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Russian churches in Japan_no longer receive money from Rusais, as the result of the recent decree issued by the Bolshevik | Government regarding the separa- tion of religion from the state. The board of trustees of the church in -Japan have met in conference several times and decided that the missions in Japan are to be independent from the Russian Church.
Australian Jam, Advices have been received that the Minister of Trade and Customs for Australia has com pleted a contract for the sale of 50,000,000 pounds of sarplas Australien jam to the Imperial Gorerament. Of this amount, 12,000 000 pounds will beshipped to Great Britain and 38,000,000 pounds to the United States. Australia's sarplus of the coming season's fruita involves approxi- mately five and a half million dollars. The transaction is being financed by the British Govern.
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Teachers and the Labour Party.
As the meeting of the Council! of the Asacciation of Masters in Secondary Schools, held recently at the London Day Training College, a motion was considered recommending the affiliation of the association to the Laboar Party, subject to a referendum of secondary teachers throughout the country. It is atated that the teachers have been greatly im pressed by the strong support that bas been given by the Labour Party to the Education Bill The National Union of Teacbere ia promoting a referen- dam on affiliation with the Labour Party.
Bakers Heavily Fined Before the Hove magistralee recently two firms of bakers (Clarke Bread Company (Limited) Bad Gigins (Limited), were sam-" moned for selling our by retail sta price exceeding the maximum. There were six summonses in the asse of Clarks and two in that of Gigins. In Ularka's caze fines
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emerges firm and rabeken, from had attempted to reach ber by the glitter of bright backles, the almost like getting one's gezond and the scars it bears, the in of the sad catastrophe at Happy wimming. The jury returned a blare of the bugles, the ritual of wind in a race, this overcoming effaceabla scars that modern war Valley.
week are cancelled in view verdios of "Accidentally drown-salating guards, and the like. of fatigue. (It is at such moments leaves on the scul; are seen se Bat it is of modern sotive service that English coers put into bright bonours; nos se things of Pierrots from the Firing Line, marching I am thinking now; practice one of their kindly habite, horror and ugliness (JB in WO The Pierrots of the 25th the marching Kipling writes and relieve a man of his rifle for P.) Division, just home from France, about; no bande, no appreciative a mile or two). Belf-confidence re with their orchestra, gave the firet audience; mile after mile on tarns, and the flashes of homcur of a beries of afternoon concerts cobbled roads, grassy sad glitter here and there along the
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sing "For love of Annie Laurie" the remaining concerte resch
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Often, the men have been upland it is taken ap from front to adventure" was returned at the the repat all night, or have snatched a rear-a ation of those Pierrote will grow hour or two for sleep in queer along, with little ripples bresking eleven-year-old boy, a patient in
wave of song rolling irquest at Bath recently on a etill further. Their talent is of a cramped positions in bigh order, the items included draughty places, in noisome, rat music ball melodies, catchwords ren. The boy, who had a craving.
wet from the waves; little ripples of an institution for imbecile, child concerted numbere, songs, doete, infested cellars. The pain of the of popular comedians, and here for swallowing breda of carpe duologuce, dancing, and mimiory pack becomes intense, the straps and there a sentimental song and coal, had eaten a large q notity by vatione members of the com cut into the shoulders, and always about a mother or a sweetheart. of sasp, which caused his death pany. Apart from the exoellence in front, behind, everywhere, the To study the inde mitsble good through shock and collapse. of the performance, the Pierrots tramp, tramp, tramp, the sense spirits of the men, to realise that deserve gener: 28 appport, be leaea rhythm of beating feet; these are not the products of the canke all their work is for charity, the beals of the men in front, imagination of correspondents or Since the company was formed a little crinkles of leather and propagandiste, one must see them
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