The Singapore Free Press, 5 November 1925

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE S.S.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1925. NO. 11,639.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    253 1 (.overnment has decided to remove the embargo on the issue of Dominion. Colonial and foreign loan, m the London market Page 9. Herr Stresema.in expounded the importance of the Locarno treaties hy wireless Page 9. The French ha\e found a v. ay out of the political crisis
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    THE LOST RULES OF WAR.
    1314 1 The war iri Morocco is by far the most considerable war there has been since the _tren_ War. The South African War m its day was thought to Ik- immense such were our measurements then! but the war m Morocco i. greetgl than that. Not,
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      159 1 WING LOONG IHK IECOGHJ^BO HOfSE ror EUROPEAN TROPIC AL sl ITS. 32. HIGH STREET. PHONE No 2920 ij Raffles MDtor Garage have just installed 'l a fleet of New Hupmobile j j: ON HIRE AT USUAL RATES. -j MinINTKV TOlRs ARRANGED. KFKK lENT DRIVERS '< NOW READY Singapore and Malayan
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      149 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. St. Dun- tan's Hall Page 2. Bankruptcy notices Page 7. Capstan rignrotwo Page !>. Phoenix aerated waters— Page 7. Quality shoes at Robinson's Page ft. Dainty hand-, mbrokle red dresses ~Pago 2 Mdm. Keivev s chool of dancing -Page 2 i rown cigarettes. Teofani Co.— Pnge ."> latest
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      14 1 WING LOONG FOR HIGH LASS TMLORIN... style. Cut and Finish Guaranteed. .12. HIGH STRFET
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      130 1 THE WEEK. Thursday, Ttth. High Water, ll a.m.. ftj] p.m. New Craigielea. Ltd.. mtg.. noon. Phil. Orchestra. Memorial Hall. 11l p.m. Dslheesic chapter x.:.(t pni. Harmston's Circus. 9 p.m. "Our betters." Victoria Theatre. igh Water. 1.4«*. a.m.. 1.6 p.m. H.F.. the Governor arrives. P. ami O. homeward mail close**-. Detch
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    SECRETS OF THE PEERAGE.
    494 2 \rchl»i>hop W h«» Klo,:ed. Half the peers of England whoa I ir mote T b:m two hundred y?ara old 1. marriage ikelet ns hidden n theeupboardi of their ancestral homes, according to MiArthur s. May. Surrogate in I»*>ct Commons, who publishes a collection of tales of
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      218 2 AT THE HAPPY VALLE¥. The Merry Opera Company. In choice new plays. THE ELITE CINEMA. Programme as good as any, better than many. n— i^gMBu mii i *im* w*+*vm m i TFT F rH0NJE: 3r>1G irji^r^ (>RAM: kanzaki. SINGAPORE. KANZAKI GO. Dyers ard Drycleaners of Silk and Woo'fcn Dresses. Suits,
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      282 2 In aid of the funds of the C.E.Z.M.S. Victoria Theatre. Mrs. Griff ith- Jones presents ROUND THE TOWN (A Topical Revue). Produced by Mr. Francis Graham. November 14th, 19th 21st. m Booking at John -Little's All Seats $3.00. PAVILION (LATE PALLADIUM) From Monday. 2nd to Saturday, November 7th AN ALL
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      391 2 Frcm Saturday, Sist to Th :rsday, sth November ]«.>- SOMETHING VERY FUNNY, SOMETHING TO LAUr.il _t TO LAUGH AY/AY YOUR WORRIES OK THE DAY D AT THE ALHAMBRA |a the Second Show, commencing I u_■ A SUPER COMEDY The First Big Comedy evar made by and featu SID CHAPLIN (Brother
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    COLONIAL ECONOMIC POLICY.
    931 3 COLONIAL ECONOMIC POLICY. OSTRAST CKTWKKN BRITISH AND ni.EH.N METHODS. the Australian Prime Minist<- have stated tha. the re-lii-p-rial Economic Committee ml of the first round of the rial I'n Terence. an arresting statement, especialtbat the Impel ial Economic it itself debarrod from making itioni involving tariff jxrefer- est temporarily on
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    FRENCH HOTELKEEPER ON HIS CLIENTS.
    236 3 It is >:ood to see ourselves as others see us. A confiding French hotel manager, whose clientele is distinctly cosmopolitan, has been unbosoming himself to a traitorous sci ibe. who has revealed his innermost thoughts to the world. Who, he was asked, were his best
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    FAMOUS PRIORY TO GO TO AMERICA.
    131 3 Warwick Priory, a beautiful Elizabethan boose standing in large grounds at Warwick is to be taken down stone by s.one, and sent to America, when it will be rebuilt. The Priory was founded in 1124, by Henry de Newburgh, Karl of Warwick. For many
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    LITERARY LOCOMOTIVES.
