An admiral of the fleet gets a salary of £2,190 per annum; seamen get from £23 to £32, while a naval cadet receives £lB. Of a hundred million passengers by sea all the world over, fifty lose their lives. Of the same number by rail, forty-eeveii are killed. In Persia there are no distilleries, breweries, or public-houses, and native wine is the only intoxicating beverage used. Firet Suburbanite: " I see they have taken the 7 a,m. train off this line Do you miss it?" Second Suburbanite: "Oh, nothiag like as' much a& I used to miss it when it was ao."
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Evening Star, Issue 14003, 9 March 1909, Page 4
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101Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 Evening Star, Issue 14003, 9 March 1909, Page 4
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