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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

FIRE INSURANCE OFFICES."

NOTICE.

CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.

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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all

NOMOR IS BERINE INSURANCE

OFFICES ülbe CLOSED for the Transac tion of PUBLIC BUSINESS on TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, bra_and 6TH INSTANT.

By Order,

LOWE, BINGHAM & MATT BEWS,

• Secretaries, HONGKONO Fine Insurance ASSOCIATION, MARINE INSURANCE 'ASSOCIATION

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INTIMATIONS

NOTICE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY ATH,

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that we The Day changed our Firm Name

"THOMSON & CO.”

G. H. & N. THOMSON-Chartered Ac

countants, SHANGHAI.

THOMSON BROS. & BELL-Chartered

Accountants, HANKOW. THOMSON BROS. & STEDMAN-Char tered Accountants, TIENTSIN PEKING.

Hongkong, 1st February, 1924.

OF HONGKONG AND CANTON ME

NOTICE.

CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS:

and

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ESSRA. THOMSON & CO., Chartered Accountants, announce that they have Thia Day OPENED an OFFICE at 44, DES Tele- Vaux ROAD, CENTRAL, Hongkong.. phons No Central 4616.

Hongkong. lat February, 1924.

NOTICE.

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N TUESDAT sad WEDNESDAY,

the 5 and 6TH FEBRUARY, AH1184 LID beg to Notify their THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER Departments will be CLOSED for Business.

On These Day

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY "Will be OPEN for purpose of Dispensing

Prescriptions as follows :-

10.00 AM to 1.00 v..

6,90 P.M. to 7.30 PM.

A. 9. WATSON & CO., LTD,

Hongkong, 2nd February, 1924.

KOWLOON RESIDENTS'

THE

ASSOCIATION.

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ANNUAL MEETING

will be held in the ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH HALL

MONDAY, 11TH FEBRUARY,

-47 6 PM.

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(ITUATIONS VACANT.—Wanted, by the POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHINESE INTERPRETERS. Age-2 to 24 years, Initial Salary-$37.50 p.m. Candidates shonk apply Personally to the AssTANT SUr- INTENDENT OF POLICE Police Headquarters, at 10, on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH,

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. The Stanship "ROSANDRA”

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FROM TRIESTE, VRNICE BRINDISI SPALATO, MASSAUA, PORT SAIF ADEN, COLOMBO, PENANG AND SINGAPORE

ONSIGNEES of Cargo ars hereby inform

ed that, all Goods sem being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Co., Ltd, at Low- loon, whemes and/or from the wharves delivery

be obtained

Optional Cargo will be forwarded unious notice to b

the contrary be given before and mat No daima be admitted after the Gooda LATO

left the Godowns, and All Good undelivered after the 8th fast will remaining be subject to

Feat All Claims against the Steamer must, he to the Undersigned on or before presented the 18things, or they will nas be recognised. All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are so be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 8th inst, at 10 am, by car Burveyors, Messrs. GODDARD à Devolas.

No Fire Insurance has been effected, Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

DODWELL & CO, LTD.,

“Ageris. Hongkong, 2nd February, 1994.

Consumers that owing to Alterations in the Generating Station the Supply of Electricity will not be available between the Hours of Đi du học ô tư. on TUESDAY, tin anh af FEBRUARY.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO..

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INTIMATIONS

BANK HOLIDAYS.

Nacoordsace with Ordinance No. 5 of 1912, L the EXCHANGE BANKS will be ULOSED for the Tranmotion of PUBLIC BUSINESS on TUESDAY and WEDNES- DAY, the STR and Grum FEBRUARY, 1994. Hongkong, 31st January, 1924. (282

NOTICE:

MESSES. DODIVELL & CO., LTD.,

having relinquishmi the Agency of the OCEAN ACCIDENT & GUARANTEE CORPORATION, LIMITED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that MESSES. OLLMAN & COMPANY, LIMIT- ED, have been appointed Agents in succes. sion thereto.

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OORLY ACCIDENT & QUARANTEL

CORPORATION, LTD ALBERT. C. HALL,.. Manager and Attorney for the Bast.

NOTICE.

A. S. WATSON & CO. LTD.

General Managers.ONE Certificate No. 7741 for One Hundred

"HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB

NOTICE.

N EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL ΑΝ

MEETING of the Club will be held in the JOCKET CLUB Roox BoxaKONG CLUB ANNEI, on MONDAY, the iTH FEBRUARY, 1924 at 5 r.. for the purpose of confirming the resolutions passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 10th January, 1924

By Order,

C. B BROWN,

Secretary,

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NATIONAL LOANS UBSCRIBERS to the NATIONAL LOANS of the Third Year of the Republie (1914) and the Eleventh Year of the Republic (1922) are bereby notified that the following DRAWINGS for the redemption of the aboys, LOANS will be held this year.

...

THIRD YEAR LOAN,

2nd June, 1924: 7th DRAWING ($2,750,000 approx.) redemption begins 30th June. December. 1024 : 8th DRAWING ($2,750,000 approx.) redemptiou begion 31st December.

1st

It is to be noted that two Drawings of this Loan, instead of one, are being bold this year in order to bring the redemp- tion of the Loan and its extinction in 1925 into line with the schedule of

amortisation prescribed by the Loan regulations,

"ELEVENTH YEAR LOAN.

10th May, 1924: 3rd DRAWING ($1,000,000)

redemption begins 31st May, 10th November, 1934: 4th DRAWING

Bhares Nos, 57651 to 57730 inclusive, in this Company, standing in the Name of Mr. GEORGE HOWARD MAY (recomed) haus bean LOST, sad if at the Expiration of One Month from the Date hereof the abora Certi- ficate be not forthcoming, another Certificate for the said Shaces will be issued by the Com- pany, and thereafter no other will be icknowledged.

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"A'S WATSON & CO., LTD, Hongkong, 2nd January, 1934, [236

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Certificate 3/NS 7044 dated Hongkong 18th May, 1921, for 10 Shares numbered 84249/ 84258 inclusive s

and Certificats Provisional No. 57/789 dated Hongkong, 20th of February 1923, for 3 Shares of this Bank 120917/129919 inclusive, both registered in d

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the

INTIMATION

PORTS

AND

SHERRIES

For many years we have enjoyed a reputation for Ports and Sherries second to norie.

We invite connoisseurs to

give our "D" & "E" brands

of both a trial. We do not ask them to buy blindly but

to visit our extensive Wine

Vaults and taste these choice

wines before buying,

me of Mrs. ESTHER FANNY SELBY have been Destroyed by Fire, and should these Certi ficates not be produced to the Bank before the 1924, Now Certificates for 23RD the UARY,"

will be issued, and the aforesaid No. 57/722 will be thereafter treated by this Certificates No. 5/NS. 7014 and Provisional

A. Corporation as Null and Void

By Order of the Court of Directors."

A. G. STEPHEN, 40]

Chief Manager.

HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND FINANCE

COMPANY, LIMITED.

S. WATSON

CO., LTD.,

Wine and Spirit Merchants

may be the Gras Power to accord that Mr. Charles Herbert Workman, of recognition, since the negotiations appear Sydney, New South Wales, well-known to be well advanced, and the problem for for some years as the leading comedian Italy is not, perhaps, so wide as that in the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, and which confronts the British Imperial for some time in management at the Clovernment. It will be seen that the Savoy Theatre, who died at sea, off the British Governurent's Note to Russia China coast on May 1st, 'nged w, makes, recognition conditional on the con-

intestate and a widower, left estate in clusion of "definite practical agreeatents the United Kingdoux valued for probate on a variety of matters" These relato

at £130 grass, with net personalty £130. among other things to "the settlement of existing, claims Tip the Government and

Mr. Sun Pri Chi, the new Premier, bis nationals of the que purty against the issued a circulas piegrups to the various other and the restoration of Russia's provincial authorities requesting them credit. These claims, of course, inchide not to send to him or remmend to him any applicants for positions, states the the war debts. Another condition is that Journal of Commerce There is not satisfactory undertakings must be given enough conges (porridge)," says Mr. Sun that Russian propaganda against British in his telegram, but there are too many monks." The meaning is obvious. There' interests and British institutions must is a plenitude of applicants for posts, but

not sucient work for all of them.

