Feeding the Fires on the Ocean Flier

AN INTERESTING BXPERTENOE The following Is from an article written by an amateur stoker who worked bis passage across the Atlantic on the Deutschiand, the fastest liner in the world, on one of her record breaking voyages. It contains many interesting facts;—-When. I went abroad the Deutsehland, tbe ocean racer was anchored at the mouth of the river Elbe, It was hound for New lork and I had enlisted as a coal pastier aboard the gallant craft. Our cabins were filled with man, women, and children. More than once did I bear some of the passengers remark that they would give almost anything If they oonld only be shown to the togine room aad to the boiler rooms. But it is against the rulea of the Com pany, and it made me forget some of the hardships when I realised that I was privileged to go every day to a place in thnt beautiful ship where even tbe saloon passenger who had rented » it&terooni for the week could not go. The £r«6 thing I knew I was told to go down in the stoke room and shovel coal. And I did. Now, don't ima gine that I was the only man in the engine and stoke room* There were more than SO others, all ready for terrific work. No man ever ataya there who is not willing to work. You get all you want to eat and to drink, bat work you must, And that ia right. LIKK A COAL MINE AT SEA I lhali never forget the sensation that came over me when I made my yah descent into the coal hole. I passed through the engine room, then through the boiler room, and finally I landed in the coal hole, And each a hole ! Noth ing bat coal around me, I don's see where all the coal came from? Some body threw me b> shovel. Then I landed against a mountain of coal, ThereTwere baskets by the busnel, and into these I shovelled for dear life. Then the coal was placed on little rail* roads and away it darted toward the fire worn proper* And such fires 1 Jc made ma dizzy. The Deutichland horned 580 tons of coal every twenty four hours—22 tons every hour day and Right. 'Nearly 1000 pounds of cotl had to be led into her furnaces every minute S There were 23 engineers and 12 assistants!, There were eight oilers, who had nothing to do with the stoke hdie. All they did was to see to it that thera were no hot bearings. There Were 12 chief Bremen, 90 regular fire men, and m many coal-passers or itokers. 1 was of the latter number. There were also 3 storekeepers, one for each watch. If anybody wants to go into the railroad business he should first take a trip across the At lantic, m I did, in the coal hole of an ocean racer. The miles of railroad lending from the bunkers to tbe firerooms proper were kopt busy at •11 limes. Cara were flying buck and forth. There were 16 boilers to be looked after. There were 112 fires. And such fires ! Some of the boilers they told me were single coders ; others they called double endere. There weve 12 of the latter class. A doable ender ie a boiler that is fired from both ends. There ire fires in the rear nod fires in the front, and there is a chief fireman who stands over you and sees to it that the steam is kept up at all times in tho boilersj Coal is no object. But steam is. And tbe men in the fireroom were kept busy shovelling the coal into the furnaces. Tho work is not easy, It is no chilcis's play. Bat we only worked four hours at ■ time, and then were off for eight hours. Then we went on watch again. ALL WEAR SHIKTS AND OTEBALLS Before I went to tho coal hole they took me to a largo washroom, where there"were closets all around. Here I left my every day clothes and put oh my working clothes, I bad imagined that in order to exist in a coal hole you would have to walk around without any clothes, Nob at all. Every man wears a blue flannel shirt and overalls. The flannel is a good thing. Then when your watch ia up you go to the wash room. There jog take a bath, •You have all the conveniences, and get into your every day clothn again, and then for the next eight hours you are your own bose. Twice during each watch the chief fireman came around with a glass and a bottle of brandy and to each man gave a drink of good liquor. Brandy enables you to work hard in the terrific heat. Ttiere is not a boarding house in all New York where they serve better food than they do to the »' men behind the shovel" as did the Deutschland. The Company does not lose by th»t. On the contrary, it gains. Besides we are given a bottle of claret every day with our meals. Thus you see every thing is done to make as as happy aa one can be who has just left a stoke bole and who has go other prospect in view than to return to the same epot eight hours hence.

An Ingenious Device.

