Straits Echo, 25 March 1909

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAIN, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 7. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, THURSDAY -25tli MARCH, 1909. Slagle Copy, 10 cents. No. 68.
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      30 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. r^\ Vh S T GS o ■< O) > 8l 5v1«5 z I >>•. Z 70 V V \c r>>/ x> riAWO LEE A Co., SoleAjeatSm
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    Hongkong and Singapore.
    1079 2 It has been the good or bad fortune of Singapore to be more or less forgotten bv the opium extremists. In consequence of this, the first brunt of corflict with the Imperial sei vants of exuberant faddism has fallen upon the neighbouring Colony of Hongkong, and we
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      102 2 A Sprained Ankle. As a rule a man will feel well satisfied it be can hobble around on crtitches in two or thrfe weeks after sp'aining bis ankle and if is two or time mouilis before he is fully recovered. This is an unnecessary loss of time, for in many
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      524 2 Croup. The first symptom of this disease is hoarseness. When Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is given as soon as the child becomes hoarse the attack can always be averted. Even after the croupy cough has appeared, the attack can be warded cif by the prompt use of this remedy. It is
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      1453 2 WROUCHT-IRON TUBES AND FITTINGS. Stock Always on Hand. ADAMSON, OIL.FIL.LAN CO., LTD. KARTELL’S BLUE AND SILVER LABEL IS AN ACCEPTED GUARANTEE, ALL OVER THE WORLD, FOR THE BEST QUALITY IN BRANDY. FRESH STOCK OF THE FOLLOWING G O O D S JTJST AKB17ED. MULHEN’S 4711 EAU DE COLOGNE, $1, $1.75
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    32 3 F et*r:% From Agetifr Due Macedonia Singapore G &Co. 26tb Mar. Kieist Singapore B.M.ACo. 30th Bulow Colombo B.M.&Co. 1st Apr. Bena von London S.BACo. 2nd Aseaye Colombo A.G ACo. 8th
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    SAILINGS.
    25 3 Vestel» For Ayent* Leaves Macedonia Colombo A.Q ACo. Mar. Kleist Colombo B.M.ACo. Bulow Singapore B.M.ACo. Apr. Benavon Singaiwre SB ACo. Asuaye S.ngapore 1 AG.ACo.
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      60 3 j Devanha, Br. a.a., 4,785, Hayward, 24th Mar., Bombay, 17th Mar., Gen.— A. G. k Co. Sappho, Br a.a., 327, Upton, 24th Mar, Tongkab, *23rd Mar., Gen. —A. Q. Co. Thongwa, Br. s.s., 3.428, Herrington, 25th Mar., Madraa, 15th Mar-, Gen.—H. L. k Co. Sexta, Ger. a.a., 992, Jenseu.
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      DEPARTURES.
      39 3 25th March. Quorra. for Langkat. Petrel, for Pangkalan Brandan. Leong Ho, for TraDg. Perak, for Deli. Ban Whatt Soon, for Port Swettenham, Port Dickaon and Malacca. Canton, for Bindings and Teluk Anson. Thongwa, for Port Swettenham and Singapore.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      240 3 Fob Batu Bahra—Per Pa dang, to-morrow, lpm. Tongkab, Kopab, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavoy—-Per Omapere, tomorrow, 1 pm, Tongkah—Per Sappho, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Deli—Per Hebe, to-morrow. 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Rotorua, to-morrow, 2 pm. Deli—Per Malaya, to-morrow, 3 f>.m. Teluk Anson—Per Carlyle, to-morrow, 3 p.m.
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    289 3 Per I. G. M. s.s. Buelow (from Hamburg, 25th Feb.) due at Penang on Ist Apr. To Penang Mr. and Mrs. Diednch Picker, Mr. A. Maurer, Mr. G. Gade. To Singapore Miss Annie Krause Ariens, Miss Kate, Mr. C. H. Bild. Per P. and O s.s.
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    36 3 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Serrica. Outwards. Homewards Attaye 8 Apr. I Macedonia 26 Mar. Delta 22 Delhi 10 Apr. Extra Service. Outwards Homewards. Pera 29 Mar. I Palawan 1 Apr. Sohiali 13 Apr. J Sumatra 20
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      952 3 P. 0. Steam Navigation Coy. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward. Apr. fijDsayc connecting with India 22 Delta do. Victoria Homeward. Date. S termer Connecting Due with 8.S. London. Mar. 26 Macedonia Apr. 10 Delhi 24 Devanha May 8 Aeeaye 22 Delta June 5 Oceana 19 Delhi Malwa Mongolia
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      477 3 (S3 HIPPIK O.) NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. V/ m m Fa THE p we -known mail sieameis of this Comp..nv s.i 1 fo a gbtly from Bremen, H ’mui ivia Eoite. dam, Antwerp, Southampton, G x\ Algiers, Genoa, Naples, (conrec on ll»:;e ei, Naples, Alexandria and vice
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    The Straits Echo.
