Straits Echo, 23 February 1917
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Straits Echo
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Title Section35 1917-02-23 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 15. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, FRIDAY, 23rd FEBRUARY, 1917. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 4*4*.35 words
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Advertisement1103 1917-02-23 1 > Jk. f r fin rtJ^AlD 7 X :.n V FOE HIRE (BANKS day and nicht A Fleet of English and American Cars. PLEASE CALL AT The Georgetown Motor Garage 7\ Penang Road. el. Address Hokimteik, Penang. ’Phone No. 694. Motor Car Importers and tockists ot various kinds of Tyres1,103 words
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Advertisement18 1917-02-23 1 9 f -llf-KSfea f Hl /S the kjt £0“°** *V-5 Ct <Ons foi u*t !>|N Sl Ammm 6518 words
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Article1938 1917-02-23 2 In order to repair waste of tissue, and to provide energy for motion and heat-produc-tion, the animal body requires food, of which the necessary minimum will depend upon a multitude of factors. Tissue waste and need for fuel foods are exceedingly small in the case of the brain-worker, but1,938 words
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Article157 1917-02-23 2 A tonic dyspepsia is probably the monest form of indigestion net with East. D 10 tbs This lack of tone in the digestive means that the stomach is no l on to do its work as nature intended Sf* nerves that control it are weak, the „1.5®157 words
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Advertisement264 1917-02-23 2 TRAVEL tis*Ajr U GOO 63 Tr 1*2 BPS128 M *r.r a- ATTACHE CASES. New Stock Cow Hide attache cases fitted inside with stationery pockets, brass locks and fittings. Sizes. 12 14 16 ins. long Prices. $4.90, $6.95. $9.50 each dk 11 WARDROBE TRUNKS. DEEP TRUNKS. CABIN TRUNKS. SUIT CASES. GLADSTONE264 words
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Advertisement74 1917-02-23 2 DON'T COUGH. It is absurd to allow a cough to hang on and sap your vitality when Chamberlain’f Cough Remedy will cure you. You don t know where a persistent cough will land you You can’t afford to allow your throat and lungs to bjcome diseased when it is such74 words
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Advertisement395 1917-02-23 2 WANTED. A 116 BOOK-KEEPER and correspondents clerk. Apply to Box 21, cjo Straits Echo, wanted! AN EXPERIENCED man to hold the post of Assistant Manager on a Rubber Estate at hnggor. Security $2,000 Chinese preferred. Apply to Goh Taik Chee A Son., 118 Penang. WANTED. Applications win be record by395 words
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Article83 1917-02-23 3 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Dennys and Co. at their Auction Sale yesterday:— Smoked Ribbed Sheet $l5O to $156 per picul Plain Sheet 119 No. 2 Smoked Sheet Diamond 130 147 Unsmoked Sheet 116 182 No. 2 Unsmoked ~S h“ no..83 words
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Article78 1917-02-23 3 At the Eastern Produce Exchange Auction held yesterday the following prices were obtained Diamond Smoked Good from $l4O to $154 Diamond Smoked Fair 128 to 139 Diamond Unsmoked 118 to 128 Plain Unsmoked 107 to 119 Pale Crepe Fair 133 to 149 Brown Crepe H 8 to78 words
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Article109 1917-02-23 3 A Saigon Rise. The Saigon Opinion says that, though the cost of ric9 has gone up enormously in Hongkong and the other markets supplied from Saigon, the paddy cultivator has not benefited at all. The Chinese rice-millers form a combine, and the seller of paddy is109 words
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Article162 1917-02-23 3 Wilhelm's Wail to Tiao. London, February 12. Mr. Ward Price’s latest message from Salonika says that according to information r-ceived by the Greek Provisional Government, the Kaiser has sent a message to King Constantine to the effect that he cannot aid him in Macedonia, adding 11 all162 words
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Article357 1917-02-23 3 The following are the particulais of the output of the Renong Tiu Dredging Co. Ltd., for the first half of February No. 1 Dredge 64 Piculs No, 2 Dredge 142 Piculs No. 8 Dredge 348 Piculs No. 1 Dredge stopped installing boiler. In the first summons court at357 words
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Article1053 1917-02-23 3 I 1° keeping with the recommendations of j Committee on Commercial and Industrial Policy, says the T.O.M., the movement is set afoot at Home and in some of the I 0^°“’e8 to stimulate the production witbia the Empire of sugar—“ one of the greatest blessings and most1,053 words
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Advertisement223 1917-02-23 3 The Eastern Produce Exchange 27, Beack Street, at the corner of Beach Street and Church Street Ghaut. CAPITAL $120,000 A uctioneers Brokers The 110th Auction Sale WILL BE BELL On Monday, the 26th February, 1917 Sales or PurohaM* negotiated by Private Treaty or by Public Auction unit InSellers and Purchaeera223 words
