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WEIK DAYS.
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FUNDATI,
4.00 am to 9.00 s... Every 16 minutes. 9.00 am to 9.80 a.....Evory. 20 minutes. 9.21 to 10.80 an....Every 15 minutes. 10.30 to 11.00 . Every 10 minutes. 12.00 Noon to 1.00 pa....Every 10 minutes. 1.00 pm, to 5.00 p.m....Every 16 minutes. 5.00 pm. to 6.00 ...Every 10 minutes. Every 15 minutes, .Every 10 minutes.
8.00 pm, to 7.00 2006, to
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