    61 3 The names of characters m Sir Walter Scott's works are b ing appropriated for •he naming of locomotives of the "Director" class en the North British section of 'he London and Noith-Eastern Railway. The names Bsed BO far are "Bailie Mac••V ble." "Baron of Bradwar line," "E »an
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    WHEN MUSSOLINI SLEPT OUT.
    681 3 TIPS AS A WINE-SHOP ERRAND BOY. His "Confession." IV'ussolini, the wine-shop porter who has made himself master of Italy, contributes an entertaining preface to The Lite of Benito Mussolini, translated by Frederic Whyte from the Italian of Margherita G. Sarfarti "First of all, a confession!" writes
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    GALLANT RESCUE FROM MAN-EATING SHARK.
    166 3 It was announced m a recent London Gazette that the King has conferred the decoration of the Albert Medal on Gordon Lees of Newcastle, New South Wales, for the rescue of a youth named Jack Canning, who was attacked by a man-eating shark when bathing
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      604 3 **********^^***V.**V* A*^^m**VA***m*m*a^^ j To MOTOR CAR OWNERS. I If you want to keep the body of your Motor Car m first class condition, to improve its appearance, 5 and to avoid constant painting and varnishing, make your Syce use Mastic Polish every day. j Mastic Polish is a genuine Varnish
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    PICTURE OF THE WEEK.
    60 4 .MATEURS AT THK THEATRE. The econd act scene m "Our Betters." Photo bj Nakaj I* TWO SPORTING "STARS."-GrHTo, tho world's clev. «1 boxer (on the 1 ai he is to-day, with '2- 'chawpian her <>f thi> r.S.A." PLENTY OF PAINT REQUIRED.-Ships' painters at work on the
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    SOCIETY'S NEW SIN.
    1196 5 HY A GENTLEMAN WITH A IH'STEK." Some «,ne asked me the other day to give a subscription to a society whose go- <i works are #nore or less decorative. The look of surprise in the asker's face when I refused led me to make, a few explanatory
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    PEOPLE WHO MATTER.
    572 5 SIMPLE MR. FORD. Lord Riddell fpllows up an earlier entertaining volume with "More Things That Mptter" (Hodder and Stoughton, 7s. 6d. net). It might have been called ''People Who Matter," for a great part of it is composed of brilliant liUle thumbnail portraits of celebrities among his
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    83 5 This is a story told by "'Quex." It wan never an express, and that morning it had beaten it s own record for stopping. After niakinp the eighth stop, and remaining: in the station for twenty minutes, a passenger thrust his head out and shouted to the puard. "I say,
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    AN EXCITING LIFE.
    1011 5 THE 'BEST SELLER" AT WORK. Writing to the editor of a magazine old Blodgers, author of "The Lure of Bhing" (110th thousand), states: "I invariably go up to the study at ten each morning, and work till half-past one or two. If I have not completed the
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      214 5 TENDERS. Naval Stun:- now lying Oil Fuel I'rpot, Normanton, »ad may b« insp*ct*d Sunday, bltweei I a.m. and A i .Tylor) Mot.-r Lorry (old). wMch :ir< r.-turnabh' on i 192ft, May b»- obtained Thf Niival BUN OtTicpr, m. NAVAL OFFICES, PM y< rV Buildings. Sintrapore. (|U ;KNMKNT_OI .1OHORE. ;1 WORKS
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    IMPERIAL SOCIAL HYGIENE.
    1305 6 MR. AMERY ON A HEALTH POLICY. Congress at Wembley. The Imperial side of public health work was dealt with at the Imperial Social Hygiene Congress at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley. The Congress, which is organized by the British Social Hygiene Council, was opened by Mr. Amery.
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    MAGIC WORLD "AUSTRALIAN."
    293 6 After quoting the words of a returned traveller, who said that m Germany the magic word Australia carried him past the Customs with a flourish of chalk, and that wherever he said he was an Australian business man he was made welcome, a writer m the Sydney
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    NEW TYPE OF WINDMILL.
    198 6 The "wing rotor," as Fngineer Captain S. J. Savonius of Helsingfors calls his newtype of windmill, is described as formed by tare upright half-cylinders, 50 mounted on a vertical spindle half-way between that their edges overlap into the axis of curvature of each other. Running without
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    "SAFETY FIRST" IN THE AIR.
    310 6 LM.EN.OIs DEVICEg Timely Remind, i 1 '»> A novel safety a I I brake, and device v. I automatically I seat and lowen hii I hef'n eOMthKtod by S Ike Italian The machine, w -i !h cessfully. h ;i!U are tw •uxilia, main plan,. Whe,
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    THF INNER IMPULSE.
