In tlio morning the mr. gentleman ;■ •


OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, who has the largest and most choice to select from of any in the district.


Go to THOMPSON’S CLOTHING


(L A T E J. A P A R K E R ) FOR L IV E L Y MEETING.


[^UPWARDS OF 1,000 PATTERNS TO CPIOOSE FROM. Ready-made or to Measure.


Funeral Orders promptly attended to.


Range of READY-MADE GARMENTS in Stock.


MARKET CL ITU E EO E .


WI L L I AM INGHAM COAL MERCHANT


S o le A g en t for T ow n e le y C o l l ie r ie s . A lso A gen t fo r M essrs. P earson & K nowles. t s r FUKNITUliE REMOVED


Offices:—B a w d l a n d s C o a l W h a r f , C l i t h l k o e . R e s id e n c e : .i s C A S T L E V IEW , C L IT H E R O E .


L E A G U E MEETING. Icagnc, and remarked that “ they would play H a l in spite of it.” He pointed out the serious p


THE QUESTION OF THE LATE PADIHAM PRO. i.„t when there were only eight W dgh ■ •


Ihe majority of those attending the meeting ^vas against them? Simply persist in defying Uie


lion of the league. I f the league contained some


n or 14 clubs with another tlirce or four anxious ,0 join them they could allord^to be. he might say a r iZ rM ie „: bu/whe


A meeting of the Ribblcsdale League Com- tbey ought to gwe imttcc was held at the Kailw.iy Hotel, Padiham, to stop in the eaguc.


with P.idiham as an eligible amateur, and also f


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ortli, of Read, umpiring against them in future. Against, l .lui .an objection by Great Harwood against F. Haw'-


t'Nception of iWhallcyj and St. Andrews was voted to the chair.


Tlic minutes of the hist meeting were passed as an accurate record.


being


T w m T T VKFIJ -rn s r i v n n m v v four voting in favour and two agajnst. Thus Mr. th n s ic k . -nioy did not leave camp until ^ 0 i . tU l t l l .V K L K lU b iA N U HUWN.


UARNOLDSWICK’S PROTEST.


Ihirnoldswick moved that the minute allowing during this season, .Mr. r . Whittaker to play with Padiham as an


eligible amateur be rescinded. So far as the pro- test went, they had neither anything against the I’.adiham dub nor against Jlr. Whitt.akcr, their sole object m bringing the protest being to enlorce


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Hnw. Barnoldswick, Clithcroc. St. Andrews and J-arb>. \»T'iinst Padihain and Read, Harwood remaining


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rescinding of the resMution ,„ , i FTrliv


All the clubs were represented with the sincle neutral. Later in the evening Tadiham moved


Whittaker be allowed to finish the season; clubs


in the league and none on the threshold he thought ‘0 ^


the threshold he thought meet-


on Friday evening last to consider the protest Subsequently the question was put to the meet from the Jlarnoldsw.ck club, re Whittaker playing


DIAJUP OE CORPOBAIi STU B B S , r V THE lOrn HUSSARS,


April 27th. Wo Iiad a mau named Sykes


died at 3.0 o'clock tllis morning. Ho boloiiged to our Squadron and had only fbeen in hospital about a week. Our Squadron was on picquct and iieiuained on that duty unti l next day. Apr il Jiatli. ToHlay wo werd inspected by


Lord Roberts, who was accompamed by Lady Robarts and thoir daughter. A l l our old horsos have got served witu now sadrllos, and the 3 our.g


le-id wood seconding. ’ St. Andrew’s then moved that he not be allowed saddle.


address to parents, bcholars, and friemla. ial musio was sung for the occaswn. In afternoon and evening i l r . Waltem two eloquent sermons. The choir


several anthems in a ereditablo manner, tho aonklerehip of their respocUd clioirnui^'. (Mr. John Haworth). In tliu afternoon J(isj Collingo, of B um lty , sung with much feolh,_ *' Liston to tho children,'' while at the cienia! servico she was criually successful. Mr. B. Sagar prf.’Sidcd at tlio organ with hia aceuilngfi alulity. Tlio collections amounted to £13;* 0 i^d., being a decreaso of M 2s. lOJd. on {i,


pronoun tyccu*. PR IN TW O R K’S PIC-NIC.


