Straits Echo, 17 September 1908

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 0. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, THURSDAY, 17th SEPTEMBER, 1908. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 214.
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      940 1 GUINNESS'S STOUT? tiang lee a o© om. r o <2 o. SOLE AO ENTS. BASS’S ALE. THE eastern SHIPPING Company, Lid., (ENGINE WORKS.) banks. Engineers, Shipbuilders, Brass Iron Pounders. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. £1,200,000 £1,525,000 £1,200,000 Paid up Capital Reserve Fund Reserve Liability
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      30 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. NOddlN ms d 1 CS v\l O ffJ > a I $5 m > cv «5 "V *0 rOKTO T1AWQ LEE A Oo. t S>le
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    Youthful Prisoners at Holloway Gaol.
    319 2 The First Prison Creche in the World. Ooe of the moat interesting features of Holloway Gaol, London’s female prison, is the Creche established there for the young babies of the mothers serving a sentence in the gaol, for infants are not entirely separated from their
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    The Dirty Cuff.
    231 2 Scientific Argument in Favour of White Linen. The Lancet has beeu moralising on the question of the dirty cuff There can, it says, be no doubt at all that when the cuff picks up, as it is 60 prone to do, dirt from the counter, desk, or
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    The Bachelor Girl.
    543 2 The typical bachelor girl is young and rather flighty. She has by no means renounced the idea of matrimony, but she detests family life. Whether she lives by her wits or ou an allowance, she does her best to imitate the your.g man about town. She smokes
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      81 2 A Neighbour’s Kindness. Mr. W. J. Fuller, J. P., storekeeper, Rendelsbam, South Australia, writes: “I was called to see a neighbour who was suffering from severe cramps and who really thought he was past help. I gave him three doses of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and in a
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      458 2 From Mexico. The following paragraph was clipped from the El Sol, a newspaper at Hermosillo, Mexico, it being a part of a letter to the publisher from a friend On my last trip to my properties on the frontier, my beast fell with me to the ground, wounding me badly,
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      1414 2 THE PENANG ADVERTISING AGENCY, Bill-Posters and General Advertising Contractors, No. 7, Church Street, Penang, S. S. Telephone No. 303; Teleg Bill-Posting and Advertising Work of every description undertaken, and also the deliverv and distribution of Circulars, Handbills, Samples I I Telegrams “PADDY.” N I I PROMINENT BILL-POSTING STATIONS in:—Penang, Province
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    29 3 Veit gel a From A'jenfg Dus Zieten Colombo B.M ACo. 17rbSept Keemun Sirgapore W.M.ACo. 18th Ajax SiBgapore W.M.ACo. 19th Delta Colombo A.G.ACo. 24th Malta Singapore A.G.ACo. 26th
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    SAILINGS.
    29 3 Vestel» For Ajents Le^.re» Zieteu Singapore B M &Co. Sept. K^emun Liverpool W M '0. Ajax Antwerp VV.M ACo. Delta Singapore A G AOo. Malta Colcmbc A G.ACo.
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      ARRIVALS.
      159 3 Derjflinger, Ger. s.s., 9,060, Meinera, 16th Sept., Singapore, 14th Sept., Gen.— B. M. Co. Cheanq Chew, Br. s.s., 1,213, Shepherd, 16th Sept.. Singapore, 14th Sept., Gen K. G. Co. Benalder, Br. s.a., 1,958, Thomaon, 16th Sept., Liverpool, 15th Aug., Gen.— S. B. Co. Zieten, Ger. s.s., 4,989, Proset, 17th
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      DEPARTURES.
      72 3 17th Sbptkmbbr. Zieten, for Singapore, China and Japan. Petrel, for Asahan. Jin Ho, for Langkat. De Kock, for Deli and LangsaCornelia, tor Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca. Canton, for Dindings and Teluk Anson. Nyanza, for Colombo and Tuticorin. Thongvoa, for Port Swettenham and Singa* pore. Lai Sang, for
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      MAILS CLOSE
      133 3 Fob Trang aud Pang Nga—Per Deli, tomorrow, 1 pro. Port Swettenhara and Singapore—Per Rotorua, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy—Per Cheang Chew, to-morrow, 3 p-m. Teluk Anson—Per Hye Leong, to-morrow 3 p.m. Pulau Langkawi, Perlis and Setul —Per Sree Bangka, to-morrow, 4 p.m. Mergui, Tavoy and
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    362 3 Per P. and O. s.s. Afooltan, connecting with the Delta at Colombo, due at Penang on 24th Sept To Penang (from London, Aug. 28) Mrs. Wayte (from Marseilles, Sept. 4) Mrs. and Miss Wagner, Mr. and Mra. R. H. Chappell, Mr. E. A. Roadnight, Mr. E.