    103 4 Ja«U<« MtlrtM everybody end oat ire a tone —Mm» r,-. Kobllahed dally (eirept Kanrtay, I trill CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Streef. Penang PRICE: DAILY LOOAI |H per ertnoir m OUTBTATIOHB M Poetage Wxtra ■AIL aniTIOIf (Poet Free) SIB OAHI.K ADDKKSS Echo—Penang.' Telephone No. 343. S.S.—
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    THE TRUTH ABOUT TROUSERS.
    1029 4 We have to record regretfully another failure of civilization to advance. Ou the 26th of last month, the Gerrard Street Parliament,” an assembly that meets in Soho, (let no ribald persou cry What ho!) gave mankind an opportunity to retrieve one of its greatest ethical and
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    Homeward German Mail.
    50 4 The Homeward-bound German Mail steamer KUint, which will leave Singapore on Monday, the 29th inst., at noon, is expected to arrive here at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, the 30th inst. She will most probably leave here for Europe via Colombo at 12 midnight on the same day.
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    338 4 The following business in tiu has been 1 done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, 37J tons at *65.45 Eistern Smelting Co., 50 €5.75 Straits Trading Co., 50 €5 80 1 Singapore Straits Trading Co., 100 65 75 Total 237$ tons. Tin is quoted in London
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    The New Queen’s Scholar.
    48 4 We bear that Master Kboo Heug Kok of the PenaDg Free School has won the Queen’s Scholarship which was held last December. Master Kboo Heng Kok is a 6on of Mr Khoo Ghee Eng, and a grandson of the late Mr. Khoo Cbeow Siew.
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    Wedding.
    114 4 tou Griesheiin-tfoiocliades. A very interesting wedding took place this afternoon from Bellevue.” The happy people are Baron von Griesheim, a planter, and Miss Sophica Molochades, who arrived by the Mail boat from Home. Herr von Buelow, a relative of the German Chancellor, was groomsman, and the Baroness von Griesheim,
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    A Point of Law.
    712 4 A point of law respectirg the disposal of property, recovered from a person charged with dishonestly receiving stolen property, after the charge against him had been withdrawn, was argued yesterday before Mr Brown, the Second Magistrate, Some days ago, a Chinaman was charged with dishonestly receiving
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Chinese Free Education.
      33 4 (Echo Special.) For Foreign Bom China Boys. Singapore, 25th March.—The Peking Government announces that Chinese parents residing in foreign countries may send their sons to China to be educated free.
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      China Currency.
      31 4 (Echo Special.) Regent Favours Gold Standard. Singapore, 25th Mar.—News reaches here that the Prince Regent has authorised the publication of his approval of a gold standard for China currency.
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      The Coming Boat Race.
      27 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) Bark Bines Shaping Well. London, 24*b March.—Oxford rowed the full course in 18 min. 21 sec, which iu a record.
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      China and Japan.
      40 4 (Supplied by Renter.) China’s Proposal. London, 25th March.—The Times corres. poudent at Peking states that China has formally proposed to Japan to submit to the Hague Tribunal the differences between China and Japan with regard to Manchuria.
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      Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition.
      249 4 (Supplied by Reuttr.) Ail Well. London, 24th March.—Lieutenant E. H. Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition left New Zealand on January 1,1908, aud returned all well. He cables to the Daily Mail that he turned back in September. 1908. having reached Lit. 88 23, Long. 162 East, which is 11
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      The Paris Strike.
      24 4 (Supplied by Renter Strikers Gained Their Point. London, 25tb March.—The Government practically capitulated to the postal and telegraphic strikers of Paris.
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      Naval.
      166 4 (Supplied by Renter.) New Zealand’s Offer Accepted. London, 25th March. —In the House of Commons the Prime Minister read out tbe text of a telegram to be sent by Earl C'rew p to Lord Plunket, the Governor of Ns* Zealand, which gratefully accepted tbe Dominion’s offer of one or
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      354 4 f FOR SALS. ONE Victoria aud one Governess Cart, both rubber-tyred and in good condition. Also one Australian Horse, stroug and quiet in harness, one Australian Pony, suitable for saddle or harness. Complete with Harness, Limps, etc. Can be seen by appointment on application to WAKTTEID. AN experienced Machine Foreman
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      34 4 Gonosan is a bappy combination of b* Resits with Oleum Santali in the P ro P\ tion of 1 part Kawa Kawa to 4 parts j Santal cures easily, no complications, chemists and dealers.
