A young Chinese woman, Mies Tcheng of Canton, hae recently passed successfully iher examinations before the faculty of law in Paris. A republican by conviction, this young girl of 24 took an active part in the revolution of 1911.
A writer in an English exchange says: ! A girl I know, who has been working on the land in Warwickshire this summer, received in payment two shillings a day for an eight-hour day, wet weather no pay. She telle mc that, working overtime, ehe made 14/6 a week (except one week when the rain prevented all work). Out of this she had to keep herself and pay all .expenses, with the exception of rent, the girls being lodged in a. big barn. They had to take all their own bedding and kitchen and eating utensile. For the heavy expense of travelling they had rq allowance at all.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 21, 24 January 1917, Page 8
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