ranelagh Sweets j lb Do. do. Ilb Asserted Caramels }lb Cream Walnuts }lb Walnut Toffee
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      763 8 "ELLERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND, FOR LONDON. Steamer Eud of January. Por particulars as to rates of freight and passage apply to McALISTER Co., Ltd., AGENTS. MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. INCORPORATED IN U. S. A. U. S. MAIL LINE. Operating the new |flrst-class 14,0C0 tons
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      832 8 IT. \Jm Okitish India A_f (Companies Incorporated in England.) Mail and Passenger Services. peninsular and oriental sailings. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports and London. Steamers will leave Singapore on or abont MAIL LINES. HOMEWARD (FOR EUROPE). I OUTWARD
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      564 8 M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES MAIL LINE. For CHINA, JAPAN CEYLON ni MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD OUTWABD 1»16 1916 Polynesien De-. 13 j Torthos Dec 24 Amazone Dec. 2J I 1817 1917 Athos Jan. I A. Behic Jan. 17 A StMMßfer* 1 Jan 17 Porthos Jan. 3i j For all particulars apply to
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      576 8 N. Y7k| JAPAN MAnl STWHSHIP Co.. Un fUROPUK LINE A service le maintained bet*. via ports to M»_eiu w L .;:\r M contract with the Imperii I*l*^ M mont. The New _i n N maintaining thin ,erv !e h&v. V "'3 designed and construe ;it 'f-M with all the latest
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      584 9 Wab or Peace, Famine or Plenty, Life Insurance is worth too cents on the dollar. WHAT OTHER PROPERTY ISP IHE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE! 32, Old Jewry, EX. ibe Company has €20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court
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      437 9 HE MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE CO. (Incorporated in Canada). All kinds of Lile and Endowment policies Issued. F. S. Evans. Manager, South Eastern Asia. -athrle ft Co. Ltd., General Agents, Singapore. SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated ln New Zealand.) Bill Insurances effected on Buildings, Rent and Merchandise of every description.
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      478 9 NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE Go., IM. FIRE AND MARINE. (Incorporated in New Zealand. YANOJBZE INSURANCE ASBOC. Ltd. MARINE. (Incorporated in Hongkong.) CHINA FIRE INSURANCE Co., Ltd. FIRE. (Incorporated ln Hongkong.) LONDON 6UARANTEE ACCIDENT Co. Ltd. 6UARANTEE. (Incorporated in England.) Fire and Marine Risks of every desorlpt'or anderwrltten at lowest current rates.
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      222 9 I ALL-BRITISH ROM TYRES USED BY THE BRITISH WAR OFFICE BRITISH _A MADE _____^T___»F §r ®a___9«f MERCUI V I __\_^___a ■>—-'•" x flo_r F*_ £Sti___> j Rom Tyres are used by motorists the world over, and their outstanding merits are recognised also by H.M. War OfHce, the Admiralty and other
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    72 11 Dec. 15, 1916. The following are the -hares as to which changes are notified in Messrs Fraser and Co. 'a yesterday's share list Buyere. Sellers. Ayer Molek 5240 |2.60 Bukifc Katil .80 90 Kempas 7.85 KlO Lunas 7.85 7.60 Malaka Pinda 2.20 2 30 Mergui 4.75 i.90
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    EXCHANGE.
    45 11 OOttRECTHD DP TC DcC 15 3»nfc 4 m i 2.<i f ta ecmdttg Im i t_j Frauoi fiamand Barak 625 Hosoisosa, dumand 4% Pm Yokohama, loei Java, _sn___d 186_ B__}3_c_, demand 65& 3ovsh»i_s§, Bank Buying 98 54 Back o* England P.ate 6% Bar Louden
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    PRODUCE.
    139 11 PRODUCE Dec 10. Tin No market _un_!M 14.50 jam_*s» Ctihj* l 22.50 (HmMu o_fe* No. I 13.50 Pe?p«v Black ordin. S'pois 81. CO. Pespet, (Wfcite tali) 87.00 tfalmtgr (110 tbe it 80.00 NiltEaegfi '100 to the I& I nom. M*ce (Banda) 75.00 Ciovei (Amboina) nom. Bali Coffee (4% Black) nom
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      938 11 A:ter a recent Air Raid the following unsolicited testimonial was received ii nax Limited On Wednesday evening last an incendiary bomb dropped on our emlses, crashed through the roof breaking the rafters and fetching down the ceiling, and set fire to the sitting room which is in the i tion
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      602 11 Opportunity for one gentleman to join comfortable mess of Three. Replies to H. M. P. c o Free Pxess. 14 19 GOVERNMENT OF KEDAH. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, KEDAH. Wanted 4 Chinese clerks (Grade II) with a knowledge of accounts for the P. W. D. Kedah. Salary $70.00 per mensem rising
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      128 11 GAGGINOCo. Established in Singapore 1876. No. 6, 7, 8 6a, MALACCA STREET. Life Boat Yard Tanjong Rhu SHIPCHANDLERY DEPT. SAMBAU ST. RIVER B STEAM _r j_ _r f __t v 41 feet length by i»i breadth, draught 2 feet, in very good order We have always Steam Launches for Sale,
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      28 11 AVON BRITISH and BEST! TYRES TO THOSE BOMEWAaD BOUND I. CAKPEELL LATHAM ft Co., N Court Naval Military Tallin 69, Conduit Stkebt, LONDON W vrr B G. DISS
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      620 11 DAILY SHIPPING REPORT. Chamber of Commerce (to Ham Dec. 15 ARRIVALS. Dae 14. Seott Bailey, Obacua (Brit) Van Gtoane, Melcbior Raws Marn, Kiya Maru (japJ W Lfl U hi). Deo IS Kuan. K.ur Jobn, Hum Sang. Palitana Fook Sang, \u g Siting, ftinaa. Jaana, Hai Nam, Hecai U i Warn
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