    121 6 The man who has not nimed a surreptitious kick at Somebody'- lap dofl time is no man. \V>- call t"friend of man." hut the instil dogs dates from the far day I packs and wolf packs f<>u_f I world supremacy. There is a its* outside a mansion
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    PIGEONS IN A PROPERTIES.
    65 6 Thirty BINS I ■'!>• St rain hi r >' lir A flock of pigeons flea propeller, of s Handle) P airplane which had jttSt lefl drome on a fliffhl to Pi Birds usually ay id sirplan was surprised to see the I towards the machine and
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    THE INVESTIGATION.
    67 6 M. Ciemenceau hai I rot lost his old keenm things for himself. Dai I to Paris he went round the and made some pan h < dear," he declared to a 60 centimes for M>BM I ai I only fifty." She looked at ment. the,, said. "Ali I
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      642 6 Whit eaway's for WATCHES CLOCKS at Reasonable Prices. Wakehlj p I" s^op«E] nnilßl C DC I I UTTLE DWARF TIMEIMKCE. L/V_/U DLL DIILL ONE OF NA/ H ITE AWAY S tmm solid brass and steel, well A ADyV>l /^l Api/ STANDARD VALUES tem|»red steel main spring and hair V l
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    SCOTTISH LETTER.
    1401 7 •ill. BALDWIN ON HOUSING. Increased Std < dy For Scotland. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Edinburgh, Oct. 7. k was characteristic ol Mr. Baldwin to pay an unofficial and unheralded visit to the slums of Glasgow prior to receiving the Freedom of the City. It gave him an opportunity
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    CAMERA AND THE SUPERNATURAL.
    464 7 >\ hat a Lunatic Saw. When I was travelling with a friend t« India, a few years ago. writes a correspondent to Chamber's Journal, ye came OM day upon one of the Indian jucg'.er-, who was just going to perform the famous mango trick. He was
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      384 7 BUSINESS CARDS, f^ i NERALSI SINGAPORE CASKET CO. i ■\|»KRTAKKRS." 1 1 i I .PHONB 7... jj __.a_._t_ u<>o <*-<*•*>•>** <>*'*'•<> WMMMMMl #_o-o -.^a**- i *n* t rd for the H "^»"«ted J a r_c_i-aae of Musical InstrumenU. tr I U SEASON (0., LTD. o I m sad 113. Worth
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      301 7 NOTICES. EXCHANGE RANKS. The Exchange Banks will be closed on Wednesday lth November and Saturday and -nUav ,1th .,nd ,6th November beinT Public iioiioavs. 13.11 NOTICE. The Italian Textile Co.. Ltd. (feoff), in .lava) lunby B«tify that they will km, to 116 (eci Str.-et on the 5th of No\emb-.r. Mr
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1925.
    736 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1925. Dig_.it y of Hand- work. Malaya would be able to look torward to a mo^e prosperous human future if we could persuade all parents and adolescents to* recognise the dignity of manual labour. The phrase "the dignity of labour" is hackneyed and unfortunately
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH.
    19 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH. HACKWOKTHY. Is Knjrlaml. ss ths Tth October, m_s. to Mr. ami Mrs. H. T. Hackworthy. sen.
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    315 8 Maison Rosane, of room 162. Raffles Hotel, hai just received from Paris a consignment of the latest Parisian wear. Mis- Ora Jean Gjerde arrived by the President Garfield on Tuesday to take up teaching with the Methodist Episcopal Mission here. Hi- Excellency Sir Laurence (.uillcir.ard is due to arrive m
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    HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.
    816 8 SUCCESSFUL OPENING NIGHT. There was all tho excitement and bustle which Is usually the case "when the circus comes to towrf/' m Robinson Road last night. Harmston's Circus commenced a season m Singa pore, their tent beim> pitched on the ground which was used by the Rodeo Co.
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    BOY SCOUTS OF NEGRI SEMBILAN.
    529 8 BOY SCOUTS OF NEGRI SEMBILAN. RAPID PROC.RKSS N UK MONTHS The Commission, r Visit Mr. P. Sands, the s for Malaya, paid an oft ban on Saturday, and in addressed a lar K e an d in?.,, 1(1 J on the Scout movement. I cellent attendance. Mr. Year wood said
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    "VAUDEVILLE NIGHTS."
    162 8 To-pight tbt* last <>f the .1 performances t.f SomeraH Maugham'i tomtit "Oui Betters* 1 Ki lH i iri*c Riven l>\ gapore amateurs. To-morrow sight th< uutmn will preuent fof the fir t tinv their variety programme "VautU'vilK \iirhts." Thr pro^ramsM indicate* this fntt-rtainnuMit Ik HMiposed of pK 1
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    ST. DUNSTANS
    39 8 A Ball will be held in ni< stan's at the Memorial II Nov. aoth.. Kmm inf Tickets at five dollars each R oil from Mrs. Thonun. 8 I Road, Miss Griffith-Joiu-s. 19 MRoad, and Mr. Briffht, Dop
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    POPPY DAY.
