Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 02-1916

REUING ~!, OXFOR]) GAZ;fln'E, NEWBURY HERALD, AND BERKS COUNTY p~, B!TUBDAY

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BBADIn ICWlD

The &nnnal court of the ~a1 Berkshire
lioapit&l .. 10 be hslli "..1 TudJdooy &1 noon
Dunng tJle g,Je on Wed:need ..,. • vee Wall up(i) ••• nh"",

root<>d III

or

Gl1AlU1UD

PEBRUARY 10, 1018.

TaB £aT 0' TO DBn ~D D~

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BOUL OOIl'IITY T......... aMDare

KLECTION 0' NEW XEIlBEB

damag 08 some

Road

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The Rev T G Evan. foo ......1 y""" ourat.l

Established 1723

of Sl Edbnrg 8 Parish Church Bioeeter Oxon

"ill lak. up duMes &1 the eIraroh 01 SL AgD"
~EADING SATURDAY

Reading soon &fter ~ter

FEB 19 1916

Mr Chules Midwmter who b.ae d ed at New

Seas on 01
th ..t we are
approaching the most or t ca.l per Od of the
wa.r The ma.x mum of m I ta..ry effort w 11
be &ttamed th s year and tho nnanCJal
burdon w U become gnevous It Ciepends
a. grea.t deal upon the progress made this
yea~ a.s to the probable outcome of the war
-whether we a.re to obta. u the success for
our arm. that we lleed or bo compelled to
8ubm twa.
dra.w
f Dot someth og

whole. prpgramme before the wounded sOld en

The death has occUl'l'ed alter a. few daJ's 11
ne68 &t Bournemoutb of Mr A YoodL
The
deceased geubleman Wa& a member of the WeU
mgton C ub a.od 8ervoo. on the COJDlIUttee

wh st be at!O belonged to the ReadUlg Golf
C ub T e IUneral took place a.t Lanark Seot-

In these c rcumstanccs tbe laod
speech of the King n h s
The at.tent on of relMiers

vorse
grac OU8
.Ma~es y

bury at the {fl'86t l8e of 94 ye&l'll was a nat ve
of Reading He waa )lend of the firm of Mid
Yi nter I.Dd Son
corn &oDd sefid mercb&ollU5
At the Ch !drsn fI Coo<!erie m .... mee 00. Wad
needay Mr A E VlCiters cba.irma.n of t.he com
m.ittee announced tha.t a.fter COlltnUta.t on w th
the Ma.vor t h~ been decided to r~t the

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n wo ds

s

of

mOTe

tha.n

ord nary UllpO ta.nco
The speecb str kea
two notes F rst streSt; s 13. d POll the
eve
strengthenmg t es of sYPlpa.tby and
understa.ndffig betwee the Allies who are
firm n nhc re,olve to sec e reparatIOn
for the v ct rns of ullprovoked a.nd un] stl
fiab e outra.ge and ettcctual saleguards for
a I na.t ons aga.lDst the a.ggress ODS of &
lowe whi h m stakes force for r ght Hod
exped encv for bonou
secondly
b s
Males y sa. d tha.t the only meas res wb ch
v. I he 8 bm tted
are such a.s In the
op DIon of my a.dv fiefS tend to the atta. 0
ment of our common object
That
means praet ca Iy that Parliament w II be
concerned WIt.h ma.l"1ng "nane &1 pro
, on fo the conduct of the war and
nterfer ng w th e.conom c forces so a.EI to
rostr ct
nnece~ary
mports and keep
do II pnces as fa.r as poss ble

It dn.wn to the ootiole
n ou ad ert. NIlJ)e t co umllf' 'IIIJ h regard to t.be
oond "}OJ II for the a.dlIll6S:on to .he sen or schoo
n ReGd ng Df children now attend ns voluntary
ochoa ,

I'he M805ter 01 the Reading Poor Law

Inst.i

lut on has been 11 and h. mod c&l ad,,..r h ..
recommended 6. eompJete rest
Arrangements