This ever popular annual event connected ’


■ d that Mr. horses liav^i got the old ones as fa r as they jtf.e SaMcn Frmtworks was celebrated tor ft, eason, Har- would; go, tho roinaindcr having been servctl ninth tunc on Saturday, .and " as again bronjjt with a new pattern something like a civilian oil with every success.


to play the season out, Uarnoldswick seconding. April 29ih. The amendment was then put to the meeting to-day for tliu front, and I am left behind with


Our regiment niovod from hero


cannot play as an eligible amateur o’ clock in tho afternoon, and did not march for that night.


Bloemfoiitem morning with two wagon, of eparo saddlery,


Secretary then stated that the question be- boots, knives and forks, tents, ofiicers' luggage, i],c meeting was that as to whether Barnolds- etc. AYngotthoro about 12-0 noon. Tho officers' be awarded tlic full number of points,


the rules as laid down. . Rule nine distinctly thereupon slated that “ No jilaycr shall play as an amateur Padiham remarked : You cannot do anything who has Jilaycd as jirofcssional during the prcvi- ons season, and any club violating this Rule shah


gr,nt the points now that you have dc- ,,..,5 pot „ „ eligible player.


be fined A*-, h.ive two j>oints deducted, .and the match and points be aw.ardcd the opposing club.”


come to. -I heir only object m bringing the pro-


lesa was to see ihat the rules were earned out. p,„iii,.um. Yes 1 .and he will play to-morrow. Llithcroe sc,comlcd Uic resolution.


Fadiham observe*! that at the last meeting of the Committee, radiham were (jivcn permission to play Mr. T. Whittaker, and accordingly he liad


MILLINERY AT


HITOHON’S, Top of Moor Lane,


CALLANDSEETHE GREAT BARGAINS.


Top of Moor Lane. T o y s .


Choice in and 2s.


, 1 * . .1 1 X • F *Laroy scconoca me luoposuiuu ui ou carried by four votes to two.


advanced by Barnoldswick.


been playcil. Had the application been refused Mr. Whittaker would not have played ; but seeing GREVP HARWOOD’S OBJECTION UO MR. th:it permission had been <»ivcn for him to play it


vwO KTH AS \JMIURE.


would have looked ridiculous had he not been plavcd. Karlv in the season they had a lirawn The Secretary then read a


letter from the sccrc-


game with Barnohlswick, and Barnoldswick wlio tary of the C»rcat Harwood club rcfpicsiins that seemed to be a.spirin" for llic top of the league Mr. Haworth, lca«,juc umpire, of Read, be not sent had actuallv claimed full complement of points, to Harwood in future, or the Harwood club would He li.id nothin" against tlie Barnoldswick clul), ,not‘ hold jitself responsible for any disturbance or, m fact, against any of the other clubs in the which might occur. league, but he had .a begrudge against any club Grjeat Harwood blatcd that tlicrc were Oircc claiming points for a competing club playing a umpires at Read and all that his club wished was tlic le.Tgtic as that Mr. Haworth be not sent to ClifTe B.iiik in


luggago hod to go into a private store, and tho other luggago into tlio Army Ordinaiiee store, having everything to clicck I did not got nwny antil 1-0 o’clock in the nftornoon, and thou my­ self and tho men with mo went to a coffee shop


.\ndrcw*s then moved that inasmuch as tlie ^iid liad something to ca t and drank, consisting broken by the league, and not by Padi-


pj,,y,.j j j ; . Whittaker on the authority of the bread, and from motives o f economy.


