The Straits Times, 12 July 1897

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    12 1 The Straits Times KSTAHLISIIKI): 1831. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 12. 1897. NO. 19,274.
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      922 1 'I'Hk lOIHKO COHriMT, LIM I I ill 'I'Hg ttesuUrd Life AsraimDos Norwiok Uaioa Tin Insoram* BoclMj 1-U. Aararuo* Co«pMiy (Fir»). Thy Bq»it*t-i« Li'" Assuraam 8ooi«tr Munn.. Inranuou Compaav. ..a M ilium StMUn NnTipmtn.ii I ..ni|4Ulv nh»m l-atrr lh».r I'oiupanr \n,* idmiwnT. I. unit. h! -..uUr. of th«a> r..in|HUiii-.. am tk«
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      2355 1 ri^BUCHAN AN WHISKY aSBHSBBfe IO TUC OCO^ ~.li:i«n.l:rei<. 4ai^ al B IO I Mt. DLO I KATZBROS, SOLI) BY ALL LIOENSKO SPIRIT DEALERS. T TAITTpi) Same as 1 1 ifi. to nu Hohbes of Lohus and Commons and to all oood London Clubs. 31/1-' INSURANCES. CANTON INSIHANCK OFFICE. LIMITED. Capital
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      469 1 BANKS. THB NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA I.IMITKI) I Authorised Capital £1,000,000 Subscribed Capital 600,000 Head Office: Hongkong. COURT OF DIRECTORS: D. billies, Esq. Chan Kit shun, Es<|. 11. Stolterfoht, Esq. Chow Tung Shan. K>.| Kwan Hoi Chuen, Esq. Chief Manaoeb Oeo. W. F. Play fair. Interest on Fixed Deposits, For
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      806 1 CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM. Thih id a OasaftAt KlstiMmTl n«a thi KBi.mt urn Ooasj of Pain. For sale hy all dealer-. THE DIHPKNHAKY, inpore, General Agent j FOR SALE- KMPLOYMESTSTO F.-KT; ANDPERSONAJ.S [Ist timk, 16 vents a line Und and 3rd times, 10 cents a line; 4th to 6th times r,
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    COMMERCIAL.
    503 2 Hinoapori. 12tii Jfly, 1897. PROmTCE. (Rate* are corrrcted In one p.m.) lismbier, buyer* 9 fi.flft. Oonra Bali 5.H0. do Pontianak, fi.2o. Pepper, Black, 14 76. do White, (5%) 25.00 Sago Flour Sarawak, .MS. do Brunei, 2.08. Pearl Sago 3.15. I 'offee, Bali, picked 32.00. Coffee Palembang, picked 40.00. Coffee,
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    SHARES WANTED.
    36 2 Municipal Debentures 5%. l>o. Do. 6%. Tanjong Pagar Bond?. New Prye hirer Dock Co. Punioms. Straits Ice Co. Moynard A Co. Kaubs, Contributory. FOX SALK. Pengerang Planting SliareSOMKKVII.LK A GUXX, Kxchauue A Share Broker*
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    122 2 For Per ttr. Time. To-Mokrow. Bangkok Medtua, 7 ii.m. Colombo 4 B'bay I<lutmi Mary, 10 a.m. Hongkong Japan (lUnlochii. II a.m. Samarang QimgAtm. II a.m. Kino and LingM Uoon San I. Xoon. Deli via ports Sink, S p.m. Muar Olanagi, H p.m. Pcnang A Colombo Tetnkai, 3 p.m.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    95 2 Fkom BMI:—By the P.* s.h. Kaittr-i-Hind with dates to'the2".th Juiid duo on the I'.uli instant, she brings rapUea to the mails irbiofa lcf< Biagapora on the Slet nOMCanu :—By the M. M.s.s. Cul'ilomVn, due on Tuesday. fft Singapore Due in I.ond June 4th M. M. June 27th
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    237 2 AKKIVALD. Per Bank-a from Paloinljang: Capt. White, ami Mr. Kra-mi. Per s.s. Juno from from I'ulo Seml.ilanKr. Allen. J erB. s. Sn/<i</rii from Fremantle Mr. Stevens, Miss I'm -•■> M. --i Haffenden, Miu-pliy. Blown, Hood, Perkin-. Mackenzie, and Williams, Per 8. s. Oiuny Stn<j from BuMfiafl Mr. Krencr.