    12 8 Ifn. Sproule ap|H'als for ladies to sell poppies <>n Ptopp}
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    18 8 Major \V. N. Edwards. Ip seconded for service with the R triction Department with etf< *V""1 1, 1923.
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      170 8 _.■■—■^i THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S "D&C" WHISKY. NEWLY INTRODUCED TO THIS MARKET IN THE BARREL SHAPED BOTTLE A REALLY GOOD WHISKY AT A LOW PRICE CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Shanghai.) Smgapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh and Kiang. t PATRONISED Ag jjfe^Sk^ BY RoVAITY 2^^ mm -W^nmm^^&k^^**^mmmm^Jmmm**^ ml^^
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    LONDON MONEY FREE.
    173 9 L TRUST THE CITY. gMBABGO OFF Lf>ANS. [Reuter's Service.] London, Nov. JJ. Churchill at Sheffield announced that 7 I; ha«l decided to remove the em- the is<ue of Dominion, Colonial oil i >'*■ H loans m the London market. Mr Churchill emphasised the wisdom of 2 ,1
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    KNGLISH MUNICIPALITIES.
    43 9 I London. Nov. 3. i the Municipal ndon :«n«i the Provinces show Laboui il net -:iin la 135 L r )it IK in London. h« I«i thi- majority in tipht of ght London Boroachs. There i^ Greenwich ;m<l the ivmaininjr nine-
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    NEW YORK'S MAYOR.
    107 9 PENMAN REJECTED. [Reuter's Service.] New York. Nov. I. Ja nes *A tlkei ha- been elected cable, received on Tuesday. •ter Nea York to-day is elect- ami other municipal authorities ■.mpaipn is the dullest for many years. ted tha: the .1- moeratic or TarnJ Hall candidate for th
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    CENTRAL AMERICA SPLIT.
    35 9 [Reuter\> Service.] I'anama, Nov. I. announce* the xwance of itUm between Ecuador and »wing the conclusion of a Colombia and Peru, ceding main frontier lands to which claimed the righti of reversion.
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    THE KADAVER STORY.
    54 9 [■entert Service.] I -'lulnn. NOV. I, Charterii has ,,,ade a y denying the statei» With regard to the rj >t,,ry during his nAmerica. H, < a id the alleffa had invented the Kadaver 1 t v7 iti( P o hot- faked material for propa- He had circumstance*
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    WELSH DAM BURST.
    31 9 •Reuter's Serviced london, Nov. 3. ;il _nreat damage are '--sting of a dam. T he elec V, aXe 0< I),:«ar- Nation supplying '<» Hooded and many orth Hea are
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    FARMER STRIKE BREAKERS.
    24 9 **fe*'i Service.] Brisbane, Nov. 4. '•V, hundred far 'V--fn to bieak the rKurn.n K home, afU r Mahi, Ul tured coaling
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    FRENCH WAY OUT.
    298 9 CABINET REMAINS. Sl'PPORT BY ABSTENTION. [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Nov. 3. The Chamber has passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 221 votes to 189. [A Havas telegram confirms this]. Paris, Nov. 3. Thf Government has decided to stand or fall by The vote of the
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    NEW SOVIET CONSULATE.
    86 9 [Reuter's Service.] Rj«:a, Nm*. 4. The Soviet preal expresses great satisfaction at the inauguration last week of a Con-sulate-General at Urumtsi m Western China. Pravda attributes great importance to the prospects of increased influence m this district which it describes as "near the frontiers of India." The
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    FUNERAL OF FRUNSE.
    64 9 [Reuter's Service.] Moscow, Nov. 4. The members of the Government, the diplomatic corps and deputations from several cities followed the hearse of Frunse, who was buried m the wall of the Red Square of the Kremlin, near Lenin's mausoleum. As the coffin was lowered into the grave
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    CHINA'S AUTONOMY.
    28 9 [Reuter's Service.] Peking,, Nov. 4. The Powers represented at the Tariff Conference agreed to concede China's claim tt autonomy on the customs tariff under certain conditions.
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    PERSIAN GULF CYCLONE.
    44 9 [Reuter's Service.] Baghdad, Nov. 4. According to reliable information from Bahrein no more than 4ff pearl fishers were drowned during the recent cyclone m the Persian Gulf, while there were lOi i'u .alities near Katif owing to falling d kta trees.
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    TO THE RESCUE?
    24 9 [Reuter's Service.] Alexandria, Nov. 4. The two American destroyers which have boen awaiting instructions here left hurriedly this morning for Beirut.