^/rntwlrfl the nronosilion of St. Andrew’s ^ Bloemfontein. On our vr:iy wo were overtaken subsequently decided to refund the pro-


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of sevoa miles, which wo hail to walk on account waggons, etc., a t *. i ^


by 53omu waggons and wo shoutc<i and nskxtl those in oliargo i f they would allow us to nde, wSlicIi they kindly consented to do, and eo wo got a lilt tho remomdor of our journey. iCny 1st. \\h liavo had a day of cleaning uj>


to-<lay, and burning rubbish and old stuff that wa'i not worth carrying about. I t is sun^rLsiiig what an amoiuit of rubbish a regiment can ac- cuinulato when it is haltod for a short tunc. May 2nd. "Wo niovo<l our camp to-day from


tho north-onat to tho west of Bloomfoiitcin, and liad to march through tho town, which, as I think I ha>"0 said btfoHu, i» a ver^* nicas place <tin got to aco i t properly


man who had been sanctioned bj eligible. If the previous had decided that Mr. T. future. • Whittaker (should .nolj jday 'and Padiham had Mr. Haworth, who was present at the meeting, aflcrwarils ilciicd the league by plaving him, then expressed Ins sorrow’ if there was .an/ ill-fccling he would have thought the protest jirtified. Bar- existing between himself and llic Harwood club, noldswick kept harping on the question of rule, If there was any ill-fccling at all it was with one must adhere to the rule. He pointed out that or two of the members of the latter club. He also Rule 22 “ The CoinmiUee shall have power to had received a similar letter to the one read by adjudicate in all disputed matters in the compc- the bccrctary, and he fell very much insulted, iiiion of the nffairs of the league and tlieir dc- He had been an umpire ofiiciating in the Kibbles- cision shall be final”— which he interpreted to dale League ever since the formation of the league, mean that if an * honest” appeal came before the and he must^say that llic treatment he had re- Committee they luul jiowcr to grant it, if ihcv «o *Ceivcd at the hands of the Great IIarvvoo<I club choose, in the face of anv rule. Mr. T. \\hittakcr was such as he ha»l never had in all his prcvioius ha<l been allowed to plav, he had played almost c.xpencncc. In the course of the last four year'' half the season, and now tlierc was some talk of he had only ofTicialctl at Harwoo<l on three occa- knocking him off. He flubbed the suggestion as sions, and, unfortunately, on the last occasion, ridiculous, and passed on to the remark tliat the that during the present sca.son when the opposing clubs would not know what was settled before team was Barnohlswick, he had to give two de- long. ‘ ‘ Here something ii» jiasseil anil the follow- cisions which were adverse to the Harwood players, ing meeting it is rescinded. To-nighl sometliing The innings clo cd, and on his visiting tlic tent mav be ilonc, and next meeting si iniglit be uflcrwarils one or two of the llarwoiKl jdavtrs brouglit up and thrown to the wimls M'hy ! we begun to use filthy language and even to “ jostle” shall have no nce«l to come to league meetings him. Any* disturbance that was made on that slmrtlv, ’ thus spoke llic Padiham representative, occasion look place within the tent, and not out- Barnoldswick dilTcrcd with Padiham’s mterpre- side amongst the .sjicciators, ami that being so he tation of rule


ami not to appeahs, and Paddiam's instance being aifapologv from the onicials of the chib.


The rule rcfcrrcfl to jirotests thought he w’as perfccllv justificfl in demanfling (Hear,


under the later *lead rule 22 could not be drawn hear). He ihcn handcfl to the chairman Idlers in at all. (Hear,hear.)


which held m favour of the decision given by Mr, Read lamented the fact that there was not the Ilaw'orth.


full (pioto of representatives at ihe mecling dc- Padiham was of the opinion that Mr. Haworth /.hdmg


f.'ivour of “Mr. T. Wlmiaker ^is an was one of the best umpires m the league, and he


eligible amateur ^Vhen a motion was passefl bv d^<l not^lhink pt right for ofliciaU to conduct one mccling and rescinded by a subseipient meet- iliemselvcs as il;ey had done at Harwood. (Hear, mg it certainly’ made the league look verv ridicu- hear). He thought that the officials were really loua. Ih e matter was thoroughly disciisseu .n more to blame than the sjiccliilors. the meeting, and though it was agreed that there Karby’ di<l not con.sider it fair for clubs hi was no rule allowing him- to play’ as an anialcur fpo?,nt out which lumpirc:» should witness ihcir vet the appeal was considered m ortler, ami that matches. When an umpire was nomiiuUcd bv the the mccling coiihl grant permission if it cliosc. league then that umpire ought to be at liberty I’crmissjon had been granlcd, ami he for one, to go anywhere. thfiuglit they ought lo fulfil that jicrmission.


