HONGKONG'S STORM SIGNALS
A NEW CODE.
New focal and non-local storm signals codes were introduced at Hongkong on July 1st, 1917, in place of the old Local Code and the China Coast Code.
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The principal change in the Local Code is that the new signals will show the direction from which the gale is expected, whereas the old signals showed, the posi tion of the typhoon. The latter will be indiented, as heretofore, by the non-local signals. The new Local Code is given below:
BAY SIONALS.
Meaning
Signal Symbol. 1. Red Coue.-A typhoon exists which may possibly cause a gale at Hongkong with. in 24 hours. 2.-Black cone-Gate expected from the
North (N.W. to N.E.). inverted-Gale expected from the
South (S.E. to S.W.). 4.--Black drum. Cale expected from the
East (NE. to S.E.). 5-Black ball-Bale expected from the
West (NAV. to S.W.). 6.-Double cone.--Gale expected to in
3. Black cond
crease.
7.--Black cross.--- Wind of typhoon force
expected (any direc tion).
Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by three explosive bombs, fired at intervals of 10 seconds, at the Water Police Station and repeated at the Harbour Office.
The signals will be lowered when it is considered that all danger is over.
The Day Signals will be displayed at surad of the storm signal mast, the flagstaff on the premises of the Hong. kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company at Kowloon, the flagstaff on the premises of the Standard Oil Company at Laichikok, and the flagstaff near the Field Officer, Quarters at Lyemua.
NIGHT SIGNALS. (Edgpt);
1.-White white-white.*.
9. White-green-green,
3-Green-white-white.
4
-Green-green-white.
5.-White-white-green. 6-Green-green-green. 7.-Red-green-red.
The Night Signals will be displayed, at sunset, on the tower of the Railway Station, on H.M.S- Tamer, and on the Harbour Office flagstaff. They will have the sume signification as the day signals
Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by ex information conveyed by this signal explosive bombs as above, in the event of
being first published at night.
BUPPLEMENTARY" WARNING.
When local signals are displayed in the Harbour - Cone will be exhibited at the following stations-Gap Rock, Wagian, Stanley, Aberdeen, Sau Ki Wan, Bai Kung. Sha Tau Kok and Tai Po, To notify the fact to native craft and passing ocean vessels.
Further details can always be given to coean vessels, on demand, by signal from lighthouses,
The object of the code is to give at least
THE
WAR
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 29TH, 1918.
The following Cables" were received on Saturday night and issued in our Early morning Estra yesterday.
Franco-Felgian bront.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY).
BRITISH FRONT.
ENEMY REPULSED,
Löspòs, July-2th.
10.50 p.m.
Field Marsial Sir Douglas Haig reports: --The enemy nilacked four posts south- ward of Meteren, after heavy artillery and trench-mortar preparation, and were repulsed, suffering many casualties We took a few pricsners.
'Londoners in a successful daylight raid' south-westward of Albert, took 17 pri. soners and four machine-guns.
AVIATION.
MORE FRENCH GAINS:
Paris, July 26th,
4.20 p.m.
A French communiqué says: -Last ovơn- ing we carried Ville-Montoire after a desperate struggle,"capturing 200 prison-| ers and 20 machine-guns.
Further South, Mulchy-le-Chatean fell
into our hands." We advanced Eart of the town and captured four guns. We took several hundred prisoners to the south of the Oureq yesterday,
LONDON July 26th. 4.20 p.m.
An official message states that the French have taken Mulchy-le-Chateau.
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND PRISONERS.
Toxbox. July 20th, 10.55 am
Aerial Activities.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AQISOR}}|
THE AIR RAID ON CATTARO, APPRECIATION BY THE ITALIANS.
WAR'S LITTLE IRONIES. When the war was considerably younger; a book was published which had a vogue. It was called Aunt Sarah and the War" Aunt Sarah was a lady who re sided in Grosvenor-square or thereabouts, i and when her second butler (or was it her second-footman) volunteered she under that James" should have a soul-under- went a species of conversion. The idea his plush waistcoat (or wherever the im mortal part resides) had never before a changed woman. She engaged in works, occurred to her. And therefore she was of charity, knitted socks for soldiers, and became as like unto an angel as it is Grosvenor square to become. proper and fitting for a spinster of the interfering Nemesis of war has again But now
TERRIBLE CONDITIONS. IN
".. ROUMANIA.