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      723 3 f, jO,Steam Navigation Coy. expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward. connecting with Mooltan a H DtUa (Id. 8 Assay v •M Delhi do do Homeward. China Moldavia Dat?. St Connecting Due with S.S. London. t. 26 Malta ijff lo Devunka 24 Delta y oT 7 Assaye <0ct 21 Delhi
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      428 3 (S HIPPlN G.) HAMBURG-AMERIKA LIME. FREIGHT SERVICE. Next Sailings for Singapore, China and Japan. Next Sailings Homeward. VIA COLOMBO. s.8. Spezia for Dunkirk, Antwerp and Hamburg 20th September, 1908. Taking cargo at through Rates to Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen Lisbon, Oporto, London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles, Trieste, Genoa, Ports in the
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    The Straits Echo
    94 4 Jivit.tce «atisflea everybody and justice alone- /tm*rion. Published dally (except HandarO AT TH» CRITERION PRESS, IUI, No. 226—232, Beach Street. P«nßn«j. PRICE DAILY LOCAL $24 per annum OUTBTATIONB Postage Rxtra MAIL BDITION (Post Free) *l5 OARI.R ADDRFSI Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 343 H.H. —All boelnee* rommnnicatlons should be
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    FACT OR FICTION ?
    533 4 FACT OR FICTION The Library Association, at their annual conference held last month at Brighton, passed a resolution declaring that the provision of ephemeral fiction, useful only for recreative purposes, was not within the province of a public lending library. This raises the important question as to whether a free
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    808 4 The following business in tin has been done to-day Penang Eastern Smelting C 0.,") 87i buyers, no sellers j 2 Penang Tin Exchange, 25 tons at 65 62£ Straits Trading Co., 50 65 87£ Singapore: Straits Trading Co., 50 66 Total 125 tons. Tin is
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    SUPREME COURT.
    969 4 IN CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION. (Before Mr. Justice Fisher.) Lam Hor Weng vs. The Crown. Full particulars of this case appeared in our columns about the end of July last, when the case was being heard at the District Court. The appellant, it will be remembered, was charged by
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    The Police Courts.
    204 4 (Before Mr. Scott.) A Careless Postman Hum Song How, a post nan at tk o unr.°"- ffioe>WaS,h 8 em^yJtode e iiver d S to wit. a registered letter No. Uw artl «H of transmission by p os t wn ln c °hr* carelessness whereby the’ safety <
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    Police Sports.
    169 4 Program mo of Events. We understand the following will be the programme of events at the Police Spom to be held on the Esplanade on Saturday A M. 11-30—Putting the Shot. Sikhs (Police M.S.G.) Malays. 11-50—High Jump. Sikhs (Policed M.S.G.) >• Malays. 12.00—Long Jump. Sikhs. Malays. 12 00—Wrestling.
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    Police Promotions.
    331 4 We bear that the following Police promotions have been made Acting-inspector Killourliy is confirmed as full Inspector, 3rd class, in charge of tbe Magazine Station. Sergf. Gilroy, Pitt Street Division, has been promoted to the rank of Acting Inspector. E. P. C. Cannon has been promoted to the
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      586 4 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. NEW SERVICE. Between Penang, Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavoy. THE Company’s s'.eamer Bliadra (600 Tons) will maintain a fortnightly service between the above ports. She has excellent accommodation for first and second class passengers. Next sailing from Penang:— Tuesday, 22nd September,
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      38 4 Prof. Schnaidt prefers Qonosan (SantalKawa Riedel’s) to any other preparation of Santalwood oil. Although he used the drug in more than 20 cases, he has never observed any signs of nausea, flatulency, nephritic pains, pruritus nor Rkin eruptions.
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      Trade Disputes.
      129 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Composition of Tribunal. [ondon. 17th September.—The composi- the permanent tribunal of arbitration rile disputes, a scheme for which has 2 n prepared bv Mr. Winston Churchill, v,irvin eicb case and will consist of a fl )rtD an drawn from a panel of persons of C
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      Another Hague Conference.
      63 5 (Supplied by Reuter The International Regulation of Exchange. LondoD, I7th September.— Holland, at the request of Germauy and Italy, has mvited the Powers who were represented at the second Hague Conference to participate further in an international conference at the Hague, probably iu 1909, for the elaboration
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      The United States.
