Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 August 1918
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section20 1918-08-14 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 190. VOL. LXXVI. WEDNESDAY, 14th AUGUST, 1918. PRICE 10 CENTS.20 words
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Advertisement687 1918-08-14 1 eoP aoao aananna UP-TO-D/'TE PRINTING g g fl f every description undertaken, a trom a visiting card to the largest size poster, by a The Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., a with care and promptitude. o Estimates given free and artistic g display guaranteed. g n a cn annn»»»»««aaDDßQD□■■■■■■□ E PINANG687 words
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Advertisement21 1918-08-14 1 I runnymede] I HOTEL. I I GARAGE I New Cars for Hire. i PHONE NOS:- f** j 9 VNlohi uWi H21 words
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Article983 1918-08-14 2 —“P. and I. Times.” Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Goodwin returned to Penang to-day after a holiday in India. Mr Alfred Eber, Inspector of Works, P. W. D Kedah, has been granted two months’ leave which he is spending in Singapore. We are glad to hear that—“P. and I. Times.” - 983 words
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CORRESPONDENCE.
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Article772 1918-08-14 2 [To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, —In connection with the deleterious adulteration of toddy and its pern cious results upon the toddy drinking population in exceptionally high rate of mortality and sickness, it will be remembered that a Commission was appointed last year by the772 words
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Article212 1918-08-14 2 [To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, —An extract from the F. M. S. Education Report, 1917, appears in your Mail Edition. It implies that schools, ordinary schools are places where boys can qualify not only for the office, but also for outdoor work and for handicraft”, and212 words
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Article447 1918-08-14 2 In the Lord Chancellor’s Court, before Mr. Justice Eve, an important case under the will of the late Edward Egan, who left an estate valued at £6,000, was begun. Mr. Egan, among other dispositions of his estate, left gifts for masses, and the particular point at issue447 words
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Article321 1918-08-14 2 London, June 14. —The “Daily Telegraph” states that it has been decided to establish a second or domestic Cabinet to ,deal purely with home affairs, thus relieving the War Cabinet of an overwhelming pressure of work. The scheme will reestablish effective Cabinet control and321 words
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Advertisement646 1918-08-14 2 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. FOR SALE Henderson 4 cylinder motor cycle with side car, practically new. Owner going Hom*'. What offer? Apply Box No. 197, c/o Pinang Gazette. WANTED at beginning of September Experienced English Nurse, Amah kept. Apply Mrs. Argyll Robbrtson, 4, Maxwell Road, Kuala Lumpur. WANTED for bungalow near town646 words
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Advertisement111 1918-08-14 2 SEEDS AND PLANTS FOR SALE. Vegetable Seeds— Both European and Native Varieties—per pkt. 5° Flower Seeds specially suitable for the plains—all varieties; SO cis. pk ts Owing to enhanced cost of Seeds, smaller packets can no longer be supplied Bedding and Pot Plants, Flowering—Shrubs and Trees in large selection. Dahlia111 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous33 1918-08-14 2 WAR CARTOON. {Reproduced from the World's Press) Mr Kaiser: —“Yes, I see the English and French Reserves and there are the American Reserves. Where are our Reserves?” Hindenburg:—“Behind us! Majestat.”— “Pele Mele,” Paris.33 words
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Miscellaneous506 1918-08-14 2 EMPIRE THEATRE? THE PREMIER THEATRE OF THE COLONY. METRO” Another Great Star Play with MADAME PETROVA “TO THE DEATH" This is a story written by Madame Petrova, the leading actress. The cast Includes Madame Petrova, Mahlon Hamilton, Wyndham Standing, Henry Leone Violet Reed (As the woman of Mystery). Madame Petrova’s506 words
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Article844 1918-08-14 3 RUSSIAN MINISTER’S INDICTMENT The Swedish paper “Morgenblad.” has published a <<nsational letter from Boris Savinkoff, the social revolutionary and Minister of War in the Kerensky Administration. The letter was published original’? in the “Russky Viedomosti,” and was promptly suppressed and the journal confiscated by the Lenin Government. Mr. Bernstein,844 words
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Advertisement1697 1918-08-14 3 f“X a ="o Two s ter iD brush north Borneo public auction sale Box No. 196, c/o Pinang Gazette OF A 2 SEATER, 2 CYLINDER -7^ ED A billet. OUR DA Y Baby HumberetteCar V with one year’s experience in mm The undersigned are instructed Ruobfr wishes situation, ineligible, good1,697 words
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Advertisement152 1918-08-14 3 ESCAPE FROM PAIN. Has a lingering, maddening life of pain discouraged you and made you sick at heart Perhaps a cruel earache, a rasping pain in the back, or the fiery anguish of Rheumatism has robbed you of joy and made the whole world seem full of black gloom. Then152 words