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    STRAITS TIMES. MOMMY, 12th JULY, 18W7. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. TURKEY.
    121 2 STRAITS TIMES. MOMMY, 12th JULY, 18W7. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. TURKEY. Established IK<!. PRICE 10 CENTS. [tiubtrriptuin rate* and adveriifing rtUtt miy Im fomul oh oi* fourth page.} PRESSURE BY THE POWEKS. THB Sf LTAN'S DESI'AIK. Ijondon, ISM JulyThe Embassies at Constantinople have presented another Collective Note to tht Sultan, demanding the
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    COLONIAL DEFENCE.
    64 2 VIIB CAPK OFFER. At a l>aiii|U(:t to the Colonial I'reiniers at St. (icorgc's Club, Mr. (ioschen maile an announcement as regards the Cape proposal! for naval defence. He intimated that Sir Gordon Sprigy. the Premier of Cape Colony, was pre- pared to place a first class ironclad at
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    CRICKET.
    24 2 Thu Piayaia beat the (ientlemeii at the Oval by eight wickets. The match between Eton and Harrow wan draw in favour of Harrow.
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    THE "SRI HONG ANN" INQUIRY.
    929 2 The Marino Court of Inquiry, appointed to investigate the circumstances attending the loss of the steamer Sri Hung .I>i>i, has concluded its labours and announced itstinding. That finding is. in brief, that the disaster was due. toagreat extent, to top-heaviness, occasioned by an excessive number
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    16 2 Thk Selaugor Government :ul\ i-rti.-os fora foreman of works in coonectfoß ,vith tin: Kuala Klang Wharves.
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    71 2 Paopuasa talking of **Purrie'i land" as a possible site for the new Town Hall. The land isadjaccnt to the Rafßea Motel, and has a sea frontage and another frontage to North Bridge Road. The land is now occupied by the Reach Hotel and the Victoria Hotel, and is, probably, a
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    148 2 Thk S.UC. Athletic Sports.which were to have been held on the 14th and 17th hist., have been indefinitely post- polled "by the Committee, owing to the fewness of the entries. An additional reason for this practical abandonment is that, most of the entries th:it were made, were represented by only
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    8 2 The Hand plays at tlie GhuxlaM tliis evenini:.
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    9 2 Thi strait* BuifM will la- pntilhfcri .it li'H'ii tn-liKirrow.
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    19 2 Sik Lmnki. Cos, Chief Juatiea of the Straits Settlements, In been elected a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute.
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    22 2 Messrs. Hox<; Teck Chve Co. advertise an auction sale of land and houses in and out of town on the Kith inst.
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    24 2 Mk. R. J. Wilkinson has been appointed to act as Assistant Colonial Secretary and Clerk of Councils, in place of the late Mr. Haughton.
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    24 2 Intimation has been received of the marriage, last month, of Mr. (lino tattle of this city, and Signorina Eugenia Uebubfello, of Valdobbiadene, in Italy.
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    28 2 It in slated in Penang that the Pad) iated States will adopt the Indian Civil Procedure Code, and that an Ordinance is already being framed on laoaa lines.
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    23 2 Thk Municipality advertise that Roobore Canal Road, between Jalan Kubor and Victoria Bridge, will be closed for about a week from Thursday next
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    32 2 Thk fef. M. »i. UaMeawM l. it Baigon at 8 a. m., yesterday, and is due hero to-morrow at daylight. She will probably be despatched at gor 8 p.m. the same day.
