The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 October 1925

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 14 1 Singapore Free Press v Eifl 13. frINKAPORE. S.S., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 14, 1925. NO. 11,620.
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  • 271 1 A special cable from our London earrespondeat states that Sir Laurence Guillemard is rt turning to the Colony only for a short term Page 8. The post of Chief Secretary, F.M.S. is to be retained, and Sir GeorKe Maxwell is expected to make a personal statement Page
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  • 978 1 The fust thing you do on arriving at Lc Mont .P'lic after the hairs are unpacked and the creases down your hack proclaim you a newcomer, is to make quick bee Ha for the nearest English-speaking doctor. Whereupon, In al probability, since everybody seems to andergq much
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 187 1 SWALLOW ARIELL'S HNGERNUT BISCUITS j ___^__^__^__I__h__^__l __^__r RAFFLES HOTEL. Telephone No. 2920. AUTUMN RACE MEETING SPECIAL RACE DINNER DANCE on Saturday, October V7tW Saturday, October 24tH. DANCING until 1.45 a.m. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietor*. J•i 5 I Fraser j and Neave Ltd. > Manufacturers of Aerated Waters, Syrups, Ij > Squashes,
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    • 157 1 mmm mmmmmmummmaamm ammmmmmmmm mm i ----M-M-, ■-><— ---------I^SZIZZ^S "Kurlo' Soap Wafers. Absolutely pun- and free from any deleterious ingi*edients. Un■Uipaiiuid for washing woollens, laces, silks etc. "Kurlo" Will not inju»*..< or harden the most delicate fabric. illPSialT Shrinking shampoo {jZ&^^*~^~\j^ £3 solutiofi. S\jr& V'N Manufactured by: WILLIAM GOSSAGE SONS LIMITED.
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    • 121 1 LATEST ADYERTISEiMENTS. Municipal Notice Page 7. ("old Storage milk Page 3. Philips lamps, l.'.E's Page 3. Framroz for quality Page 7. Gilbey's gin. Guthrie's Page 8. Goodyear balloon tyre's Page 4. Our Betters at Theatre— Page 2. "Limpet* fittings, Jacks Page 9. Shipping on pages 10. 12 and IS. Buy
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    • 10 1 SV,AIL( W ARIELL'S I VARIETY WAFERS I ARE DELICIOUS I
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 140 1 THE WEEK. Weepeeemmm, 14th, ligh Water, s. r »l :i.m.. B. IS p.m. laeeo Show. Anson»rd> 9.11 p.m. Thmremmm, \bth. ligli Water, '.MS a.m.. 0.3 p.m. I. I. homeward mail closes. Baetera Gate Lodge, &Ji p.m. todi'o Show. Anson-nl., 9.11 p.m. V'illiam ffenghan, Vie. Theatre, 9..W p.m. Friday, lith. ligh
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  • 336 2 Tile first of a Bee Of the strangest craft Great Britain ha< ever- possessed is now Ik ing made ready for an immediate aerial journey oi 600 naiies across the North Sea. fiom Copenhagen to Felixstowe, states the Daily Chronicle: Its r< are seamen as well
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  • 114 2 Than \a a itrong knurck of Catullus abont Thomaa Hardy*a 'Epitaph on a iV-simist," printed m the client number oi the London Mercury. •*l*m Smith of Stoke, a^-d sixty odd, I've lived without a dame From youth-time on: and would to God My dad had done the same." It
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  • 127 2 Mr. Curtis I). Wilbur, Secretary for tha Navy of tht' United States, whose position —a purely political one —is likely to he -oniewhat shaken by the "Shenandoah" disaster, became Rater of Uncle Sam's Naves by tbc traditional method of polishing up the handle sf the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 205 2 Three Popular Face Creams CREME SHALIMAR LA REINE DE CREME MALACCEINE CREAM. Obvaina'olo at MKfMCAL HALL LTD, SINGAFORE. VICTORIA THEATRE. ONE WEEK ONLY. Commencing Monday, October 19th at 9.30 p.m. GONSALEZ BROTHERS Present THE ITALIAN GRAND OPERA CO. Monday, October 19th. FEDORA. Tuesday. October 20th. MADAME BUTTERFLY. Wednesday, October 21st.
