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III
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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
VOL.
XXXVI
No.
44.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
21,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
UUililitliiUtitilAllj
Coal
Aim
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Will
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HIIwin
VI
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Life
In
Balance
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coai
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northeast
bravCU
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wawi-
38,000
tons
of
coal
London
last
night.
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lUUKltUUb
bill
in
railroad
line
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iwia
Prime
Minister
At-jovernincr.t
today
.
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restore
the
founua-
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national
life"
un-
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concentrates
on
.
,
i
II....
in
csi-:ntial
Indus-
ding
individual
pro-
eharply
increasing
tion
i
izea
Air
View
During;
The
Coalition
came
in
for
sharp
jpposltion
back
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nnn
nni.
.pr
n
shortage
of
nur.cs
pronouncement
of
ixilicy
to
be
made
of
the
opening
of
to
investigate
the
educational
policy.
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to
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the
current
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between
Victoria
and
Nanaimo
and
Va.v
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that
"c
done
to
break
the
ihal
allows
only
a
province.
This
should
full
the
needs
at
he
said.
I
IUCS
February
22,
1917
29
20.3
feet
14:20
21.3
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8:20
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feet
20:40
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IV
nvi:u
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nere
today
for
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on
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biif-
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talis
u.-i.i
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animals.
Indi
DEFENCE
DEP'I
CUTTING
DOWN
Civilian
Employees
Arc
Ileitis:
..Slashed
Right
Across
Dominion
OTTAWA
The
Dcpai
uncut
of
National
Defence
has
instl-Mttcd
a
campaign
to
slash
estimates
and
cutting
down
of
civilian
employees
of
the
three
aimed
Torres
Is
general
across
the
country.
The
purpose
Is
tq
iiniry
the
civilian
workers
for
all
services.
Men
In
the
permanent
ranks
will
do
some
of
the
Jobs
which
civilians
have
been
carrying
out.
Universal
Training
Message
Is
Due
Soon
WASHINGTON
J3.
C.
O;
President
Truman
said
yesterday
that
he
will
send
a
message
to
Congress
advocating
universal
training
as
soon
as
his
committee
has
completed
its
inquiry.
lie
also
told
a
press
conference
that
the
question
of
a
message
dealing
with
the
extension
of
the
draft
was
still
under
consideration.
Secession
Threatened
Fort
William
liberals
Slarl
Move
for
Tenth
Province
in
Canada
TOUT
WILLIAM
The
Fort
William
Liberal
Association,
disgusted
at
the
failure
ot
tuc-Tccssive
provincial"'
o
ye
r
n
'
niciils
Ut
develop
the
''richest
part
of
the
province,"
is
in-
stitul
Ine
a
campaign
for
a
Ictilh
province
in
that
part
of
Ontario
north
and
west
of
lake
Superior.
Support
of
all
the
Chambers
of
Commerce
and
such
organizations
in
the
area
is
being
sought.
!$
ON
WAY
TO
AIR
HEARING
Dxctutlvc
of
Canadian
Pacific
Airlmcs
in
Prince
Rupert
Today
On
his
way
from
Ills
headquarter.-
In
Edmonton
to
Vancouver
where
a
meeting
of
the
Air
Transport
Board
of
Canada
will
be
hcCd
next
Tuesday
to
hear
applications
for
charter
to
operate
scheduled
air
service
between
Vancouver
and
Prince
Rupert,
W.
R.
(Wop)
May,
assistant
general
inanager,
Canadian
Pacific
Airlines,
is
hi
Prince
Rupert
today.
He
arrived
In
the
city
by
train
this
morning
and
will
proceed
to
Vancouver
on
the
Cardcna
tonight.
Mr.
May
was
here
last
sum
mer
when
he
made
an
extensive
survey
of
possible
terminal
fa
cilities
for
main
line
air
service
between
Vancouver
and
Prince
Rupert
should
his
company
obtain
the
charter
for
which
It
Is
applying.
This'included
the
possible
development
of
an
air
field
on
Tugwcll
Island
for
the
hand
ling
of
land
machines.
Pending
the
establishment
of
an
air
field
here,
Canadian
Pa-c'fic
Airlines
would
presumably
operate
by
wheels
between
Vancouver
and
Sand-pit
and
from
that
Queen
Charlotte
Island
field
to
Prince
Rupert
by.
amphibian.
Mr.
May
has
Just
been
at
Flln
Flon,
Manitoba,
where
the
Air
Transport
Board
heard
his
company's
application,
ior
a
charter
to
operate
scheduled
air
service
from
Winnipeg
to
Flln
Flon.