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Advertisement467 1917-02-23 3 of ial GARRICK he no iis 19*' CIGARETTES lel bo ns of •8. I00 >0 Q£ m u c LU rOA m 2 7J < r%zsssJ3c ARE UNSURPASSED To-night 1 To-night I! ELECTRIC POLYSCOPE* mj LYCEUM THEATRE, ARGYLL ROAD. JL/ PRESENT PATHK’S LATEST AND M03T POPULAR SERIAL Parts THE IRON467 words
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Article, Illustration99 1917-02-23 4 daily (except Sunday» and public fiofcdavs) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. Ha 59 t Beach Street, Penang. I Price., r n* Daily Loeal 124 per annum. OufceUtion... Postage Extra. Hail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDEBBB ECHO —PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo) 586 Printing Department 543 S.B. —All99 words
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Article1349 1917-02-23 4 Lord Balfour of Burle'gb, Chairman of the Committee appointed to consider the Commercial and Industrial Policy of the United Kingdom and the British Empire after the war, was one of the Unionists who resigned from the Cabinet of Mr, A. J. Balfour in 19031,349 words
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Article1021 1917-02-23 4 Mr. A. L. Butter, the well-known Cal- < cutta turfite, is retiring and all his horiei are £or sale. I Captain O’Cock, A D.C. to the Governor j of Bengal, has been married in Calcutta to Miss Gregson. The wedding was attended by Lord Carmichael and a1,021 words
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Article983 1917-02-23 4 Gimkliii it Jokore. For some time past severe critini. has been levelled at the Government f permitting the continuance of UotniM gambling in Johore on a scale which co. stituted a real scandal and a grave men to public morals iu Singapore as wa'i .T** tbe State of983 words
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Advertisement140 1917-02-23 4 THRIFT SUGGESTS MAKING ALL YOUR PURCHASES HERE. A fresh stock of best English made footballs just received. Strong cow hide cases, eight panels, Hand-sewn and fitted with best quality bladders. Sizes i 2 3 4 5 $1.99 $2.50 $3.50 $4 50 $5.50. KENG&Co 5 Penang Ipoh. IT DC doc=do< D140 words
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Article789 1917-02-23 5 [Re uter’s Telegrams.] amount not specified. fir Edward Car»o*’* Statement. London, February 21. In tbe House of Commons, in introducing the N***' Estimates, Sir Edward Carson, first Lord of the Admiralty, did not specify tbe amount. He said that the House was M ked for a rote for789 words
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Article428 1917-02-23 5 [Re uter’s Telegrams.] WANING GERMAN MORAL. R«fretlakle Reverse*." London, February 21, Reuter’s correspondent with the British Headquarters states that a copy of an Order by Field-Marshal von Hmdenburg, which has been captured, states that the operations at Verdun io October and December were serious and regrettable reverses. Incapable428 words
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Article231 1917-02-23 5 (s [From Our (hen Correspondent.) London, February 21. The prices in the London Rubber Market to-day were Pale Crepe 3/3J Diamond Smoked 3/3; It is officially announced at Calcutta that all passports issued or vised for the return voyage, for women and children, before February 20, 1917,231 words
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Article1852 1917-02-23 5 [Re uter’s Telegrams.] Preaideat’a Request for Full Power*. Washington, February 22. It is authoritatively stated that President Wilson, while not asking Congress for a 1 delar&tion of war, will request full powers to protect American seamen and ships from i I submarining. This procedure is similar to1,852 words
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Article673 1917-02-23 5 SHANGHAI KLEBANG SUIT. Judgment Reserved, Tho hearing was resumod yesterlay afternoon in the Full Court of Appeal before Chief Justice Sir J. A. S. Buck-nil', Mr. Jiif-tice L. M. Woodward and M'. Justice P. J. Sproule of tho appeal of the Banking and Trading Corporation Naudiu673 words
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Article1101 1917-02-23 5 The next appctl beard was that of E. P. Mohamed Noordin and Company (plain* tiffs and judgment creditors; against the decision of Mr. Justice L. P. Ebden in the suit of the Judgment Creditors ag&irst M. S V. Valayutham Pillay (defendant and judgment debtor). Mr, W. H.1,101 words
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Article91 1917-02-23 5 The following articles will bo foun 1 rQ our outside pages Pages. 2. Over-E ding. 3. —Sugar From Malay i. Penang Hubbnr Auction. Eastern Pro luce Exchange. Tho Prico of I,’, cj Tin Outputs Knp Yuur Tbron 6. —Tne Mau-Pawer Question Op u-n Smoking in Perak. King of the91 words
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Article777 1917-02-23 6 What is Russia Doing When the question of Russia’s activity on the Eastern front is discussed Rumania naturally comes into view, and her fate seems somehow to prevent any dispassionate consideration of the recent Russian offensive But Russian successes in Galicia and Bukovina last year led to Rumania entering the777 words
