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Page 205
... Batavia to have the documents drawn up that would enable Els to come over as a married woman . A Dutch girl could marry in Amsterdam by proxy and sail to the East as a matron without her husband having taken part in the cere- mony ; it ...
... Batavia to have the documents drawn up that would enable Els to come over as a married woman . A Dutch girl could marry in Amsterdam by proxy and sail to the East as a matron without her husband having taken part in the cere- mony ; it ...
Page 228
Jan De Hartog. the Government Health Service that was observed in Batavia ; in the jungle , he had known of only one authority : Brits - Jansen , and one superior : Dr. Kramer . In Batavia he found that he had scores of superiors , to ...
Jan De Hartog. the Government Health Service that was observed in Batavia ; in the jungle , he had known of only one authority : Brits - Jansen , and one superior : Dr. Kramer . In Batavia he found that he had scores of superiors , to ...
Page 294
... Batavia received a request from the harbour master of Kakoto , Celebes , for a transfer be- cause of his strained relations with the local postmaster , it struck nobody as strange . This kind of request was received regularly in Batavia ...
... Batavia received a request from the harbour master of Kakoto , Celebes , for a transfer be- cause of his strained relations with the local postmaster , it struck nobody as strange . This kind of request was received regularly in Batavia ...
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