Tho annual wages bill in the cotton factories of Britain amounts to over 25i millions sterling, and accounts for well over half tho increased value given to l:lio materials in process of manufacture. A Staffordshire church choir boosts a chorister of 75 years' standing, who had seen tho singing led by blarionot, fiddle, bassoon, and barrel organ. And yet ho survives to tell tho tale at the age or' SI! By a special Regency Act. passed last year, Queen M-ary was appointed Hegent in the event of n child of King GeOrßo V succeeding to (he throne before the age of 18. Tho practice of binding (ho feet of female children to make them appear small has been in vogue in China for 1000 years, but has now been inado a criminal offence.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1103, 17 April 1911, Page 6
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133Untitled Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1103, 17 April 1911, Page 6
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