MANY
JOBLKSS
QUEBEC
W
Quebec
City
has
8.314
unemployed,
one
sixth
of
the
city's
employable
manpower,
according
to
statlistlcs
released
here.
Number
of
persons
unemployed
In
the
province
was
placed
at
41,500.
Probl
0;
Tty
-
5pecd
Settl
S
.E.
Parker
Interviews
Government
at
Ottawa
Ke
Street
Rehabilitation
As
part
of
the
effort
which
is
being
made
to
speed
up
the
finalizing
of
a
settlement
by
the
Dominion
government
for
war
damage
done
to
Prince
Rupert
streets
and
utilities
while
this
city
was
under
heavy
use
as
a
base
of
national
defence
operations.
S.
E.
Parker,
while
In
Ottawa
Tcccntly
as
a
delegate
tc
the
National
Liberal
Federation'
fiad
occasion
to
Interview
members
of
the
government.
Among
-hose
with
whom
he
had
appointments
were
lion.
Ian
Mackenzie,
minister
of
pensions
ah"d
latlonal
health
and
British
Col-inilbla's
representative
in
the
ablnet;
Hon.
Lionel
Chcvrier,
ninister
of
transport,
and
Rebut
Maylicw,
M.P;
for
Victoria,
'arllamentary
assistant
to
the
ninister
of
finance.
The
matter
of
the
city's
claim
for
War
rehabilitation
has
been
before
the
privy
council,
Mr.
Parker
reports,
and
lias
been
referred
to
the
Department
of
National
Defence
for
turther
report.
Possibly
one
of
the
reasons
for
delay
Mr.
Parker
says,
Is
that
there
arc1
many
other
municipalities
in
the
country
which
are
seeking
similar
rehabilitation.
With
Mr.
Chevrler
the
matter
of
aids
to
navigation
in
Hecate
Straits,
including
the
llghtinfof
Bonllla
Island,
was
taken
tin
by
Mr.
Parker
and
the
matter
Is
being
pursued
further
by
correspondence.
Mr.
Parker
returned
to
the
city
"at
.the
first
of
the
Wck.
He
also'
visited
Toronto
and
Windsor
while
in
Ontario.
Bulletins
HALIFAX
WOKKI.ESS
,
OTTAWA
II.
W.
Lee
of
the
Department
of
Reconstruction
has
arrived
here
to
investigate
the
serious
inemploy-
mctnt
situation.
Fifteen
hundred
civilian
workers
arc
being
laid
off
from
the
naval
dockyard
March
1
and
will
be
added
to
the
3500
unemployed
already
here.
LXAMINE
PASSKNUKUS
SYDNEY,
Australia
Passengers
numbering
578,
arriving
today
on
the
sir
a'mer
Mar-hie
Phoenix
from
San
Francisco,
were
jctosely
checked.
Particular
precautions
arc
being
taken
agaln.st
espionage
In
view
of
the
forthcoming
rocket
tests.
MORIi
II.
0.
AUTOS
VICTORIA
There
were
108,000
automobiles
ii
the
roads
or
British
Columbia
this
January
compared
with
93,000
in
the
same
.month
last
year.
There
are
500
more
motorcycles
this
year
than
last.
NO
SKTTLEMENT
NIvAlt
(il.ACi:
BAY
There
appears
to
be
not
much
hope
of
an
early
.settlement
of
the
coal
niineis'
strike
and
soon
all
the.
business
of
the
Marilimcs
will
be.
feeling
the
pinch
of
the
tie-up.
Seven
Canadian
National
Railways
trains
were
cancelled
in
the
Marilimcs
today
because
of
lack
of
coal.
em
I
BL'-MEDALLED
VETERAN
AT
,
ENTERS
MILITARY
SCHOOL-
Future
marshals
of
the
Red
army
may
be
among
this
newlas3
of
cadets
Just
admitted
to
the
Suvorov
Military
school
In
Moscow,
there
to
learn
the
ferls
and
rudiments
of
war
Despite
their
youth
seme
have
already
seen
combat
action
in
be
dogged
defence
that
Soviet
Russia
put
up
before
the
tide
turned
against
Germany.
The.
lad
at
right,
11-year-old
Mikhail
Belsky,
comes
by
his
medals
honorably.
The
little
corporal
fought
on
the
approaches
to
Moscow
and
in
the
hills
of
Manchuria
before
peace
came.
