Carr. E, I. M. Barrett has receiv. ed 1 letter from Cloud Falkiner, whose attractive personality, apa wonderful billiards, made favourite in Shanghai on the occasions when he paid the Settlement a visit, stating that he hopes to come here again next spring. Falkiner added the interesting information that he had just recorded the big break of 92 snooker, and, for the first time in his life, he had taken the balls completely round the table in a run of nursery cannons. He did not give the total of the break on the latter occasion, but it will be understood that it must have been very big...
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