Jense

On such conditions probably most of the Powers would now be prepared to

Owing to failing health, Mr. Gilbert recognise Russia. It is because gearen- Lyall retired on December 31: from the tees of this chamcter have not been position of London manager of the forthcoming from Hussin that the United ion Insurance, Society of Canton, Ltd., after 12 years' services with that society States is very Batly declined to and its associated company, the North recognise the Soviet Government. The China Insurance Co.. ed. Mr. Dell, Government of the United States has ays a Home, paper, carries with him into his retirement that good wishes 'of recently made it clear to the nation that many friends in the underwriting world," Amerien has ik substantial grievance both with the companies and at Cloyd. against the Soviet Gäkemment on account In particular, Mr. Lyall was closely con- cerned with the drawing up of the of its propaganda, directed to overthrow.

frustration clause. ing the institutions of the United States, and more recently we bave Bud-official An International Committee at Shank- Babas published an uppeal for help for disclosures in Indin of the Bussian the Resin refugees there. There are at activities which are being maintained least 2,000 Russians in Shanghai, the there, in spite of the assurances given statement say who are on the edge of by Russia when the existing trade taration and something has got to be i

done about it.

They must be helped ra agreement with firent Britain was exist here until they can be got away: negotiated. An Associated Press, mes- it simply does not consist with the honour sage last week to the Manila papers left any longer as they are,

"and the safety of Shanghai that they be

Them credited President Cooper with the Russians did not have their country on view that Great Britain's resumption a pleasure trip nor are they staying in #foreign parts for hun. If they could be of diplomatie relations with Russia willure of safety in their native land not

many of them would stay out of it day longer than they could help. Some of them are willing to take a chance and go back at oEU". "It costs $34 to send a

man

from Shanghai do the Bussina Frontier and when one or other of the Repatriation Committén is in funds there i no lack of applicants för railway tickets. The more money, that is sub- seribed for repatriation the better."

have less bearing on the attitude of the United States toward Russin than the investigation of the question of Soviet recognition 'now being conducted by sub-committee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Very likely; but President CooLIDGE at the time he expressed himself in this sense, had no knowledge of the conditions which Great Britain would attach to recognition of THE GOVERNOR'S ABSENCE. the Soviet. On, guarantees similar to those on which the British Government SIR CLAUD SEVERN ADMINISTER is înaisting, the United States would probably be equally prepared to recog. nize the Soviet Government. It remains. to be seen whether the Soviet Govern ment is now prepared to give such for the purpose of

and unequivocal guaranteer, Directors

together with A

of Ac-

Sith, to Mr. and Mrs. Jonx Me which, in the matter of propaganda at counts for the year ending 31st December, 1923. GILLIVRAY, a non-

The

TRASER BOOKS of the Company WIREIRA Shanghai, on January 28th least, go back upon all its

#past public will be

from the 1st February to the 9th February (both days inalusive), daring which period No Transfer of Shares

can be Registered.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers. Hongkong, 23rd January, 1924

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

OBDINARY ANNUAL GENERAL THIS COMPANY will be held at the Hosa- MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS IN KONG HOTEL

on SATURDAY,

ESTABLISHED 1841.

BIRTHS.

($1,000,000) redemption "begins 30th the oru FEBB 11:31€€2LLİVRAY. —At Shanghai, on Januney I definite

November.

The service of the above two Loans is conducted independently and forma no part of the National Consolidated, Lona Service.

F. A. AGLEN, Inspqetor-General of Customs. Inspectorate-General of Customs,

Peking, 3rd January, 1924. [285

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HONGKONG BOXING ASSOCIATION.

FOURTH TOURNAMENT OF THE SEASON.

FRIDAY, 8TH FEBRUARY, 1924. AT 8.15 P.M.

At the

THEATRE ROYAL

WHOLE

the

State of.

TO LET,

GROUND FLOOR and BRIGHT OFFICE ROOMS in ler FLOOR of the Building, No. 5, DEDDYLL STREET.

Apply WITHIN," Book No. 10, 1st Floor.

8.8. "ANGERSTM"

SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES

MAIN EVENT:

MESSAGERITE MARITIMES,

Fires ROUND FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION- QUIP OF THe Colort anD THE SCOIT

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NOTICE."

STOKER

Royal Naval Yard,

Goods,

HARSTON BET

Imperial Services

Featherweight

TO LET.

H.MS. Marasion," WELL Furnished FLAT in TREGUNTER

Lightweight Champion of the

Colony.

CONSIGNEES of Cargo from MAKSEIL | P. O. JIM CASTLIDGE, 7.". A. B. CHADWICH.

LES & in connection with above Steamer

their are hereby informed that with the exception of Opium. Treanors and Valuables, are being landed and stored at their" risks into the Godowns of the Hoogkung and loon Wharf and Godown Co, Ltd, Kowloon, Kowloon whence delivery may be cotained immediately after landing.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded on alert intimation is roooived from the Consignos before Nocx, To-day, requesting it to be landai

Fiere.

