The "Japan Advertiser" states that negotiations for the cole of the wreck of the British cruiser Bedford have not been dropped, bat are still being carried on at John W. Hall's auction rooms, Yokohama. It is thought that a deal I be consummated in the near fatare.
Several of the firms bidding at the pablic auction recently, when the cruiser was withdrawn, have since visited the wreck and retarned to offers based upon their observation Quelpart. As the cruiser is und: ae to contain all her large and small arm ammunition she should realize at least seven times the £4,500 originally bid for the wreck. rheic queyes into their belts or the tops of their "shorts," but often the queue would slip out and trail behind them in the air. One competitor bad the misfortune after clearing the bar in the high jamp to dislodge it with his queue. He failed to jamp the same height at scberquent attempts and appeared the next day minns the queue,
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