GERMANS' BARBAROUS POLICY. LONDON, July 26th. Reuter interviewed an officer who has LONDON, July 20th. just reached London from Rouniania, A telegram from Brindisi says that fewThis officer indicates the terrible condi- realise the meaning of the bald reports tons of Roumania under the heel of the of British air raids on Cattero. These German conquerors, who are daily exceed. raids necessitate a trip across 145 miles ng even the barbarous exactions of the of sea by land machines uniscorted by peace treaty. Already Roumania has lost, ships, a long detour round the enemy cast owing to the war, 800,000 or cleven per of Albania and 100 miles return noros fent of her population. Roumanian pris. the sea, altogether 330 miles in the air.oners are cruelly treated. The officers are The defences of Cattaro are most formid-compelled to break stones and mend uble. The flight was a most important reads. Those in the hands of the Bul-stepped in and will shortly be calling up
her male retainer of 45. And the inter- the loss of her second footman translated.
defensive measure against meray sulgarians are subjected to treatment often | esting psychological puzzle arises, since marines and one of the riskiest under- ending in death.
Headquarters cabling at 11 o'clock on the Reuter's Correspondent at French
evening of the 25th inst., says that since July 18th, 25.000 prisoners, 200 uns end several thousand machine-gans have been captured from the enenty whose loss of munitions and material is incalculable. ITALIAN AVIATORS AT WORK sent time 97 per cent, of the normal
taken by the air force anywhere. Fourteen The food position is appalling. The
the Italians in Albanin. British aeroplanes also co-operated with country is faced with famine. Neverthe less the Germans commandeered 120,000 tons of grain for themselves, and 126,000 Italian Front
tons for Bulgaria. Industrial enterprise is being stifled. All machinery, except oil plant, has been taken pway. At the pre
Each night fires indicats where depots and stores, which he is unable to remove," are burning.
Towards the evening of the 24th inst, the sky cleared, permitting air fighting, We brought down 15 enemy nuachines and drove down three cut of control. Three British machines are missing. Twenty- four tons of bonths were dropped at night time on raileys at Valenciennes, Seclin, It is now clearly proved that the Ger- Courtrai, Armentieres and on various mans, in beginning an offensive agua, billets. Two trains were hit. Aeroplanes were delnded by the idea that the French
fired 1,000 machine-gun rounds on tar.army was at length exhausted. They left gets, including active anti-aircraft guns, the possibility of a counter-offensive un searchlights and transport. All returned, their right flark out of their calculation One German night-fier was brought down They failed to reckon with the Ameri in our lines by anti-aircraft guns. cans, whose presence enabled the Frereb
GERMAN ATTACK FAILS.
commanders, to take mensures which they might have hesitated to take with their own resources alone.
LONDON, July 6th, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re ports: The ereny this evening attacked new positions in the Hebuterne sector. They were driven off with severe loss, leaving 30 prisoners.
our
The enemy this morning launched a local attack against a line we recently gained near Meteren, but were repulsed after sharp fighting. A party of our troops at night rushed a machine gun
post in the Merris sector.
FRENCH FRONT.
FURTHER FRENCH PROGRESS.
PARIS, July 26th. 4 a.m.
GERMAN MAN-POWER.
(THROUGH REUTER'S ADENOV.}
BOMBING DURAZZO.
ROME, July 26th.
Italian acroplanes twice visited Darazzo The Naval Chief-of-Staff announces that
on July 22nd and dropped over a ton of
à steamer and causing fires.
bombs on steamers and depots, damaging
Naval Activities.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY.]
THE SINKING OF THE
JUSTITIA "
A DUTCH COMMENT.