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    • 294 2 Victoria Theatre. Thurs. ISth, Frid. 16th, Sat. 17th instant 9-30 p.m. WILLIAM HEUGHAN SINGER AND ACTOR THE GREATEST INTERPRETATIVE ARTISTE THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN— DRAMATIC, LYRICAL AND HUMOURUS. BRILLIANT ASSOCIATE ARTISTES HYMAN LENZER. GLADYS SAVER. Australia's Greatest Violinist World-famed pianiste Box Plan at Littles— Prices $3, $2. $1. •^^^■'•^■■««*«*M**B*B***_rf»***3*««_<**r_---»
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    • 285 2 TWO EXCELLENT PICTURES PROVIDING sim 7 ENTERTAINMENT From Tuesday, 13th October, to Surdav, LBth Octd ALHAMBRA A METRO SPECIAL PRODUCTION PRESENT! \r SCREEN STAR V *C who has figured prominently m many a famous MAE MURRAY who appears to advantage m this picture THE FRENCH DOLL Based on A. E.
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  • 695 3 INFANTRY PROTEST OVERRULED. Salisbury Plain, Sept. 7. firing surprise manoeuvre tactics of the "Snipe" and the 'Woodcock" *\ire to continue uninterruptedly. In earlier messages I have described the l eally remarkable achievements ol .he airmen and the moral effect of their swift flight immediately 'above the heads of
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  • 87 3 The efficiency of modern artificial limbs is illustrated by the case of James Moher. of the Northern Rivers, New South Wales, who, by the aid of artificial arms, is able to write legibly enough to expevt a position aa tally clerk m a sugar refinery. Moher lost one
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  • 58 3 curious mistake occurred at Hull Police Court recently. After a youth charge*?! with theft had b?en remanded it was discovered that the wrong prisoner had bt»&n put forward. An explanation of the incident was furnished by the detective engaged m the case, who apologetical'y said: I never looked
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  • 584 3 REVOLT AGAINST MOSLEM "FUNDAMENTALISM." The case of Sheikh Ali Abdur Raxzak, which seems likely to lead to a Ministerial crisis of serious proportions m Egypt, offers an interesting Eastern parallel to the "Monkeyville" trial which recently agitateu the United States. Sheikh Ali is one of the
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  • 136 3 Valuable Persian Relic London. Oct. I. The Daily Express says that the Colonial Office and Scotland Yard are searching m London for a man who successfully smuggled from Baghdad an antique statue, which, it is reported, is worth between 16,000 and i' 12,000. The
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  • 140 3 The y< llow-liveried chauffeur outsido the station started up his yellow juggernaut 'he moment he heard the train drawing m inside. From the train there stepped forth superbly a magnificent lady. Porters, invisible hitherto, rushed fron- al' nui.iteis to do her behests, leaving lesser folk to shoulder
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 382 3 •*mm_mm_P**E* ,t '*-^^^m^^ %L^ Tk Appoinimcnt X. The Food of Kings! TO YOU. Baby is the King of your household, and claims as his birthright the Food of Kings I and as the best is not too good for the children of Royalty, it is not too good for your
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    • 206 3 DRINK MORE BOTTLED MILK, BUILDS PERMANENT NERVE i AND BODY TISSUE— SO ESSENTIAL FOR WORK AND PLAY. AmW \W N 1 KEEP YOUR LOVED ONES WELL AND HAPPY. SERVE MORE BOTTLED MILK AT MEALTIMES AND BETWEEN MEALS TOO. OBTAINABLE FROM ALL THE BRANTHES AND SELLING AC.EMiES OF THE SINGAPORE COLD
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  • 911 4 STtDEBAKER'S AMAZINCi ENDURANCE. In 1924 "Iron Man" Burton made a phenomenal run from Fremantle to Sydney, a total road distance of 2,889 miles, m 141% hours, and that Studebaker performance, until recently, was reckoned the greatest motoring feat ever carried out m Australia. Recently, however,
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    • 134 4 The ARMSTRONG j SIDDELEY FOUR 14 I WE HAVE RECEIVED ADVICE OF SHIPMENTS OF S THE NEW MODEL I ji AGAINST WHICH WE ARE BOOKING ORDERS. Ij 4 WHEEL BRAKES— ADJUSTABLE FRONT SEATS— SEMI- J ELLIPTIC SPRINGS. 5 THERE IS NO BETTER CAR. jj j Malayan Motors (Proprietors: \Ve:irne Bros..