      102 5 Supplied by Reuter.) Uovernor Hughes. London, 17th September. —President Roosevelt has secured the renomination by tho Saratoga convention of Mr. Hughes as Governor of New York State. The Republican b rsses opposed him on account of his anti-gambling and anti-corruption policy. [The Times New York correspondent slates
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      The Cotton Dispute.
      62 5 (Su}>plied by Reuter.) Still No Prospect of a Settlement. London, 16th September.—The Manchester employers decline the invitation of the Lord Mayor of Manchester to meet the operatives aud reconsider the situation arising out of the men’s refusal to accept a reduction of wages. The owners state that
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    Kedah Notes.
    631 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, 16lh Sept. Snipe Shooting. Messrs. G. 0. Hart, A. G. Ward and J. Fleury, accompanied by Tuoku Sulong, iuoku Oin and their followers, were out snipe shooting on Sunday at Tajak, a mukim six miles distant from Alor Star. They left by
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    Taxation in the East.
    301 5 M. A dp Pouvourville publishes an article in the Figaro t.e prove that the Annamite has no reason t > complain of the total amount of taxes exacted from bis country, and. indeed, that this is not the cause of his disaffection Statistics show that the
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    The Cadet Corps.
    140 5 A Night March. Two hundred and eighty members of the Cadet Corps turned out for the night march last night. They mustered at the Fort at 8 p.m. and marched along Northam Road, Argyll Hoad and Cbulia Street, where a stop was made at the Cantonese Club
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    Carter the Magician.
    782 5 Due in Penang on the 2<ith. We bear that Carter, the great magician, is due here on the 26th inst. and will give only one performance in Penang. Carter gave a performance in Singapore, at the Theatre Royal, on Monday night. This is what the Straits Times
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    The Singapore Races.
    981 5 The Dig Race Discussed. Says Tuesday’s Free Press As the race meeting is drawing near it might not be out of the way to mention the likely candidates for the big race. Amongst others it is safe to say the following will compete: Pause, Gillo, Durbar, Newbury,
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    Morphia and Opium in China.
    306 5 Peking, Aug. 21. China shows no relaxation in her antiopium policy, which seems to be gaining in force and increasing in public favour. A formidable difficulty is the immense importation of morphia and hypodermic appliances. All the Powers, except Japan, have given their assent to
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    Passengers.
    162 5 Arrived. Per s.s. Derffiinger. 16th Sept., from Singapore Mr. C>ke. Mr. J' R. P. de Jong, Mr. John Hug, Mr E. Hous, Mr. L. Th. Stibbe. Mr L Oouwema, Mr. F. von Umlaut. Mr. A. L Page, Mr. G. Ihara, Mr. J. Yoshikowo, Mr. H Hubbard, Mr. V. Yzelmann.
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    FIXTURES.
    64 5 To-day 22nd Dr.* of 8’h Moon. League Football Govt Service vs M. R C Esplanade. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m The Patbescope,” King Street Theatre, 7-30 p.m and 9-30 p m. To-morrow. 23rd Day of 8th Moon. Town Bind, Esplanade 6 to 7 p.m. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 7
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    MAILS DUE.
    20 5 English (Delta) ...24*11 Sept. China (Malta) ...26th China (P E. Fried» ich ...29th German (Prinzess Alice) 1st Oct.
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    THE MOON.
    19 5 T.:iKt Quarter Sopt 17th O Now Moon 25» b Firs» Quarter Oct. 3rd O Full Moon 10t,h
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    36 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service Outwards. Homewards De'ta 24 Sept. Malta 26 Sept. A*saye 8 Oct I Devanha 10 Oct. Eura Service. Outwards Homewards. Poona 29 Sert Nyanza 17 Sept Somali 13 0:t. Nore 16 Oct.
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      36 5 A Balm Indeed. No external application is equal to Chamberlain’s Pain Balm for sore muscles or swollen joints. No matter what may be the cause, this liniment will give relief. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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      106 5 NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that I, Cheab Oh Nooi of chop Sin Hup Hin, Medan, Deli, having appointed Messrs Cbeah Aing ilean and Cheab Soo Tuan to be my manager and assistant manager respectively in chop Siu Hup Hin carrying on business as Cloth and Sundry Goods Dealers at
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      382 5 P TO THE PENANG PUBLIC D Don't Lose Your Chance OF SEEING To-Night’s Programme. INSTRUCTIVE, DESCRIPTIVE, AMUSING. REMEMBER, THE u PATBESOOFF’ ECLIPSES ALL OTHERS. Location: KING STREET THEATRE HALL (near Pitt Street Station). P PATHE Freres’ Beautiful Pictures. PENANG SALES ROOM. The undersigned is instructed to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,
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  • Obituary
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    363 5 Obituary. 0 (Supplied by Reuter.) Professor Churton Collins London, 16’h September.—Professor John Churton Collins was found to have committed suicide in a secluded spot in a farm at Lowestoft. [John Churton Collins, M.A., was born in I84X and was educated at King Edward s School, Birmingham, and Balliol College, Oxford.