&r(l be ng made t.Q gra.nt h m ~l'e or a.bI!leDCC
the matron In the mea.nLune to undertake b &

du_

L"Oi1st'l R'RA Dasp T4
A roll.lld tea. will be
C en on TnElt'lcia.:r Febrnnry 22nd at t.h 8 hosp fAI ... !!tell a.n nne wiD be welcomed who hongs
a. pound. of BOmctb og us&nl for the bOSpltal
RO YAL BEIlXSHIRE
HOSPITAL -Week endmg
Runda.y Febru"TY 13t.b -In pat en s acbn tted·.
32 in pa ents d scba.rged 49 operat nnl per

JlMd.nil:

"M &"ie Mau c re and CII ropod,

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Early

Readl..Dg

ClO8lnR

th"&t the bonn:

DOt 000

e 08 n(l:

Clf

H'un .~. nEIIIO"'~

eom

shoPR

menc ng on Ma.rcb 2nd wit be Monday TueK
da.y 'l'hu:rsday Md Fridav 7 0 cloek S.t.nrd....y~
drapers 8 0 cloek otil6l' traden. R 0 (') ock The
pu hlic &re asked to co-<lpera.te w th the Lradem
BF.JtKB ARcn.owllicAL SoOIl!.TY - The mec

ety to be he d next Th rsda.ya1ter
1>& of qu te e.xcep
the pJ"f'.&dent of
he ~ e~ haft O8.T1'ied au LIDportfLl) e xC"a'\'&
Ofl~ 00 the ~ e of thA Ep scopa 1 Pa ece lit SOn
n ng "&Jld beAe w J e fuUy described bJ Mr
Harold BrakspeM F 8 A BQ 8a'ch tootural ~l
pert of repute and will be il stra.t.OO b antero.
of

llLB 800

noon Bot t.h~ Abbey GB.te wi]
t oea.
ntcr~
M..r Ke,8et

s1 des prepa.red at the oJ:pen~ of ;he president
JOG T The-a.nnn&l. SeMlon of the Berks D II
tr ct Lodge wa.s beld at Ma. idanbead on W&dno&-

da.) The repnrts flhowed a. MgG ocreMe on
the year s wo k ng The D C T of Ozon Bm
Wetberil was n attenda.n~ and ga ~ &Jl ad
dre8!
DISPJ$}rI8J.B.Y

READrNG

Tau:rr

BALA.NCE

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the gen ....l mool ng of th,.
v&1oob e nst tnt on n our nst. S8ne the ohGJrmsQ
was re ported to be.ve 61Wd tha.t there w~ a.
ba. a!leA n haond of a.hout £.1 SOO
Wha.t. Mr
Hewett. n.ctu-&lly sa. d WM tha.t he ba. anct) was

tb. report ()J

abou

£500

OF
MIt
SlDl\'"BY
PJ.RSONS
Mr
S dney Pa.rsons
of 5.5
Eastern
Avenue
Read ng formerlY of 7a KeDlHngton Pa.rk Road
Not.t ng H I W
whOM! death occurred on
Jan ary 9th., hM len &.'It.ate of the gros8 value
of £ 43ll 85
fld.
tb net pel'fl()nait.y £1 410
I s.. 4d Mrs.. Georgm& Panon! of 5.) EBSte.rn
A enuc
Rea.d ns.. hu; w dow
8
th~
so e
tl%ooul;rix

rEACHE&

RllA.DIN

ON

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SSRVICE _

The und-ermem oned Add ona Re&d ns teahers lis. 0 left for wft,r serv ce th~ tota.l number
a. p esent 6Q engaged hemg 30
z
Mr
M OM ass sla n terteber of sc: once W
SCrua
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Sohoo