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    • 253 4 •a_^ A M./\//. FOA' _U^ CONSECUTIVE HOURS THIS IS THE REMARKAHLE ACHIEVEMKM LIEUT COL. MRS STEWART RIDING A STANDAJKD I Rudge-V^iiworth l I [Four Valve Four Speed 2 3 4 H.P. MOTOR CYCLE ON THE MONTHLERY TRACK NEAR PARIS MODEL H 21 World's Records I WERE CAPTURED IN THE EXECUTION
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  • 760 5 •tor car manufacturers have added pleasures and conveniences of life, aye added also to its perplexities. It csaiblo fur thousands of fast vehiwhere rone ran before without public new problems to solve. worried about the congestion m as also about the number of fatal or unfatal. England
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    • 200 5 i 5 i i I Trojap. _^^SSIF I The I PKBBP «f the car is LESS than with any other make 2" •j A van ma^ive and powerful engine which will stand the severest tests under any conditions. Now being k used Sf taxis both m India and Japan with
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    • 290 5 f 1 WWoN PfCaICIP I Throughout the World Thornycroft Commercial Motor Vehicles are proving their rugged sturdiness and trouble-free economy m accordance with the best British Traditions. For dependability Thornycroft has no peer. There is a Thornycroft to meet the needs of every business from the big, powerful end and
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  • 156 6 NEW LAMPS FOR OLD. Chinese Marriage. To the Editor. Sir, Referring Co your notes under Matters Chinese" my views are that the system of thousands of years should be upheld, for. as far as I have been able to see for myself there has been practically
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  • 354 6 There historical interest ia the statement m th Manchester Guardian that the Sis V; ioi Indians m Canada are proceedIn agaii "a" w England Company*' m Canada n with a claim foi compensation i. r land* entrusted to the company m the reign of William the
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  • 165 6 Sold Without Treatment. London. C*t. A coatotnongee was lined five pounds sterling by the Police Court of North London for exposing for sale tea unfit for food. The Deputy Town Clerk of Hackney said that a hundred pounds of tea seiaed from the defendant's stall m
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  • 136 6 Potsdam Mystery Solved. London, Oct. 3. A Berlin message says the mystery sur-. rounding the attempted suicide of Count Ludwig Bothmer, a high Government official at Potsdam, which stirred Potsdam ■ociety. has ended m a sensational solution. It appears that tho count's wife was left m charge
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  • 85 6 IS IT GOLD -Melbourne Discovery. Melhofe, Sept. n A discovery of gold at North Fitzrov is reported, and applications have been piade to the Mines Department for a lease The location is under a two-storied brick residence m Rusnel l-crescsnt, near the terminus of the CUftcn Hill tram. The discovery
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  • 807 6 Lucknow, Sept. 21. A case of an extraordinary nature was recently tried by Mr, Fattn Bahadur Varma, Additional Sessions Judge of Bara Banki. It was slated that Baba Dwarkapuri, a Hindu ascetic, took samadhi (buried himself alive after suspending breath). At the instance of the Baba his
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 369 6 |vi(fc^Ai -'i\ a broad diffused light Yf| _=_J_=__i ii iV w=i a s nar P^ focused beam__ __IIIIII^^ fl r v locus the light I as you u/ani ii -up io 500 feet I I THE most wonderful flashlight m \ff s= ~~"^S jr I existence. Can instantlvbc focused I
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    • 149 6 l^eet^^g The new 1 Built m at the Ford Factory as optional equipment on new cars and trucks. the only car with 4 speeds forward and two reverse, giving greater flexibility. more power per gallon of gas. better hill climbing ability. lower upkeep cost. increased braking power. —the greatest value
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  • 1461 7 TIN IN SIAM. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Betavia, Oct. 10. The engineer of the Mine Service. Mr. de Kroes intends eavir g the service m th beginning of 1926 after which he will mak a trip to Siam to commence investigation regarding tin concessions there. In th wnt
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  • 430 7 AUSTRALIAN POPULATION STATISTICS. The annual demography bulletin, dealing with tht* population <>f Australia, has been issued by the Commonwealth Statistician and Actuary (Mr. Chas. H. Wicktns). Daring the 10 years which elapsed from the beginning of 19V> to the end of 1924 the population of Australia increased by 901,725, from
