If Sandow and Lady Habertou had their way with us, what a curious-looking race of beings the women of Great Britain would be. Sandow says we ought to develop our muscles and not wear corsets. Lady Haberton says we ought to give up petticoats and cut ur hair short.—Week’s End.
Pirates still proves troublesome in Chinese waters, and the Hongkong Daily Press reports that a Chinese junk was attacked by these gentry on August 28 and two men were killed. The pirates departed after annexing about 30 dollars’ worth of clothing, and the water police arriving shortly afterwards, it was found that they had overlooked 1400 dollars of specie.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 245, 24 October 1901, Page 3
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