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Babu Tuen Chand was a deputy-sub! assistant acting-clerk in the Cutcherry ef Mr Deputy-Collector Smith (or Jenes), in the Swankihigh District of Southern Beogal, xud the pincipal duty, which is fell to his lot to perform was licking the postage stamps and afixing them to the letcars which emerged from the Deputy- Collector's office in time to catch the four -o'clock "dak" each afternoon. The inland postage fate in India at that period was three pies, or about one farthing, for each letter weighing one cola or less-a.tols being tha weight of a rupuo, which is about the

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Use fine day when the high officials from the Audits and Accounts Department had concluded the annual or bicunia! overhaul 10s of the books of the Cutcherry, it was dis covered that, by some unheard-of turpitude, one stamp of the value of three pics had been unaccounted for. The stamp could ba.clearly treed to the desk and control of Babu Tark Chuad. Thence it had disp peared, vanished into the Ewigkeit.

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SECOND ANNUAL DINNER. Majesty the Queen Empicas. Therefors, by grace of God and under regulation para 13,459, section CXXXIII of Depart-EMBERS are reminded that the mental regulations, Vol: $7 (Pongal), ANNUAL DINNER will take place- request you forward for my infomation at the Boxozose Hora, 13 SATORLAY, complete copies of entire file of corrcapor. 30th April, doncs in this caso, so that I can report again upon same to your incisfaction. have the honour to be, Sir peur most obedient bambla servant, Tara Chand.

(Deputy Sub-Assistant Acting Clerk to the Depaty Collector, Swankibagh.)

Auditor General never repiled. Tara Chand had won his case. —D. Expr731.

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Now there is one good thing about the gigantic machinery of out" Indian Acmini. stration. The most essentially equitable and bereavematic Administration in the world, as it is justly repated to be, it nevertheless humanly merciful oven to the bumblest of its million employees and officials. Babu Tara Chand was pot sum marily dismissed; neither was he made the target of a criminal prosecution. Instead of being thus victimised. be received lengthy lattor on blue foclscap "paper, pointing out in detail how certain property of her Mest Gricious Majesty the Queen

Not since the day of the Marquise d Empress, to wit, one Indian postage stamp

YOTICES HEREBY GIVEN that the Woman As

TWENTY-FIRST ORDINARY · of the value of three pies, had been com- Briavilliers has. so beautiful s mitted to his care op the 10th day of April, the Countess Tarnowaska been placed GENERAL MEETING of the Sharp- in the year of cur Lord one thousand right upon her trial on a capital charge. All holders will be held at the Company's hundred nad eighty-dot, and that up to the those who have seen her in Venice, where Offices, St. Georga's Building, on SATUR DAY, the 30th April, 1930, at 19 o'clock date of writing a proper or adequate she stands her trial, declare that her NOON, for the purpose of preserting the explanation had been forthcoming as to the face once seen is one never to be forgotten REPORT of the Directors, together with Statement of Accounts to 28th February, disposal, loss, or destruction of said pestage and it is clear from the admitted faste in

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com- stamp, of which he (the Babu Tara Chead) ber history. that she exercises the most 1910, and electing Directors and auditors. was the recrguised and official custodian extraordinary fascination over all with pany will be CLOSED from 18th to the

whom she comes in contact. Over women. 30th April, 1010, both days inclusive.. By Order of the Board of Directors,

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and ballee.

JUST ARRIVED. This communication fell upon the luck

as wall as over men, she seems to cast an

Icas Tara Chand like a bolt from the blue,slaost magical spell By ducant this It left but three courses open to him, extraordinary woman is Irish, being the daughter of Count O'Rourke, whose family emigrated to Rusein about a century ago. (4) Resign from the service.

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Of these three courses it will be obvious to any person with the shallowest know ledge the Bengali character that the third one (c) was from the oatset beyond $2.25 the pale of consideration. The first (a) was also too terrible to contemplate. 1.78

Therefore Baby Tara Chand sat down and 3.10 composed a letter which was a masterpiece in its way, and in which he requested to be seconded from routine service for a period

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"NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Partnership berotafors subulating In the Good's of the lats WILLIAM betwoon us the Undersigned carrying on ALYAH RUBLEE of Milwaukee, buniceman SHARE and GENERAL Wisconsic, U...A., and Victoria, in BROKERS at No. 5, Queen's Road Cen the Colony of Hongkong, Conaal tral, Victoria, under the style or firm of Gedural for the United States ofERNON & SMYTH has been dis- solved and the interest and responsibility America in Hongkong.

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don Babu Tars Chand became posserved of an inspiration, which, even to this day, ia pointed to with pride and complacency by area the most circumlocutory of the Red Tapo Departments within the parview of the Government of India

Babu Tore Chand wrote to the Auditor General follows P

ESTATES.

AND

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Dated the lab,day-of April, 1910.

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