F

B

master Batt e School

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In st..a.t ng tha. only neas Lres w II be
BEQV .....sT TO HE
MOTBla OF S
J OSEPH S
subm H,ed to Pari aUleJlt such /loS tend to Anna. Co mt&<>8e de Harne de Ma.n D of 14

ho attru mont of the coo mon object h s
Majesty expresses <it tr sn wh ch v;as
somewha.t. obscured at tho commcnceme t
f t ho war The na.t on s n the I a.nds of
h fightlng for ces tl c Navy wh ch sweeps
tbe sca.s of t l e Germa.n warsh ps &nd me r
cantil.e marme the Army wh cb srems the
tl..dc oJ the. If ann lth Ln vas aD
Between
he enemy and t.h na.t on stand ts fight ng

Street

Western

Rnghi.on
.... dow
h ose
a.ry 19
1015 has en
m 138 9d Wi h net
personal ~ £7 "16 48 9d Teet.a.tru: left £20 to

del\..b. oce rred 00 16n
es .at.e !l ucd &to £13

be Re

Mother of S

Oak Reading

Joseph

&

Conven

Broad

THE NEW T&IBUN.!L -fbe 6
moet. ng oak
place on Wed.nesda
Tho M~or (Mr Leon&rd
G f; tUm wa..o; aoppotnted eli~trman
LIla ilie
f o rces 3.l 1 we 1] conjunct on w th 0 r TO~""D C e k Mr W. S C ntterb or.k wa.a c bof"o(m
.0 cootmue to Ret 81(1. clark
The
tr
honal
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All.. are figl t ng ill e battle of c" I so.
~fl,y to hen.r c 1Wn8 and 6ubse uGnt v the
tlOU But no navv and no a.rmy can a.ch eve 5
meetings arc to be held a.t the S6!'i8 on8 Hoose

s cee"" n es. they have beh nd them the
D ted reso roes of the na.t on
and our
sole occupat on should btl how we can best
proVIde fOT th em
In the pa.st we have
not rea I sed thIS d ...1 to the full
ThA
na.tion 1 a,s not alwa.ys apprec at.ed tha.t
there were ot.her W&ys of ha.mpp.r ng the
conduct of the war than by purely host Ie
feel ngs towa.l'ds the war 1 he e " md f

BoYS

much

AND
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A

now

V ALUA-BLE

m1lde

fae on the other

do

of
5

F ND

Juvenile

READmG

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CruDe

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IWiDUPTCY COURT

SnCOLATIO. IS S H.Ur.1.8

worthy of record

FA

Three boys be oogulB t.(t St... John IS Schoo
Read ng GeorgE'! Cook Edward F ed.ric:k nnd
Char as Hunt whee on the.Jr wa.y home from

TWT70Jl.D
IJU

Achool p eked up .... ha.ndbag cont&. n ng nQtes. and
cash to the &mm nt of £~ ls 2 d a.nd w thll t
hesita. 00 t.ook t to tho po ce l6.t.a.tion .... here
they were gIven the sual race pt

ferenc e and selfi.shnesR
Labour :restr c
tons ha.ve r.revented the f II 0 tput be og
E EVENTH ANN VEa:: AR
0," ELM P..lBK R.1LL
obta. oed
l"urtl er he modern st.a.tc 5 a
The a.nn versa. y meet ng of the a.bove hal wna
very complex orga.n s a.t. on a..nd act e n beld on Wed.neM.&) e en ng under the cha r
ter[erencc especmlly n war t n e s esse
ma,nsh p of U
T May
iliA ISpecta. ~£laker

ta

The a. thont

C6

ha.ve been glow to begtbeRe

recogn so that. t wa.s t1 e duty t.o stAP n
a,nd nterfere n econom C matters so a.s
to enforce nat ona.I economy of thosp.
thmgs that we Olt well do WIthout Th e
Government s bo nd to m terfel'o w t
t hese th ngs so as to conserve the vcalt
a.nd reso urces of the nation for pay ng a
the wa.r
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The ch e f of tbe measures

fo

the

at

t.'1. nlDenl of wIDrung tho war wh ch w II be
, bm tted to Parilldllent w II be finane.1

BTJ.sto

e\ a noa.