A ship that) cannot; sink la a great desideratum In view of the increased fre* queney of collisions in recent yeara. This increase is due utot only to th 9 increase c f traffic, bnfc also to Iha contraction of s^a roate-». In (he good old days a captain Bimply f< ll'>wad as weJl aa ho could iho short 8 <t line b-twren his port of depaiture and hi?i destination, hut nowadays ve^ela seek to take sdvantaga if favourable currents, and ihia concentfa tea ifee tj.ffio la comparatively narrow lanes. A French anglnser, Henri Mario'le, has deviaed a ra thod of keeping a ship from s'nking cnlj rely, no. mat/.Br how badly it maybe injured in a colHson. The device ia in ge/ii 'uc, to bay the least. It consists, in the first place, of A NOMBKB OF BAGS Of INDIAKUBBER covered' wi'h stout can\at. These are placed separately in pockets or depressions ds rrbufced along the ship'a side a lit'le shove the water line Each pocket is elosfd by a sheet iron cover, and from the bottom of each bag a pips descends nearly to fcho water level- The bags, which are collapsed and folded, contain a licile dry calciora cat bide. The theory of the device ia that when the ship begins to sit k water wiil >i>-e in the pipett, come into contact wi h the sarbide, and cau-e a bri^k evolu t'on < f acetylene ga*. Thi.i will diacond the bar>s to their foil capacity, bnra'ingoS shoon-'ron doors In the process. The addo.l bu"y>ricy of the inflated baj?B, if ih( jy are sufficient in s'ze and number, will prevent, the ship sinking more than a few feet. And tlvs Is to take placo in a few 860' nds 'Jh-i invent-r ha* clculated ■.ha* a Urge ocem I ncr may te n:ale nnbinkabU.) by 150 bags, o»eh containing about 100 pounds of carbide, which will produce about half a ra llion gallons of gas.

IHB ASHBtRTON GtJABDIAft : SATUBDAY, AUGUST 31, 1901.

Printed and published by Alfred John tErKRELL-BAXKR, of Burnett street east, for the Proprietors, Robert Bell and Henby Adam Maokay, »6 their Print'ng Offioe Barnebb Street, Ashburton SAQCUKDAY, AUGUST 51, 1901.



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FOR WATCHES] OLOOKS, JBWELLBRY, SILVER AND ELEOTRO-PLATE SEASONABLE NOVELTIES, Eto, 00 10 G. JESSON, Practical Watchmaker and wellei Burnett Street, (opposite Somerset Hotel) ; Aahburtun. —Repairs i Specialty.-— Presentation Committees liberally dealt with. lIEWELLYN OWES M.U.B'M.. CERTIFICATED TEACHER, Local Representative of the London College of Music and of the Magical International College, ! /QUARTER starting from any date. Students prepared for any examination , held in the Colony. ', Candidates presented, 107 ; average marke obtained 93 per conb "A THING OF BSAUTY B A JOY FOR EVEB." nprIBRKFORIfi Procure ihe 59rv1093 of X * I tT. Ij. HIGGB | TO DECORATE YOUR HOMES With his Bsautifal Designs la Paper and Paint Work. Afj Spring ia coming, apply eirly to avoid the rush of work. WINDOW GLASB, PAINTS, OILS, & PAPERINGS IN STOCK. J, L. HIGrGrS* Tanobbh Stobkt.



JAMES BAKER. Feknishing Wabrhousb, (Havelook Street; TTE guarantees to sell ab Ohrlatchnrob prices for Cash or Time Payments. Morrow, Bassett $ Go, Wills Street, Ashbubeon, IMPORTED PLOUGH SHARES. RANSOMES' R.N.P. and HORNSBY'S "C SHARES ALL SIZE lEON FIELD GATES. 10ft, lift, and 12ft FENCING MATERIAL M. PRIESI, SlaK&ger



IF YOU WISH TO OBTAIN THE BEST CHOPS AND GET PRIZES, TDse Islington Fertilisers To* Insure Fall Crops Everywhere. [! \\7'E have the pleasure to notify ' Oar Clients that we are now in the I position to supply them with these ' celebrated Fertilizers AT £4 12s 6d PER TON on bracks, ISLINGTON & SMITHFIELD. Results Prove that they are the BEST AND CHEAPEST TO USE. Quality and Analysis remain as Before Islington Clients have won the highest honors at the Winter Shows of the Agricultural and Pastoral As sociations, for Hoots and Grain exhibited at their Shows, and in the Paddock Competitions. NICOLL BROS. DISTKICT AGENTS, ASHBURTON;