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 423 7 BUSINESS CARDS. t tl t ••-•■••••••^•••---■■■-■■■■■■■■■■a t,^ aM 'j*' «M£t> c i'itsss Send for the Illustrated I 4 atalog ne of .Musical Instruments. J SEASON CO., LTD. 11l and 113, North Bridge Road. g J^{>^^^«*»^«»*^*'&'*^*» »*0 <><>«^**»«<}-* H\KDWORKING AM) TRI STWORTHY SERVANTS. i miKS, AMAHS. AYAHS. KTC. pi and under
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    • 460 7 NOTICES. EXCHANGE BANKS. The Exchange Bunks will be closed at noon on Tuesday and Thursday the ffJth. and 22nd. Octobc,- for the Race Meeting. 13 10 21 0 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. The only Morning Daily m Malayi; live "news" paper— 3s-40 columns of news daily, also the best Medium
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    • 828 7 For the RACES. i i Just unpacked a fine assortment of SILKS, SATINS, CREPE MAROCAINS, etc., m charming and interesting novelty at H. D. Roopchand's Silk Emporium Perfect dress designers 11 High Street Thone FINEST QUALITY AT COMPETITIVE PRICES. Framroz Co. TEL. 354. n n Ny Carlsberg j^P _PC*L. B
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  • 1209 8 WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 11. 192.">. The Governor's Keturn. The special wire sent by our London Correspondent divides itself into two parts, official, and unofficial. It is stated that Sir Laurence Guille- murd returns on an indefinitely extended leave to be terminated by an intimation to the Secretary of
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  • 143 8 GOVERNOR ON SHORT TERM. SIR GEORGE MAXWELL'S POSITION. (Special From Our Own Correspondent). London, Oct. 12, 6.10 p.m. It is officially stated that the post of Colonial Secretary will be retained. Sir .Laurence Guillemard returns on aa indefinitely extended leave to clear up various matters, and then,
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  • 264 8 Enquiry into Attempted Murder Charge. A preliminary enquiry into the charge ef attempted murder preferred against a Chinese, named Tan Kah Kua. arai opened yesterday morning m the Second Police Court before Mr. J. K. Bull. Court Inspector Stewart proa rating. It eras alleged that the accuacd
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  • 232 8 Those who availed themseh'es of the opportunity of hearing the first and second annual concerts given by the Epxvorth League Choral Union m 1923 and 1924 will be glad r o knoxv that this organization of Asiatic singers is booked at the Victoria Theatre to give
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  • 131 8 Loses One Game m Forty. M. Boris Kostich, the brilliant Serbian chess player, xvas the guest of the Garden Club on Monday evening, when he played fifteen simultaneous games, of which he won thirteen and drew two. Mr. George Parbury and Mr. S. J. Chan were
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  • 330 8 THE NEW SCALE WHEN RESTRICTION IS si SPk\,. f [Reuter's Service.] Colombo, (i. j According to further inform;,', Amery's despatch to the Ce>], ment proposes a scale of rilnn <• L portable maximum of standard of rubber, whereby, xvhen the av< don price falls below l». 3d. m
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  • 192 8 [Reuter Service.] London. Ori ll The depression m the hip* ing r.-iustrx is clearly reflected m Lloyd-' registef shipbuilding returns for the quartet Sept. 30th. shoxving 1,009,000 teas mwtti construction m Great Britain and I a decrease ot' peer .m.ooo compared with June 30th. and about 458,000 compared
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  • 75 8 f ßeuter's Service! Londwi. O. i 1 The Times' Washingto ■•■j t Rl telegraphs that the United S1 im emment is prepared, if an concurrent to action of a eery kind cannot be scruied among the Power at the Customs' Conference, •icndently immediately m the its commtrcial treaty
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  • 68 8 fßeuter's Service.l Durban. Oct. I* A general exodus of ships i> <'M< to-day and to marrow as thii involved m the strike are P'-"' reafly to leave. All Imprisoned ">• been released and men without ihip* return to England ii due course. Melbourne. <>• In
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 140 8 \."THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" XjM&R/ \>" 1 l^mmmmlm- *m\ J&v^^A m j mr*B VJV"^ /CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD\ (Incorporated m Shanghai.) Telephone 228. ROBINSON ROAD. OUR NEW PRICE LIST IS NOW BHNG ISSI El). IF WE HAVE NOT YET POSTED YOU A COPY. PLEASE CALL. THONE OR WRITE FOR
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    • 49 8 V I _Vb%V«* A%V_*_V.vJ .V.VJ".V.- A%% m l\ Parf urns de Luxe > OOXY \l Chypre J 5 Origan < J Rose Jacqueminot 5 J Paris mi Emeraude 5 EAU DE COTY m m to be had from all dealers Dupire Brothers. SVWA-AW.'.VSVAWSTA'MV'A Sole Agents: THE BORNEO COMPANY, LTD. MALAYA.
