Straits Echo, 19 August 1904

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CIIRONICLL 01 OENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 2. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, FRIDAY, 19th AUGUST, 1904. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 187.
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    HIGH WATER
    41 1 H..i \\»***L him Thursday. Ail*». 25, 1904 AM. P.M. Friday. l!»tli 6. 6.25 .■Nitmday, 20th 6.50 7.15 .Sunday, 2 1 «1 7.40 8.05 lay. 22nd 8.30 8.55 luesday, 23n1 920 9.45 Wednesday, 24th... 10.10 10.35 l'liursday, 25th 11.— 11.25
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    FIXTURES.
    52 1 To-i>at. ;»th Day, 7ib Moon. Town Hand, Esplanade, 5-30 p.m. Wav.mg Kasaini, Drury Lane, 9 p in. Warren’s Circus l)ato Krainat. 9 p.m. To-SIOII ROW. loth Day, 7tli Moon. Taiping Races, 3rd day. Town Hand. Golf Clul», 5340 p.m. Warren’s Circus, I)ato Krainat, 9 p.m. Wayaug Kassiin. Drury Lane,
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    THE MOON.
    26 1 O Full Moon Aug. 26th, 0.04 am. Fast Quarter Sept. 2nd, 3.48 p.m. O New Moon lOtli, 3.5 a.m. First Quartet... 16th, 2.8 p.m.
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    P & O. SAILINGS.
    41 1 P O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. < >UTW AKIIN. HoMKWAKIIS. Hcu jal l Sup Simla 20 Any I Coromandel d Hxtra Service. OUTWAMUS. iIoMKWAKOK. Japan 2d Any S Borneo 29 Any Manila (i Sept j Java 12 Sept Foi particulars See Page 3.
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    The Red Sea Raids.
    515 1 'J hi; indignation caused by the recent seizure by Russian cruisers of the commercial vessels belonging to neu- tvh 1 Powers was general, and the Press of London, Merlin, Paris, Vienna. :tnd New ork condemned the proceedings as unjustifiable and dangerous, i’lie military correspondent of Tlie
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    New Currency Notes.
    164 1 Simla, 8 August.—The following press communique has l>een issued by the Finance Department of the Government of ludia In accordance with the provisions of Act VI, of 1903, the five-rupee currency notes issued from any town outside Burma are now legal tender throughout British ludia. except in
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    War Items.
    1017 1 The Mask Torn Off the Great Despot By a Russian Official. The Quarterly Review for duly contains a very sensational article “from the pen of a Russian official of high rank.” The writer declares that the real character of the Tsar is utterly different from the legendary portrait
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  • Money Market.
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      EXCHANGE.
      118 1 Pits A WO. l'.»Tll august. (Hy urlf* if m' the Chartered flunk.) fjondon Domain] Bank ...1/11 4 months’ sight Bank ...1 11$ 3 Credit ...1/11 g 3 Documentary ...1/11,^ Calcutta, Demand Bank Its. 144 3 days’ sight Private 146 Bombay, Demand Bank 144 3 days’ sight Privale 140 Madras,
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      SHARES.
      190 1 BersawaliGold Miue Co., I*l. 14. —tellers Raul) Australian Gold Mining Co., Tid 6.50 buyers Redjang Lebong Gold Mining Co., I*l $215. sales K ad aim Gold M iiiiugCo,.T<td. (fully paid) 10.— mom. Bruseb Tin Milling Co., fid. 3.7s buyers Ciiendariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., I*l 10.— notn. Karangau Tin
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      PRODUCE.
      170 1 Tin 73. Gold leaf 79, B. Pepper (\V. Coast 31b5.50z.)$ 22.— feller» White Pepper 33.— seller Traug Pepper 27. —sellers Cloves (picked) v 63. Mace 86 —sales Mace Pickings 8 0.—sellers Nutmegs llOs 42. —sales No. 1 6 00 naut. Sugar 2 no st.»ek. Basket 3.80 sales Tapioca Flour
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      100 1 Avagyke, Hr. s.s. 247, Morier, 19th Aug.. Singapore, 17t I» Aug., Gen., —K. G. (?o. Purnea, Hr. s.s 2,208, Pearson, 19th Aug., Singapore, 17th Aug., Gen., H. L. Co. Peou. Hr. s.s. 294, Conway, 19th Aug., Acheeu, 10th Aug.,Gen.,— Han 110 Hiu. Kum Sang, Hr. s.s. 2,077, Huller, 19th
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      DEPARTURES.
      19 1 19th August. Perak, for Port Swetteuhain and Malacca, Lady Weld, for Teluk Anson. Pnrnea. for Kaugoou and Calcutta.
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      IN PORT.
