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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3173, 25 August 1917, Page 7

Some astonishing wages are being received, according to a Port Darwin correspondent of an exchange, by fitters, railway bands, and wharf labourers. "A fitter recently received Ml Is. for a fortnight's pay; another. .£37 18s. 3d. Ono QUcr stated recently that ho earned '£! for one Sunday. The- enormously high rates aro being obtained under a system .which, pays at treble rates when a certain number of overtime hours have been worked." The cost of living is by no means proportionate to these extraordinary wo»es. Out of .£245.504, received in the year .just ended by 1183 men and boys, about 135- per cent, was put in the Savings Bank 27J per cent, was remitted outside the Territory, 20.3 per cent, was "spent over the Government hotel bars, and '38.8 per cent, was accounted for by local living expenses. The most curious vegetable in the world is the truffle, since it has neither roots, Btem, flowers, leaves, nor seeds. In some parts, dogs and pigs aro trained to dig for it, the animals being guided by their sense of smell. "Good advice is beyond nrice."—Proverb. iTere is good advice affecting your health. To cure coughs, colds, chest and bronchwl troubles, use Baxter's Lung Preserver. Never fails. In big bottles, 1/lod.—Advt."