AIOBE USEFUL. Brown was tailed to the police court to receive a reward tor rescuing a, drowning woman. “ J am pleased to pin this modal to your breast,” said the magistrate, “ and also to lodge £5 to your credit in the bank as an acknowledgment of your great bravery.” Brown showed some little embarrassment, and then said: “It it’s all the same to you, sir, I’d rather you’d win the £5 to my breast and lodge the medal in the bank.” Tn the building of a railway line in French Equatorial Africa 1.7,000 negro labourers have died from disease, privation, and exposure. As only 87£ miles of single track line have been laid, this works out at nearly 200 lives a mile. In the Belgian Congo 750 miles have been laid out at a total cost of not more than 3,000 lives. Try washing with Pell’s Naptha Soap—iha soap with the extra washing help, ft is the best laundry soap made—a largo white bar. Is at all stores.—fAdvt.l V
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Evening Star, Issue 20135, 27 March 1929, Page 7
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169Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 20135, 27 March 1929, Page 7
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