      72 1 Avauyke. Hr. s.s. 247, Morier, 19th Aug., Singapore, 17th Aug., Geu.,—K. G. Co. Pegu, Hr. s.s. 294, Conway, 19th Aug., Aclieen, ltJth Aug., Gen., —Ban Ho Hin. Kistna, Br. s.s. bob, Addenbrook, 19th Aug., Singapore, 17th Aug., Geu., H. L. A Co. Ho Kwĕi, Hr. s.s. 209, Russell,
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    EXPECTED.
    71 1 1 >«««/» Irottt Ajenl* Ihtc Simla Singapore P.&O. 20 th Aug. Nain Yong Singapore K.G.Co. 20th Lai Sang Singapore B.&Co. 22nd Bulvsses Loudon B.ACo. 22nd Japau Colombo p,&o. 22nd Gienlochy London B.&Co. 2 3rd Telemachus Liverpool W.M.&Co. 23rd Preusseu Singapore B.M.&Co. 24th C. Apcur Singapore A.A.A.Co. 20th A. Apcar
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    SAILINGS.
    73 1 Vessels For Ajent* Leaves Simla Colombo P.&Co. 20thAug Nam Yong Kangoou B.&Co. 20th ff Bulysses Japan Singapore Singapore B &Co. P.&Co. 22nd Lai Sang Calcutta B.&Co. 23rd Glenlochv Singapore B.&Co. 23rd Telemaclius Singapore VY.M.&Co. 23rd Preussen Colombo BM.&Co. 24th C. A pear Calcutta A.A.A.Co. I 26th A. Apcar Singapore
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    MAILS CLOSE
    133 1 Fok. Langkat—Per Van tier Parra, to-morrow, 1 p.m. l>eli—Per Malaya, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Port Swettenlium Per Vidar, to-morrow, 1 pin. Deli—Per Ho K vei, to-morrow. 2 p.m. Telnk Anson—Per Lanykat, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Poit Swettenliani and Singapore--Per Anayyee, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Port Swettenliani, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore -Per
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      74 1 A. E. SKEELS. P WHISKIES. Learn Shorthand at Home l>v correspondence. 10 weekly lessons will nuke you perfect. OBTAIN HIGHER SALARY. Short hand is nowadays imlispensilde to everybody. Utilize spare time. Very moderate fee. o procure positions. Write for free booklet. Central Correspondence College, -15, Temple Chambers. Temple Avenue, London,
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      18 1 STEARNS’WINE, whets the appetite. Aids digestion, improves assimilation, strengthens the stomach so that food does good. Steanns' Wine.
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      54 1 THE LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION. INCORPORATED BY 110YAL CHARTER A.D. 1720. riIHK undersigned having ljeeu appointed JL Ageuts for the al>ove Corporation, are now prepared to accept MARINE and EIRE risks at current rales. PATERSON, SIMONS Co. UPTON’S TEAS WERE AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION. AGENTS PENANG Paterson,
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      7 1 A. E. SKEELS. f •s, LAGER BEER.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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    Rubber Preparation.
    686 2 Mit. I*. J. Burgess writes from Singapore under «.late of l«stli August to the Kuala Lumpur Mail on this subject in ,e 1 Mr. Carev, whose letter appeared in the c o yesterday J It was with great pleasure that I re the letter of Mr. Care.v in
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    Mrs. Maybrick.
    155 2 Mrs. May brick, whose release from prison was reported recently by Reuter, had, according to our London correspondent, been enjoying a f«iretaste of liberty at the Catholic Home near Truro, as a preparation for the complete release. On Tuesday (19th July) she was quietly driven to St. Austell
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    The Kischineff Massacre.
    221 2 The German Jewish Gazette publishes the followimg surprising explanation of the hitherto incomprehensible delay in issuing the accounts of the Kischineff Relief Committee: “The statement of accounts of the Kischineff Relief Committee has at last appeared and we feel that we owe an explanation and an excuse
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      77 2 Andrew Usher Co. 5 s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. CRAIGELLACHIE GLENLIVET DISTILLERY Co.’s GAELIC “OLD SMUGGLER” WHISKY. SANDILANDS, IHJTTERY Co. Dr. W. M ANSON. DENTAL SURGEON. Price Moderate Consultation Free. KKHIIXNU AT ,Vo. /79». Carnarvon Street, About 20 houses from the Carnarvon Station. Bfc*|V Mas. MAnson, having just arrived, will
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      55 2 W. Cornfield, Tailor and Outfitter, 23, BEACH STREET. Great Reduction IN TAILORING ESPECIALLY IN White Safin Jean Suits only $55 per dozen. JPST DECEIVED i NICE ASSORTMENT OF Tropical Helmets Terai Felt Hats with puggaree, White Straw Hats, White Drill Hats, Boy’s Navy Cloth French Tams, Golf Caps. W. CORNFIELD,
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      2377 2 TENDERS INVITED. Government of Selangor. REVENUE FARMS, 1905—1907. T ENDERS will lie received at the Offiec of the Secretary to the Resident. Selangor, up to noon on 2nd September, 1904, for Renting the following Farms for :i period of three years (1905, 1906, 1907), commencing from the Ist day of
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      2018 3 f At/ \-L R. S> N. Co. Kx/iected arrival and Departure*. Mail Service. Outwards. Bept. I s.s. Bengal connecting with 15 s.s. Malta do lH> s.s. Coromandel do Homewards. Aug'. 20 s.s. Simla do ,SVpt. 3 s.s. Coromandel do 17 8.8. Chusau do Oct. 1 8.8. Nubia do FAKES BY
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    The Straits Echo.