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Article162 1917-02-23 6 (To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, —Rumour has it generally that two ladies, wives of highly-placed and highlysalaried officials, are engaged as teachers in one of the Government schools. If this is so, would the Government, through the proper channel, let the public know what qualifications162 words
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Article1009 1917-02-23 6 No latter-day topic of local interest has produced a crop of correspondence so voluminous and revealing such diversity of opinion as that which has been raging in tha Press of Malaya on the man-power question. Judging from our own experience, the least excited peopa are those, few1,009 words
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Article500 1917-02-23 6 Decisions Already Reached. Tbe Perak Man-Power Advisory Committee sat at the Ipoh Residency on Tuesday and Wednesday. We(T.OJf.) are officially informed that the following applications were heard Nos. 1 B.—Messrs. W. J. Wayte, A. G. Glenister, A. H. Coombes C. J. Bade-Cox, W. R. Marks, H. L Armstrong,500 words
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Article289 1917-02-23 6 It is understood that the action of the Government Chandu Department in raising the price of chandu a couple of months ago has had the effect of greatly lessening tbe consumption of chandu. This is in a way an unexpected development, says The Times of Malaya,289 words
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Article608 1917-02-23 6 Senex” writes in the Free Frets I have come across a bit of ancient bistory —of little value, perhaps to experts or to those bavmg tbe earlier Botanic Gardens Bulletins &3 setting forth official and private experiments, e.g. by the Messrs. Almeida, Dunman, Crane, and Robert Little,608 words
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Article331 1917-02-23 6 A YEAR OF PROGRESS. What thb Quarterly Returns Revhal, The returns of imports and exports for Salangor for the fourth quarter of 1916 are published in the F.M.B. Government Gazette. The steady increase in the volume of trade of this State is shown to have been maintained right331 words
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Article598 1917-02-23 6 Allies Recognition, To many, cortainly to most Europeans, the bald announcement that tbe Shereef of Mecca has bem recognised by tbe Allied States as King of the Hedjaz will convey little. But tbe assumption of the title and the unfurling of tbe plain crimson flag of598 words
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Article322 1917-02-23 6 In the course of an interesting leading article the Sinjapore Free Press says: The law of naturalisation must be uniform throughout the Empire, and they must be capable of dealing with such extraordinary cases 88, say, ths Chinese immigrants who permanently settle in the Straits, and the322 words
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Article425 1917-02-23 6 PARLIAMENT AT WORK President as Mediator Peking, January Ofi Evidence that Parliament is be»:/realize that unless it does its duT l“ g to country a not altogether welcome fate 1° th 6 it was forthcoming iu the dehberlti Friday afternoon, when the two Hon a .none session at425 words
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Article203 1917-02-23 6 Friday, February 23 Town Band. Esplanade, Bose’s Circus, Jelutong, Saturday, February 24. Town Band, Golf Club. St Matthias, PenaDg Bisley—Cadets Handicap2.3o p.m. Ladies Handicap 4 p m. Monday, February 26 Town Band, Esplanade. Wednesday, February 28. Town Band, Esplanade. We are almost inclined to sympathise with some203 words
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Article121 1917-02-23 6 Prnano, Februabt 23. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4$ 4 months’sight Bank 2/411/16 3 Credit ...2/5 1/8 n 3 Documentary 2/5 l/« Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 166 3 days’ sight Private... 172 Bombay, Demand Bank 166 -j Moulmein, Demand Bank 165 3 days’sight Private... 172121 words
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Advertisement38 1917-02-23 6 A FORTY YEAk'S TEST. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been curing coughs and colds for the past forty yearß and has gained in popularity every year. What better recommendation is required P For sale by all dispensaries and dealers.38 words
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Advertisement81 1917-02-23 6 BEWARE OF COLDS. Children are much more likely to contract the contagious diseases when they have colds. Whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever and consumption are diseases that are often contracted when the child has a cold. That is why all medical authorities say beware of colds. For the quick cure81 words
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Advertisement51 1917-02-23 6 DON’T RISK PNEUMONIA. Get rid of every oold as quickly a» possible, It is the forerunner of ill pulmonary trouble, and pueumom* may develop in v few hours. Take Chamberlain’s Cuugf Remedy, It is a simple thing to do, but the effect is marvellous. For sale by all dispensaries and51 words
