The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 30 January 1923
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Title Section21 1923-01-30 1 The Straits Echo. MAIL EDITION. $3O PER ANXUH Single Copy GO cts. VOL. 21. PENANG, tUESDAY, JANUARY. 30IH, 1923 NO. 421 words
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Advertisement189 1923-01-30 1 I I CON N T S Leaders Miscellaneous (Continued) Health in the Tropics 90 “Burns Nicht” ‘O2 The New Religion 94 A Defence of Money z 103 Medical regress in Malaya 98 Sporting Fixtures 103 Trade and Work 102 Export of Rubber Restriction 105 Local 112 Colony’s Trade 105 A189 words
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Advertisement192 1923-01-30 2 S THE “STRAITS ECHO” |c MAIL EDITION. B JMKI,■ *»1/ $> > i z? »—»»*****0« cJrfo S*\X jsL> Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, Jkp and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the daily issues, as well as all important192 words
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Article20 1923-01-30 90 BIRTH. Duxbury, —On the 22nd January at Brook Road, Penang to Mr. and Mrs. F. Duxbury a daughter.20 words
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Article941 1923-01-30 90 Man is the creature of his environ ment; he is what he is by virtue of his surroundings. If we grant the truth of that axiom, which has furnished a whole generation of philosophic his torians with wise saws and modern instances, it is easy to941 words
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Article453 1923-01-30 90 nor'of"#» 1 1 61 1 Phi ipS at P teaen Gover. ChiWn u" meetog 0 the Peaan New His many friends in the North will be ‘S that H H tbe Sultanrf University, Toronto. ■ncinaster -Xezr&effi:» H ‘a mam party will sailatthe end of January. Our Singapore453 words
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Advertisement30 1923-01-30 90 Cbe Straits €cDo PUBLISHED DAILY MAIL EDITION Containing the new» of the week prior to departure of Mails for Europe PUBLISHING OFFICE: The Criterion Press, Limited, 59, Beach Street, Penang30 words
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Article1017 1923-01-30 91 Emco and the Ruhr f Eaten, the seventh largest of her- 111«. Firrt ><„ population exceeding 3000JW. lhe «cond, Cologne, with 633,000. Munich, Leipzig. Dresden, Breelaa and Essen follow in the order named. The last with a population of 439,257, grew prodigiously in the four decades preceding the1,017 words
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Article43 1923-01-30 91 Still Rising < 51, !u g*'"' rise of ™-k.,t remaiui't XTdy th of cents t<> 61 cents h nn. a advance Singapore wbR P> l oca u v 1 re °o r ded in at 103 a picul. J y grades are43 words
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Article974 1923-01-30 91 A PLEA FOR COMMONSENSE (To the Editor of the Straits Echo.) Sir, Last Sunday was the 3rd after Epiphany, and the Epistle of the day, Rom. XII-16, loses none of its hearb piercing poignancy in the midst of mundane affairs. “Be not wise in your own conceits.974 words
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Article479 1923-01-30 92 ’—M. M. ILLEGAL ATTACHMENT Curious F.M.S. Case Cl'“n‘rt. Sl pre Court a Seremban, md Me a 9B s OP A eep c eP Port Diok feg Dy wron,“'ll f r $1 06() d a g thb7” ‘V b liBf^ h th d ey belonged »d’—M. M. - 479 words
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95 1923-01-30 92 Account Ending 31st December, 1922. Receipts Balance Fund per November account ...$6,078.38 Donations received in December 10.00 56,088.38 Disbursement Amount drawn by “Home” $735.25 735.25 Balance Fund ...$5,353.13 Cash with Ho Hong Bank. Limited ...$5,331.69 Cash with Hon. Treasurer 21.44 55,353.13 Summary Total Receipts95 words
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Article1379 1923-01-30 92 TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING lhe twelfth annual general meeting jf the Perak River Valley Rubber Company, Limited, was held at the registered offices of the Company, No. 9, I nion Street, at noon on Saturday. There were present Mr. D. A. M. Brown, in the Chair, the Hon.1,379 words