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  • 232 9 PROC.RESS REPORTED. IHOPEFI I FRENCH MEW. [Renter*! Service.] Paris, Oct. 12. h nonrce al Locarno, it is i rman delegation has askf our hours to consult Berlin. nting to Article Sixteen ml ii stated that an I robal le, following the basis will enter the League under
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  • 115 9 [R. Service.] Moaeaw, Oct. 2. thai the Russo-German concluded on the most favoured nation two years. Moscow, Oct. IS. honour of the signing agreement, the Astary, M. Litvinoff, German Ambassador. Count f-Rantzau, made >j>eeches emphathe agreement xvas particular- was based on tr.e th*- Rapallo Agreement, which pHed t<»
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  • 40 9 [Router's Service.] Fez, Oct. 13. heavily all along the front on Hth.. a«id military pra -tically brought to a Supply columns xvere working the rain impeded transW"e*xan district. Infantry have °contsct with cavalry at Sidi 800-
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  • 29 9 (Renter's Service.] Essen. Oct. 13. thai the works of thf at Cheribon, Ouch Indies at the end of Dccc n German employees -will bt Gem any.
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  • 18 9 rt> LKeuter'i Service.] london. Oct. 12. »aounced that all port: Padded to terminal Btr »X€ immediately.
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  • 239 9 A FEW CASUALTIES. •WANTED" MAN CAIGKT. f Reuter's Service. 1 Paris, Oct. 12. While the strike has been a substantial failure, the Communists have profited by the occasion to demonstrate and harangue 1 their followers, leading to frfcarp scuffles between the police and the -strikers. There Were a
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  • 78 9 f ßouter's Service.] Oslo, Oct. 12. The advance guard f twentyflve has left for Spitsbergen and wiU begin xvork on a n«xc hangar m preparation for Amundsen's polar expedition next year, foi- xvhich arrangements are now settled. The expedition xxill cos: m million kroner, or xvhich
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  • 53 9 I Keuters Service.| London. Oct. 12. telegram from Hamburg states that the British steamer Clan MacNair. has arrived from Cochin. Fire broke out m numl>er three hold on October 10th.. ap- parently spontaneous combustion, and xva-** extinguished. 7, 500 bags of oilcake and flour xvere damaged by
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  • 44 9 [Reuter's Service.! Konve. Oct. 12. On the occasion of the anniversary of the discovery of America a submarine cable betxveen Italy and South America xvas very ceremoniously inaugurated at Anzio. m the presence of Signor Mussolini, the Brazilian and Spanish Ambassadors.
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  • 64 9 [Reuter's Service.] London. Oct. 12. The Japanese airmen. Major Alh> anil Kawachi, proceeding to London from Paris, were forced to land nt St. Inglevert oxving to engine trouble. Later. The Japanese airmen left St. Inglevert at 4.15 p.m. but had not arrived at Croydon at 6.14 and
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  • 57 9 [Reuter's Service.] Rome. Oct. 12. Bands of Fascis i last evening attacked ami damaged the head-quarters at Feriana Lodge, belonging to the Freemasons of the k Scottish Rite. The police arrested nine. In consequence of the incident the secre--1 tary -general of the Fascist party has dis-
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  • 114 9 [Reuter's Service. J Panama, Oct. 13. At tht* request of the Panaman Government United States troops are patrolling the city oxving to disturbances arising i from the general strike. ing tt> add. As far as he was able to follow the eVidence the whole course of the
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  • 2060 9 ENQUIRY OPENS. An official enquiry m o the loss of the British steamer Leeds City, which foundered off the Baxvean Islands m the Java sea, was he.d yeserday m the District Court, befoie Mr. Frank.yn Robinson, with the Master Attendant. Captain Calthrop Calthrop. Captain H.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 341 9 I B. S. A. .303 SPORTING RIFLE i HIGH VELOCITY i ml B. S. A. Sporting Rifles are used m all parts of the world for killing all kinds of game from thick skinned < dangerous beasts to the smaller deer. > The Rifles are built with such close regard
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 715 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE REGULAR SERVICES TO:— LONDON, AMSTERDAM. ROTTERDAM. ANTWERP, HAMBURG BREMEN. GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. Taking cargo on through BiUs of Lading for all Overland Points. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore. RHESUS London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Oct. 17 t HECTOR
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    • 564 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN^ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAJTIINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE s.s. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE Havre, London, Hamburg and Antwerp Oct. 19 s.s. CITY OF DUNKIRK Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Oct. 28 s.s. CITY OF TOKIO
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    • 607 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated m England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTA iTsTE AM NAVIGATION m LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government) o OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS. For China and Japan. For Marseilles. London arid \n» Due l
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  • 192 11 Simla. Sept. If. m the Council of State Mr. Khaparde on Mr. Jaffer, who was absent, said ala relating to of air communications The first was ".if- via Ismailia to i ding Finance Committee had agreed to red for the base at Karachi, cost about Rs.