Vancouver
Man
Dies
After
Fall
From
Whaffside
Here
William
K.
Cranston
Succumbs
to
Injuries
Received
When
C.N.R.
Vessel
Sailed
Last
Night
William
K.
Cranston,
district
sales
manager
for
the
Ford
Motor
Co.,
Vancouver,
died
in
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
about
1
o'clock
this
morning
as
a
result
of
injuries
received
-four
hours
earlier
whi'ii
hp
Ml
from
the
C.N.R.
dock,
strikimr
his
head
on.
the-
lnjmi?eilo&on,vt
OIL
PIPELINE
BLASTING
IN
PALESTINE
JERUSALEM
O)
An
official
government
announcement
said
Thursday
that
the:
vital
Iraq
Petroleum
Co.
pipeline
had
been
blown
up
and
cut
in
two
places
near
Haifa
during
the
morning.
The
blasts
severed
the
pipeline
at
the
village
of
Indur
near
the
Consolidated
Refineries
Co.
on
Haifa
Bay.
Extent
of
the
damage
is
not
known.
Officials
also
reported
an
attack
on
the
Royal
Air
Force
station
at
nearby
Eln
Shcmer
but
a
regiment
of
troops
drove
off
the
attackers.
Arms
and
explosives
were
found
In
the
vicinity.
Then?
were
no
casualties.
The
Jew
.and
Arab
press
both
attacked
the
recently
announced
British
plan
to
toss
the
whole
Palestine
problem
Into
the
lap
of
the
United
Nations.
Nephew
of
Local
Woman
Is
Victim
Harold
Coward,
Calgary
oil
executive,
who
was
the
only
Canadian'
victim
of
a
.
plane
crai'h
which
claimed
53
lives
near
'Bogota,
Colombia,
was
a
nophow
by
marriage
of
Mrs.
J.
J.
GililS
of
Prince
Rupert
Coward
was
married
to
Mrs.
Olllis's
niece,
a
daughter
of
Mrs.
James
Barnes
of
Calgary.
A
brother
ol
Harold
Coward,
Edward
Coward,
died
a
lew
months
ago
at
Mayo
Clinic
in
(Rochester,
Minnesota.
PEOPLE
OF
ATLIN
DISTRICT
FED
UP
WITH
THEIRLIQU'OR.
BEING
WATERED
VICTORIA
(Special
(o
Daily
News)
The
people
of
the
nirtli
arc
fed
up
with
watered
liquor,
W.
1).
Smith
(Coalition,
Atlin)
said
in
the
Legislature.
Atlin,
lie
said
has
a
mineral
water
spring
which
makes
an
excellent
mixer.
"The
people
of
Atlin
would
much
rather
use
their
own
local
water
than
be
forced
to
take
the
chlorinated
water
that
is
put
in
the
whiskey
in
Hie
south,"
Mr.
Smith
said.
He
protested
the
$G0
to
$70
a
ton
freight
rate
on
liquor
to
Atlin.
"Residents
of
this
district
felt
these
high
freight
rates
should
not
be
paid
on
water,"
Mr.
Smith
said.
To
wps
moorea
aiongsiue.
Cranston,
whase
age
was
about
35,
fell
from
the
wharf
edge
shortly-after
11
o'clock
last
night
us
the
Prince
Rupert
was
pre
paring
to
sail
for
Vancouver.
He
disappeared
over
the
edge
,m
sight
of
scores
of
people
who
lined
the
wharf
at
sailing
time
He
arrived
in
Prince
Rupert
oil
company
business
Wedncs
day
and
had
intended
to
leave
on
tonight's
train
for
the
in
terior.
Deceased
was
married
and
lived
at
2291
West
Fourth
Av
cnue,
Vancouver,
aii
inquci.
into
his
death
was
begun
by
Acting
Coroner
Bruce
Stevens
this
afternoon.
.
.
A
c
c
o
r
d
1
n
g
to
eyewitnesses,
Cranston
lost
his
balance
while
at
the
edge
of
the
wharf
as
he
was
saying
good-bye'
to
friends
who
were
sailing
on
the
boat.
He
felt
20
feet
to
the
water,
striking
his
head
on
the
fender
timber
on
the
iside
of
the
vessel.
An
unknown
crew
member
of
the
Prince
Rupert
dived
into
the
water
from
the
cargo
door
at
the
side
of
the
vessel,
and
put
a
rope
about
his
body.
Longshoremen
raised
the
body
to
the
wharf
after
working
desperately
for
about
15
minutes.
.