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    28 2 I hk marriage of Captain Kyero, Kifle Brigade, and Miss Evangeline Chicheeter was fixed to take place at St Pauls Church, Wilton I'lace. on Thursday July 18, r
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    32 2 H. M. s. flmr is to leave Hongkong for Singapore alxmt the midJle of thir. monjh, to relieve the IHymy, which returns to Hongkong as soon as her delects are made good.
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    35 2 A cikci i.ak has been issued by the < nil Governor of Manila, ordering that no large qnantitiee of nitre or sulphur are to be solcl there; any one contravening this order incurs tlie death penalty.
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    44 2 A MBKTiN.i of tnbactiban v, the new Town Hall Fund is advertised to be held at the Singapore Chamber of Commerce on Friday evening next The meetua is t., elect t\v.> representative.-, to Mt in the Committee entrusted t,, carry out the memorial scheme
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    46 2 Mk. .1 M a uum »ra, the Got munent Auctioneer at Hongkong, who waa ii'putcdtobealmost the oldest European reeidcnl in the oolony, died thi re on the Sud instant at the aga of M \.-.u- I deceaaed waa a Bootaman, and had reeidudin Hongkong since LBOB
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    52 2 A i midnight, last night, a Chinaman, eleapingai n coolie kouaaal the 4} milestone. Thoaapacui Koail, wai aenoaalj •tabbed M UM left shoulder and on the nide i.y another Chinuiiiiiii. witli whom, upjian'iitly, be had quarrelled Tha wounded man waa brought to the Uoapital, where ln> lU<a in nameium, but
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    HORRIBLE OUTRAGE IN ACHEEN.
    431 2 THB PEOr UAIDKIV OaßUsi Ross kii.i.kh. MANY WOt'NDED. (Sprri,,l f,,r the Strait,- 7',,,,. I'rnang, 12//. .1,,!,, The AdJMM have raided thesteanur /V./" mi the coast between fedie ,c,,| Teluk Snraawe. The hief < Mlicer and fourteen „i tl,, crew are in the hospital at Teluk Semawe,
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    THE DURBAR.
    68 2 His Excellency the Governor, a, i uui panied by Lady Mitchell, and attended bythe Private Secretary and the A. Ii left, yesterday morning, in the tf< ft for Teluk ft neon »n twdt for the l> rbai On Saturday, the 1 1 left I Anson, having on board
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    SHAM TENDERS
    71 2 It is urged in the Pimmmc tenderers for the Colonial Opium Slid Spirit Farms should be Qom| lodga se.-uritv to (bow their |0< It i- pointed out that bogus i ban ocasionallv been sent in. i inataaoe of it U alleged to have in 1 ■>!!». Trickery of
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    THE MALAY POLICE IN LONDON.
    324 2 j LBTTKH noil CHIRK IXSJ-EIToK JDMW Mr. E .H.l»EU..Cllief Police IV. eived 1 letter frmn Chief I Jennings by toil last mail Mr Jennings reports the Malay eonl I well and happy, and beiiavi: I credit to thomeolvea and the i Wherever the men went.
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      556 2 NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, LD. Manufacturer* of DETONATORS KXPOKTER.S OF; all iiHi>fl or safety fuze electrkTblasting iHt ABOVE EII'LOSIVES, BKINO ALL MiH'T»'TrkKn in Qkiat Britain, aumadb TO Tim THK HIOH DTAKPABD OP PURITY AKI) ■AFITY TXBTB IMPOSED BY THI BEITISH I UOTIEKMIKT, AMD AX(, THIBirORI, at'AKUt- 1 TIID TO RE Or
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      691 2 PARSEE THEATRE. S'orth Bridge Road Will play to-night lIAWAI MIJILIS. I-HiIND IN ToWX. A sum of money. Owner may have it on proving claim to 18/7 A. B. Z., c/o Mb Time: $c -REWARD LOST, on the evening of the 7th July, between Borneo Wharf and Fort Canning, a plain
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      1042 2 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. BELANGOK GOVERNMENT RAILWAY. IK ANTED al once, for the Kuala Klnng > Wharves, a Foreman of Workx. mu»t be an exiierienccd Mechanical Engineer, capable of taking charge of machinery and with experience in cylinder sinking, screw piling, and bridge erecting. Balnry Si2f> a month, with free quarters. Applications
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      24 2 THE "STRAITS TIMES" HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OK ANY NEWSPAPER IN ASIA BRITISH INDIA EXCEPrED. NO OTHER EASTERN NEWSPAPER HAS SO WIDESPREAD A CIRCULATION.