Pufliliam then moved, ami St. -Vndrew’s second- harliy now being informed that Padiliam had cd, that continued conlidencc be placed m Mr.


voted on the matter pointed out rule four which Haworth, and this was carrie*!. s;ivs ; “ In ail cases of appeal to the Conuniltcc No further busmess was <lown for consideration the representatives of neither the appealing clubs and the represcnutives then disjieraed. nor the ones of those appealed against will be allowcii to vote.” Padiham should not have voted at al l ; it was not in order. Padiham : Von cannot blame Padiham for that,


for we hadn t got our books, Tlic matter was entirely overlooked. Barnoldswick: You had last year’s and the rules


had not been altered. Read ]iomte*l out the case of \V


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listening nttenuvclv to the frav, here remarkod _ ,


bt, Andrew’s, wlio up to this tincture had been . • • ^


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protest that bv ihc rescinding of the minute referred to tho league would make itself ridiculous. There were more wavs of looking ridiculous than one, and he ihonght principle ought by* nil mean!: to be pul before anv sympathy. T hey were bouml to adhere to the rules, or no conhdcncc would be placed in them, or the Ica.gue at large. Con­ tinuing he said that the fact of Padthain having voted in favour of iheir own appc.'il brought about the Yiolntion of two rules. P.'idtham alluded to St. Andrew’s statement re


and lh;U most henrtilv. It had been saiil , .. . . . , *


that he was .<50111 lo the ineciing to support the . , ,


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l)L-cn Iillciwcd ti) play with Great Ilarwooil. , . .


38 MILLIONS OF LEMONS


upcro used in tho miiuufaciuro of " hJiffle Tower” Lomouado last year. * 'Eifflc Tower”


lie who hid Iiomonadc U niiido from. Messina Lemons, tho 'Ihc flnrat IcmouB ia tlio world. Ask for turd Insist


, upon iiaving Eifllo Tower.” Lemouado, ns . • imitaliona only cause disappointment. O all , Grocers, Chomiuts, &o.


• On reexMpt of a postcard or M*nd IJd. for a bot- , '


• A hroo Hiimiilo smUeiciit to make a pint soiu • 1. *


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slune. I l l i i : i : i .u a t ri.1.1.1 i.t.i.'MTJ 14 i i i ; i : i i i : i : t : i :L ’i : it . i i x c u x c r


ilti Kutbciunt to make two gallon.^ to G. Foster Clark vk Co., 351)0, Kiffcl Tower Factory, iliiid-


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n ST. SABDEN.


NICHOLAS’S WOMEN’S GUILD PIC-NIC,


On Saturday la.vt the members and friends in


connection with this Guild, numbering 35, had' an enjoyable <lrive to Preston, where they, like


1 ,1 1 r* ' t t the previous parlv, had a most social and a^rec- able outing. A wor<l of praise is due to the vicar


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(Rev. A. 1.. Bodcii), who h.iil the arrangctncitls in hand, aiul who accomjiantcd the party.


WESLEY.VN SUNDAY' SCHOOL ANNlVERS.VJl-r,


“ principle” So far as principle went Inst year in regard to Hull he thought it was thrown to the winds. What did they do in that instance, when Cuy^pjAL-KLLiaa.ia.iixiaj'.iaxmT.rm.irw;


I kiMmm


On Sunday bcamifully lino weather favour^ tho nniiivoitury


I Two Gallons for 4sd. in coiinoelion with the


Y\ cslcyaii 0AU30 in the village, consequently, as 13 tho ciLstom, a lurgQ number of former bchohars and visitors wero pr.-fcnt. They wore again auc- ctssful 111 hccunng tho H0r\icM of tlio Rev. W. D. alters, tocretaiy of the London Missions.


from the other umpire, Mr, A. Penny, of Chth-


Padiham, however, held that it was in “ the croc, and the Barnohkwick secretary, both of affairs of the league.”