Medical
attention
was
given
the
lniured
man
by
Dr.
L.
W.
Kcrgln,
who
was
at
the
boat
at
sailing
time.
He
was
taken
to
hosnital
but
failed
to
regain
consciousness,
"DOCUMENT
FACTORY"
French
Conspiracy
to
I'oirc
,
Identity
and
Other
Papers
1
Is
Uncovered
PARIS
0
French
police
today
announced
Uie
discovery
of
a
huge
"document
factory"
for
the
forging
of
Identity
papers
aivt
other
official
documents
in
Fresnea
prison
which
was
used
to
house
political
prisoners.
The
statement
said
that
prisoners
hud
forged
many
stat
documents
intended.
to
cast
suspicion
on
leading
members
of
the
new
Fourth
Republic
as
well
'as
Identity
papers
which
would
'facilitate
escape.
There
is
believed
to
have
been
an
extensive
secret
organization
including
Vichy
collaborationists
and
the
Gestapo.
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Nations
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Jacknlfe
.11
Joliet
Quebec
.72
Lake
Rowan
26
Lapaska
38
Little
Long
Lac.i.
2.15
Lynx"
..."
25
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.50
McKenzIe
Red
Lake
81
McLeod
Cockshutt
....
2.00
Moneta
.63
Negus
2.15
Noranda
49.25
Tickle
Crow
3.15
San
AntonJo
4.15
Senator
Rouyn
55
Sherrltt
Gordon
4.80
Steep
Rock
2.50
Sturgeon
River
24
Kamlac
22
Bright
Rediake'::.
w,
tir,ini
rait
CONVICTED
OF
MURDER
ATTEMPT
VANCOUVER
TO-Marvln-
Lester
Mack
was
found
guilty
by
an
assize
court
Jury
here
today
for
the
uttempted
murder
on
the
night
of
August
24
last
of
his
former
fiance,
OUvo
Negrlch.
He
will
be
sentenced
at
the
end
of
the
assize.
Hockey
Scores
Boston
0,
Detroit
3.
Moslem
League
and
Congress
Not
Likely
to
Unite
in
Government
After
Withdrawal
NEW
DELHI
(CP.)-A
highly
placed
official
pre-
dieted
today
that
the
whole
Indian
problem
will
be
dumped
into
the
laps
of
the
United
Nations
the
moment
Great
Britain
drops
the
reins
of
government
in
'June
1948.
Observers
say
there
is
little
chance
of
the
Moslem
League
and
Congress
Party
uniting
to
form
King
Opens
Parliament
Historic
Ceremony
Takes
Flace
In
South
Africa
House
Today
CAPETOWN
ffi-Klng
George
and
Queen
Elizabeth
entered
the
Union
Houses
of
Parliament
today
for
a
historic
opening
of
the'
Senate
House.
It
was
the
first
time
that
any
reigning
British
sovereign
had
ever
opened
the
Parliament
of
one
of
his
Dominions.
The
King
spoke
In
English
in
reading
the
Speech
from
the
Throne
with
a
much
appreciat
ed
complement
of
Afrlkaan
at
the
end.
The
Queen
sat
with
the
King
on
a
throne
while
the
two
princesses,
who
had
walked
through
the
gardens,
witnessed
the
cere
monies
from
the
governor
gen
eral's'
gallery.
SETTLING
OF
OIL
STRIKE
LOS
at
lhe
of
Va?-
accepted
accepted
by
by
the
CJ.Oose
posal
Union
of
Oil
Workers
to
settle
the
threatened
strike
of
20,000
workers
in
five
western
states,
which
had
been
set
for
yesterday
and
was
averted
when
company
and
union
representatives
reached
a
tentative
wage
agreement,
provides
for
an
increase
of
10c
per
hour
in
basic
pay.
Employees
of
seven
companies
in
California,
Oregon,
Washington,
Arizona
and
Nevada
had
been
ordered
to
strike.
CAR
SHORTAGE
MORE
SERIOUS
MONTREAL,
0)
Plight
of
other
Industries
has
been
added
to
that
of
newsprint
producers
and
the
grain
trade
as
a
result
of
the
continuing
freight
car
shortage.
A
paper
company
at
Donna-
conna,
Quebec,
has
stopped
pro
duction
and
six
other
newsprint
companies
are
faced
with
imminent
closure
until
they
are
granted
priorities
to
move
stock.
