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x ational Conference To

Bimplify tdte-Galendar Is

Expected To Be Held Next Year

Action taken by the Assembly of
the League of Nations at its recent
session holds much promise thit a
international conference to simplify
the calendar will be held next year,
said George Eastman, chairman of
the National Committee on Calendar
Simplification, in a statement com-
menting upon advices he has just re-
ceived from Geneva.

Mr. Bastman sald that a resolu-
tion had been adopted by the As-
sembly which automatically placed
on the agenda of the next meeting
of the League Conference on Com-
munications and Transit, probably in
December, the findings of his commit-
tee, the calendar reform resolutions
of the International Chambe? of Com-
merce, the recommendations of the
French dnd Belg‘um calendar com-
mittees, ahd resolutions adopted by
various national and international
bodies, all directed to the League.

The Commun’cations and Transit
Conference, Mr, Rastman said, will in
effect nct for the League in the mat-
ter of calling an internat’onal calen-
dar conference and it was belief
that the accumulation of favorable
recommendations from different
countries, and those of the Interna-
tional Chamber of Commerce could
not but impress the conference that
the time for International action on
calendar reform is ripe.

Before th’s meeting is held, re-
ports may be received also, he said,
from national calendar committees in
Germany, Holland, Hungary and
Peru, Cuba and several other of the

Wainwright Buffalo

n
| Decided To Dispose Of 500 Head This

| Fall To Reduce Surplus
| The Department of the Interior has
jdecided to reduce {he surplus of the
Government buffalo herd in Buffalo
National Park at Wainwright, Alber-
ta, this autumn by 500 animals and
arrangenients have been made for the
Slaughter of this number and the sale
of the meat, hides, and heads. Buffalo
furs and other buffalo products have
So re-established themselves in popu-
lar favor that a market could readily
‘be found for a much larger number.
The thinning out of the herd in re-
cent years in order to keep it within
the grazing limitations of the park,
made it necessary to dispose annually
of numbers of these animals and sh’p
others north to Wood Buffald Park.
The number usually disposed of by
sale will this winter be reduced by
half, but it is expected that after this
year there will be an annual surplus
of 1,000 or more animals for sale, in
addition to any that may be sent
north.

Meat from 100 carcasses of the old-
er animals will be reserved by the
Department for use in the North-
west Territories. The meat will be
dried and utilized for the relief of the
|Indians and Eskimos in the far north
who may be incapacitated by illness
|or accident. When prepared in the
|form of pemmican, buffalo meat con-
| stitutes & concentrated and nutritious
article of diet very suitable for trans-

Work Of the Illustration Stations

Is Served In the

Agriculture

Useful Purpose
Interests Of
Tilustration stations operated as a
part of the Experimental Farms Sys-
tem, are serving a useful purpose in
the product’on and distribution of im-
proved seed and poultry. In the re-
port of the stations for 1928, publish-
ed by the.Department of Agriculture,
at Ottawa, it is shown that one sta-
tion operator sold seed of improved
varieties to thirty-five  individaul
farmers, and that alniost 11,000 bush-
els were distributed in this way from
the Alberta ons that year. From
one Alberta station there were sold
1,260 eggs from winter 1:
for hatching purposes,
illustration statiohs in the
almost 4,000 eggs were
hatching in the spring of 19

province
1a for
8.
According to this report rapid pro-
gress is beng made in the more gen-

of\advanced farm machinery.
it was pointed out, two com-
bine harvesters were <old in the prov-
ince of Manitoba. Two years later 208
were in’ use in the prov’nce. A ques-
tionnaire sent by the chief supervisor
of the illustration stat’ons to the ma-
fority of owners of combines brought
replies that indicate satisfaction with
these machines, The auto truck is
also said to be coming into fairly gen-
eral use as a means of hauling gra’n.
| In British Columbia the illustration
stations are encouraging the growing
of clover and alfalfa. When the illus-
| tration work was undertaken in the
| Pacific provinces, the crop surveyed
| showed less than two acres of alfalfa
jalong the line of the Canadian Na-
tional Railways. Test plots were set
up at the stations and these were ex-
| tended to demonstration blocks under
‘field conditions. The acreage sown
|to this crop has increased greatly up