    78 4 •Jnotice «Misties everybody, and Justice alone.— Emernon Established June Ist, 1903. Published daily (except Sniidsys.) XT THI CRITERION PRESS, Ld., N<>. 220-23*2. Be;tcli Street, Penang PRICK DAILY, IAHJAL per WWW OUTSTATIONS FosUtre Extra MAII< KIHTION (Pool Free) 15 OAKI.K ADDRESS: Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 188. Kdiior. (Ihrhnky Duncan.
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    The War and British Shipping.
    1440 4 The English mail which arrived yesterday afternoon brought tiles of London papers up to the 29th ultimo. From these we gather that the Knight Commander, which fell a victim to the Vostok raiders, sighted the Vladivostok cruisers near Katsugura at 7 a.in., that she sailed
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    Our Mail Budget.
    936 4 Famine and Pestilence in Russia, j t WAS IT A DELIBERATE ACCIDENT? A NEW TBEATY WITH CHINA. Kbilek’s Knd. Negotiations between Japan and China. (From Our Own Correspondent.) {Continued from yesterdays issue.) Fleet Street, 23 July. —The funniest thing I have seen lately is the report of
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    Tin.
    274 4 Lonim»n, 29 July—The market last week had a rapid rise of nearly £5 per tou, owing to some American buyiug and the continued abstention of Chinamen from selling, and without much business the market rose uutil £124 10s. lor cash, and .£124 ss. for three months was reached. At
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    Commercial Affairs.
    588 4 Re Singapore and Borneo. A correspondent sends to The Times the following extract from a letter written bv a friend at Singapore and dated June 30*:— Things in Singapore are very dull;the old people have never feeetf them as they are now. The Germans are fast buying up
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      435 4 Great Success! Great Success j WARREN’S CIRCUS WAYANG KASSIM. ANU MENAGERIE of PERFORMING WILD ANIMALS AT Dato Kramat Gardens, TO-NIGHT, TO-NIGHT, T H E Indra Zanibar Royal Theatrical Co. AT 1* I’ M. Grand Change of Programme. Signor Zerboni Wrestling with a Lion. Reduction of Prices. Ist Class. Chair S
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      4 4 PAINTS. McAUSTHR Cn.. Ud.
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    The War.
    212 5 Violation of Rights of Neutrals. Interference with Local Traffic. Great Indignation in England. The Papers Vehemently Denounce Russia s Illegal Acts. (Snftfdied by Heater.) London, 18 August.—It should have been stated in the last message, relative to the assertion of the commander of the Russian cruiser l ral,
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      The Siege of Port Arthur.
      166 5 Japanese within Two Miles of the Town. (Supplied by Renter.) London, 18 August.—Reuter's Cliefoo correspondent wires that, since the great battle reported on the Ifftli which resulted in the Japanese occupying Liaotishau and Sushien Heights three miles north of the town of Port Arthur, the
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      The Fugitive Warships.
      100 5 Japanese Squadron After the Askold and Grasovni. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 19 August. —Reuter’s Shanghai correspondent wires that Japanese squadron is expected to arrive off Shanghai to-day to enforce the demand that the Russian cruiser Askold (5,905 tons; 42b ft. by 49$- ft. completed in 1901; knots
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      South Africa.
      66 5 Ihe Indian Immigration Scheme. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 18 Aug.—The Hon. Alfred Lyttelton (Secretary oi State for the Uolonies) has rejected the Transvaal Government’s proposals with reference to special Indian legislation, but is willing to assent to an Indian immigration Restriction Ordinance similar to those of tiie l
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      Australia.
      97 5 Watson’s Labour Party Defeated (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 18 Aug.—A wire from Melbourne conveys intelligence to the effect that the Rt. Hon. G. H. Reid (Prime Minister and Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales 1894-99 and Leader of the Opposition in the Federal Parliament) in 'conjunction with the Rt.
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    Tibet.