May 3rd. Now xro are formed into a Bnff-


ndc calle<l tho 2nd Cavalo* Brigade Details, vrliicli meam* that i t in a Brigade compo>»id of men from so\’oral regiments that have been left beliiml foil 'xtirioiih rcasoius. OuH Bngndii is made up of nion nnd horses from tho LiAs Guards, Our Regiment, tho lOtli HiLssars. and the 12tli Lancors. and wo nro having tho 1st, 3rd, and •tth jJngadcs. similarly made up, coming in m aiiothor day or two. May Uli. VTo hava hud rather a hanl day to­


day. I t was itjveillo a t 5 30 a.m., and half-an- hour lator wo bad to food anil watxjr, etc., then broakfciHt, an<l from 10-0 to 11-0 engaged water­ ing and exorcising tho liorsos; atablcs again a t 12-0 noon, t i l l diniior time, nfojr which we had to pitch 36 tents for the 3nl Brigade, and the r.ioii of tho other icgimcnt had to p itdi lont.s for the 1st ami -ith Brigades, and by the time w’u had put tho hunts up it xmls stablo time again. Wo are about tO .strong here, that is only reckoning available men; there are other men .such us olfic'ors* servant.s, etc., but 01 cxjurs-i they <h> not count. May ath. Noihuig to ilo to-du^*, no falunies


oT unytTITng. The iiunlest work wx» liud was to dinw’ our nations. -May Cth, Sunday. We wero very busy this


.morning as wo wero inspected by Gcnend iTonch ;cs early* as a qiLvrtor iia^t se\-en, and a t a quarter past eight divino servico wa.s hold, but not many men aitoiidcil av there wero a lot 'Oni!;igetl on latigiic iluty. I am Acbng Unlorly Scrgouub at jircsout, tho st»mor Conu’ ful is m ehargo of tho .stables, and a Sergeant is <loing duty" siiidlar to tlio Regimental Master Tailor |at homo. Tli)j oU»r three Casiilry" Brigade


details aro uTI here now ami have been coming inU* camp from the 5th M.iy up to to-day t irj 8di ^lay. Tlicy are coiupo^cd as follows: tha 1st Brigade consislH of iiwu ami hort^js from Scotch Groys, 6lh Dragoon Giumls and now


'Zealand Lancers; the 3rd Brigade is nmdo up from the 6th Inm.«<iilhugj?, Dragoons, the lOLli Lancers and the ?th Hussars; and the 4ih Brur- lulo w’lth men from ihu Black Kor«?, Hth Hus­ sars, ami tho 17th Lancers. i fa y Olh. Nothing particalar to-day, i t is


much the Buiuo thing over and over again. CTo be Continued),


SENSATIONAL CURE NEAR CLITIIEROE.


F ILE S AGAIN SU C C E S S tL L LV REMOVED A \V0 .\IA.VS WORD FOR 'BlLE BE.l.Ni, IF YOU SUFFER TAKE ABVJCE.


Nothing more troublesome, px.nful, ir.d do-


jiressingcan be imagined than the coimiioa ailn.st piles; and the slate to whtcli its victims in;re daced is truly wretchetl. Residents m tire Cu2? nnd Nelson districts will read with intcrustdtie t,. way in which a woman m llietr icidst his


cured of thi.n disagreeable atlliciioj. 3li*.s .An2.c r Khr.abeth Davi.son, a native of KnottinpUy. 2cif f


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Pontefract, who i.s employed a.s a domesiic .v.rr«-t f. at Mercer House, Barnoldswick, is the yibjcct, y. and tlie case has been investigaloil by a


tative of the “ Colne and Nelson Turns. M..*s g Davison in the cour>e of an inleruew, said


after 1 went into ^ervlce I becan to suffer t.: l ailment.