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    CINEMA DIRECTRESS DEAD.
    20 9 [Havas Service.] Los Angeles, Nov. 4. The death has occurred of the cinema directress, Mrs. Sydney Drew.
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    28 9 A new leper asylum is being built at Sungei Buloh at a cost of $20,000. whilst a Central Decrepit Asylum at the same place is to cost $10,000.
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    POLITICS PER WIRELESS.
    155 9 LOCARNO TREATY. STRESEMANN EXPLAINS. [Reuter's Service.] Berlin, Nov. 4. Heir Stresemann used the wireless *»s a medium for expounding tha importance of the Locarno treaties. He emphasised that the security pact meant that France had renounced the policy involved by Marshal Foch and M. Clemenceau's suggestions at
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    TO FIGHT THE TREATY.
    90 9 [Reuter's Service.] Ilerlin, Nov. 4. At a meeting of delegates from all the ■xtreme Nationalist organisations in Gk-r-many, in the presence of Prime Oscar of Prussia, it was decided to unite all the Nationalist organisations t<> fight apainst the Locarno Treaty, which resolution was adopted after
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    INSPECTORS SIGNATURE FORGED.
    245 9 Evidence Against Constable Kecorded. A matter of considerable interest came up before the Third Magistrate yesterday, when evidence was recorded against Abdul Rani, a constable who was doing clerical work for the Traffic" Branch and who has absconded since a charge of having forged Inspector Uphill's signature
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    MALAY WOMAN'S ALLEGED DISHONESTY.
    152 9 Articles of jewellery were strewn over ♦he table in the District Court throughout yesterday when Mr. Kranklyn Robinson, District Judge, recorded evidence against a Malay woman named (he Tek binte Dangang who has been charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of about $G,000 worth
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    IN THE COURTS.
    100 9 The police have a report of the death of a Javanese whose body was found in Bukit Timah Rubber Estate with a wound in the throat. An. inquest will be held into the affair. It is not known for certain if the deceased was murdered or if
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    THE ASSIZES.
    782 9 SEVEN YEARS FOR HROKER OF FORGED NOTES. Some of Thousands. Stated to be a broker in forged one dollar notes erf a type similar to thousands which have been before the Courts recently Ho Ah Sen, an elderly Kheh, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Deane to seven years
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    32 9 "Papa," said the small son, "what do they mean by college bred? Is it different from any other kind of bread?" "My son," said the father, "it is a four years' loaf."
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    AND THE SOVIET.
    389 11 TOKYO summary of Kar Eastern the warm, though far from «:i l i the delegates of Professional unions by the iutho- n«..v the} were put up at but, closely shadowed, found appear m public or even nten iea of any kind to the Pressmen who were on
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    BUDDHIST MONK IN LONDON.
    137 11 iwo tears Converting England. a .mains the following: the Anagarika DharmaMonk, who has come to to convert London to appearance last the Buddhist Lodge S lety m BedfordTl ika, who has been m London travelled over the greater *<>rld m the interests of BudM Peal representative
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    5 11 'ivec to seVenty-six -•-Sir Edmund
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    HOSPITAL FOR ANTIQUES.
    595 11 William Ardouin writes m the Daily Ex-pu-ss:__ln the heart of London -Rmsellsquare, Bloomsbury— scientific research has been carried on for a number of years which is specially directed to the infirmity of historical antia.uities. It is a branch of the Department of Industrial and Scientific Research, which
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    DEMOLISHING THE OLD BANK OF ENGLAND.
    187 11 Wreckers' Hard Task. The work of demolishing- the Bank of Enghnd, prior to its rebuilding, has presented a very difficult task. "I doubt if walls built to-day will give U much trouble to the destructors as these oid walls," said the Governor of the
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    THE WELL OF ENGLISH.
    55 11 A native of the Lake District, m reply to a tourist who wished to know the probable course of the weather, replied, "There'll happen be a lile bit of a snifter. It dizzies and dozzles and does, but there'll be nae girt pelt." It puts "hiking"
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    CHARMS AND SPELLS.
    815 11 India is pre-eminently the land _of spells and charms. All the most savage and most benighted races of the world could hardly hope to boast the number and variety of spells, charms and incantations that inflict themselves on India. Many of these, no doubt, are survivals from
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    A STRANGE PROPOSAL.
    124 11 Passengers who arrived m Australia by the Orvieto recently told an amusing story m which the central figure was a young Melbourne girl, who returned on the ship from a European tour. When the vessel was near the Cocos Islands, a lonely cable station, the girl, having
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    UTOPIA.
    81 11 Mr. H. G. Wells, who has just turned sixty, has his own ideas of Utopia, and he is sometimes surprised to find that other folk "have theirs. At a dinner he was discussing world-betterment with his neighbour, when the latter solemnly asserted: "I maintain that all water used for
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    PARISIANA.