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  • 448 11 Why One Person is Bitten Another Immune. Mr. Moore Hogarth, of the College of Festology, wh< has devoted 30 year;; of his life to the study of insect pests says we are [Threatened with a plague of mosquitoes. He discussed the suhjict with a Star inquirer.
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  • 215 11 Fish lUinti Sold m Colombo. Fl h caught on the banks at Point Pedro are now being sold m Colombo. The first consignment from the Fishery Department trawler Nautilus weighed shout 4,000 lbs., and half of this quantity has so far been disposed of to wholesale merchants
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  • 80 11 1. 0n, 10n. Sept. 3. Wilfred Fowler was banged at Leeds today for having participated m the murder of William Plummer. Lawrence Fowler, la brother of Wilfred, will be hanged to-mor- row. [A race gang consisting of ten nun attacked Plummer outside his home at Sheffield
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  • 378 11 By a recent decision of tl c British Govl mment, Palestine is to have its own cointin names of the units shekels, dij nars, ami prutahs being those used m an sncient monetary system closely connected With Jewish bistory. It was about 1800 years ago that the
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  • 297 11 How Daeoits were Foiled. Information has reacted the Alipore District Police of s daring attempt at daeoity which was averted by the plucky action of tho householder's wife. On the nipht of] September i«. jus; after dusk the wife of <~>irish Chandra A.iak of Rajarampur. wai sitting
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  • 201 11 Over 1,000 runners, the majority of them ir "shorts" a nd spiked shoee, drew up m line near Bloemnor waiting, for the signal to start for new diamond diggings near Cape Town, states the Evening News. The scene at the proclamation was like an athletic gathering.
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  • 270 11 An unusually tragic and disturbing incident occurred m Kuching on Sept. 17th about 1.45 p.m.. when Panggi, a Dyak policeman, who had been queer m his behaviour for some days, suddenly seised his parang, m the bachelors' barracks, slashed a\ two felkfW constables and than ran
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 694 11 WOOD'S GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE For Coughs, Colds and Internal Troubles |U Start the day right with JJ ENO'S-FRUIT SALT' T I WieMMd 'Famed r ffferfcscent Salirifi fl Inward cleanliness is much more vital to health than outward I H cleanliness. Better neglect your bath than ignore your inner I fl
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  • 683 12 RIVER BOAT FOR CHINA. Speed Trials at Stokes Bay. Trials were run recently by an interesting shallow-draught steamer, the Fushun, designed and built at Southampton by Messrs. John I. Thornycroft and Co. for service on the Upper Yangtse River of China. As a mean of six runs on
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 616 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australis). :0:— FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. :0:— Regular monthly sailings by the well-krown steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and MONTORO (5,000 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins 4e Luxe, single berth cabins,
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    • 629 12 SHIPPING NOTESfreight RATES. The rate of freight on rubber m bales to Pacific Coast ports has been fixed as follows: Certified shipments G. $13.50 per 40 c. ft. Uncertified shipments G. $17 per 12 cwts. These new rates come into immediate effect. MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei
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    • 93 12 Simply melts m the mouth 1 So thoroughly does Raislcy*" leaven the mixture, that there is quite a distinctive lightness about cakes, pastry, scones, buns and bread when "Raislcy" »s used as the raising ingredient. Paisley f^^Th-SURE r_nin^po»..r_ff FREE. 300 "ijteg'r"' Jl Tested Recipes. |/3_E_L- j) Send Jour cent :r::
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    • 758 12 JAVA-NEW_YORK LINE I m Regular three weekly service of the NEDERLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY, "ROTTERDAM i I <> V HOLLAND AMERICA LINE. U I Intended sailings of above Companies from Singapore to New York via Sue/. t s.s. SIANTAR (lv s.s. SAPAROEA jm Careo is also accepted to Boston, Philadelphia. Haiti
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    • 655 13 O.S.K. Line. Deatinaticns. Steamers. Ajrr. Dept. lon, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Bremen, via Colombo, aad Pert Said. Alaska Maru Oct. 17 Oct. 18 m Cape Town, Rio, Santos, deo, Buenos Aires via t Hawaii Maru Oct. 18 Oct. 21 d Bombay via Penang. f Borneo Maru Oct.-J2 Oct 14 o and
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    • 419 13 --Kg ■%3«*»M'--___________-_____-_____^ m mammmmmmmmm^^^^^— M^^xSi tmp\m wm^socg^. v^T- s *r***t_. a*******a v___i B^ STEAMSHIP LINE tm^SSSL* Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE M Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEAN LINRSS. vio Colombo, Port Said. Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New