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Article465 1923-01-30 93 A SAD LOSS the r~ r -»w. of Pitt St William lnee "t bis quarters ,Ml, On which too,! ■''"-•'■rday mornin.. t p° stiltlo early farce has lost a wrv M T" 8 Polic e i' n 1 '"«st eonsei.m hard w °rWng ls ™I.Y 'hose X.465 words
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Article225 1923-01-30 93 Several interesting new details in the Jire and adventures of Cinderella were H e;) G( to a Times reporter in the HipP° (tr ome pantomime at Christmas. The 1 in j eres^n Ml was that not only th. r er Mla lose her glass slipper but nnce Charming225 words
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Article987 1923-01-30 94 Competition must yield to co-opera-tion for we are approaching an era in which mankind will combine to produce food and human society will be based upon agriculture. The middleman, who lives on the producer and taxes the consumer will have to go. The man who purchases an987 words
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Article170 1923-01-30 94 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo.} Sir, 1 do not know whether your Random Aote on the subject of tbe intolerable nuisance inflicted upon the unfortunate residents of Date Kramat by the Rubber Factory opposite to Dunlop Road has stirred the inconsiderate proprietor to a spirit170 words
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Article975 1923-01-30 94 -(T. 0. M.) Winston’s Father It is twenty-eight years to-day since the passing of one of the most brilliant ParliaRa"a a 'i y i, fi <?, re 9 hia seneration. Lord Randolph Churchill, Lord hit P l%a m ‘J’ 8 Honse waa ad «> in June, 1894, w-(T. 0. M.) - 975 words
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Article182 1923-01-30 95 The smoking concert held in honour of the Perak and Negri Sembilan Rugby teams in the Selangor Club on Saturday evening was greatly enjoyed by a very crowded audience, says our Kuala Lumpur contemporary, the Malay Mail Thu IB hardly to be wondered at since182 words
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Article932 1923-01-30 95 Mrs. c. E. Rooke is visiting Kuala Lumpur. A Reuter’s cable from Paris announces the death of M. Max Nordau. Mrs Dunford Wood has returned to Ipoh from the Island of Pangkor where she has been staying for some time. Our Singapore correspondent telegraphs news of the932 words
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Article3100 1923-01-30 96 new year meeting Opening Day’s Results As usual a very large crowd gathered on the Race Course yesterday afternoon—it was a day on which all roads led to the races no matter what was taking place < elsewhere. Not only were the enclosures packed, but the Public3,100 words
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Article1612 1923-01-30 98 It was an ancient observation touchmg the laws, statutes or ordinances issued as edicts in the days of the Chinese Empire that they were framed not only to punish vice "but to reward virtue. The number of those who fell within the second .category has not1,612 words
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Obituary23 1923-01-30 98 domestic occurrence DEATH. Lean.—On January 24th, at the Genera) Hospital, Singapore, End. rick Charles Lean, ot Meters. Lean to, I euang, deeply mourned.23 words
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Article458 1923-01-30 99 Tb. R.v. Bro. bu anointed Director of St *> oBe P 3E». Hongkong, left Singapore on Monday- Mr Yeoh Seng Lye has resigned bi, Di«ctor»hip the Book, Limitod, «nd h ceMed 10 act that capacity. Mr. and Mra. W. Percy Pinckney are nera to Singapore by the458 words
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Article961 1923-01-30 99 .—S.T. A Servant’s Savings A Koala Lompor friends inform usthat Messrs Yap Futt Yew and Yap Chin Fook, upon wZ litigation with the latter', old nurse we commented in our issu of Monday last, have no connection whatever with the family of the late Towkay Loke Yew. We.—S.T. - 961 words
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Article227 1923-01-30 99 Death in Singapore Mr. bredeiick Charles Lean, of Mevsrs, ein and Co, whose sudden death, which took place at the General Hospital, ingapore yesterday, we regret to announce, came out from Manchester, well a 9 nar tor of a century ago 12 e Ber vice of227 words
