The British Government report n pro fit of £82.000 on the Carlisle undertak ing, which represents Just under 7J per CPn t —and this without any deduction for taxation, such as private businesses pay. The Government still declines to say how much was spent by the peop'e on liquor In order to give this profit. Samuel Jordan, the well-knowm minister, having cause to be anxious about his son’s college examination, told him to telegraph the result. The boy sent the following message to his parent: “Hymn 342, fifth verse, last two lines.” Looking It up the father found the words: “Sorrow vanquished, labour ended, Jordan passed.*’—“lndian Witness."
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White Ribbon, Volume 32, Issue 378, 18 January 1927, Page 2
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