Bill of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned. Goods renaming andlairsed after 1924, at Nook, will be subject the 7th February to rent and landing charges.

All elxims must be sent in to me on or before kka 10th February, 1924, or they will not be recognized.

All damaged packages will be examined on Friday, the 8th February, 1984, at 10 am, by Mears. Goddard & Douglas.

*No Fire Insurance has been erected. K. BODENTUSER,

Arting Agent.

Hongkong, 31st January, 1994.

963

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.

FROM

MIDDLESBRO.

ANTWERP,

LONDON AND STRAITS.

The Steamship “EENRINNES." -

Champion

and One Welterweight. One Lightweight, Also One Ten Round Lightweight Contest Two Featherweights and OneFlyweight, Contest cach of Six Rounds.

BOOKING.

For Members Only on the

4th February at MOUTRIK'S.

For

5th February at the HoxGLONG HOTEL the General Public on the

6th February at the HororONG HOTEL. 7th and 8th February's MoUTRIT'S.

USUAL PRICES.

NEXT TOURNAMENT March 8th at the

THEATRE HOral.

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OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE

*: SOCIETY.

THE ANNUAL DINNER will be held

ONBIGNRES of Cargo are hereby inform-

of arches T

their risk into the Hazardous and/or extra assazirus. Godowns, of, the HONGLONG

JUND KOWLOON WRAL & Gooey Coxvant,

on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH.

Irn, whence, and/or from the harros, Will Those who wish to be present please delivery may be obtained.

No Claims will be admitted after the Good communicate with One of the Secretaries- have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 7th inst, will be subjeci

to rent

All Cisime against the Steamer wast be presented to the Undersigned on or before the Flat instant, or they will not be recognized.

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be

examined on the 7th inst. at 10 AM

No Fire Insurazine has been effected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by

UIRE, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. |

Agente. Monatens, let February, 1924. [288

R. E LINDSELL,

General Post Office

J. E. WARNER,

St. Stephen's College

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MANSIONS, for Eight or Nine Months früm April 3rd.

250]

.

Apply to HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE CO., LTD.

BOWERN &

Mrs. A. J. WILLIS, a son, stiil-born.

DEATHS. CHANDLARA Shanghai, on January 20th. EENEST KNIGHT CHANDLER, British American Tobacco Co (China), Ltd., aged 53 years. MCMICHAEL-At Shanghai, on January 28th, JoN HERRICK MOMICHAEL

Hongkong Offos: 14, Chater Road. London Office: 181, Fleet Street, KO.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, FEBRUARY 4TH, 1914.

THE RECOGNITION OF RUSSIA.

declarations,

fo

Thursday with relief troops.

The transport seris in the bare n

Seventeen Chinese cases of smali-pox were notified in the Colony on the 1% inst.

The Arst death in Manila from small. por for more than a year was reported last week, the victim being a Chišem..

Mr. B. F. Wright of Manila has been appointed auditor of the Philippine Talands to succeed E. M. Fallington, who has resigned on account of illnes«."

ING THE GOVERNMENT.

The Hon. Sir, Cland Severn, K.B.E.. CMG LED, has been appointed." during the absence from the Colony of Officer Administering the Government;

H.E. the Gavernar, the prescribed oaths of office having been administered on Chief Justice in the presence of the Saturday morning by His Hccour the Executies Council,

The Acting Governor has appointed! 31. A. G. M. Fletcher, C.M.G., to act: as Colonial Secretary and Mr. S. B. B McElderry to net n Assistant Coloniali Secretary and Clerk of Councils.

BIG BLAZE AT MONGKOK,

FOUR HOUSES GUTTED.

A serious fire occurred last night at Market, involving a block of six houses, Jongkok, Kowloon, near the Mongkak

four of which were gutted, the realising two being seriously damaged. ·

About 10 minutes earlier tite. Fire Brigade at the new Mongkok: sull-fire- station bad successfully dealt with an outbreak of fire in Shanghai Street, not far from where the big blaze, ocurred. In that case two barrula off fut enught His Excellency the Governor, has realight, but the promptitude with which appointed the Hon. Sir Claud Severn the Brigade acted prevented serious dam- to be Chairman of the Licensing Beard g The house in which, the second for a farther term of three years.