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Article675 1923-01-30 100 Al L SORTS AND CONDITIONS OF A MEN Another Handcuff King We are pleased to record the acquittal o f Mahomed bin Pihi, a police constable charged With neglect of duty, inasmuch as he did, on January 15, allow one of two prisoners, whom he had captured and675 words
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Article1587 1923-01-30 100 PRELIMINARY INQUIRY In the Police Court, Penang, yesterday, before Air. H. C. Bathurst cHarges i of forging coupons (five piculs, one picul, and tw r enly-five catties) for the export of rubber, of having in their possession counterfeiting materials, and of having in their possession forged coupons,1,587 words
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Article769 1923-01-30 101 MINUTES of MEETING on January 17 Th. r‘ K a Luni pur AcW...| J(' '*'|>r. 1\ fc 11 > t'J.y. lr < V’ TT H T 1 '•“‘■■»nng «hi. tb "I"' fr ■■ulmHeror 1,.1,..ur. (Mr v'll ,r H. I: i;;J iM.'i- w4u 7" t s ''"m''"i "'rT' 1,1769 words
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Article260 1923-01-30 101 GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala, Lumpur, January 24. In the Federal Council, referring to the hope expressed in his annual address that it might be possible to increase the function of the powers of the State Councils tluj High Commissioner said that he260 words
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Article844 1923-01-30 102 i-'/vn iq a greater blessing t e Restrict** 1S money oom more we see fo rubber is already intOthe to st“r in the markets o£ beginning g after a very long Penang uow shews signs of pened o in Manchester goods inrcrp the revival is very welcome844 words
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Article281 1923-01-30 102 Owing to the counter-attraction at the Town Hall the attendance at the E and 0 Hotel to celebrate Burns Nicht” was slightly affected. In addition to the mem! ers of St. Andrew’s Society there were a few guts's. The Rev. Archibald Ewing, who was the originator of the281 words
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Article537 1923-01-30 102 c-.srp Mrs. Cromie has returned from Ceylon. Mr. E. L. Bennett, the Chief Hydraulic Engineer, F. M. S., has gone on circuit to Perak and Kedah. Inche Mohd. Eunos, Editor of the Lembaga Malayu, Singapore, is in Penang for the races. The death of Mr. L.W. Gouldc-.srp - 537 words
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Article1639 1923-01-30 103 (Tom Weight Stuff Xn’tbat money is need tellinjr. tbat it is the low of money von It i« misquotations that h L>«d tb. world’ hr more th«> tiOT .«r “ret stone’ ?”r r "oT mr. here interrupted oar hmiliar hike, that brought yon inspiration and me1,639 words
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Article55 1923-01-30 103 There is no change in the London pri c °f Is. 6d. a pound but the Singapore pri co shows a drop of one cent to 63 cents 8 pound. The local price also fell $1 Good F. A. Q. to $B4 a picul and $2 f° r55 words
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Article61 1923-01-30 103 The following matches have been ar ranged to take place on the Esplanade Hockey, Colours v. White, Monday 29 at 5 p.m, Soccer, Colours V. White 8 January 31 at 5 p.m. Cricket, P.C.C- J. Wallace Wilson’s XI, February 1 a t 11 a.m. o The Klang Club61 words
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Article2481 1923-01-30 104 SECOND DAY’S RESULTS Favoured with ideal weather for the Sport of Kings, there was a larger attendance at the races yesterday afternoon than on the first day, including His Highness the Sultan of Perak and suite, H. H. Tunku Ibrahim of Kedah, the Hon. Mr. A. B.2,481 words
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Article183 1923-01-30 105 The five-dollar cash sweeps on the Race Course resulted as folio ws Face I —hirst Prize No. 17, $230 Seoohd 637, $92 n rr Tv ird 43, $46 Rice ll,— First p r i ZQ 5395 n Tri Second 707, $132 Race lll.—First Prize 38), $467 Second 777,’183 words
