A STRIKE OF JUDGES.
The Japanese judges are so miserably underpaid—a Japanese judge is a lucky man if he touches his pound a week—that they went on strike some time ago for higher wages (says the "Hong Kong Press.") They presented at the same time a .petition to the House of Representatives, biifc the members were too much occupied with the question of retrenchment to grant their request, with the result that they are now gradually dropping out of the justiciary to take up any sort of odd job that pays them better.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11580, 11 May 1903, Page 7
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A STRIKE OF JUDGES.
Press, Volume LX, Issue 11580, 11 May 1903, Page 7
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