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Advertisement226 1918-08-14 3 PRITCHARD X (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) The House for supersianflordiseu cotton Goods. SHEETINGS PLAIN AND TAILL. 3 yds. x 70’ per single sheet $4.75. 70’ Price per yard $1.65 3 x 80' $575. 80’ $1.95 3 x 90’ $650. 90’ $2.15 3 X 160” $7.50. 100’ $2.50 Horrockses Longcloth226 words
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Article1261 1918-08-14 4 If the dismissal of the German Navy Minister, von Capelie, reported yesterday, has actually been effected, and the reason advanced, the failure to prevent the great American Army reaching France, prove to be correct, they afford further striking indications of the chagrin, and profound disappointment that1,261 words
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Article1919 1918-08-14 4 It is of some significance that the enemy press makes little The Allied or no attempt to minimise Victory. the success which has attended the Allies between the Ancre and the Oise since Thursday last. That success has made a deeper impression upon the German mind as1,919 words
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Advertisement253 1918-08-14 4 Weinberg’s Mahalla Cigarettes. biOlWßwil Packed Specially j for the Tropics e I in Hermetically X//// Sealed Tins. C/77 y 77 l ■>* Sole Importers: IW/ Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, PENANG. fl YOU SHOULD DRINK I K I Asahi Beer I «mU| D Because it is so superior253 words
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Advertisement53 1918-08-14 4 “PALM BEACH.” The Largest and the Best situated seaside Bungalow at Tanjong Bungah. Twelve minutes from “E. O.” by Motor Car. Four double and two single rooms with Bathrooms attached. Spacious Lounge and Dining Room. Beautifully furnished. —Servants’ quarters, Garage, Telephone, Lit throughout by Electricity. Apply to SARKIES BROTHERS, E.53 words
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Miscellaneous47 1918-08-14 4 THE TIDES. The following are the tides for to-day, Penang Standard Times High Water. Low Water. To-day. 3.41 a.m. (sft. 9in.) 3.33 p.m. (sft. sin.) 10.0 p.m. (2ft. lin.) To-morrow. 10 38 a.m. (3ft. Oin.) 4-12 a.m. (sft. 6in.) 10.36 p.m. (2ft. 6in.) 4.2 p.m. (4ft. 9in.)47 words
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Obituary25 1918-08-14 4 DEATH. Norris. —At Muar, on August 8, Marie Maud Adeline Norris, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs Norris, of Singapore, in her 43rd year.25 words
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Article186 1918-08-14 5 THE OISE FRONT. AIRMEN’S ACTIVITIES. EVENTS IN RUSSIA. Jhe British troops u.ade progress on the north bank cf the Somme, also south of the river, where Proyat was occupied, after sharp fighting. The line was also improved south-west if Chaulnes, and north-west of Roye, from which the front186 words
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Article, Illustration1033 1918-08-14 5 FURTHER SUCCESS. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Loudon, August 12. Field Marshal Haig reports successful fighting in the neighbourhood of the Roye toad, and east of Fouquescourt, »ud on the south bank of the Somme. We advaiced our line in each of there localities, taking hundreds of prisoners. We captured[Reuter’s Telegrams.] - 1,033 words
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Article805 1918-08-14 5 Superiority of Allies. British Headquarters in France, July I. The sound of the ground war last night was almost drowned in that of the aerial war. In some places the noise of the aeroplane squadrons coming and going was likened to that of flying sawmills, and their805 words
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Article27 1918-08-14 5 Amsterdam, August 12. A Berlin message says the Foreign Secretary, Baron von Hintze, has gone to main Headquarters to confer with the Imperial Chancellor.27 words
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Article236 1918-08-14 5 AIRMEN’S ACTIVITIES. [Havas Telegrams.] Paris, August 12.—General von Hutier, conscious of the formidable danger threatening his right wing, is hastily evacuating his heavy artillery, ammunition depots and generally all war material The roads leading to the Somme, crowded with convojs, motors, artillery and infantry columns, are bombarded[Havas Telegrams.] - 236 words
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Article31 1918-08-14 5 ENEMY RETIREMENT. London. August 12 An Italian official reports says In Albania, we obliged the enemy to evacuate Jagodina bridgehead, and to pass to the right bank of the river.31 words
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Article149 1918-08-14 5 London, August 12. The Air Ministry report: In the afternoon of August 11th, in addition to the bombing already reported, we bombed the railway triangle at Muz. We attacked on the night of August 11th two aerodromes and various targets with bombsand machine-guns. Despite bad weather149 words
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Article32 1918-08-14 5 London, August 12. The steamship Hector (4,660 tons, Ocean S.S. Co. Ltd.,) has arrived a* Gravesend from Calcutta, with four members if the crew suffering from bubonic plague.32 words