    178 5 Advices from Tibet, dated sth August, show that the situation at Lhassa was then unchanged. The Dalai Lama is staving at a private monastery at Reteug, eighteen miles from Lhassa, and State business is being carried on by his Regent. The attitude of the Tibetans has (says Calcutta Daily
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    Chinese and the Rand.
    386 5 MUTINY AT A RAND MINE. Two Chinese Killed. Johannesburg. 22 July.—This morning two Chinese were accidentally killed in the New Comet mine through an explosion caused l>y drilliug in an old bore hole. The accident resulted in a revolt to-night among the Chinese going on night
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    Perak Turf Club.
    1466 5 The August Meeting. j Second Day, 18th August. > {tfiotu Our bjjecial Correipoiulent.) HK Taipiug nice day dawned fair and bright and, as there had been no rain whatever in the interim, the course was in very much better condition tliau ou the first day and the
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    Dress at the Races.
    829 5 We are indebted to our occasional correspondent Tasmania for the following description of dress at the Taiping races Niobe having exhausted herself the previous night, Tuesday dawned bright and though towards the afternoou King Sol hid himself behind banks of nebulous clouds no rain fell to
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    Handicaps for To-morrow’s Races.
    467 5 1. —The Galloway Handicap. Drouleen 9.9 Will Be 8.12 Nit» 8.0 The Countess 9.9 Chin gall 9.13 Ruby 10.0 Fusee 10.0 Roseneath 7.12 Midi cent 9.0 Tarcoola 9.9 Carissima 8.6 2. —The Taiping St. Leger. Devilment 9.9 Lul worth 9.2 Bara 8.12 Duchess 8.2 Hasty 7.12
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    PASSENGERS.
    196 5 lmmrd— Per Purnea,” from Singapore, Messrs F. Clarke, Fenbilrgetl and Rev. D. H. Stubbs. Per Chusan,” from Loudon, Mr. H. M. Ran kilos. Mr. B. M. Peters. Outward —Per Chusan,” for Singapore, Mr. G. Inman, Mr. and Mrs. D. Graham, Mr. Uttlev, Miss Plumpton. For Hongkong. Mr. F. T.
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      1030 6 Dunville’s 3 Crown Whisky v\Vi\ f(c '/ally silty N 3 0 rJc n STBLit' "f Out Cm t*6 T erm® wonEo? cv I MARK 3 9 OS r c M > 3 50 DAVID BROWN Co. 4, Logan's HnibliwjM. Estate Agents A u«lifor». Undertake Sales by Auction or Private Tender
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    How Long can Port Arthur Hold Out?
    830 7 By a Russian Orricitii. Thk manner in which Russian hopes re- garding the successful defence of Port i Arthur are lieing kept alive is well illustratj ed by the art icle from the pen of a llussian officer translated from the Novoe Vreinya
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      1754 7 TKAIHC MARK CHIN HIN BROTHERS, Genera Storekeepers, Horse Demlers, and Livery Stables, No. 50k, PENANG HOAD. Telephone No. 266. ALWAYS FOR SALE. FRESH FODDER! fpHE very liest quality only kept. Crusb1 ed Food (imported every fourteen (lavs), Crushed Oats, Bran, Linseed, Barley, Gram, Chaff, Paddi, Hay, Australian Compressed Fodder, Australian
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      71 7 STEARNS’ WINE strengthens the insistence to disease of the lungs and air passages. THE PATRIOTIC ASSURANCE Co. (Founded 1824.) bum.in, London, 9, College Green. 69, King William Strec CAPITAL £1,500,000. r|lH E undersigned have heeu appointed 1 Agents of the above Company at Penang, and are open to issue policies
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    MRKET PRICES.
    187 8 Penan»;, 19th August, 1904. Dencriytiou. Be Er— ctl Soup per catty Jy Boast ;{.j Steal ks ;j.j Stew or Com y Meat M .jo Hump Steak ;{o Ox Tail each 05 Tongue 7,, 91) Heart J 35 Liver per catty 41 Pork Fork Pi*;’» Heal*I 04 Eeet Tongue
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      888 8 CLEARING PRICES! CLEARING PRICES!! Friday and Saturday only. OUK ENTIRE STOCK OF CHUBB’S SAFES, Remnants! Remnants! Remnants! WILL BE OFFERED me price. fill Remnants have already been Substantially Reduced beloitf Regular Prices, but ot/Ving to m the fact that Large Consignments of Nert Goods are expected to arrive from Europe
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      133 8 NOTICE. The British Pharmacy HAS BEEN REMOVED TO No. 426, Penang Road. Patent Medicines OBTAINABLE AT THE LOWEST PRICES. PRESCRIPTIONS accurately dispensed with the Purest Drugs. Open day and night. Pileener Beer Key Brand ANi> Stout Revolver Brand THE undersigned having also been appointed Sub-Agents for the sale of the
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