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    THE FOUNDERING OF THE "SRI HONG ANN."
    2239 3 I HI HM>lN<; <>h THK fOI'RT OP IXyIIRY. i. f.n the ili'fi liec jiiviMi Mario* Court of Enquiry, the km "f tin- k k Sri Hong .i.1.. 1 on Saturday There 1 May ;iil.lrr--<'il tha :h ol I tie m.i-ii i. Captain II
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    56 3 Till. RtUwiM Viilllllti-er Fleet si, filler Kit which arrived yesterday, bad signalled the foHowingvcssels, which wished to be reiiorted ail v. 11 The German ship II Ueomer, U.G B C, bound Mirth, in p ;tii N ami 110 34 K. and the Norwegian barque, ll.ll'K, bound south, in
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    SINGAPORE PLANTERS.
    43 3 Tin: Helangoi Planters' /Uaoviatiur moel "ii Saturday next, al Kuala Luin- Agenda include! tlin follow lotiou, proposed by Mr Luke u«ibj Mi > tteikle I Ital Uovernment be approached with :i i tern il,, duty being prouprtionuteh the uiforioi grade* vi toffee
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    BY THE MAIL.
    2362 3 BTRAITB DEVELOPMENT CO. Straits Developments have been a kind of shuttlecock on the mining market .it home during t ln- taut few years. A cable announcing a rich -trikr of (.re 2 ft. wide has given them another little spurt. The message, like others, Nine frnm the
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    1629 3 {From ihr "rim'!- <•/ Ceylon") I/OXDon, 20th June. Thk Queen returned to London yestcrI day, and drove to Kensington, where she received an address from the inhabitants. Her Majesty, who was received, all along the route, with unabated enthusiasm, afterwards bolil a garden party at Buckingham Palace,
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      236 3 Nttini:. rpHE Commercial Musrußi is opeoed to the public <lail> al this ofliee. IAI'ANKSK CONBI LATK. No. iii-1. N.'M Boad, Hpottisw lePark. iii. s. U/17M near theUaaaral Hospital NOTICS Mli. A. H STKI'HKNS 1- authorised to -ign for our liim by pro "nation Mi Al.lsTF.lt ,v Co, Singapore, atth June
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      879 3 FOR SAM.; EMPLOYMENTS: TULKT: AM) PERSONALS. Ist time, lfi cents a lin»>; 2nd and Brd timrs, l(lcent«a line 4th to Hth times, 6 '■■ntstt line; 7th to IHth times, 3 cents a line, afterwards, cents a line but no charge leBR than oni> dollar. Thus, a thrrrHrn advertisement, close set,
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      190 3 UKATHKi; KKl'Dltr k'anflang Ktrbau lf,npital,\\th.lul i, ISM. !< 11.111 p.m. p.m. IiKMAIIKS. Bar. ..WsQiSW^SnLeifl Temp. SJJ.O 87.0 8a 0 >■ Il'li.Ther 77.0 790 7!M) 1 liir.ofWind K. N B.E. ?tf Max. Temp. 89.2 T Mm 77.0 r Uax In Sun 150.1 -~j. 1 err. r.id. UXM E3c Rainfall Nil. 7.