The
newsprint
industry's
difficulties
have
arisen
from
the
grain
priorities
system,
Institut
ed
last
Friday,
giving
preference
to
wheat
and
grain
movement
In
an
attempt
to
catch
up
with
lagging
shipments
of
wheat
to
Britain
and
to
provide
eastern
Canadian
farmers
with
more
cattle
fodder.
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
A
flow
of
moist
air
off
the
Pacific
is
resulting
in
continued
mild
weather
throughout
the
province
with
overcast
skies
and
intermittent
precipitation
along
the
coast
and
in
northern
British
Columbia.
Skies
cleared
In
seme
portions
of
the
interior
during
the
night
but
are
ex-
i?
t?u-?tecom
cloudj:
asf'"
1
today.
Little
change
in
the
A'eek
end.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Char
lottes
and
North
Coast
Inter
mittent
rain
or
drlz2le
today
and
Saturday.
Winds
southeast
(15)
increasing
to
southeast
(25)
this
afternoon
and
decreasing
to
southeast
(15)
on
Saturday
morning.
Little
change
In
tem
perature.
Lows
tonight
Port
Hardy,
40;
Massett,
38;
,Prlnce
Rupert,
33.
Highs
Saturday-Port
Hardy,
44;
Massett,
45;
Prince
Rupert,
?5.
a
central
government.
Yesterday
Prime
Minister
Cle
ment
Attlee,
In
a
momentous
announcement
in
Parliament,
disclosed
that
the
government
intended
to
give
up
control
and
withdraw
from
India
June
1,
1948.
Lord
Cranborne,
Conservative
leader
In
the
House
of
Lords,
expressed
himself
as
being
"pro
foundly
shocked."
Thumbs
Nose
At
Vancouver
Atlin
Member
Takes
Sly
Digs
During
Debate
in.
Legislature
VICTORIA
(By
News-Herald
Correspondent)
The
Legisla
ture
roamed
all
over
the
place
on
Wednesday.
It
heard
the
voice
of
experience
Dr.
GUlis
(Yale)
say
British,
Columbia
should
start
a
medical
school
In
a
modest
way
imimediately.
It
heard
C.CJ,
John
Mclnnls
from
Fort
George
lecture
on
,
socialism;
Mr.
Ritchie,
from
ilmon
ArsvteJXlni-of;
the'pn-
1
dtrs
of
Salmon
Arm,
and
W.
D
couver.
Mr.
Smith
from
Atlin
intimated
he's
fed
up
at
the
way
Van
couver
howls.
Vancouver
is
Just
a
big
hog,
said
Mr.
Smith.
In
iifectfc
Vancouver
Is
a
pretender,
with
all
its
talk
about
how
the
big
city
helps
the
rest
of
the
province.
"Mr.
Speaker,"
said
Mr.
Smith,
"the
life
blood
of
this
province
flows
from
the
rest
of
the
province
to
Vancouver,
not
-
from
Vancouver
outwards.
;
"Yes,"
said
Ut.
Smith,
"Vancouver
sure
wanta
everything."
Why,
he
complained,
Vancouver
even
has
four
senators..
It's
high
time
the
north
had
a
sen
ator.
These
digs
well
delivered,
Mr,
Smith
put
in
his
bid
for'
more
consideration
of
Atlin.
East
Getting
Very
Wintry
Fifteen
Deaths
Attributed
To
Snow
and
Coal
in
U.
S.
'
NEW
YORK
tt)
At
least
15
persons
are
dead
as
a
result
of
the
heaviest
snowstorm
In
years
gripping
the
eastern
United
States
today,
closing
schools,
snarling,
traffic
and
slowing
business
and
Industry.
In
New
York
one
man
died
of
a
heart
attack
after
shovel
ling
snow.
Two
deaths,
attribut
able
to
snow,
are
reported
In
Pennsylvanra.
Snow,
whipped
by
strong
winds,
continued
,tp..
fall
throughout
the
morndng
In
most
sections,
there
being
11
inches
here
by
midday.
The:
show
la
drifting
across
highways
and
railroads,
In
Virginia
there
is
27
inches.
Meantime-
cold
weather.
sweeping
across
the
Great
Lakes,
took
sub-zero
tempera
tures
to
Minnesota
and
North
Dakota.
FREE
ON
BAIL
PENDING
APPEAL
VANCOUVER
0
J.
L.
Nor-they
and
his
two
sons,
Paul
M.
and
Archibald
J.
were
released
on
ball
today
pending
the
hearing
of
their
appeal
from
a
conviction
by
County
Court
Judge
C.
J.
Lennox
for
conspiring
to
defraud
the
government
on
war
contracts.
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id