TFrnerHme
or t he Br IItol D

MA

of

net
who
sa Po a. 60 nted address on Wake Up
Ac
oni ng to he churcb report presentc.d hy the
Rev A Pr ce H gJ es t.h e membersh p 8t&nd~ a.a
followEi
Church
on 131 P S A ~
Women" Own 100 Wes ey Gu Id 50 here RNI
aIM nea.~ y 100 "tames on the Ro of Hono I'
a.nd the easu er Mer T Ma.y repone a. bal
a.nce n hand of £4 1 Is 3d It s hoped before
ong to D6taJ 9. new organ
VZTERANS

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AS8001ATlOlf LlioAr 1f.AR DA.NOE-

A Leap 1 ear na.nce &!'l'ange<! hy he C ..verMa.m
A.nd Readmg Vet.t>.r&ns AS80C a.tion we... held Ul
M Asqwth h nted at a great lDcreaso n tbe La.rge Town H-e.ll ~ ng on WNlno8da.y
taxat. on
but though be S obv ously e n e emng a.nd"p oved h gb J successrul the com
den. ou ng to 1 repa.re tl e co ntry lor pltdl n mberi 19 about Ii x hundrod
rhe
wha.t s about to co ne we bel eve t.ha.t the "\ et.cranli Ba.nd w~ n at.tendance nder Ba.nd
Sergeant
Fox
n
the
IIobseoce
of
Mr
Farra.
people hard y rea.l se the enormous bIen
they w 11 have to bear
W thout w shlllg whO 86 c alled l\way Me&Sl"1! Butler &nd Fozel!
as M C s and refreshment! were served
n any way to be alarm S"L& we be lieve we acted
"I he a.l"T"8Dgements were a.rMed
are w tb n the t n th n
.... y ng that the by Mr Hadle
out hy e. oolllm ttee cons St.UlIOJ of Mt'eSl"! J F I'll[
next Budget w
be staggermg
As M
cha l"lltaIl H J GO!'!nDl (treasurer
P
1
AsqT.J th says " e have not only to pay 0 r Cooper SetlfC:\taJ'T) E H Merrvw-oot.ber J R
wa.v b t we ha.ve to take a lead ng pa.rt Cook. G P age J B dger T Hud80n J Slatn p ov d ng the So neWB of war for our ter J Wa.rren W H ggs and G Ba.mott h 10
Dornm ODS and our All es A ve y large the fo k>w ng ad 66 ~t.cd M programme sellers
vote of credit s to he a-sked for next week M s Hudson Mrs Fox M sa Gornng. Mr!
a.n amount of 400 JD llions s suggested W nston and 1d S6 CIl-me: W llllctt
as the sum.. and th S s to la.st only unt 1 WOUlIiDEl) AT WBST EN']) LrBER.A CLUB
th o end ()f March
The war , co.tmg The members of the West. End Libera. C b
nearlv five n 1 on pounds it. day or ap ha 0 been very much 0 tbe root. n enterta n
proach ng £1 825 000 DOO .. l o..r
The"" ~g our brave wounded sold en and on WedneB
are stupendous figures The burden w II da.y afternoon a.oout. fif y were onea mo e mv tad
have to be met by a arge add t 00 to taxa.- o the club whmoe they ha.d toa Ul add bon to
t on and (Mr Asqu tb says be n~1?eats t en oy ng a. a.p t...1 n gger m ll.II\:.rel en ..eri.u.mlOcnt.
Vlth the a.dded empha.& s of grow ng ex Th S !loS g eo by penn M on of Mr A "
per eoce) we Dust cut down our nneccs Goulden the wa.rden or the home by the Read
ng Cadet Compo.ny (St .A..ndre ..... 6 Boys Rome)
sary unports and our eODBumpt on of 4th
Royal Berks The prognuomo ... as. WI t.h the
lux r e.. The first duty that s I&!d upon except on 0' 01)0 tem the "me wh aeb the OOm
the eonse encs of ever, p&tr otIc c t zen 6 Jl&1l) ga 0 a st. Mlll'k s He.
Rending th.
to pra.ct S8 the most r gId economy and to pre'\' ous week
Corpora.1 Bnant ?O eeii the
cut down every form of superfluous expen thank of he gneets to the memben of the cluh
d t U'e to the narrowest J m ts
fQl thelr hospt.aJ.ity a"nd to the Cadet Compa.ny
fo the eatertamment Mr .A. A Nub
the
-0-etary or the e ub reeponded A. number or
From t me to tune there appears D & 6ee
oo.lee
kind
y a.se e~ n wa tipg Dn the guellts..
]l9rt on of the Press a. c)a.monr for a Upwardo of 200 wounded have now heen enter
Na.t anal OppOSIt on or a Wa.r COUDO 1 or ta oed. by the roem b(>.rs of the club a.nd much
Comm ltee of Public Safety
No doubt eNd t 8 due to Mes~1'8 E C Co 1 er who d 8
tl 0 fOllma.t on of a. 00&1 tlOn Government pla.ys a. VerT keen ntN'est n.1 mat-Wo", .ppera.nd the a.ba.ndonment of an offie a.l oppos
ts. D ng to he c ub GUmore a.nd Kn ght for the
tion led to an absence of rcspOII. ble excellent arrangements made