THE HAGUE, July 26th.. The Vaderland, referring to the amaz
LONDON, July 20ch Reuter's Correspondent at French Headquarters. cabling on the 25th inst.. mentions that last year there were 100g binder whereby the German Press is to 170 German divisions in France and Belginm. There engagements. Many of the divisions. number of engagements per division for were engaged several times, the average
were 370- divisional
the year being a fraction over two, -
This year the enemy has engaged 430 divisions, including 67 between July 18th and July 24th Fle has between 205 and 210 divisions in France and Belgium so, on an average, each division has been engaged twice in seven months. Thus his divisions are being used up twice as fast
A French communiqué says:-Fighting on the Ourcq front continued with unas last year. diminished success. We occupied. Mulchy. A division once engaged on a battle
ATTACKS.
24 hours warning of a galo (Force 8 byla-Ville to the north of the river. The sector is rarely relieved until the casual- Beaufort Seale, or 40-45 m.p.b. mean Franco-Americans to the South advanced ties reach a fifth or a fourth of the com velocity by Dines Anemometer) and also warnings of expected changes in the three kilometres of certain points, despite batant effectives. direction and force of the wind. Owing. the most severe resistance, especially in DETERMINED GERMAN COUNTER- however, to the uncertain movements of
We captured Hill typhoons and to insufficient telegraphic the Dormans region. observations, it will occasionally happen 141 to the south-est of Armentieres and that signals to & may be displayed crossed the Nanteuil stream. without a gala oscurring at Hongkong, or even Gap Rock, but the reverse is not likely to happen, except in the case of typhoons forming in the vicinity and travelling rapidly towards Hongkong, or of a located typhoon increasing its rate of progression abnormally.
Signal No. 1 is intended as a warning to "Stand By and watch for the next sigani.
In the new non-Local Code the approxi. mato velosity of the storm centre will be shown, in addition to its direction of motion, and the position of the centre will be given in degrees of latitude and longitude The time at which the warn. ing was issued will also be given.
HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL
-REGISTER
Hongkong Observatory, July 27th..
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Temperature Hamidity
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Highost opra-dir Tamperatura on 27th: 90 Lownik open-air, Tamparaturo en 28th...79
HONGKONG TIVE TABLE.
From 29.b July to 4th August, kaja k
HIGH WATER
Week,
Month
Height
LOW WATER.
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Mean
Times,
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Mo
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日液
30 22:0
Leight
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Wed. 31 m 2.58 57m 10 05
Aag 4.23 1 Thurs. 1 m 41 672116 21
Fri
Bater
6 15 4
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Sus
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4 m. 72.
9 526 3 8 068 a 16 113.38
148 1.00 0.8
$1842
28
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Farther south we captured the village of Coiner, the bulk of Tournelle Wood and progressed in the Fere Forest as far as the general ting Bevuardes-le Charmel
Our advance, ako continued favourably
LONDON, July 25th. Reuter's Correspondent at the French Headquarters, telegraphing at two o'clock this afternoon, says: The Germans have strengthened their line by counter-attack ing determinedly along the whole front from the Tardenois salicot on the Ouren
in Riz forest and north of Dormans, The Frigny, thus attacking towards the enemy south-west of Rheims, after violent and Steenphraise gained a footing on attacks on our positions between Voiguy Hill 240. We soon recaptured the hill, taking 100 prisoners.
LONDON, July 96th,
7.50 n.m.
Reuter's Correspondent at American Headquarters says that the fires and explo- sions on Thursday afterauon at Michy le Chatean and Fere Tardenois where there are intense German supplies, are an excellent augury, foreshadowing a narrowing salient from the west. When the French advance south of the Oareg reaches the high ground above Tourville) Wood, all further enemy retirement through Fere must be abandoned.
Such success in the next 24 hours would not be surprising
AMERICANS CAPTURE HALF A
ently decided to refuey to accept defeat west, south and east. They have appar salient and a footing north of the Marne and are making a further stand for the The Germans south of the Ourcq at attacking in a south-easterly direction against Bois-de-la-Tournelle and the lico Bennardes-le-Charmel. Further south, in rapid auccession and the fighting attack and counter-attack are alternating most violent.
salient attacked the new British salient The enemy on the eastern limb of the enclosing the woods west of Vrigny in strong force. We are vigorously counter attacking-
LONDON, July 28th.