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    Perak L. R. A.
    245 5 Frotn m a Special Correspondent Taiping 24 March. The weather was rather unkind to the ladies this afternoon as, shortly after the shooting for Mrs. Barnard’s spoon commenced at the 150 yards range, rain started to fall steadily and eventually put a stop to the shooting.
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    The Late Mr. Berrington.
    372 5 Appreciation by Local Bar. At the beginning of the sitting of the Supreme Court at Kuala Lumpur on 22ud inst... Mr. Rogers said On behalf of the members of our Bar and in the absence of my friend, Mr. Hewgill, our senior member, I desire-to say
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    Indian Immigration.
    256 5 Committee Appointed. The Secretary of State for the Colonies, with tbe concurrence of the Secretary of State for India, has nominated a Committee to consider (a> the general question of emigration from India to the Crown Colonies (b) tbe particular Colonies in which Indian immigration may be most
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    The Tranum Amok.
    158 5 Later Detail k. (From a Special Correspondent.) Raub, 22nd March. [One of our occasional correspondents sends the following details of the bad case of amok reported in thet&lratfs Echo telegraphic news.] The man who ran amok was a Kedah Malay named Jaya. His weapon was a knife
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    The Cable Service to the East.
    221 5 A Calcutta correspondent writes to the Manchester Guardian that there is reason to believe changes in the Indian telegraphs may have a very important offect on the etble rates. At present messages handed to the Eastern Cable Company for transmission to Singapore, tbe Straits
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    A Feat of Endurance.
    246 5 Mr. Chia Cheng Kang, the young Chinese 6wiintner, made his appearance at Johnstons Pier a* It a ro. yesterday f2 st inst.] to swim to Tanjong Katong, but unfortunately the Tanjong Katong swimming party’s boat did not arrive as arranged, and several members who had assembled
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    Crown Agents and Loans.
    228 5 In tbe House of Commons on the 4th inst, in reply to Mr. Smeaton, Colonel Seeley said: The Secretary of State is responsible for the administration of the Crown Colonies, and loans cannot be raised by the Crown Agents on behalf of a Colony without his
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    Anglo-Siamese Treaty.
    214 5 A German Grumble. The Deutsche Export Revue complains that German commercial inteiests are seriously injured by the new agreement between Great Britain and Siam, under which 15,000 rquare miles of Siamese territory have passed into British possession. It 6ays: We are probably right in assuming that Great Britain
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    China To-day.
    668 5 Mr C. C. Lu, a Chinese student at Sheffield University, has again given an attractive and humorous lecture. Indeed, as a local paper puts it, he is fast becoming the most popular lecturer in Sheffield. On Feb. 22nd he discoursed to a large audience “China To-day,” under the
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    Passengers.
    107 5 Arrived. Per 8.8. De vault a, *24tb Mar., from London Miss C. Thomson. Mr. H. R. Tobott, Mr. Kydd. From Marseilles Mr. and Mtb Thornton, Miss Thornton. Mr. Douglaß. Mr Darby, Mr. and Mrs. Harper. Mrs. Bratt, and Mr. H. Dean. From Colombo Mr, Wolferstan, Mr. Cousins, Mr. Bartells
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    FIXTURES.
    109 5 To-dat. 4’h Day of Intercalary 2nd Moon. Municipal Commission, 3-30 p m Penang Chess Club, 9 p.ra. The New Japanese Cinematograph, corner of Campbell Street and Penang Road, 7- pm. and 9-10 p.m. Alcazar Cinematograph, King Street Theatre, 8- p.m. To-morrow. sth Day of Intercalary 2nd Moon. Town Band,
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    MAILS DUE.
    16 5 China Macedonia ...26th Mar. China (Kleist) ...30th German (Billow) Ist Apr. English (Assaye) Bth
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      223 5 THE CRAG HOTEL. SANATORIUM. PENANG HILLS. A perfect health resort and an ideal spot for spending 1 holidays and week ends. Bungalows for families, also single and double rooms. Private Bathrooms attached to every Bungalow and Room, Water laid on from the Crag Springs. Chairs and Coolies always in readiness
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    SUPREME COURT.