BICYCLES RE-PLATED AND RE-ENAMELLED IN all the COLOURS of the RAINBOW, including BLACK and WHITE. SILVER AND GQO> DECORATIONS 1! required* FROM 208. Oates, Lowry and Co., ZEaLANDIA CYCLE WORKS, Burnett Street TO BE PUBL SHED IN APRIL, 1902, A COMPLETE and Beliable Direotorj? FOR CANTERBURY? NEL3ON, MARLBOROUGH. and WESTLAND. STONE, SON"*AND G0.,. Publisher® of the well known Stone'a brago and Southland Directory and Stone''g Wei lington, Hawke's Bay, and 'jfaranaki Directory, etc, have the honor to notify their intention lo compile and pub a thoroughly complete and reliable DIRECTORY, to ba entitlr a •— BTON E'B OANTERBURY, NELSON, MARL BOROUGH & WESTLAND DIREOTOR^/ AND NEW ZEALAND ANNUAL APRIL, 190« i. wwarr" Edited by John £soi«. Will contain more than Wise the amouab matter given in any provioaaly. keued Directory ot Canterbury. Price : If ordered before publication,. 10a 6^ after publication, 12s 6<i.- 6 12? Smoke Now; Venus



BUSINESS NOTICES _____________ HH* JUST IN TIME GUNS. GUNS. GUNS. Single and Double Barrel, from 80s to £7 10s OAETRIDGEBr~ :£:"~OABTRIDGES. Rky'6 Bice, Smokeless, and Universal ; NEW CLUB, NEW RIVAL HOEBE~CLIPPERS CHEAP AND GOOD. D ANPI^Q ("Ono<'^Zellandia/'aud'«Sootta")- Eegi&ter JXJLXI 1 \JTJLjO Grates, Mantel Pieces, Garden and Carpenters Toole, Lamps, Builders' and Famishing Ironmongery, ate. I Kindly Pay Me a Visit, and Save Money. G. MEDDINS, The Peoples Ironmonger, Burnett Street, Opposite Arcade WHERE TO BUY. Great Clearance Sale Now Goin^ On Of High-class Drapery & Clothing FOB A FEW WEEKS ONLY. BARGAINS IN. EVERY DEPARTMENT.



TTNBOUFDED SUCCESS OF A. ORE'S GREAT DRAPERY SALE. French Dress Fabrics—6a will purchase a good costorae Ladies' Back and Colored Jackets 63 Jld to 12s 6J I Ladies' Good Umbrellas, non cutting covers, 2>s lid to 9s 6d Ladies' Hemmed Handkerchiefs 2a per dozen Ladies' Macintoshes, special value, greatly reduced < Ladies' Mantles, Broche Silk, afc half price ! Best Colonia? White Blankets 16* 6d, 18* 6d, 21a 6d to 30s Men's Suits from 203, grand value, all sizes < Men's Framed Felb Hats, tremendous reductions, from 4s J6d. A lot of small sizes, good quality, ab 6d and Is each Man's Waterproof Ooate, special raducbion TAILORING DEPARTMENT-Salts to measure from £3 3s DRESSMAKING, as usual, ab satisfactory prices BOOTS, BOOTS -Magnificent Stock of Ladiee 1 and Genfca' Boots and Shoes atjjgreatly reduced prices ANDREW ORE. KEEP YOUR ROOMS WARM OIL STOVES. OIL STOVES JUST LANDED 144 Oil Stovea, which mast be sold from 5s @d each Will warm your Bedroom in ten minutes afc a cost of less than 2d \ Donfc Fail to take advantage of this offer. I WESTPORT COAL. Always in Stock. Also Newcastle Goal of very best quality. Shag Point, the most economical in tho market. SHORT FIREWOOD IN ANY QUANTITY Orders left at oar East Street Office will receive prompt attention W. H. COLLINS & CO,, IRONMONGERS, PAINTERS, TIMBER & COAL MERCHANTS. Agents Boyal Insurance Company Telephone No 64 ' cold winter night, jLlll flu //^ '' k needed. It is a splendid /f^ warming drink, thoroughly' / X\hW''sSlw-^io& .agreeable to the taste. '' " Aulsebrook's Cocoa is ) ■' . ,' afe° peculiarly a nourishing /^^^^^T 'anc^ strengt^en^ng beverage; energising, vitalising, sus *■"■ ' '""' ■<^w) —tjajaßP* • J ■* 13 JUlc|iyi<J; Ltif@« OUR EIRST DISPLAY I OF SPRING MILLINERY AND NOVELTIES FOR THE COMING SEASON, Will be made on and after SATURDAY, AUGUST U. MITCHELL AND TURNER