The submarine sunk by the British atroyer Marke was endeavouring to get into position to attack the Justitia..
exports are in German hands.
THE GERMAN BANKS IN LONDON.
THEIR CAREERS ENDED:
'LONDON, July 28th.
with the Enemy Bill has passed its third In the House of Commons the Trading reading. The Bill finally winds up the German banks in London and prevents their re-opening for five years after the
war..
FAILURE OF GERMAN SUBMARINISM.
——ད ་: DINNER IN HONOUR OF FOOD
CONTROLLERS. ·
Mr. Hoover said that food supplies were assured for the period of the war. He did not think it necessary to estimate for more than two years.
Aunt Sarah into an angel-will she c her Arst ? come a super-angel owing to the loss of
This is one of the little ironies of war. the habitual drunkard of 45: the man There are many others. Take the case of who has so soaked himself in spirituous liquor that there seems no jittle likelihood
possibility or otherwise of spontaneous proper person, the old problem of the of his putting to the test, in his own
combustion, Will the raising of the age- Jinit automatically exercise the indwell- ing spirit or will the fit man of, who has led an abstenious life, be required to fight his battles. Then, there are the fathers who are likely soon to be serving under their sons. What a splendid
tion and the family inheritance of gout opportunity is here for the writers of wealthy baronet-rendered old by dissipa fiction who deal in melodrama! The
with a shilling because he disapproves his before his time-who "cuts his son off". father's choice in brides, with the result that the son, shaking the dust of the ancestral mansion and the mud of the ancestral acres from his feet, joins the Army as a private. That spn may now (at any rate, for the purposes of fiction) be a brass-batted brigadier, while s father, recently conscripted, surveys him afar off from the ranks. And in the last chapter the father saves the "life of the little girl he had spurned as a daughter- in-law, and his son, the brigadier graei- ously takes her to wife and offers bis father a commission. What possibilities!
LONDON, July 20th. of the Allied Food Controllers, at a Mr. Lloyd George, proposing the health pubilating over the destruction of the dinner in their honour, rollers at A
But of all war's little ironies not the Taterland instead of the Juditin, say, many's dependence on the success of sub least ironic is that of the village ne'er German statements regarding submari-pon a gamble, and it had failed. this proves the untrustworthiness of history. She pitted her whole destiny he returns to his native hamlet.
marinism was the greatest gamble in do-well, who gains the V.C. In triumph submarine cannot tell the difference be in enemy countries with these in the proud of him, of course. And yet unfur- cism.
What If, after twenty hours fight, a
trepidation does his coming create! How He contrasted the bad food conditions is he to be welcomed? The village is tween a 30,000 and a 50,000 ton boat what countries of the Allies, but uttered a tunately his escapades are remembered all sinkings being even approximately cor supplies of the huge American Army Squire informed him, at the conclusion likelihood is there that the figures of other warning as to necessary economy, as the too well. It seems only yesterday that the rest."
would absorb more tonnage than the of a conference concerning rabbits, that As a result of the first explosion, fifteen can save here and in France and Italy The schoolmaster, after breaking all his Au Admiralty-announcement states transport of Inch, Every shipload we he would undoubtedly live to be banged- of the Justitia's engine-room staff are mia micans the adding not merely to the nom most trusty canes over him, had finally
de-Army. ring.
bers but to the efficiency of the American consigned him to the powers of Dark- ness. And the vicar, after long experi- chce of him as a choir boy and least hopeful member of the Band of Hope, had come to regard him as the black st sheep of the fold, and prescribed emigra tion to a far country at an early date. And now he is returning with the most prized of all decorations on his stal- war chest. How are they to welcome him? What are they to any 1 The exact opposite of everything they said before? Of all humiliating experiences not the least bitter is to have to eat one's words. Perhaps it was on some such occasion that
wings of a the Pealmist eriod "Ob that I had the dove, then would I fly away and be at rist.”