    1002 14 PARISIAN A. A COMPLAINT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Paris, Oct. 5. Long-suffering though the Parisians are, they have at last seen the folly of retain- i ing on the "strength" singers who aacr c past work. Some of these artists, though far from aged, haye owing to many years m
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    THE IDEAL INCOME.
    662 14 SORROWS OF. A PLUTORCRAT. I notice that Sir Ernest Benn, who started as an office boy, suggests in his book published to-day that he has a good time on £1,0,000 a year, writes E. Palmer in the Star. It happens that a short time ago I spent
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    SMOKING AS GOOD AS A REST.
    115 14 C'iKarcttes I*rc»ved a Restorative. Cigar «ti« nookers who have pleadad the soothing effect of tobacco as a justification for the habit will find support for their theory in observations carried out in Ame- lica by Mr. W. L. Mendenhall, which are the subject of
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    BAGDAD ON THE HUDSON.
    668 14 MAGIC CITY OF THE NEW WORLD. Mecca of Wealth and Pleasure. New York. New York is built on an island about thirteen miles long and not more than two and a half miles wide at its widest part. It has a day population of 8 000,000
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    ANOTHER ALFRED SHRUBB?
    283 14 («reat Sussex Kunn«r. They aiv Raying down in Sussex that in Arthur Muggeridge they bave found uc cessor to Alfred Shrubb, the fam< us H r man athlete. Of certainty the diminutive afuggeridge (hia height is barely 5fu) u improving, and will u<> <«n Improving, i >r
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    THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS.
    284 14 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. The only Morning Daily -I live "news" paper 35-40 columi I daily, also the best M* I Delivered with the Chota Hazri each r I injr, with Latest Telegran I and Latest Announcer I exclusive special features, "Pietun I week" Seria] Story. Ladi E Telephone Cable
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      315 14 Baked to Pepfectioa 4 Of course, an oven just right is necessary to successful i baking, plain or fancy, but it is hopeless unless the dough 1 is properly prepared. If you use Raisley "m accordance "> m _fi_?V^-^ Wll^ e sim P' e directions, you can always he sure
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      181 14 AM ANO Lit 1 Alotofsma I on my arms a: > a d PP__ r^ itching was terrible w?^ washed the at*. I I pies would brr__ I painful. They Ded* 'T I awake a great dra, I get no rest. I Wa c I -üble kept get,: J* I
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    FRASHER & CO.. EXCHANGE AN SHARE BROKERS.
    494 15 FRASHER CO.. EXCHANGE AN SHARE BROKERS. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4th. MINING. Batang Padan/xin Idns Hydraulic (ft t I 8 Kamunting U) r s 54s Johan Tin U> 4s 9? o.d. Hitam Tin g 60 Kinta Assn. (lot J|S J-fJ Knchai Ords. ($d J-M Lingui ($1) Kuchai Prefs. <$i) }«g Kinla Tin
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    EXCHANGE.
    67 15 November 4. Bank =1 tn.s. Cj4 16-32 Bank, demand 2|4 6-32 Private credits :j m 2 4% New York, demand 56^ Credits 90 days 5g7 /8 France, demand 1300 India. T. T. 154 HonKkonj;. demand 44 p. c Prem. > Yokohama, demand (3S% 8 Java, demand MO 1 11
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    PRODUCE.
    228 15 November 4. Tin ion Tens si 42. •_'."> Gaahier in. 75 Peppe r White r.t» Pepper Blake 1 1 Flak. Tapioca G 00 Pearl gaga Small 11 Copra ii.7i Copra Sundried If ou Opium. Benarea unt. 1.000 Rice. Liaag Hin Chan H-rk H!u« Bagk (Old I Ml Rice. Liang
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    42 15 Singapore, Nov. I, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ril Sjed Sw k«-»1 i Sheet Spot and Nov. I.6OV1 1.61; Dec. IM 1.56ft Jan. -March 1.41 tt 1.42; Arri:June l.^O 1 LSI. London Quotation Shfvt .is. ll%d Market Steady.
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    GERMAN OIL FUSION.
    344 15 New O mpany With C apital of V!1.')O«.OOO. So bitter in recent years has beCOPM the fight between tin- Germani and the foreifrn mineral oil-producing companies that the German companies have at last been compelled Ml ferm a trust in order to hold even their home markets.
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    122 15 RUBBER AUCTION. YESTERDAY'S LIST The Singapore Chamfer of COBUMSrct Rubber Association, beld its Tiffed, auction yesterday, where there was Catalogued *02,277 lbs. I84J6 tons. Offered 584,658 lbs.; 234.22 tons, gold 401.011, lbs. 17'.».0l' ■ons. Spot. London 3s n%i{ New York I ai I'KKES RBAUZKD. Ribbed Smoked Sheet
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    MACPHA1L & CO. LTIVS REPORT.
