the shells."

_New Zealand Paper._

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"The dispute, he claimed, was not started by the employees, but by
the employer making sweeping reductions in the ages of the men."

_Daily Paper._

If he wants to do this sort of thing with impunity he should employ
women.

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A FOOD PROBLEM.

DEAR MR. PUNCH,--Please _do_ tell me. Must I count sausages under
the meat or the bread allowance? I do so want to help my country
_faithfully_.

Yours,
WORRIED HOUSEWIFE.

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"REWARD 2s. 6d. Lost, a small Silver Toothpick, value
sentimental."