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Article64 1918-08-14 5 London, August 12 Tt is officially stated that the balance of gold standard reserve on July 31st was held as follows In India, nil. In England, £34,737,017 of which £6,000,000 in cash is placed by the Secretary of State at short notice. £19,818,604 British and Colonial64 words
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Article194 1918-08-14 5 London, August 12. The silver market is unchanged. The slipshod manner in which some Australian exporters pack and label goods for shipment abroad has frequently been referred to in trade reports from other countries. Complaints of a similar character have now reached the Minister of Customs from the East.194 words
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Article361 1918-08-14 5 THE BRITISH FORCES. London, August 12. The War Office states that the British forces who landed at Vladivostock proceeded to the Ussuri front, and were enthusiastically received by the Czecho-Slovaks. Canadians for Siberia. Ottawa, August 12. It is officially announced that Canada is being represented in the Allied Expeditionary361 words
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Article390 1918-08-14 5 Peking, July 23.—The Russian Legation has received a telegram from the Siberian Government at Omsk, dated 8th July, stating that after the overthrow of the Bolsheviks in Western Siberia the Commissioners of the Provisional Siberian Government found themselves faced by the necessity of taking important decisions. “The390 words
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Article62 1918-08-14 5 ONE DESTROYED. London, August 12. The “Star’’states that another Zeppelin, which was brought down in the morning, was sighted off the east coast at daybreak. Aeroplanes immediately ascended, pursued, and got close to it before they were observed. The Zeppelin fell in flames into the sea, after62 words
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Article202 1918-08-14 5 FURTHER DETAILS. Amsterdam, August 13. The Dutch papers, describing the fight between motor boats and aircraft off Ameland, state that three British motorboats were sunk and three disabled. One of the latter reached the shore. Altogether 19 men were saved, of whom four were wounded.202 words
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Article160 1918-08-14 5 Previously acknowledged $l-,114.24, Said of work $B-40, Bridge $3-60, Mrs. Berenge® $4-60, Sale of Lottery Ticket $l-50, Mrg Stewart (2 months) $4; Mrs. Woodmans? (5 months) $10; Mrs. Ramsay (5 months) $10; Mrs. Carrick $2; Mrs. Gordon $2; Miss Forsyth $2; Mrs. C. Milne $2;160 words
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Article161 1918-08-14 5 The annual report of the Commissioner of Trade and Customs F.M.S., shows that *ompared with 1916 the year 1917 saw a ne* diminution of five shops, and the amount consumed dropped from 1,799,942 tahffs to 1,509,863. All the States show a dimunition of consumption. The revenue amounted161 words
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Article78 1918-08-14 5 Sydney.—Owing to the greatly increased trade between Australia and Japan, Nippon! Yusen Kaisha, Ltd. announced that that they have decided to place the steamers Yawata Maru and Kumano Maru on the Australian trade. A new service of 30 vessels is being planned by Osaka Shoseni Kaisha78 words
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Article47 1918-08-14 5 The Band will play the following programme of music at the Esplanade from 6 p.m. to-day 1. Overture Flying Dutchman ...Wagner 2. Two Step Everybody doing it Now ...Berlin 3. Selection Mansaniello ...Auber 4. Waltz La D Amour ...Hartmann 5. March Boom Ta-Ra ...Williams47 words
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Article48 1918-08-14 5 For the P. V. field operations on Sunday, 18th August, “A” and “B” Coys., Maxims, Mounted Scouts (unmounted) and Signallers will assemble at Magazine Police Station at 6.45 a.m. prompt. “C” and “D” and Ambulance Coys, will assemble at Magazine Police Station at 7.15 a.m. prompt.48 words
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Article1363 1918-08-14 6 Before your sampan has dropped you at the jetty steps, you have formed your impressions of Mergui, writes J.M.S. in the “Rangoon Gazette.” It may be the history which you have been absorbing on deck or the hair-raising yarns narrated by the bluffest skippers; it may be the scenery1,363 words
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Article378 1918-08-14 6 Burmans will be different from most races serving in the Indian Army, inasmuch as they will be absolutely unfettered by caste prejudices, and will be able to eat in messes like Europeans, says a correspondent of the "Rangoon Gazette.” I presume the Government have made arrangements to378 words
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Article264 1918-08-14 6 More than ordinary interest is attached to an article in the June issue of "The World’s Work,” by Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart., entitled “Opera in English.” ’The article opens with a confident note "For the first time in our musical history, opera in English is on its264 words