Perhaps in pre-war days you may have. read the inscription on a certain gatepost in Suburbia.Potsdam Villa? That was the residence of our excellent friendl Robinson Bofore the war Robinson tra-
them. But his greatest triumph was wher and he was never tired of telling us about velled extensively in Germany. He knew `a number of people in exalted positions,
General.
(THROUGH EBUTER'S AGENCY-) EMPIRE'S MINERAL
RESOURCES.
AN IMPERIAL BUREAU.
Mr. R. Clynes announced that the rationing of bacon would be abolished. Supplics were so satisfactory that the consumer
was able to purchase any quantity.
AUSTRIA'S NEW PREMIER.
AMSTERDAM, July 25th.
pointed Premier of Austria. Minister for Education, has been ap- Baron Hussarik von Heinlein, ex
LONDON, July 20th. Imperial Conference has ratified the The Press Bureau announces that the scheme for an Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau, which will be incorporated by will consist of Sir Richard Redmayn, the Royal Charter. The Governing Body
THE PARIS ECONOMIC chairman, and the following who have
RESOLUTIONS
departments named-Dr. W. G. Miller been nominated by the Governments and
LONDON, July 25th.
T H. Hamer, (New Zealand); W. Pahered to the policy of the Paris economic (Canada); W. S. Robinson, (Australia); Law stated that the Government still In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar
Schreiner, (South Africa); Lord Morris, solutions. The Imperial War Confer (Newfoundland); ̈ ̈R. (India); J. M. Evans (Colonial Offics); ing that policy.
Oldham, once and War Cabinet were still discuss- Sir Lionet Phillips and others (Ministry of Reconstruction).
D
THE RISING IN RUSSIA.
CZECHO-SLOVAKS CAPTURE
SIMBIRSK.
WAR PRISONERS' AGREE- MENT
LONDON, July 25th.
In the House of Commons, Sir George Cave stated that the Anglo German War Frisoners' Agreement provided for the exchange of all combatants who have been prisoners for eighteen months and also the return of additional British combat ants in order to compensate for the exchange of German civilians interned
the. Kaiser bestowed on him the Order of the Prussian Dove (Fourth Class), or was it the Cross of the Holy Prussian Em pire Robinson, told us all about it-not once but many times. •No strangerf could converse with Robinson, for many minutes without hearing about it. In fact, it became a custom in the neighbour- hood to take visitors round to " Potsdam Villa" to hear how Robinson received his decoration. But, alas to-day Robinson on one subject-is the most silent of men. And he has changed the name of his residence from Potsdam Villa "ta
Mon Abri
GERMAN ADVANCE STOPPED.
LONDON, July 26th.
11.25 p. According to reliable evening reports the Germans obtained. a footing in the fence. Thus the left bank of the Volga in Great Britain for a much smaller is the pricking of the bubble Wealth. The
AMSTERDAM, July 28th.. A message from Moscow vid Berlin, states that the Czecho-Slovaks captured Simbirsk, despite desperate Soviet de
FOREST..
stopped outside the village.
They drove the French westward to of the advancing, Czecho-Slovaki LONDON, July 6th Pelessier Hules station which the Gering like oil on water. Simbirsk is one An American communiqué atates:Womans occupy The most definite pews of the bases of the Councils' power and Fruvda writes The rising is spread continue to press the enemy between the regarding the fighting between the Ourcq and the Marne. We have taken and the Marne, is that the French ad also a corn granary May its capture the southern half of Fere Forest
vanced a mile and captured the southern awake a sleeping proletariat. FRENCH ADVANCING.
half of Fort de Fere and now occupy a
FORMIDABLE PEASANTS' farm on the main road from Fere en Tardenois towards Jaulgonte.
LONDON, July 26th." Reuter's Correspondent st French Headquarters writing at midnight on.
East of Rheims a Polish contingent July 24th, states: The French are now with the French successfully attacked and within three miles of Fere-en-Tardenois, took 213 prisoners and a meeting point of eight roads and the centre of the German communications in this region. The town has been heavily shelled all day and bombed by air squadrons:
AERIAL OPERATIONS.