cnbe sm WIth an &lterna.tlve Government
BERIlBlURI;
LoDGI;
0,"
ODDPELLOWS _
But there s tb s much to be S&ld for the At the OM nary mea ng of thlll lodge on Tuea
present arrangement
T.be Govenment s day eVeJ ng the a.udi'.:.ore P G C'J w: n White
a. nationa.l onc By fOrmIng a Government &nd H I Aust) pre&Onted the 68th a\!ntuJ re
of ..11 partIes upon the basIB ex1Btmg all POrt end ba~&o:eheet wb..ieh 81 owed that the

controversy

was

a oJded

as

between

parties alld the new G<!verllmellt wa. ""
eeptcd &oS & representative one '1'0 make
ch&ll~" would probably disl()cate the whole
na.chinery for. oa.rrytDIJ on the war There
"S a. posa hIe lJ.lternat. V6
Tba.t s to put
the a.dministra.tive depa.rtments 10 tlie r
proper p1a<:e the r hea.ds should 8 mply
be subJect to the orders ot the head. of the
Goverllment
The aetua.] government ()f
the oountry a.nd the control of the waJ'
should be eIther It tho hands of one .trollg
man OJ' a few of
marl ca.pa.ble By this
CablDet would be
• roply the
sySt.em the

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..1110 ..

648

UO
669

fiN
tili8
668
5.118

decided

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'0811ybono
_ r.s
gave
go.'ernllleJDt of the
In war

Dt":!~~~Ci.•"~ ..

d...

lodge IItill ma. n & UII a. good fin&nci&l. postbon
H wae reported that dur ng the year tbe l~
8um of £1 547 98 was d libuned
n. si<!knoas
beoeftte being &n ncrease of £187 lh! 9d com
pued w th the pren01l8 year while the funeral
c1e.i.ma of memben reached £199
"Don.MoM t.a
cbal'ltable ob ect! wen\ made to the extent or
£13 76 4d wh e the lHgo UOaont af £79 Ie 3d
15 shown ae h8l.Jlg due for 80 d ers
and 8&1101'1
contr but ons SVVIng at. the pre86~t t. m.. Ou