Latin-American countries. The Con- | porting and storing in the north coun- | to 1928. The clover acreage has also

ference will also haye been informed
of the results of the calonday referen-

dum of the United States Chamber of |%

Commerce, now in progress among
local chambers, which calls for opin-
jon on calendar simplificat‘on and
whether there should be an interna-
tional conference in which the United
States should participate. Mr. East-
man felt that judging by the number
of favorable expressi

| try.
ee

jinctensed particularly throughout
central British Columbia, there being
‘now t of pounds of clover

Winnipeg Newspaper Union

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en by Cl of © r

committee during its own inqui!
referndum would show
calendar simplification.

to his
the |
approval of

Camonflaged Sardines . }

Fish Must Be Correctly Labelled Uf
Sold In Great Britain

The descr'ption “sardine” may
applied in Canada to certain fis!
caught there and it is even perm’
ble when they are shipped to most |
parts of the British Empire. But if |
the product is sent to Britain and |
South Africa, the term is not allowed. |
‘Th's unusual information was elicited
when a questioner in the BErtish
House of Commons asked the reason
for this discrimination against Cana-
dian produce.

Hon. W. R. Smith, parliamentary |
secretary to the Board of Trade, re-
plied the courts in Britain had}
decided the name “sardine” could |
not legally be appl’ed to fish not}
really sardines. The produce may be |
sold, but “sardine” must be omitted |
from the wrapper. Other countries
besides Canada are subject to this re-
striction. |

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New Idea In averting

Method Of Fire Insurance Company
Is Quite Different |
We have all heard the story of how |
Coty purposely crashed several bot- |
tles of his product to the floor in the
stores handling the perfume in order |
to create an odor appeal for the pro- |
duct. A fire insurance company has |
gone that idea one better; it has im-
pregnated a mailing*piece with the
odor of burnt wood and drenched
water. The copy reads, “When your
home smells of burnt wood drenched
“with water—like the odor you got
when you opened this folder—tt is
probably too late to attend to your
fire insurance.”

Finland To Have Navy
Finland, it is understood, has s

art-

ed creation of her first nay Two
cruisers of 4,000 tons each ad four
submarines and four torpedo boats

are under construction. Two of the
torpedo boats are being built in EB
land

The tongue of a seventy-foot whale

~ has been known to yield as much a
ton of oil
He: “Whate
She:""Then talk

"You look in better health than

Sou last, Where have

“In prison.” —Moustique, Charleroi
i W..N, U. 1812

2797
(By, Annebelle Worthington)

A black crepe satin showing smart
lingerie touch in ecru lace collar and
deep turn-back cuffs.

The double circular tiers of skirt
add graceful movement and width to
hem, with hips slenderly fitted by
wide girdle caught at center-front
with buckle.

The molded
bloused.

Style No. 2797 is designed in sizes
16, 18 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches
bust, and is the most simple dress
imagifiable to make.

It is yery effective too in black
transparent velvet self-trimmed, and
will answer many daytime and in-
formal evening occasion:

Printed rayon silk crepe in tweed
pattern in dark red tones is very
smart and so entirely able

Canton crepe fh bottle gr
trimmed is another choice
yiceable wear.

Army blue crepe de chine with col-
lar and cuffs in eggshell shade
of college miss and busine
uch a neat

bodice’ is slightly

for

choice

ppearan
d transparent
and dahlia

velvet in
purpl
inating co:

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and Winter Fashion M 1
cents, but only 10.cents when ordered
with a pattern

How To Order Patterns

Address: Winnipeg Newspaper Union,
175 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg

Pattern No...

seed threshed in certa'n of the dis-
tricts in which the stations have giy-
en attention to this crop.

Canadian Fruits Are Best

Climate Conditions Are Conducive To
Pine Flavor

The finer natural flavor of Canu-

dian-grown fruits is pretty well

recognized the world over. The rea-

son—probably not so generally

known-

orous Canadian climate and in the
character of Canadian so'l.

Fruits grown in more southerly
countries seem to reflect the lack of
climatic contrasts. In Canada, the
hot days and cool nights bring the
fruits to maturity at a rate which
gives them a finer, fuller flavor — a
‘distinctive tang that quickly identifies
Canadian fruits.

