The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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Page 667
... four hours . Many side streets are closed to provide parking space for automobiles , and even a carefully worked out system of traffic regulation and the herculean labours of the police fail to prevent occasional traffic jams that block ...
... four hours . Many side streets are closed to provide parking space for automobiles , and even a carefully worked out system of traffic regulation and the herculean labours of the police fail to prevent occasional traffic jams that block ...
Page 737
... four hundred miles of railway , based upon Keelung , the chief port . Tea is grown to a certain extent in the north , and camphor is obtained from the giant camphor trees in the forests of the north and centre ; some four million pounds ...
... four hundred miles of railway , based upon Keelung , the chief port . Tea is grown to a certain extent in the north , and camphor is obtained from the giant camphor trees in the forests of the north and centre ; some four million pounds ...
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... Four , who nominate the Cabinet from the Al- banian House of Assembly , which consists of eighty deputies , elected in proportion of one to every 12,000 inhabitants . The Council of Four , which is the head of the State , consists of ...
... Four , who nominate the Cabinet from the Al- banian House of Assembly , which consists of eighty deputies , elected in proportion of one to every 12,000 inhabitants . The Council of Four , which is the head of the State , consists of ...
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INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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