    173 15 MACPHA1L CO. LTIVS REPORT. Singapore. No\. 1. Robber.— London Ss. Ll%d Quiet I 1 .60. Tin. -London 1281, Local Uii 1 LOO tons Bold. Rubbers. The share market is quiet Jeram Kuantana have buyers ai L62 and Mentakabs at 52, Ulu Benuts art' quoted n ..*> and New Craigieleas at
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S REPORT.
    180 15 Singapore. N«\. I. Tin. K81. Down 60s. Local I42W. l" 11 t'»MS. Rubber. Ss. lljfcd. Down l »d. Rubbers. -Jimahs have made 2.40. Krunei United* have wllcri at 7.<>o cum. Allenbya can be ta! en at 8.25 and Tapahs at 26.25, Connemaraa have buyen at J.2'J'-.
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
    196 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (I.. R. Macphail). Singapore, Nov. 1. Rubber Us. ll\d. i 4 d. d.wn. Local l.tfl 1 Tin.— £2*1. .")0s. down. The rubber share market is quiet. Mm injr stocks are steady and a pood littnand exists for Industrials and Loans. Rubbers. Jeram Kuantans were placed at
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    QUEBEC CROPS WORTH $250,000,000.
    60 15 Quebec, Que, The province of Qwbec'l 1925 crop will be worth $2~»:>.000.on<>, iccording to Hon. J. E. Taron. Minister of Agriculture, who stated that tlu> crop r n\o prospects of being th<* bMt in fift«*t n %ears. Hay, potatoes, grains and f»uits %rt aH abundant crops,
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      919 15 jANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) a A Bead Office: Hongkong Authorised Capital SSO ooo nnn Issued and fully paid up I20M0 000 Reserve Fund jerHng* fJ^OoS Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,'ooo!ooo COURT OF DIRECTORS. w atten J en Es( Chairmai w n pii i? 1 Esq
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      41 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. j (Incorporated in England by Royal CbarUr A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MAUINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singap'-* Representative Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., Ltd, CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (1st floo^ A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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      "THE BEST MACHINE AND PILOT WON."
      127 16 Tribute to Schneider Cup Winner. London, Oct. 27. Baltimore. -The Schneider Cup race was won by the best seaplane and the best pilot. Captain Broad put up a gallant fipht but after the race he said: "My 'bus could not jr«> fast enough. The
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      POLO IN INDIA.
      51 16 Encouragement from National Pony Society. London, Oct. 28. In response to an application to assist in the encouragement <>f the Indian count-ry-bred polo and riding ponies, the Council of the National Pony Society has decided to offer a silver r;edal at the Imperial Delhi Horse Show in
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      GERMANY AND LAWN TENNIS.
      47 16 Ue- Admission to International Federation. London, Oct. 27. The Council of the Lawn Tennis Association has decided, if and when Germany joins the League of Nations, to instruct the British delegates at the International Federation to vote for Germany*? re-ad-mission to that body.
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      "GANDHI— MY MASTER."
      91 16 "G ANDHI— M Y M ASTER." London. Oct. 28. Paris. Miss Madeleine Slade, daughter of Admiral Sjr Edmond Slade, ex-Com-mander-ir-Chief of the East Indies Squadron, has left Paris for India. She intends to devote the rest of her life and personal fortune in furthering the interests of Mahatnia Gandhi whom
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      TEMPORARY SECRETARY TO TRADE IN ION CONGRESS.
      55 16 London. Oct. 27. The General Council of the Trade Union Congress has appointed its present Assistant Secretary. Mr. Walter Citrine, t<"> be temporary Secretary, in succession to the late Mr. Fred Bramley. It is expected that the appointment of permanent Secretary will be
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      PERSIAN GULF CYCLONE.
      74 16 Kombay. Oct. 27. Karachi. Oct. 27th. The Daily Gazette publishes reliable information from Bahrain to the effect that several buildinps and mud huts were swept away by the cyclone on October 1st. and that a considerable loss of life occurred in the pearl fishing fleet, which was
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      PROPOSED BOYCOTT OF CURRENCY COMMISSION.
      77 16 PROPOSED BOYCOTT OF CURRENCY COMMISSION. Delhi. Oct. 27. Bombay, Oct. 27th. Another requisition is reported to have been sent for a meeting of the Indian Merchants' Chamber, to consider the boycott of the Currency Commission. Leading merchants ami economists of Bombay have, on the »ther hand, at a meeting unanimously
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      ROGOROUS ITALIAN CENSORSHIP
      50 16 London. Oct. 27. ROHM.—- The (Government has tightened the rigorous censorship of the Press by dissolving the Manajrinjr Board of the Italian Press Association, also other journalistic- bodies, and has appointed three journalists to administer the Press Association. A Treasury official will administer the journalists' provident funds.