I t got worse despite the naa.brw \


medicines I took; and as I was oblig*.''! to LucUn-? K with ni>* work the agony I suffered was urnu.?. j;


Time after time I boucht ndviTtis^sl “ rxroewoa. ^ but they brought me no relief. bo ill wa* I ta» |., eventually* 1 became ipiite desperate, and d really in sheer desj>eration ami not bicaoH, I” licvctl they would do me much gisul, that cno-*? I biiught a bo.x of Charles Fonles Bile Bur.aU Biliousness. What did one bo.x of nudicint or lc»-s matter? I comnunced to take ihim, .s* before the first box was finislie<l I had cccaaica^J feel deeply* grateful to the projinetors of cine. 1 Oo not mean to say iliat the tirstsot cured me. But after taking it I felt thMi-® Beana were doing me gocsl.


Sh) I purvha.-«L‘u ta-re


and went on taking thorn.’ “ And what was the result? ’ queried the rvpur*


cr : “ The result ” wan the reply •• is tost


every* trace of the ailment has left me. I and ^strong, and can go altoul my work with gU-* ness. 1 had fully intended to write lo the propr.c* tors of the medicine telling them of the way n which I had bi^netUed, and I gladly give you |xr- Diis.sion to use this interview as illu.*'traling


Charlea Fonle’n Bile Beans for Biliousness co» only can effect such wonderful changes as ihcoro


Bile Beans can do.” »


facturing Co , 118, Ixmdon Wall, London, b.t.» ui>on of prico.s la. ltd . , or 2/3. (2 3 box Uirco timea 1/1 J.)


------------------ READ.


S C ir oO L SERMONS. The aiinmil cermoris on behalf of tho NrTinr.-


ill DiVJ* luul Sunday Schools wore pi'^MthcJ m b l . Joliiia Church on Sunday, in tbc inomina


by Lho \ icar, aial lU llio after noou and W'UUg


by the Rev. T. T. LancaHtor, Yl.A.. of Hiiiu-t'-it. Tho offertory rcaUsc<l X19. being A5 I III former years.


-----------♦ ♦ ♦ ---------- - Al l kinds of Accessories at ^


C. W H IT E S ID E , T R IN IT Y C Y T LE AYOUKb CA STLE STREET. CLITHEUOE.


rci>orted above, but arc doing so daily. atipatioii, which in many cases is the cause of w former ailment,— Indigestion, liver and kreney troubles, and chronic headache, are daily cured by them: oven in r.ases of long siar.diD?^ The Bile Bean is a vegetable preparation and E- Is. Hd. may be oblaincnl from local cheiiu*^ They may also bo had from thu Bile Dean


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were ng.ain to the fore with their usual sub'cfj. tion of £5 . On a jircvious occ.asion the fun ft.j, mated to the Work[)Coplc that this should be j, annu.al one so long as they conducted tlitnisl-.u in .an honourable manner. The place selected»:j Preston.


-A start was made from the Bjr!


School by 6-30, 54 men and youths t.aking ft.; f e , places in two wagonettes supplied by .M


em^


Mvers’ , Accrington, and if the whole ncighb-;, hood was not awake it was not the fault o! 4. picnicers. It was a beautiful morning, mi drive going by Wliallcy, Myllon, and 11^-- Hoilder Bridge was highly enjoyed. Proeen;; bv Chadslcy Manor one was imjiiessed mftv w'ooiled summit and its lovely countiy lanes. Et- wlicre was the perfume of the hawthorn blosst- large thorn bushes being hternUy eoveied. Cie. ping being reached, the sharpencil appei......


llie j held th.it tlie rules should be adhered to or j,an,^ ijic jirotest docs not hold good. l ’.idih.am drjppjnj. instead of butter. Having refreshed tbc party were agreeably saiislicd by the howa they would never know where the league would


for home, a disLanco of Sun Inn (.Mrs. Berry), who had pteft::!


an excellent breakfast. Here a visit was pid‘3 the camp to watch a review of the sokicn, others were fortunate to have the privilege of ing through the old cstablishcil chiur-makij


Yvorks. Tracks were then made for Treiu;:, which was eventually readied about or.e o’d.xr, and the afternoon was spent m v-.cwmg the fmi. ciplc attractions of the proud town, inclu(iia*; ths docks and the park. Ocling nois- near six oewt tea was parl.akcn of, and the homeward


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