BUSINESS NOTICES ; I HBW ZBAI/ANPJJ [CLOTHING FACTC^fI £ fj ' KEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY stock-taking seductions. MEN'S Sao Suits 39a 6d, all 1 sizes, reduced to 25a > Men's Tweed Overooata and Gapes 25s 6d, reduced to 19a 6d Meo'a Fashionable Chesterfields 19s 6d I Men's Waterproof Coats and Capes 3256 d. ! Tho largest variety iv town Boys' Stzong School Clothing a Speciality, NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING T7ACTORY LOTHING Jj ACTORY Monumental Sculptor, 60 Stafford St, Timaru * A LWAYS in Stock—A first Y7 A class oelecMon of Marble JS—ll—4_ and Granite Monuments, I] Designs and Estimates may I i be inspected at the establishment /I of Mr John Wilaon, Painter, v^ Burnett Street, Ashburbon Letter Gutting in any style DURING a aketching tour the Lord of Bcrleigh made a short stay at a hamlet, where, in tho character of a land scape painter, he won the affection of the village belle, and contrary to custom, married ner. He did not disclose his real rank and position until the modest equip age, which carried them to their home, stopped before a most stately mansio.n. The erstwhile country girl was bewildered, and despite the affection lavished on her by her lord, she gradually sank, and died a gracious lady, a true adornment to her elevated station, having mastered every detail of card-leaving precedence. Lord Butleigh never recovered the shock, bat then, that great healing balm, PLANTKKOA. | was unknown in those days. Science was unaware of the elements that compose the m-ei valuable recuperative agent of modern times. PLANTEKOA ( gives new life, heals affliction of tha body, and removes mind troubles. Mr C A Jolly, the euccessful auctioneer and land agent of Wellington, writes :•— * With | pleasure I recommend PLANTEKOA laa a sovereign cure for headache. For several years I have constantly had recourse to headache wafers, powders, etc, to get relief. I took one bottle of PLANTEKOA (nearly two years ago), and I hay c not had a single attack einoe. You miy mention my name to anyone suffaringas I did. I sincerely recommend them to try ♦ Plantekoa.' Signed, Charles A Jolly. 1 Plantekoa is obtainable from leading chemists and storekeepers in Aahburton. THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS CO OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION OF CANTERBURY, Ltd Offices, Warehouses, and Grain Stores West Street, Ashburton. EVERY Descr.ption of Farmers Requisites at lowest rates. Groceries, Hardware Saddlery, Cornßaoks, Woolpackß, Twine, Oils' Tinware Horse Covera Sof b Goods & Boots m GRAIN SOLD ON COMMISSION. Having reliable information from our Agents in other parts of the Colonies, we are in a position to obtain higheßb possible price, for all grain placed in our hands for disposal, Shareholders should be particularly care ful to enquire from us and inspect our goods before ordering elsewhere. WE have several really first-class Farm for Sale on cur books, and farmer wishing to purchase would do well to oall on us for parbioulara :~*i 570  Springbum 108  Mount Somers 1000 Acres Lauriston Distriob 750 „ Wakauui „ 1031 s , Ohertsey  1958 „ Dromore „ , r 1180  Springburn „ 476 „ „ „ 5000 i, Hinds „ (In lots bo suit purchasers 2000 „ Miboham  400 , ; Fairfield „ 1000 „ near Alford 700 „ Newlands 700 ,s Overdale 300 „ „ T. F GIBSON Manager