One way to put money into circu-

is stated by food chemists |
and dietitians to lie in the more rig- |

MC,

Major John MacGregor, V.C.,
D.C.M., of Powell River, B.C., was 100
miles away from a railway in a Bri-

tish Columbia construction camp
when he heard by radio*of the Prince
of Wales’ dinner for Victoria Cross«
holders. By making close connections
he was able to reach London in time
to attend the dinner.

Reindeer For Northern Manitoba

Herd Of

, Will Drive
| Reindeer From Alaska To

| Churchill District

| The Northern Mail, published at
‘The Pas, Man., in a spec’al despatch
from Churchill, Manitoba's new sea-
port, states that “an offic'al of the
Dominion Government is in Churchill
making arrangements for an imme-
diate drive”of a herd of about 15,000
reindeer from Alaska to northern
Manitoba.”

The official is quoted as stating,
“the barren lands of Northern Mani-
toba is the best possible for the de-
velopment of the industry on a large
scale.”

The Northern Mail states that the

About 15,000

drive will start some time next
spring, according to unofficial re-
ports.

At the present time a drive of a
huge herd of reindeer is being made
from Alaska to the MacKenzie River

Big Shipment Sent From Estevan To
Hudson Bay Junction
New build'ngs, modern conveniences,
electrical systems, colorful revues,
have carried comfort and happiness
to people at The Pas within the past
year or so. And hardy Saskatchewan-
grown trees are now widening the
boundaries of c'villzation in the trek
“north of 53." Hard on the tracks of
prospector and min'ng man, they
have blazed the trail of the ploneer to
Hudson Bay Junction, well on the
way to Fort Churchill, it was reveal-
ed to The Leader-Post in an interview
with T, A, Torgeson, managing-direc-
tor of Prairie Nurseries, Ltd.
Demonstrat’ng their all-climate
fortitude, a shipment of trees grown
in the Prairie Nurseries fields at Es-
tevan are now lying In underground
storage at Hudson Bay Junction,
awaiting spring-planting weather,
During their journey to the north,
they were protected from the bite of
sub-Aretic cold by sh’pping precau-
tions in which heavy grizzly bear
Wrapping paper and Wisconsin moss
were used. Although Prairie Nurser-
ies has each fall, for several years,
shipped hundreds of trees into the
Peace River country far north of Ed-
monton, this is the first time that a
large cons’gnment has gone into the
fast-opening Fort Churchill territory.
Another new district was plotted in
Prairie Nurseries sales territory last
October with the shipment of 500
sturdy Caragana shrubs to Surrey,
England. A Calgary representative of
the firm was responsible for this un-
usual sale.

Milk In the Nations Health

More Sanitary Methods Of Production
and Handling Is Desired

Of all foods used in the family life
no other has such a direct relation to
the nation’s health as milk, and the
public are quite within thefr rights in
demanding that-the old time dairy-
man with his careless habits and lim-
ited knowledge of sanitation should
give way to the better trained, more
careful producer.

basin.

A Progressive Town

8,500,000 Bushels Of Gain Shipped |
| From Foremost, Alberta, In |
Past Two Years
The 300 odd inhabitants of Fore-
niost, Alberta, claim it as one of the
| busiest communities in Western Can- |
ada. In the past two years-it has |
shipped more than 3,500,000 bushels |
df_grain, mostly wheat. The Alberta
Wheat Pool elevator at Foremost—
being one of four—reports haying
‘shipped more grain in one season
than any other elevator in the proy-
ince. The town is also as progressive
os its name in its educational and
sports facilities as well as in its com-

lation is to take it to the race-track.

i pS 2.

Propefly Vill stalls cuit down work an
With increasing rentals and values
of farm lands, dairy farming is rap-
idly replacing other types of live
| stock farming. A dairy cow produc-
ing 8,000 pounds of milk a year fur-
| nishes 1,000 pounds of dry matter, all
of which is edible and digestible. A
two year old steer weighing between
1,200 and 1,300 pounds furnishes
about 550 pounds of dry matter, not

all of which can be used for food. In |.

