An enterprising wine and spirit firm has engaged an aeronaut to give a series of balloon ascensions in Ceylon, and .while ascending to drop small sample bottles of whisky attached to miniature parachutes. The Chinese regiment of infantry at Wei-hai-Wei consists cf nine companies, none of which are officered by Celestials. The Hongkong Regiment, however, has native subadars and jemadars, the junior of the latter being young Muhammed Kasin Klian- -
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1507, 17 January 1901, Page 10
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70Untitled New Zealand Mail, Issue 1507, 17 January 1901, Page 10
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