BUSINESS NOTICES —-——-—— — ' i BE WI3E, UY YOUR BOOTS AE I>. S'l?GGli.'*g LUB BOOT SHOP, "DURNET1 1 STREET, ASHBURTON. 13 A Pair of Slippers given away with every pair of Boots to the value of lOss SPORT. SPORT SPORT GUNS GUNS. GUNS. HARDLFy BROS BAST STREET, HAVE TO HAND, direct .from the Manufacturers, a largo Consignment of the Famous NEW RIVAL CARTRIDGES. Largo supplies also arriving of Eley'B Amberite, Blue Shutze, Kynoek's Nobele, etc. Special clearance of Wire Cartridges, owing to being overstocked. GUNS, GUNS. Foe First-class Guna, at a low price, give us a trial ; our prices defy competition. UUNS of all makes REPAIRED and put !a first-olaes order by a Practical Gunsmith, Address— HAEDLBY .BEOS LADIES ! /""I FNUINE Tailor-made Costumes, Habits \JT Jackets,*Bainproof Mantles &c, made lto measure in the latest Styles and newes 1 Materials. Fit and workmanship guarau udod. GENTLEMEN ! We have jast opened out ex 6,8 'R&uga tira* a large Shipment of New Winter Goods We respectfully invite inspector of our new Worsted and Vicuna Suitings, Serges, Scotch, Irish, and West of England and New Zealand Tweeds, Meltone, Beavers, Vene tians, New Rainproof Covert Coatingt, real ' Donnybrook' Irish Friezes, &o. Suiti to measure from £3. Trousers from 15s. Our motto is always • Satisfaction !' ' CRAIGHEAD & BERRYMAN The Leading Tailors and Outfitters, j ASHBURTON WANTED, 20,000 Hares. XTTE Have appointed Messrs Annect Bros, to acb as our AGENTS For Aehburton and Dietrich, and they will pay Top Priceß. Consign to— TONKIN AND 00,, FAIRFIELD W Ay TED. WANTED Known — Men's Good Shooter Boots only 8s lid, at Mellor's Zaalandia Boot Store npHE Crowning Glory of a Woman ia her JL Hair. For promoting an abundant and luxurious growth of halt there is nothing to equal Hendy's Egg Julep. Boitlea 13, at H E Bonninton's, Chemist. ONCE again our Great Stock Taking Sale is at hand. Great Bargains at Mellor's Zaalandia Boot Store rfIHE ''LILY STARCH" ia superior J_ any, Housewives will find ib most) economical. Sold by all storekeepers 5 312 REMEMBKR for one month only— Mellor's Stock Taking Boot Sale will last. Come early for bargains T> EMEMBER Mellor's Great Stock Jlld Taking Boot Sale is now on. Great Bargains at Mellot's WANTED — 1000 People to try Mbiior's Zealandla Boot Store or good cheap Foot: Wear WANTED— Ladies visiting Danedln will find Hendy's Hairdressing Saloons, Princess street, replete with every comfort for Hail-dressing, Shampooing, Singeing, eto Toilet goods of every description WANTED Known—A Great Stock Taking Sale Is now on aii Melloks Zealandia Boot Store OH Where, oh where is the Best Boot Shop ? Why MsLLOtt's Zaalandia Boot Store, ot course P ATI'S Pan baking powder the greab novelty, two patty tins for nothing grocers; ST GEORGE JAMS excel all others they are delicious, Sold by all Bfeor keepers 5 31 WANTED— -Ladies doßirous ol dressing the hair in present becoming fashions | should send for the new Geisha Frames; all l ooloors. Sent post free for Is 9d from the manufacturer, A M. Bendy, Hairdresser, Pnnedin. /CHILBLAINS relieved instantly of al \J irritation by Loasby 1 Koolibah. Few a plications cure ONE Minute, Pleaae—Have you heard thab MellorV Great Boot Sale is now on ST GEORGE Potted and Preserved Meats —Tongues, Table Delicacies, etc—have no equal. All storekeepers 5 314 PATTY Pan baking powder wants one trial without prejudice, two patty pans cr nothing WANTED— For promoting an abundant and luxurious growth of hair there is nothing to equal Hendy's Egg Julep ; it arrests all dandruff, and leaves the hair beautifully glossy. Bottles Is ; on sale at H B Bonnington's, Chemist. WANTED Known — The Rapid Lightning Shirt Glosa Is sold afc all Grocers ; a wotidorful Shirs glaze KOOLIBAH Cures all Pains, Strains, Bruises, Stiff Joints, etc. Try it for Chilblains : JUST Fancy-Ladies' Pretty Evening Shoes only 2s lid, at Meliok's Zealandia Boot Shore TJATTY Pan baking powder contains a JL patty pan •it each end of tin. WISE Mothers — Remember that Mellor's Great Bargain Sale is now on PATTY Pan baking powder ia the great est novelty you ever saw. fiold all groners. TTUHY Chilblains are relieved instantly JL and quickly oured by Loasby's Koolibah sura cure WANTED Known —Great Clearing Boot Sale at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store npHE moat up to date novelty oi the day X Patty Pan baking powder