{other words a fairly good producing
dairy cow furnishes twice as much
edible dry matter in one year as a

gooo two year old steer when he is
killed for meat. A cow can be kept |

munity interests.

id bacteria,

G. Lochhead, bacteriologists at the
exper'mental farm, at Ottawa, in
their new "bulletin “Testing the Pro-
ducer’s Milk for Quality.” As a means
of reducing to the minimum poor
qualities in milk judged from the
standpoint of food yalue, cleanliness,
healthfulness and fine flavours, health’
departments of cities and towns and

are insisting more and more upon
sanitary methods of production and
handling, disease-free dairy herds and
employees, properly superyised pas-
teurization of the milk and protection
from re-oontamination after pasteur-
ization has been given. By giving
careful attention to all of these points

completely eradicated milk-borne dis-
ease. In the smaller communities that
are not so far advanced in milk sani-
tation, where properly pasteurized
milk cannot-be obtained, this bulletin
No. 123, of the Department of Agri-
culture, at Ottawa, recommends the
householders to pasteurize their milk
in their own homes.

Why the Danes Excel

English Farmers Learn Secrets Of
Their Wonderful Success
A party of English farmers who

search’ng inquiry into Danish farm-
ing methods, reported that they did
not find a specific cure for all their
troubles, but they did gather many
useful suggestions for the impnove-
ment of British agriculture. i

The impressions of the party were
summarized as follows:

Danish farmers work, not as isolat-
ed units, but as members of a big,
highly co-ordinated industry.

‘Intensive methods of cultivation
and choice of crops, on a,nationally-
accepted plan.

Stock breeding and stock feeding

ries

‘These ideas are expressed as a con- | kets.
cluding word by C. K, Johns and A.|

had visited Denmark and made a|_

| While Canadian exports
|énly a small proportion of
the large milk handling companies |

Canada

Trying To Regain |
South American Trade

Largest Pavillon At British Empire |
Trade Fair Reserved For Cannda |
Canada’s announced intention to i
actively participate in the Br Hest
Empire Trade Fair, at Buenos Aires, |
in 1931, is but one further step in her
aggresive fight for a large proport on
of South American trade. Participa-
tion by Canada will undoubtedly
greatly assist Britain in her attempt
to regain for the British Empire the
South American trade lost during the
early period of the Great War.

One of the largest pav.lions at the
fair has been reserved for Canada |
to make possible a display truly rep-
resentative of Canadian industrial

the Canadian government is having
the pavilion remodelled and redec-
orated in a manner in keeping with
the exhibits. A strong executive
committee has been formed in- Lon-
don and Buenos Aires to ensure the
success of the British Empire Trade
Fair and to unify the efforts of in-
dividual exhibitors in displaying |
their goods to the best advantage. |
Already over 200 applications for |
space have been received by the}
central executive in London. A sim-
ilar executive committee is in the
state of formation in Canada to ad-
vise prospective Canad'an exhibi-
tors at the fair and to co-operate
with the government in ensuring
the success of the Canadian exhi-
bit. ~

Canadian Trade Commissioners at
Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Lima
and Panama City, are to a great e
tent responsible for Canada’s in-
creasing trade with South America,
and through their efforts Canadian
manufacturers have secured a firm
footing in the South American mar-
Trade with South Amer ca
has been further encouraged by the
Canadian goyernment-owned Cana-
dian National Steamships, to ply be-
tween Canadian Atlantic ports and
ports in Brazil, Argentine
Uruguay. This service has already
done much to ‘enhance trade be-
tween the countries affected.

comprise
South
America’s total imports, this propor-
tion {is increasing yearly. In the
fiscal year ended March last, Cana-
dian exports to South America
totalled $32,557,990, as compared
with $27,515,602 in the preceding
fiscal year, and $15,655,120 in 1924,
fea increase of 18.6 and 108.3 per
}cent. respectively. In the first six

most of the large cities have almost | months of the present fiscal year,

|from April to September inclusive,
exports to South America totalled
$19,019,262, As compared with $14
66,583 in -the corresponding
months of 1928, an increase of 27.5
per cent. Argentine is of course
Canada’s best customer, Brazil com-
ing second. These two countries

n

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Be eT Uaiead Seates |
As To International 1.