    3957 6 IN CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. (Before Mr. Justice Brculdell Ong Jin, Ong Moi and Law .Ytoi T vs. Foo Choo Choon. The examination in chief of Shum Hin Chun, one of the witnesses for the defence, occupied the whole afternoon yesterday. He said: When One Moi asked mo for
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 6 Pshah». 25ih March. (By cmrtuy oj the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank ...2/3| 4 months’ sight Bant' 3 Oj-edit ...2/4 T a 3 Documentary ...2/4/y Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 174 j 3 days' sight Pnear*. 176 Bombay, Demand Bank 174 Monlmein, Demand Bank 178 3 days’ sight Private 176
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    PRODUCE.
    180 6 Gold Leaf $64.63 3. t'epj er(W.Coast 31b5.5 oz.) no stock White Pepper $l6 45 buyers IY;ang Pepper 12 40 seller» Cl ives 38. buyer M use 73. —sales Uace Picket»* 63. buyers Sutmog* 110« 18.75 sales (No 1 6.65 sale» Sugar < 2 no ttock (Basket 3.65 tales Tapioca
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    MARKET PRICES.
    195 6 r Prhamo, 25th March. 1.009. Beef— c/s. 1 Soup per catty 12 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 I Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 50 i Foet 20 Heart 30 r Liver per catty 30 Pork—i Pork per catty 32 Pig’s Head
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    SHARES.
    1160 6 Number of *5 £> 5 I Capital. Shares > y Dividends Name. J J issued. a '5 p SO- g I <y 'w ZZ MiSn In io 10^for J“ rondin 31 /3/08BelatTi n Mi n ”K n c"*‘td 5 so!» SSO oUU.UUU «4500 IU Id Bruaug Ltd. t vr.
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      39 6 Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. The many reinaikible cure* of co'ds and fcrip effected by this preparation have made it famous over a largo put of the civilized world It can always be depended upon JTfce GoorgH 'lowu JJispousary, Wuoleaale Agouti.
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      76 6 The Fruit Season This season always brings on more or less diarrhoea which is promptly checked by Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Get a bottle and be prepared for sudden attacks. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents. MARTIN’S f&FIL for Lad i A r r« »ch st mvly lor
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      117 6 THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Co.” GIN IMT RED CASES, SandUands Buttery <£ Co Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co.. AGENTS FOR PENA NO F. M. S. SLEDGE BRAND” MILK. Absolutely Pure. Every single tin guaranteed good. Obtainable from ail the Retail Stores. BUN8A MELOn PERFUME FOR
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    Hongkong Demands Opium Trade.
    288 7 While the Anti-Opium Commission is deliberating at Shanghai, as to how the evi of opium can be overcome, Hongkong Opium Merchants are agitating for a continuance of the Trade. Letters from the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce, were submitted to the Hongkong Telegraph and published on
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    China’s Efforts Against Opium.
    212 7 Peking, Feb. 24It is reported that H. I. H. the Prince Regent has personally instructed the Director of the Censorate to order his subordiuates to spare no pains or trouble in discovering opium-smoking officials, as the suppression of opium smoking among the official classes depends entirely
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    Chinese Cycling Club.
    201 7 Billiard Tournament (Play *,’6o up). The Handicap. No. Names. Points. 1 Dr. Q. S. Keat Scratch. 2 Mr. Chua Kee Ee 30 3 Khoo Chin 800 30 4 Lim Sun Kee 55 5 Yeap Tee Kuan... -r 75 6 Cbeah Cheng Jee 75 7 Quah Cbeow Kay
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      1296 7 insurances, The Penang Khean Guan Insurance Co., Ltd. Hiao Otfioi No. Si, Hiach Ktribt, Baaisa. BOARD OB DIRBCTORM. Mr. Cbeab Cboo Yew Quah Beng Kee Kbaw Joo Tok Yeoh Geok Keat Kboo Hun Yeang Kboo Boon Pbay Ho Teang Wan Mr. Lim Mr.Lim Teang Hooi Tan Teang Swee Tan Kira
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      77 7 Pneumonia, This is one of the most dangerous, and often fatal, diseases. It always results from a cold or from au attack of the grip. Cham* berlain’s Cough Remedy quickly cures these diseases and counteracts any tendency towards pneumonia. It is made especially for these and similar ailments. The Qeorge
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      1001 8 W. MANSON. American Dentist, of Dr. Allen Cu. f Pha, U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. BM01DIK* AT IS r o. 2 Is, Penang Road. A few doors from the Eastern aGd Orients Hotel. 6 mthi, TEA TEA uOLE AGENTS FOK PENANG, PATERSON, SIMONS Co., Ltd. WOHG KIM MUM, No. 77n,
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