"How do you dp?" was tho greeting qfficiallvgivpn to a prqfpssedlynaturalised CSiiiieso'subject on tho deck'of "the Eastern'' at Melbourne the, other day. '",t!¥orly,'!\-ds the absurdly irrejpvont nnswer. "What part' of China do you corag from?'! inquired-Wie officer, bent'on givipg th<j: Celestial a further chance, |b prove the genuineness l of: his naturalisation paper. ('Forty," was'again the answer. ■"riow i ,old-are youP l ? was-'the third interrogation, and tlio answer came as be'fofe, ('Fprty.'' ''H'ni,'' 'reflected .the See-, rotary for. External .Affairs, who "had' been - filling the rpj.e of grap.d "inquisitor to "sortie of the" would-be Chinese immigrants on the steamer, "if you 'had been asked the third question only you iuight linve been all right." This' little comedy,' with certain, additions and repetitions,'resulted'in'six but'of len Cm'ne6o who had arrived in Victoria, 'on route for Hobart, with what purported to bo naturalisation pa.pors, bping promptly sent back on. the vessel.' • ■ ' ;•...■'• Therq are two elerqents In tea—tnclnc.. nji(l : tannin; th'oino' has'this "stimlllatirig eHcots "for which .wo alone drink tea. Tannin, produces 'dyspepsia; and is,"'therefore, injurious to the BTBtern,'The pqreenj;as9 of thejnc in {cas| varies; and tho'vaptitoon'is npcorjlinf'to tho quality. ',Theif)il ij tJiii rittjact fj-prjV tljp leaf.' and pure tea must consist 'wholly of leaf arid, little pr nofhihg"of 'fibre and"'dust." Crescent' Blend Tca"irairte'af ;lt"fs Kq'uisifß'in "flavour, rich., and of full strength. .'• Crescent' '.'l'eV captivates , the PfUnt* .All grocers,, aj - 2s. . "p£'lb.\" '\'"' .■'.'■',
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 531, 11 June 1909, Page 6
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228Untitled Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 531, 11 June 1909, Page 6
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