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    • 689 13 -~»v* mm lniivir.r.r-* GENERAL AGKN^- iSAKI ROOSEVELT L^" Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., 1 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. I (Incorporated m U.S.A.) I i I REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO ■■I BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA and BALTIMORE (via Suez) I m.s. SILVERFIR m.s. SILVERELM (hv s.B. BORDEAUX MARU du< Norl s
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  • 431 14 At the end of May, the oil output m America reached a height that has never previously been recorded, the average daily output being* 2,260,000 barrels. In June, a fall m production occurred, but since the middle of July it has again steadily mcc teased, and at the-,
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  • 212 14 Cleverest Detectives Beaten. Constantinople. Sept. 22. Feridoun Pasha, father of Prince Seif-ccl-Din. m a statement, criticised the Plteea*! treatment m the asylum m Kngand. He alleged thai he was allowed to see nobody. He was not even told about the Great War. or the death of
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  • 101 14 Novel Scheme For Resuscitation. l.ond«n. Sept. 3. The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce has presented a novel scheme to the Associated British Chambers of Commerce for the resuscitation of Britain's trade. The idea is an offer to the Dominions and Colonies an award of. say, ton per cent, of
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  • 81 14 Captain W. G. Willcox, whom the British Legion agreed to pay 2 per cent, on 'he net proceeds of "Poppy Day" over the first £150,000 clear profit, was so successful that he made last year ±'2,000' commission m addition to his salary. It is now announced that
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  • 150 14 London, (undated). Sir Geor_e Lloyd was entertained at luncheon by the Colonial Institute, the guests including the Earl of Winterton, Sir Charles MeLeod, Sir Benjamin Robertson and representatives of the Dominions. Sir Godfrey Lagden presided, and read a telegram from Aziz Izzet Pasha, the Egyptian Minister m
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  • 256 14 Medical Council a "Laughing Stock." Dublin. Sept. 2. "The General Medical Council has about as much to do with science as the Miners' Federation a much more enlightened and up-to-date body has to do with geot-ogy and mineralogy." says Mr. G. Bernard Shaw m a long letter
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  • 119 14 Remarkable Record of a Dubliw M. it. A sensation was caused m Li.< !_-pj©! "ty Police Court when the crime record of a man found guilty of breaki?-"- into th« Garston Cricket Club pavilim disekwed the fact that he had been s t.tenced itdeath for wilful
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  • 744 14 At a medical meeting, held recently, the opinion was expressed that sudden death is more often due to exertion fallowing a full mefel than to any disease of the heart. This opinion, which has substantial en- dorsement, should be noted by all middle- 1 i aged people,
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  • 422 14 Banned by Marshal Feng. A Kalgan despatch states that Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang who has recently introduced many reforms into the civil administration of both Chahar and Suiyuan, has just issued an important order instructing the Tutungs of these two Special Administrative Areas to abolish slavery among the
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 343 14 Don't be a Slave to Backache Watch someone suffering with Backache, :uul \ou will then d«> all m your power to prevent this terrible ailment getting the upper hand of you. Bui don't make mistake and experiment v\:'h unsuitable methods of treatment. CJrt I>c Witt'-. Pills trom the chemist, and
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    • 234 14 W the vehicle to use is the Britishbuilt Albion, proved by owners' independent records to be the cheapest to run and most dependable of all commercial vehicles. If you are tempted by the apparently low price of a foreign built (commercial vehicle, remember that it may easily cost you m
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  • 625 15 «~ra_s b rso e aa rmr n he narked.] aw Jars unles? otherwise MINING. Hitam Tin "I, M Idri. Hydraulic -'i 4?* Ka munting < I Kinta As_n. (m) R _Sf <-••<-• Kuchai Prof, ftl'l Hi* KinUTbM|). (ll) L JS Kuala Lumpur m 3() __ra_ 3 sr
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  • 287 15 October IS. BnnW l m.s. 2 !4 16 32 Bank, demand 2|4 5-32 Private credits I m.s. 2 4 19-32 New Vtiik. demand sf;a 4 Credits M days |ga Ffanea, demand HBO India, T. T. 154Uj Hongkong, demand M p e< Prem. Vnkohtma. dem lad Java demand 140' Bangkok,
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  • 41 15 Singapore, Oc*. IS, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot L5O 1.52; Nov. I.4AM I Nov. -In.-. L 43 1.44; .lan-Mar. h 1.31 1,21*4; April-June 1.17 1.19. London Quotation Sheet 3a. 10* _d. Market Quiet.