The visitors' book of His Excellency, the Governor and Lady Stubbs nt Govern meat House will not be removed during

THEE is nothing surprising in the news

outbreak occurred, situated at 90, Con- tou Rond, was used as a "jos paper that one of the first moves made by the

shop, on either side being general mér. new British Government is towards the

'chandise shops. The two storeys ahove recognition of the Soviet Gavernment of

were in une as tenement dwellings. The Bussia. It was a prominent plank" in

Brigade from Kowloon were soon on the Mongkok police and firèmes and the Fire CO,,|the platform of the Labour Party in the their temporary absence, from the spot. The fire, owing to the infanumable

elections. In their view the return of Colony.

nature of the goods storek spread rapidly to the first and second storeys and soon Russia to normal relations with Great

the roof was ablaze. The fire-fighters; The Bishop of Victoria, at the morn- the Britain will prove an "important factoring service at the Cathedral yesterday, it seemed as if they had the blaze under worked zchlously and half-an-hour later, Kembers British Chamber of Commercin the solution of the problem of unem dedicated a brass tablet placed on the control, but flames shot out of the win (Shanghai). Mr. T. W. BOWEEN, Fellow of ployment. They look for it to contribute on wall in memory of the late Mr. dows of the houses on either side, the the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, Laver far more to that end than protective W: C. D. Turner, of the Hongkong and wooden partitions of the cubicles on porated by Royal Charter, London.

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the first and second storeys bursting. into Names. For the next

From a very much wider point.Shanghai Bankı of view niso it is very desirable to have

Hour Russin again in normal relations with the lecture on

Dr. G. M. Harston will give a lantern or so the blaze waa uncontrollable, The Wonders of Nature in tongues of flames shooting skywards European Powers It has frequently the Epe" at the Helens May Institute, and reaching out from the ramdabs. been asserted that long as Russia on Monday next, February 11th, at 5.30 halfway across the road, enda gering remains an outlaw, the east of Europe. The public are cordially invited to shops and houses on the opposite side of the road. Continual showers of sparks, present.-ADVT, will never live in harmony," All the

deas volumes of smoke, crashing floor, The total rainfall recorded at the masonry and roofs caused much excite European States Jordering on Russia have frontier questions between then 120 inch. Rain is recorded as having difficulties. The street outside the burn- Botanic Gardens during January was met The Brigadir, Inbound under „selves and Russia," says an authority on fallen on ter days The smallest amounting block had been used as a Chinese European politics,ned they live in Troorded was 01 of an inch and the New Year fale ground and the hawkers" Fruit, constant fear that Russian policy payrealest amount or any one day 44 ofan stalls impeded the firemen

incli

vegetables,otal, · were "hcutterød - in alk buge again become aggressive and

-directions, Onco elenir of these, the A Chines who came to Hongkong on Brigade took many risk in their efforts threaten their peace." Russia at present Saturday to purchase paper reports to to get the flames undes. In one instance ie still like a plague spot, which infects the polled that he has lost a handbag the blare spread so rapidly that the fire not only the neighbouring countries, but containing $1,300. His story is to the excape was in dangor of burring It casts its honeful infucice still further ffect that he left the bag outside a house could not be moved until some entangle in Queen's Road West, when he came out ment connecting it to the burning built- afield. But the Soviet Government is of the house, the bag had disappeared.ing had been released. A Chinese fire. man very pluckily elighed the ladder very desirous of securing recognition by

Water The following names have been added and released thus entangled end. the other Powers of the world. At the to the list of local medical practitioners: pressure was low, the ists of water being present time, we believe, not a single Mrs. Ethel Mary Minett, 151, the Peale very weak at timen. Just before 11 p.in, NOTICE OF REMOVAL

(Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of one of the "Are Boaty arrived at Mong Power-certainly no important Power-Surgery of the finiversity of London; kok and stood by to give assistaten. By 1 PRESE" have been

Retain is the de jure Government. But in Public Health, London) prima control. As a result of the blare inaliy THE Offices of the "HONGKONG DAILY recognises the de facto Government of Doctor of Medicine, London: Diploma midnight the blaze waswell under CHATEE ROAD (ard four), to which Addremit will be seen from the cables to-day of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of having lost all their belongings as well, Sit Nin, 1, Hing Hon Rond (Bachelor neople have been rendered homeless, ail Correspondence should be directed.

Fortunately, 80,000 was lafüred, Hongkong, 18th July, 1928,

that Italy is preparing to do so, and be the University of Hongkong),

Catalogues and Price-Lists on application (Enquires Welcomed

CARLI ADDERA: Bowman, Shanghai.

CODIS: Bentley's, Scott's, A.B.C.

5th Edition and Introved.