ingenuity and diversity. To this end | the

liotted to jt by that dep

| States entering Canada mu

and |

Tratfi

The Ministe!
announces that ar
been arrived at be'
Canada and

A
tween the

ments.of
States, relative to
fic by alr etWaer t
This afic Nas
Rica Mit: 1921, under & i ic
eached then.
agreement reac ons and DADs
agreement supersedes area
its regulation ee
It is reciprocal and cov! F
sivil alreraft regis
the admission of ci he territory
tered in one country to t * slats!
ot the other. The issuance 0 “4 St,
Jicenses in both countries to ae F
e r and the accep!
Baas air-worthiness for air
{ther country to
craft exported from either cout Ty
the other, It applies to all co} ‘ad
i than those
and state aircraft other "kA
military, naval, customs

ce service. .

One it Canadian aircraft oats
ing the United States must hake ne
tered and passed as alrworthy a oa
Department of National ieee ae
| must bear the pete ee a
f the United
ist be reg-
istered and passed as airworthy v4
the United States Department 0

Commerce, and bear the'r registra~
tion markings. Aircraft desiring to
cross the international border must
| carry aircraft, engine and dou
log-books and certificates of registra

| tion and air-worthiness. Their pilots
must carry licenses issued to them by
the Department of National Defence
in Canada or the Department of Com-
merce in the United States, r

It also provides that the taking of
aerial photographs by the aircraft of

/one country is not permitted over the
| territory of the other.

a the new agreement, aircraft
and pilots licensed to carry passeng-
ers and cargo by either Canada or the
| United States may engage in traffic
between the two countries, but mist
not operate commercially between
points in the territory of the other
| state. ,

| The new agreement becomes oper-
ative immediately and will continue
|in force until 60 days notice of desire
to terminate it is given by either
country, or until it is superseded by
a further agreement between the two
| countries dealing with the same sub-
| ject, or by enactment of legislation in
|either country inconsistent with the
| terms of the agreement.
| No special permission is now re-
| quired to cross the: border. So long
|as aircraft are licensed and flown by
|licensed pilots they may fly from one
|country to the other, provided the
| customs and immigration require-

| ments are fully complied with.
|

vides for
detail

the same way aircraft o!

Germany Sees Advantage In Having
Small Army To Support

| Out of her home population of 41,-

| 000,000, France keeps 413,000 young

Does Not Envy France
|

have each doubled their purchases | men constantly in Northern Africa, a
from Canada during the last five | white army of 60,000 men, in addition
years, and together they account for | to 11,000 coloured troops. In their
more than 62 percent. of all Cana-|new frame of mind the Germans look
dian goods exported to South Amer- }on these forces with complacency.
ica. They involve the French Goyernment
SS aaEEEEEEeT in huge annual expense, and they en-
Reversal Of Conditions tail the withdrawal o¢ a large propor-

tion of the man-power of the nation

Co-Operative Seller Instead Of the | from productive work. Sixty-five mil-
Buyer Making the Wheat Market | lion Germans, with an army limited
The Pool started out to establish | to 100,000 men, are clearly in a much
“orderly: marketing.” What the term |™0re advantageous position than.the
means has been well demonstrated | French for the development of their
last year and th’s. The record crop | Country's trade and manufactures,

carry-over, much of which is still in | °Ve" if the Peace Treaty permitted it,
the elevators. Had the yield of last “fter ten years of freedom from the

of 1928 resulted in an enormous|?%¢Y would not have conscription

year been repeated during the past
season in Canada and other exporting
countries, the story might have been
different, Now, however, it appears as
though the co-operative seller rather

on lines scientifically proved to be
most profitable.

for additional years of service, while |

to replace the steer, another animal
must be fed for a period of two 4

ears.
annual
capita

The consumption of milk
per increased in Canada
from 2414 gallons in 1921, to over

!be just long enough for the cow to |
tand comfortably without room to
spare; otherwise, the cow will be-
come dirty from dropp'ngs when she
lies dawn. The gutter should be wide

ealionia: nA 090 These fieares els and deep. A good gutter ig 16 inches
only to those who buy their milk ana | © 19 inches in width and)® or 10%nch-
include wll farms of/ecnsumption es below the platform. Bedding should
: be clean and plenteous.
With gr > of
vant Long hair on the flanks,
Bas acs Feasin& and. tail above jthe switch ‘of the
j Ease dairy cow should be removed at reg-
t odor

flavor, they
with

uring it

e in contact
the n

po’
amount of dust and dirt/entering it

mill

moval of ilk from the stable

oon as sible reduces the

War- interval Rem thi.