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      187 4 lJnderthi«heAdingthefbllowingabbrevi». lions nil. u*ed str.— steamer «h. ship Ui.-bamue Brit.— British U. 8. United Slates; Fr. French Ocr— German Dnt.Dnt.h; Joh.— Jobore; *c, G. c, General cargo d.p.— dock passengers; U.—Uncertain T. P. W.— Tanjong Pagar Wharf T. I" D.— Tanjong Pagar Dock B. W. Borneo Wharf;
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      TRADING VESSELS
      1466 4 \KKIVAL4 BIHCI NOOM Or SaTISUW. Antmlf. Brit. str. 2,298 tons, Captain Murr.iy, llth July. From Bomnay, Id July He. ii. Wood'and Co. For Bangkok. 13th Baa, Kan Hi* (Juan, Brit. str. 199 tons, Capt D'Crute, llth July. From Klang, 9th July. Q.cffiil.p. Wee' Bin and Co. For Klang
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      vessels EXPECTED
      415 4 Same, p'>rt, pnbdbit dutr o! arrival. a>i uanif of tifjfntt. Ajax, Llterpool, July lc; M.v H n [nnerdale. left Barry, Jan.. 10. linycrn, EurojM-. July -JJ I'k-lin Meyer. Bcllerophon, Liverpool. Aug i Hcllonii. Hongkong, July II i. Benvenae, ll Julj p. P BenJomoad, London, Julj U I' ..July
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      CLEARANCES.
      123 4 Ill's > AMR UoAßio Captaih Dmtoutio* ul>|lO Orberus 10 GlenoPliy 10 Juno 10 C. Apc«r i" Ainigo 10 1~11.-k.IM I* 1-aU-lla 11' M-1.1-H IS HonsWaii 11 l.iull.' I i Anthem I] Kian \nr\n II I'Hknn 12 Hye Leout I:' Loodlana S.ilmii ID Kxmmm IJ X..-, II Caiiloii VJ Si
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      ARRIVALS.
      237 4 \i--ei.'«Naiil. 4 Toss. Caitain 5 Kic I From Cojii,ioKtß* 6 <n. Utii Il'.u Itjrna 0 Judo -tr. i-.; Uorrit 0 S:,!: lie MM -ii XWB Han! 0 VanGoeiu Put oir. ti?o Bmiti 0 Vyoer >ar. -lr. 4ft") Moon--1 Banka I'.u \M Vot 1 Ban HinGuan Bril -v. 186 PCruae
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      1042 4 NOTICES. ELLWOOD'S patent AIR-CHAMBER HELMETS A HorsKHOI.P WORD in L'DIA. Worn in thk East by all Awarded The Officer*, The Gold Medal. Ihe I ivil Service and thi.C'»,n^ BRI I.H.E. Lo— I, l^Sl ELLWOOD'S paient AIKHAMBEH HELMETS c. m. A th. -7 1 2 .1 AII K S W A
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      292 4 NOTICES. Relieve! the ictlltC3il£rM Jin(? pai al once ftfJpTP CURES all discharges iru.n Lt.ined^^^^ the nU I from jfW\mmmk. unna T or t tit.'-.cr more VH'^F 43 SOURS I Unlike the lan is a Idal oil of the J^rcJJ|^M^ s P ecmc Bazar. 1; is su-^^^^^A f or penor 10
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      718 4 NOTICES. ffii J The Hit mfjmL Season.... is I;1H by K JtS--^jm A >' er 9 SaraaB|^W^^s parilla. At thta ■aaaU SB r is notn LaW>==^f^S Ayer*a gr new :f<l Bar T tl> S '"K' W I gll h system. Pf ,< I i Hsue. psaway |\J \1 the dullness,
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      977 4 NOTICES, THE NEW HAKBOUR DOCK CO., LTD '■fliis Company execute* ships' repairs of I all 'I. rcriptiD'i" in the nnwt efficient nifinner under the superintendence of Kui-'.i»-h:i Shipwrights sn<l Kugineer*. No. 1 Obavisig Dock. l.wath-- lIS fret. jv.pt i, of trait* from v feut to i.-»« feet. vvratti m Kotr«B
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