PARIS, July 26th.
REBELLION.
The exchange also included the interned men in Holland and Switerland.
FCOD PARCELS FOR PRISONERS.
LONDON, July 26th. The Buke of Connaught and Lord It is authoritatively stated that the and St John Ambulance organisations,
LONDON, July 26th.
Lansdowne, on behalf of the Red Cross peasants rebellion in Ukraine is formid have written a letter to the Press suggest. able; 75,000 well-armed and drilled peaing that the offertories at the religious sants are advancing against the Germans who have withdrawn towards Kief.
A communique states-French and M. LENIN AND THE REVOLUTION. British pilota on the 24th instant felled nine German acroplanes and set afire free captive balloons. Despite bad wes message from Moscow vid Berlin.
AMSTERDAM, July 20th. ther, bombers made numerous raids near says that an unknown band on July 18th the battlefeld. Station depots at Ami Courlandos, Fismes and Guignour, Ivan Constantinovitch and Serge Michae Fontaine, stations and tracks at Bazoches, entered the residence.at Ekaterinburg of the three Grand Dukes Ivor Constantine, were copiously bombet Altogether thirty lovitch and carried them off. tons of projectiles were employed. Fires
Lenin, in a speech at Moscow, said
acute owing to International complica tions and counter revolutionary conspira- LONDON, July 25th. cies and the food crisis
But perhaps the strangest irony of war
can no longer enforce
his authority. Your pockets may be bulging with banknotes, but, for all that, you cannot fill yourself with the roast beef of Old England. Like the poor man you must take what his lordship the butcher has to spare And Croesus bim- self would go meatless to-day if he lost his coupons.-R. PRINCE
REFUSED BY THE WAR OFFICE.
services commemorating the anniversary Mrs. Hollings, Commandant of the of the war on August 4th should be devet. British Red Cross X-ray Unit with the point out that the need for food parcels British Italian League recently, said that ed to the core of British prisoners. They Italian Forces, at a meeting of the
was never more urgent.
RECRUITING IN IRELAND,
VOLUNTARY SCHEME APPROVED
LONDON, July 26th,
CROWN PRINCE'S PLANS.
PARIS, July 20th.
4.20 p.m. of the opinion that the Crown Prince is Most of the French military writers are preparing a great defensive battle, prob ably on the Tardenois Plateau.
Thendent of Le Journal on the and explosions were observed at Cour- the position of the Republic was most Departments have approved of a recruit was with one during an operation when British
aya we have not heard landou and Fismes." the last of the enemy's offensive. There are grave, unknown possibilities, parti- eularly in Flanders
The British army, from generals to privates, are straining at the leash, await ing the order to advance VAN
There is a great time in store for the British armies..
GERMAN REPORT.
A German official wireless message It was very easy for Russia to begin a re- states:We repulsed attacks between volution bat extraordinarily dificult to Bucquby fnd Hebuterne, west of Albert continue and conclude it. United action and in the vicinity of Mailly. We threw by the workers of the entire world was back violent attacks south of the Ourcq essential to the victory of the Russian and south-west of Rheims.
revolution.
The Daily News' correspondent at Dub Lia says that the War Office and other ing scheme for Ireland, which it is hoped to bring into operation on August ist.
It is believed that the Government has completed the registration machinery for eventual conscription if necessary, port for industrial development, includ Lord French is seeking Treasury sup ing the building of railways to coalfields and the construction of barbours.
when her son was killed oarly in the war she wanted to do some active work, and so qualified as an X-ray operator. The British War Office refused to accept her services, but she became attached to our Allies, and before she and subther lady came home they had attended over 12,800 cases. Referring to the work of the Italian surgeons, Mra. Hollings said she an Austrian shell fell at the back of the hospital, smashing all the glass. The surgeon was at that time at one of the most delicate points in his task, and went on until another shell came and sent all- the electric light fittings falling with have 1. poor Sporiza, done, that my best a clatter. His only comment was, "What
work should be disturbed by this noise ?”.
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