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  • 385 15 Better Packing. It is impossible to exaggerate the im--1 ..tan." o\' pad ing goods atCTaC iveiy. The more closely one ut!:t i competitive conditions, not only m overseas markets, but at home, the more evident it become) that an immense advantage ia gained by attention to proper packing.
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  • 50 15 SOUTH BRITISH DIVIDEND The local managr of thr South British [naurancc Company has received i cabk from head office intimating that final dividend of is. m. per share km ban dtvlarod Cor tho year aadod Slat August last. The dividend will to local shareholders on Bad. instant.
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  • 734 15 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. Singapore. Oct. 13 Rubber.— London 3a W»_d. LocgA 1.51 Tin. London 875 17< »M. Local ipi 12. tons* sold. Rublii rs.— Robbl r shares open ease bttl are inclined t.> firm aa the set Imi k in th* price oi the commodity is considered onh tt
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 429 15 Assets over $5,500,000. I^^™™ I^^^"^^^™ 1 TUI? _nor« irrri omnnn a Assurance m force over $19,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE:-Winchester BcJ^^ Sett,ementS) The Company has £20,000 depo__dSs SKI. p ~s._l L ONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. P ea with the Supreme Court of England,
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    • 393 15 YOKOHAMA SPECIF BANK, LIMITED. —-Established 1880— Capital Subscribed V.100,000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund V.83,500,000 President: K. Kqdama Esq. Vice-President: R. Ichinoraiya, Esq DIRECTORS. X. Yamakawa, Esq. Baron K. Morimura. M. Odagiri, Esq. N. Igarashi, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami, Esq. K. Tatsumi, Esq. K. Takeuchi, Esq. Wa J,anabe,
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    • 448 15 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m Hongkong) Hea(? offi( e: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Keserve Fund:— Sterling 4,r>00,000 Silver $26,500,000 Keserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Chairmai H -P- White, Esq. Deputy Chairmen W. H. Bell, Esq.
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    • 40 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Royal Chartar A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Smgap^o Representative -Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LM CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor> A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 971 16 Lacing people must surely be getting a little tired of hearing about the Irish maidens for they have been pretty persistently to the forelroat for a long time now. How-i eve:* tbey have landed and been drawn aad i i mi of the drawers are happy thinking th
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  • 202 16 SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB. Last week Keppel Golf Club wo n against tho BCPCJ Lines Golf Club, the scores being as under, Sepoy Lines players mentioned first: Doig and English 1; Stewart and Hickey 0. Dickinson and Morton 0; Baker and Kennedy 1. Sproule and Clarke 1; Salmond
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  • 602 16 The heats far the Inter-school Swimming Sports were held on Friday last and the following hoys qualified for the finals: Class I. 40 Yards Free Style. Chia Poh Chong. X.1.. H. Orchard. S. And.. H. Furuhashi. ACS.. Scow Sian Chye. A.C.S. 80 Yards Back Stroke. Lie Fong Lin..
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  • 920 16 REGIMENT SURPRISE S.C.C. A Fateful Quarter of an Hour. R. Sussex Regt.. .3, S.C.C 1. Whatever hopes the Cricket Club entertained of securing the Singapore Cup, which H. M. S. Pegasus deprived them of m suvh dramatic fashion a year ago, received a severe shock at the Stadium
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  • 693 16 YESTERDAY'S TRAINING. Yesterday was a cool, clear morning and the going on the track proper was good but the fences were still out: and on the whole there was nothing very startling m the gallops. Thompson's stable, which have not as yet been seen a great deal against
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  • 97 16 SPEED [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 12. Driving a Parry-Thomas motor-car a* Brooklands to-day. Captain Howey covered .">0 kilometres m 10 minutes 9.09 seconds, equal to 115.41 miles an hour; M miles m £5 minutes 59.68 seconds, euual to 115.4] miles an hour; and 100 kilome'res m 32 minutes 17.02 seconds,
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  • 90 16 London, Oct. 12. In the first division of the English Football League Newcastle U. beat Blackburn R. by two goals to one, and m the second division Hull City won their match against Notts Forest by four goals to one. Head, Pte. Humphries; L. Corpl. Hurst, Bdsman Dapp,
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    • 185 16 Moutrie Pianos Are the Best^ Value m the tropics to-day m ft and Quality. In construction and tonal balance they ar finished Product of Art and Workmanship. Prices $600 upon terms. S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD (Incorporated m Hongkong). The Arcade. SINGAPORE m mm%mmm^ fl fl I > I^UII I Qj/Uw/(d
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