tong

places of
Il into the
sping the

hair skort on these parts of the cow
permits cleanng in much 1 ne
and more thoroughly. Brushing should

never be neglected. It removes loose

and keeps down the ‘bacterial growth ’ articles aticking, to the body, WVHen
in the milk the hair is short, wiping the udders
Bacterla increase rapidly in warm with a damp cloth just before milk-
milk causing it to sour quickly. Re>' ing, is an casy and important ald in
moval of the animal heat from securing clean milk
freshly drawn milk by lowering th It is generally recogniezd that most
tmeperature to of cold: of the bacteria found in milk finds its
water (approxin 60 degre source in dirt clinging to the cow and
Fahrenheit), ¢ ilds in prevent- into thé pail during
ing bacteria) growth. A well lighted UUme, Simplé precaut “ill
well ventilated milk house, not too practically eliminate ths source of

close to the stable, is also yery help-

| ful

Cleanliness in the stable is vitally

f ees res

bacterial growth and dairymen find
themselves well 1cpaid) for the little

time necessary in -tileng- Such pre- make a bigger fool of himse!f than! of lilies as food,
| TOWD -epssnesesmemesmreresmmsmecss necessary, The stall platform should cautions.

with techn’cal progress.
Encouragement of and insistence

upon a uniforinly high standard in| faces and bu:

dairy produce.
Experimental and testing stations
to ensure that all produce is suitable

Supervisory work designed to help|as they were in the days not
any backward farmers, and to keep | gone.—Toronto Globe. i
all familiar on their own holdings |

than the buyer is making the market.
It is a marked reversal of conditions

long

Some Choice Answers

A sculptor is a man who makes

The highest mountain in
land is Blanc Mar

By Magna Charta, no free yy
to the need of importing countries. ania hanged twice for the same
Generous credits, and technical di-| ofreng
rection for farmers, espectally for! Sir Walter Raleigh was the first
those who have only recently taken | man to see the invisible Armada ‘
up farming. } The poll tax was paid by everybody
Co-operative mmerchanting, whereby | who had a head. * peso.
the farmers, being Robert Bruce was a Scot who }
ducers, do not concern a performing spider :
with salesmanship. The primate is: the ot the
prime minjst
Starting Car In Cold Weather The as the son of
Motorists whose cars are difficult | Old Kin
to start in cold weather should note
that_a rag dipped in hot water and) Miss Visits—Don't you think that
wrapped around the carburetor will| travelling brings out all that is in
usually cause the engine to start | one?
promptly. The reason is foundinthe| Sea Captain-—Ye indeed: espe-
condensa gasoline on the car- | cially ocean travel
buretor walls, The hot rag helps to|

|

Vaporize this liquid fuel.

“What kind of a

A jealou
but it’s

man |

more self-love

radio haye you | else.

got |
“The railrond type—whistles at|> On a few occasions the northern
every station, |Jights have been scen as far south 1s
SoC Mexico City.
If the average man could live his — ——

|
life ovgr again he would probably |

ever.

|
} made into @ nourishing soup,

ses 4,000 tons
The flower

Every year China u:
$ are

4 consumed:

burden of military service the whole
nation would revolt against the bare
idea.

‘

| Measured In Miles
Sausage is measured by the mile at
| the dinners of the huge hydro mitrate
factory at Rjuken, Norway. At a ban-
quet in honor of the general manager
of the plant, 3,000 guests ate 1y
miles of sausage. Other statistics of
the dinner showed the following was
500 quarts of beer, 1,000
bottles of liquor, 1,000 pounds of

and 2,200 pounds q
en of pota-
é In the three prairie provinces f
Canada Manitoba, Saskatchewan,
and Alberta—about 4,000 harvester-
combine machines were used this

year during

the wheat ha rvest,

pant
you" apply

On what grouna

for & gun license >"
I often go de
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bers?"

t collecting. ‘
rotection against rob-

No, against the ge:
mer, Berlin, the Ae tOr s.r I.

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