. Wo have grown accustomed to seeing tho Calcutta parawallah (constable) standing in the sun with an apparatus attached to° liia shoulders which spports an umbrella over his head. The parawallah, no doubt, finds life burdensome. Watch him oil duty in t!io street. Olio leg is usually curled round tho other; or, you,may see him resting his languid length against a lamp-post or squatting oil the kerbstone, his elbows on his knebs and his hands dangling limp beforo liini. His attitudo varies, but you will probably always see the samo expression on his face —the expression of one who is horribly bored.— 'Englishman," Calcutta;
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 342, 31 October 1908, Page 9
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103Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 342, 31 October 1908, Page 9
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