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Article132 1923-01-30 105 The following statement shows the amount of rubber which passed through the Export Duty Offices during the months of November and December: November December Straits Settlements lb lb (excluding the Hands of Penang A Singapore) 2,450,030 3,705,763 Federated Malay Slates 11,119,472 15,657,827 Johore 4/293,408 5,333,600 Kedah132 words
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Article110 1923-01-30 105 Total value of imports of merchandise into the S.S. during the 4th Quarter, 1922: Singapore $118,366,278; Penang $38,935,711; Malacca $4,617,436; Total $161,919,425 equal to £18,890,600. Total value of imports of merchandise into the S.S. during the, 4th Quarter, 1921, Singapore $125,174,866; Penang $30,231,436; Ma1acca’54.256,614; Total $159,662,916 equal to110 words
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Article209 1923-01-30 105 A. A. Anthony Co.’s Daily RipoM Penang, January 26. Share Market :—Undecided. Rubbers:—An uncertain market with more sellers in evidence, in many cases buyers have withdrawn their offers, but quotations are nominally unchanged. Tins:—Are an improving market business difficult to negotiate. Industrials and Loans —Unchanged. 0 The Malay209 words
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Article8060 1923-01-30 106 Cameron “Fiateau”-Report Presented CENTRAL MILLING AG ENCY’S COMPENSATION PITY THE POOR MORTGAGEE (From The Malay Mail’s Report) A Special Meeting of the Legislative Council of the Federated Malay States was held in the Council Chamber at Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday last at 10.30 a.m. His Excellency, the High8,060 words
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Article365 1923-01-30 110 The following appear in the FM 8 Government Gazette of January 26 Mr H J Mackenzie to be Superintendent of Surveys, Survey Department, F M S Mr BAR Gater to be an Assistant Entomologist, Agricultural Department, F|M S Mr W 8 Gibson to be Legal Advise»’, F M365 words
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Article507 1923-01-30 111 largely attended RECEPTION There was a large attendance at the Corner CUo. KeiaU Hoad, J-terday evening, the occiuKiu being the A U?' given by the Strtuta Chinese Briti#b Association m honour of the Hon. Mr. Yeoh Guan Seok, on his appointment as the first Penang Chinese reXsontative507 words
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Article1042 1923-01-30 111 The Retrenchment Lcmm tiee in tbe F M S has written rather strongly ci tee unpopularity oi tue Malayan < ivii Service Straits Times of buurday it s ■aid that men who have come out too low i„ the examination lists to get into the I .dian1,042 words
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Article195 1923-01-30 111 FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS Sun Still at Shanghai (j i’or/i Our Own Correspondent,) Singapore, January 29. Growing fi icti in at Canton culminated in the capture of Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Com-mander-in-Chief, General Gnai Bong-ping» at a parley with the Kwangsi Commander. It is reported that in consequence of t195 words
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Article928 1923-01-30 112 Two or three birds can be killed with one stone when the vis inertia that has kept back the construction of the road from Ayer Hitam to Balik Pulau is finally overcome. When “Round the island,’’ a« it is called, was made, regardless of expense, for the benefit of928 words
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Article54 1923-01-30 112 TLe latent London prices shows a decline of jd to Is s}d, with the rra/ket quiet. In Singapore smoked sheet is quoted at 26*1 cents a pound and crepe 62| cents. Locally Good F. A. Q. changed hands at $B2 a picul, a faT of $1 and li54 words
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Article139 1923-01-30 112 Bukit Mertajam was en f4te on Wednesday, the 24th instant, on the occasion of the opening of the F. M. S. Railway Institute. The spacious hall and premises were tastefully decorated with flags, buntings, evergreens etc., The band of the Jit Fin School, Bukit Mertajam, which was kindly139 words