KAYE & GARTER ARE CASH BUYERS, highest current rates, all FARM PHODUOE. Agents ior Button's and Lawson Unrivalled Seeds, Vm Season's Supplies of RAPE, TURNIP, MANGEL CLOVERS, & &0, JUST LANDED. LARGE STORES at LYTTELTO EXTENSIVE CLEANIN& MACHINERY. CORNS AUKS always on hand: KAYE &. CARTER, OBRISTOHURC^ mESDERS Wanted—For the wearing of X two thousand pairs o Boots. Apply at J Mellob, Tar.3red Street ST GEORGE Manufactured Goods of various kinds are the best. Try them Procurable from all storekeepers 5 311



STUD NOTICES. TO STUD HORSE OWNERS | I ORSE CARDS aad Horse Re -I.J; ceipfc Books printed at the Mail and Guardian Office with neatness and despatch, and at Moderate Prices, 1 TO STAND THIS SEASON AD I ABHBURION, And Travel the Surrounding Districts, 3he Cklebbated Teothng Stallion, PBIHOJB IMPERIAL. (By Hambletonian Bell Boy—Princess) "PRINOB IMPERIAL ia the sire of Little XT Pritscess, which ran a dead heat with Onward for second place io the Juvenile Stakes, at the Ohristohurch May Meeting ; sime, 2; 39 Terms-£54 4i j payable lab January, 1902 } groomage fee sa, payable at first) service* For further particulars apply j. McDonnell, 8 212 Proprietor, ABhburfcoa BUSINESS NOTICES ABCHITEOT, AROADJ?, ASHBURTON, AND 2, BEDFORD ROW, OHRISTOHUROH THIS DAINTIEST LITTLE WHEEL THAT EVER WAS" '• The Eambler." HAYING sold out of my old Btock o! these superior Bicycles, I have use opened up a fresh consignment of the LATEST PATTERN " RAMBLER" SPECIAL LIGHT RACSRS, ROAD RAOERS, & ROADSTERS n all sizes and ail fitted with th eve^ asfcing Q & J detiohabie Tyre. " THE SLSLBKBJLJBSR, , OALb AJNB INSPECT TEE STOCK. Price Easy. Riding Easy. Machines the Strongest Earth, ACCESSORIES IN STOCK. OTHER MA&ES PITTED WITH G & J TYRES« D. THOMAS. GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. I'stabli^hcd IS7O. >^. EVERY POLICY OUJSKAKTEBD BY THE STATS. For the following amongst many reasons Ncw-Zealandorsshould sniniort their natiouaS office :— 1. Its Security is absolute. 2. Its Premiums are low. 3. Its Bonuses are high. 4. Its Funds are all invested In the colony. 5. Its business is restricted to New Zealand, the HEALTHIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. Ne-.v-Zealanders who insure in offices which obtain the bulk of their business from tho Old World and tbe other colonies (including ■Western Australia and Fiji) have ttv-paj^jr? tho LOSS AlilSlNtt FItOM THIO HEAVJC ' MOIiTAIjITY 01^ 'I'HOSE COUNTRIES. 'J'lie doath-rate in Now- Zealand was uncmr 10 per tl.ouf-aiul i-i IBOS, whilo in the other colonies it ranged from 12J per thousand in Nh-.v South Walca to 16 per tuousasid ia \¥es'.eni Australia, Vcovr.r'.;;atvd Pnxr..-^ at i-rescnt dato amount to ovvi- TIiUKH MILLION I'OUNDS. ANNUAL INCC-Siß, over £500*000. j. J-. Mcti.umsox,



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