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    48 16 The marriage arranged between Mr. Harold W. Rickeard. Planter, Johore. late of Gurun Estate, Kcdah, and Miss Kathleen E. Toinbe. niece of Mr. Walter H. Bredin, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Sungei Patani, will take place quietly at St. George's Church, Penang. on Monday, 16th inst. at 2.30 p.m.
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      HOCKEY.
      224 16 S.C.C. Dcfea Blakang Mati. The Indian gunners from Blakang Mati suffered defeat at the hands of the Club 1 yesterday afternoon. Both sides played vigorous hockey, the gunners beinp inclined to be rather wild in their shooting and pass- in£. The S.C-C. were a far superior side in tlio
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      JACOBS SUSPENSION.
      48 16 Indian Associations Action Supported. London, Oct. 27. The Council of the English Tennis Association has passed a resolution support- ing the Indian Association's suspension of Jacob. Jacob states that beyond receiving a copy of a cable from India he is without official intimation of his suspension.
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      AGA KHAN AND FRENCH RACING.
      147 16 More Horses in Training in England. London. Oct. 27. The Affa Khan, interviewed, said that his reason for giving up racing in France was that he finds he will be very little in Paris during the next few years. He was •>nly there a month
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      SELANGOR GOLF CLUB.
      133 16 Mixed Foursomes Competition b> Moonlight. The final for the moon lighters' prize between Mr. and Mrs. Klles and Mr. and Miss Gutheridge was played on Saturday night, and malted in a win for the latter by 3 and 1. The competition is probably unique in the golfing
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      FOOTBALL.
      53 16 Chinese Versus the R*»t. W« are asked to point out that the charge for admission to the Stadium on Saturday afternoon on the occasion of the meeting between the S.C.F.A. and the Rest, will be one dollar, .">() cents, and 20 cents. The proceeds will be handed, owr to
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      RUGBY.
      132 16 Asiatics in Penang XV. The Penang Rugby Fifteen which deflated Perak .,n Saturday by two goals (10 points) to nil included two Asiatic players, the two halves being Zain Ariffin and Lim Keng Chuan. Penang's victory ap. pears to have been well deserved, for in the second half Perak
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    MATTERS CHINESE.
    970 16 CHINESE MARRIAGE. In China, marriage is a civil contract which must be evidenced by an agreement and supported by a consideration. Unlike countries m which the civil or common law prevails, marriage has never until recently been regulated by religion. Neither has it been customary for priests to
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      SUPPORT THE EMPIRE.
      407 16 To the Editor. Sir, The industrial sky, neVer very clear for years past, is full of gathering clouds which threaten to burst next spring, and to cause floods which will submerge many of the reviving hopes of British trade. The poor old Homeland! what a sad time
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      THE FIRE-WOOD RAMP.
      88 16 THE FIRE- WOOD RAMP. To th«- Editor. Sir, May I be permitted through your columns to call attention to the prices which are being charged for fire-wood in Singapore at the present time. $14 per cartload of 400 small logs is a preposterous price. The cost of living here has
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      SENSATIONAL BOXING AT NEW JERSEY.
      67 16 Harry Wills Wins in Two Minutes. London, Oct. 27. New York. At Xew Jersey Harry Wills, the Negro Heavy-Weight Champion, sensationally won, by a technical knock out, against Floyo Johnson in two minutes, landing lefts to body and head and sending Johnson back to the
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      SINGAPORE VOLUNTER CORPS.
      72 16 Programme of Drills up to and for Nov 8. Thursday, 4.30 p.m. Bukit Timah, B Company, Practice, Bromhead-Mat thews Shield. Saturday, 2.30 p.m. Bukit Timah, Malay Company, Company Rifle Meeting. Buses Jeave Malay Drill Hall at 1.45 p.m. Sunday, 8.30 a.m. Bukit Timah, 1st Reinforcement, Practice, Bromhead-Matthews
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      BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION.
      52 16 Orders for week ending: November 8th. Thursday, November 5th Band Practice, 5 p.m. Friday, November 6th Second Troop Inspection, 5 p.m. Saturday, November 7th, Bridge Building at Fort Canning 9 a.m. Sixth 'Troop 2 p.m. Fifth Troop U a.m. Eighth Troop 4 p.m. First Troop. FRANK C.
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      211 16 Moutrie Pianos I Are the Best Value m the tropics to-daj m p I and Quality. I In construction and tonal balance they are \h 1 finished Product of Art and Workman* i, I Prices $600 upon terms. I S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD I m (Incorporated m Hongkong). I The
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