Tli story of haw 0 first acquired their commercial Hiold on Yup, iili'O capital of the Western Caroline*', lutoly captured and occupied iliy a Japanese naval expedition, is one of the l om;i net's of tile i'acilie, In 1.I1:? ,\criy seventies a sailor of Hamburg was wrecked in (Jliu vicinity of Yap, where he was well treated by the natiive people. The natives look aim to .llalaus, to which plaod lUlnjv- traded by sea, and fronn there lie reached fiho Moluccas, Whure he joined a ship Uhat at last {•landed him in Bunoine after his adventurous cruisings. die 'related his story to Oaesar Goddofroy, llh t? ] lain - burg merchant, who wan then in building up a South Soa business with Samoa as Iteadquarlnr*. ate t'oddefroy gave him charge of a v««el and supplied him with Means to purchase a .tract of land from the chiefs of Yap to form a settlement nhere. This he diil, and for two years lie traded between tile Carolines and China, chieflv iu bcclicdc-roer. At the end of that time he "was accidentally wounded by ihe discharge of a needle gun, and lie Went <Ui 'Buropp, where Ihe remained. He came destitute into the. serried of the Goddefroys, from whomi, with the exception of his percentage 011 trading profrln, Jie received small pay, and yet he retired *i. rich mu.ii, ao giroat was tlio business _ Ibig G'cnnjin firm whose long title i* popularly aM>reviu,lo.d all over the vSooilik Seas, to "MI. and 1\G„" took its paca, and dftu- flag soon followed the tradci, reversing the proverbial saving. German rtimimercial intercuts in the Carolines quickly secured German government, which Uio Japanese have just displaced.
SLUGGISH LIVER. "For many years I lave suffered from sluggish liver," writes Mrs W. Pfeiffer, Mount, Pleasant, South Aus. "I have tried several different things, but found nothing to equal Chamberlain's Tablets, for they make me feel thoroughly we li again. In my opinion there is no ortter medicine than Chamberlain's Tablets for disorders of the liver and stomach.'' All chemists and stores.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 128, 23 October 1914, Page 6
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