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Advertisement288 1918-08-14 6 Dr. Cassell’s Tablets Cure Indigestion and All Internal Pains and Troubles due to Bad Stomach You cannot be well with a bad stomach, because your food turns to wind and aci'ds, and the bad matter goes all through your body. But Dr. Cassell’s Tablets can cure you. They soon put288 words
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Advertisement109 1918-08-14 6 MOST persons subject to sick headaches have come to rely for relief upon some drug, more or less dangerous. Coal tar products. antipyrin, phenacetin, acetanilid and the like, should be used only on the advice of a physician. The safest and most natural way of both preventing and curing headaches,109 words
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Advertisement489 1918-08-14 6 straits Settlements war Loan Bonds. Bearing interest from the date of purchase at 5% per cent, per annum, payable half-yearly on the 2Oth January and the 2Oth July. Repayable at Par on the 20th July, 1928. PRICE OF ISSUE—IOO PER CENT. All proceeds of this issue will be lent to489 words
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Article1072 1918-08-14 7 i E 3 NAMES. e. 2 J Z RUBBER (Dollar.) s c Sc. Jo, *lor«aiah Rubber Estate 2 .80 3.05 Amalgamated Malay Estates 2 .25 2.40 Hitam Planting Syndicate 13>0 0 15 Tver Kuning Rubber Estates jjo 1.15' Aver Molek Rubber Co. i>o 2 AVer Ranas Rubber Estates 8,001,072 words
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Article1011 1918-08-14 7 THE CHINESE WILL CASE. The hearing was resumed before the Full Court of Appeal, comprising Sir John Bucknill K.U. (Chief Justice), Mr. Justice L. P. Ebden and Mr. Justice Sproule, of the appeal against the judgment in favour of plaintiff by Mr. Justice L. M. Woodward in1,011 words
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Article39 1918-08-14 7 The output of the Ayer Weng Mine for the month of July was 75 piculs roasted ore. The output for July, of the Middleton Tin Mines Ltd, was: Sluicing piculs 110.00, tribute piculs 32.60. Total piculs 142.00,39 words
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Article20 1918-08-14 7 The homeward mail G,” closes at 10 a.m. on Friday. Registration till 9 a.m. Parcels till 8 am.20 words
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Article164 1918-08-14 7 London, June 17. —The Admiralty states that ite salvage department has salved 407 vessels. In one case a benzine ship caught fire and exploded. The vessel was scuttled, 40 shots being fired into her. Divers then descended and plugged the shot holes, and when the ship had164 words
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Article135 1918-08-14 7 New York, June 13. —The Senate has rejected a proposal for the public discussion of treaties. President Wilson in a letter to the Senate referred to his statement in January last in favour of open diplomacy. He explained that he meant that negotiations for treaties should be carried135 words
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Article105 1918-08-14 7 Capetown, June 18. —Tn view of the strange appeal which anything Biblical and prophetic makes tv the Dutch people, as was shown in connection with Prophet Van Rensburg in the 1915 rebellion, it is noteworthy tha# a book entiled The Millennium has been published by Mrs.105 words
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Article99 1918-08-14 7 New York, June 22. —The newspapers give prominence to a speech made by Lord Reading, British High Commissioner to the United States, as indicating a desire for the closest relations between Great Britain and America. Lord Reading, in acknowledging the conferment of the Harvard degree of99 words
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Article98 1918-08-14 7 London, June 22. —Naval records since the outbreak of war show that a large number of officers on the retired .list, including some twenty admirals, vice-admirals and rearadmirals, offered their services to the Admiralty when the need of their country appealed to them. These officers took lower98 words
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Article79 1918-08-14 7 Capetown, June 13. —With reference to a suggestion in the English press that the South African mines should receive a higher price for their gold, the mining authorities of the Rand state that there can be no possible increase in the price of gold. The suggestion79 words
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Article211 1918-08-14 7 The Custom of Singapore Market Upheld. At Singapore, Mr. Justice Ebden delivered judgment in the case in which Mr. S. J. Judah, trading as Messrs. S. J. Judah and Co., sued Messrs. Sime, Darby and Co., for $2,100 damages sustained through wrongful termination of a contract for211 words
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Article336 1918-08-14 7 At Tuesday's meeting of the Federal Council, the Hon Mr R C M Kindersley asked Have the Government considered the possibility of of rubber becoming temporarily unsaleable or of the price fulling to a figure below the cost of production And, in dew of such a possibility336 words
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Article618 1918-08-14 7 The following are the minutes of the Municipal Commissioners held on Tuesday, the 30th July, 1918. Present: —Mr. A. B. Voules (President), Mr. Yeoh Guan Seok, Mr. F. Duxbury, Mr. A. M. Goodman, Mr. Chee Wor Lok, Mr. C. E. Craig. Absent: Mr. Quah Beng Kee 1. The618 words
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