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Article535 1923-01-30 112 The Rajah di Hilir (Rajah Chulan) is in Penang for the races. A Reuter’s cable states that H.R.H the Duke of York has had the freedom of Glasgow conferred upon him. Captain W. H. Oalthrop Calth ep, A. M., R. N., Master Attendant, Straits Settlements, leaves Singapore535 words
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Article938 1923-01-30 113 U vrotrnTbe «jarptiaed to hear that non.. Thi. onffht to «“P ’"J,”! "°t° Carlo to rX« «s u»— n witi,out them. Freemason Generali would retire on vetting the eign from trie brethren on the otter eide. If the Ger”»"’ bl d b known this there would have been938 words
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Article78 1923-01-30 113 Dr. Sun’s Return -w Our Own Orraporuienf.) A rne«..„, t <in 7_ l P nre January 27. Hui. b »t for Canton He ha. L g a S a to d »y the effect that )>. "tunificMionofthe eonntrv" the ">» that all faeti ns ,7’ an< ’"kgestueitotiate with foreinn78 words
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Article302 1923-01-30 113 A. A. Anthony A Co.’s Daily Rbfoix Share Market: —Quiet. Rubbers-.—Prices appear to, have steadied up and more sellers are now in the market, quotation closing below the best. There are sellers of Ayer Kuninw at 180 cents,! AHen’-ys at SI 30, Basaettsht $1.35, Bitu Liutangs at 65302 words
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Article172 1923-01-30 113 Before the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice P. J Spr ule, on Thursday, a caße was commenced in which Chew Hoon and Eu Fat claime I from a Chinese lady, named Lim Hee, the sum of $5,965.80 being, it is alleged, the balance due on work172 words
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Article85 1923-01-30 113 The health statistics for the Mu nic pality of George Town for the 00 ending January 20,- 1923, give a total 74 deaths—4o males and 34 eDia .iJ the death rate being 31.57 per annum compared with 26.88 i° preceding week and with 26.49 io corresponding week of85 words
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Article1151 1923-01-30 114 Typhoid fever has broken ou m announced in our issue of batu. Xv last The common house fly the t disseminator of this d.sease Sh is not, to use the familiar houseLw word, ■‘catching” from one person ...other but is acquired by eating food 2 drinking water1,151 words
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Article635 1923-01-30 114 Funeral in Singapore The funeral of the late Mr. F. C. Lean took place at Bidadari Cemetery, Sings* pore, on Thursday afternoon, January 25th and was conducted by the Venerable Aichdeaoon Swindell. Among those present were Mrs. L. Hoefeld (sister-in-law), Mr. and Mis. V.635 words
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Article1425 1923-01-30 115 n R ibe Saltan of Johore was prevented by an attack of gout rom attending the Penang races. Mr W N. Masterton is appointed Deputy B—yor.Gene l of Bh ip s for the Colony as from March 19, 1921. Captain B. J Eaton. 0.8. E, Officer Commanding,1,425 words
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Article3295 1923-01-30 116 LAST DAY’S RESULTS The weather for the last dav’s racing in the Penang Tuif Club** New Year meetin? was all that could be des r d. The fine weather of ti e pr cedi g few days had put the in exo llent condition and in bed3,295 words
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Article4738 1923-01-30 118 JUDGMENT ON PRELIMINARY ISSUES. [From the Straits Times Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, January 25. The following is the full text of the judgment of Mr. Justice Farrer-Manby, in the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur, in the case in which Mr. F. C. Peck, on behalf of himself and other shareholders4,738 words
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Article562 1923-01-30 120 We (Malay Mail) do not quite understand Mr. Rich's fears about the abolition of the appointment of Senior W arden of Mines. As far as we know the Retrenchment Commission has not recommended the abolition of the appointment. The Alines department is not supposed to be a562 words
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