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    Belfield Bridge.
    2432 6 SATURDAY’S OPENING CEREMONY AT KLANG. Planting Development at Kapar and Knala Selangor. On Saturday, His Excellency Sir John Anderson, K.c mo, in bis official capacity of High Commissioner of the Federated Malay States, opened the bridge that has been erected over the Klang River at Klaug. At Port
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    EXCHANGE.
    127 6 Penano, 17th September (By cjurtetj of the Chartered Batik.) London Deman t 2,35-J t- monMiti ught Ba 2 4-Xf 3 Credit -I 3 Documentary 51g ii« uii;i. Ueiu.nd Bans Its 175$ 1 f»» -i'g'l l •v 177 B D»mHii<t B-> 17 5$ Ijuiiiiimin. ISMi-an-* 1 74* Rnv.. I 7
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    PRODUCE.
    173 6 iolO itrai $65. B. Pepper( W.Coam no stock White Pepper sls. —buyers I'rang Pepper 10. —nominal oio7os (picked) out of season Mivcp 70. —nominal Mace Pickings 60. —nom N T ur.niMg> 19 50 sales M<» i 6.65 sales ■iuL:-. no stock (.n&4kH sales I'apioca Fionr 1.80 nominal Copra 6.70
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    SHARES.
    708 6 Dividend. Name. 10 for year ending 31/3/08 10 p.c. for year ending 30/4/08 7/- dur. 1907 4,6 dur. 08 >57 j p. c. foi ’903 1/- interim for »^8 35 p.c. for 07 7/- dur. 07 3/3 dur. 08 45 p.c. for yr. eudmg 30/6/07 5 per cent during
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      43 6 What Everybody Says Must Be True. Everybody who has used it says Chamberberlaiu’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy never fails to give relief from pains iu the stomach or diarrluBi, which 13 positive proof of its reliability. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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      53 6 >Vhooping Cough. This is a very dangerous disease unless properly treated, but all danger uiay ba avoided by giving Chamberlain’s Cough Itemedy. It liquifies the ♦ough mucus, making it easier to expectorate, keeps the cough loose, and makes tho paroxysms of coughing less frequent and less severe. The George Town
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      130 6 MACKAY’S LIQUEUR WHISKY. KARTELL'S BRANDT. dealers’ Champagne. \WROUCHT-iron TUBES AND FITTINCS. tttoow A lv« on K»nd. ADAMSON, GILFILLAN CO., LTD. Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. AGENTS FOE PF.NANQ F. M. S. THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Go. GIN IN RED CASES, Sandilands Hutterv <& Co 9
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    Bags Full of Yawning Girls.
    201 7 Caught on the Way to Singapore. the Kuchinot.HU police recently discovered nine girls on board the Mariri Main, just before the steamer was leaving the port for Singapore, says the Japan Chronicle. KucbinoiBU has the unfortunate reputation of being the port from which migrate most
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    Trade in the F.M.S.
    769 7 UNPRECEDENTED DEPRESSION AT IPOH. Unchanged Conditions in Selangor. The Kuala Lumpur correspondent of the Straits Times writes The trade depression has made itself felt acutely in certain parts of the Federated Malay States and in one town in Perak, in particular, the effect has been somewhat
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      1294 7 BAXTER Co.’s rest navy canvas. SANDIUNDS, BUTTERY Co. oavid CORSAR SON S well-known extra NAVY CANVAS, No. 0. saniiilanhs. BUTTERY Co, insurances. THE LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER A.D. 1720 fIIHE undersigned having been appointed JL Agents for the above Corporation, are joiin Bazley White Bros. 1 PORTLAND
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      18 7 Risaud’s Hocool Extract is an exact reproduction of this sweet yet powerful Indian perfume and is very popular.
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      921 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Gv., Pha. U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. KBBIOINO AT No. 2ta, Penang Road. A lew doors from the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. 6 mtha r jTHE OLDEST SCOTCH WHISKY IN THE MARKET TEA V SOLE AGENTS FOB FENANG. PATERSON, SIMONS Co., Ltd.
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