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Advertisement33 1917-02-23 6 TICKLING IN THE THROAT. Even tbe slightest ticklmg '»r boars»D«9 in the throat maybe the forerunner o dangeroua illness, Stop it at one# w! Chamberlain’i Gough Kouiedy, For 7 »11 diapenaaries and dealers.33 words
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Article996 1917-02-23 7 A Mbdlet Or People*. Those whom fate has placed on the road oatside Salonika miss much of the colour and pageant that they had hazily pictured to themselves beforehand. The cosmopolitan life of the town, the French and Russian and Italian troops and the glory and excitement996 words
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Article223 1917-02-23 7 Penang, Febewaet 23. 8. P. Tapioca $8.60 sailers. M. P. Tapioca 9*15 sellers, «old leaf 64.40 Pspprr (W.Coast 3 lb. 50z).516 1/2 buyers. Black Pepper 25 00 buyers White Pepper 48 OQ sellers. Tr&og Pepper 38 sellers Mace $llO nom. liace Pickings sAboyers Cloves 40 sellers. But megs 110223 words
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Article184 1917-02-23 7 Penanj, 23*d February 1917. Beef— cl». Soup ptr catty 16 Roast 24 Pteaks 24 Stew or Curry Me it 18 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 40 Tongua 50 Feet 25 Heart 40 Liver per catty 35 Pork Pork per catty 40 Pig’s Heid 18 Feet 22 Tongue184 words
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Advertisement188 1917-02-23 7 PURE PRODUCTS FOOD SUPERIOR TO ALL.” LIBBY’S Ox Tongues. Lunch Tongues. Breakfast Tongues. Boneless Chicken. Tomato Catchup. Large Asparagus. Vienna Sausages. Bacon in Glass 11 11 LIBBY’S Corned Beef. Queen Olives- Stuffed Olives. Ham Loaf. Beef Loaf. Chicken Loaf Oxford Sausages. Spaghetti. ii ii ii LIBBY’S Soups-Tomato-Oxtail-Mock Turtle, FRESH STOCKS188 words
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Advertisement11 1917-02-23 7 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night. Wood»’ Great PepfwrainfcCure la 6d,11 words
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Advertisement236 1917-02-23 7 The Tamil-Anglo-Latin Pocket Medical Dictionary. OPINIONS. "JJ wor k truly original and highly rnstruotiW Or. M. Sinnatamby, M.D. (Brussels), r R.o.s (HHn) superintendent. Lying-in Home, Colombo.) “A deserving work with far '•-aching interests alt the community.” (Dr. David Rock wood, M.R.C9 < Kritrl UO.P. (Lon). Colombo.) “I trust it will236 words
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Advertisement34 1917-02-23 8 MANGALORE Outsida 1 II EL i w 1 VA ■r?n SH R -Sis THE BEST •i jt— jr a.i THE COOLEST FOR PARTICULARS APPLY TO 1 LTD., (INCORPORATED IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.) PENANG s34 words
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Article1101 1917-02-23 9 VoiCKS FROM TH* PJLST. Without the Navy there would be no British Empire, a fact that is even now only dimly understood by many, although without the bulwark of our floet the gallantry of our soldiers in Flanders, the Near East, the Persian Gulf, and elsewhere1,101 words
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Article747 1917-02-23 9 9 Germany is reported to be concentratj ing troops on the Swiss frontier and t guesses are being made as to the object i of it all. So much rumour is being ac- cepfei as gospel, or is in danger of beiDg 3 so accepted, that it might747 words
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Advertisement177 1917-02-23 9 Protects, Pr es eri/es Sc Se&ut/fYes &11 WOODWORK C/ Prom the r&itages of* Weather, Insect &L Fungoid LifQ. rj* It IrMl /^5 rM A I 3?=--3; Supplied in Drums k Barrels |ffy| Light, Medium &Dark Sole Agents f or Penang, Federated Malay States. Sumatra Scdava jfirfi /fpj. v G.H.Slot Co.177 words
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Advertisement50 1917-02-23 9 Fur Chronic Chest Complaints, Wood*’ Great Peppermint Cure. I*. 6d PINKETTES clear the complexion 1 l_ 1 These dainty laxative* act and sweeten the breatn Cently with no griping, 50 cents per phi&l at your druggist’s or direct by mail on receipt o! price from DR. WILLIAMS' MEDICINE COMPANY, SINGAPORE.50 words
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Advertisement841 1917-02-23 9 Are you a Slave to pain r De You Ever Rett Or is your life a perpetual burden—a wakeful, restless», fevered tortured exist- ence Do you start and crv out from twitching i nerves or dutiDg puns Are you robbed of your nights of just rei pose and tranquil sleep841 words
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Advertisement1827 1917-02-23 10 p. British India Mail AND APGAR LINE (Companies Incorporated in England.) and Passenger Service! KOHINKLIJKE PAKETYAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL PACKET S. N. COMPANY.) (Incorporated in Holland.) For Intended to Sail. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. (under contract with his majesty’s government) For Singapore. China, Japan, Ceylon. Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports1,827 words
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