ng this <l aun.. Contr buUonll from mem
blllllW for benefits naturally showed a .reductiOQ
beIng £887 17a Tid but. the nf,ereat aooount.
showed the 8&t.i&flCltol:y Rum of £703 17, IOd
reoetved from. Ulyeetmenbs aD mortgap aod
u
proi>el'(y 'I'M DD\IIbe, 01 memoen 0 7{7
which ..... loea of 19 a tha~ ~. new a_ben
"."'!'!I1i&*!
TIIs e"l> \aI t>! the lodllO .1 tho
end ftl ill. ,..
the 'ott.! ~ .tIe IM9
4. 5td .n
value pot IDe\IIb ... of ~
130 Old !!'he aadlto.. poi<! • "'bute 10 the
I>&lDstaldng "&y U1 "hicb Ih..........,. (p P G J(
~1o. J S BallRoley) had
out h 0
duti811
AD in\efttting d1aOU8Sl0I1 r~wod the
ropoR. ee"fenJ. membera ~l'eI8eII themlehee
I6IIo11ed '" th. poolli<M> \ho loIIJIO ..... In &!Iv •

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_od

period 01 68 1 - 0IId -the flelp II had heeD
able 'to oIIcmI to _
In Road of I~ '!'be paw

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80ClET~

Tbe K

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AND PER"ON 6.1,

on Wed.ne5day oonie 1'8d the D.S 0

all Liaut..(Jol.oDf'I

th~

Hop

au

en D Pa k

aud

be Mil ta.ry Cro.'IIl on Capt&. n J(lbn W,.ld aDd
Second L eut.. Murray 8m tb 01 the Hampablro

Regiment

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LioDel .nd l.ody Pb 11

po ..

led on ;Friday

last week n the KoruJworth Cast e on • Vlmt :0
South Africa. 'l'he-y IU )(let to be hHek n EIlK
land oorly n Mar
The Hon Robe t Henry Doug f1&.Scott-HoII~
d ed n London at the age of t8 lIe ... liOn of
the first Lord Moot.agu of .Beau} en aDd brother
(It the pres..n.t Lord :Montagu "'ho waa on board
tbe PeNV' when ~be"WlUl torpedoed He wu (ormerly a I eutenlLDt of the 3rd Batt. Ro..fal Soot.
(LotAl&D ~t and lIIamed D ltlOt A oe.
w dow of lli Osea Da'Y DaV188
"M WeDwan An~ Wyke.ham Muscm.e. ...ert
78 of Thame Park OXOD and Barnaley PMk
C ren~ R arh Shen&" n 1885 n. &rge lund
ol'f"D~r ha v nl propElM;.y u o.1:on Bow Kent.
DnrblUll and GlonCeC'lter left £66 685
A marnage haB hoeD arra.nnd, aDd w 11 IIhorlly
take p aoe. between l..en Yl'&Ile' p..... Royal
iFlyins Corps, ~UDp8t son of W Hnm.phrey Pap.

Indian Ci, 1 BorvI<l8 -lid VIOlet, youn..,.
the o~hor hon<! £40 7. 6d had bOeu nne ved lato
dllou.Kbter t:J Capt a-nd Mt'I F C Lod....sYmondi,.
from memben dtlrl.US the put half yew tow.rcil of Hinton MArior Fanngdon Berka.

1Il8et.

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boa otlIrIed III .. -'oIa, ~D'" far.1
..... '" Ibreo .§' old lI!lJIIlitrt _ .. 4IocI
114" m-... w '"'" fillli.~

Talepboo. No

BmTII8 ILUaIAOES AID DUTBJ.

n this ma.tt.cr

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Tlie IQama&e arranged bet1r88D Capta n G 'l
If. t.eh llIIOn Queen 11 (hm OdonIah re Haar.ra.
and l [ . halieU.. Wol.'1~he-Wb talore Wlll take

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pi... qmotly nost Woonooday .t 8l Geo.....

1Ia.nover Square. at two ooloOJE

OIl 8«'0 iGt of
biritaliooo ... biiDl!
bat all
friends 'O"\ll be ...eIOO1IIO .t th. chnrah

the

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