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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 3 September 1915, Page 7

' /cenrding to Chinese history, the ; custom of small foot air.o:i^ the. fe- ! males n'i China originated several cen- ' tui-ies back, when a large body of \voi men rose against the Government, and ; +!■'.-'] to overthrew it. To prevent the | recurrence of svic^ nil event the use of v.'or.'len shoes so small as to disable ■■.!■<■>;;. (ro'ii siii'kin^ any effective, use <i' t-if r feet was enforced on nil fe-::-i;:!m infants. '"You require female shop assistants to dio-is in l.lm-k?" asked the president of lhe Arbitration Court at Wellington ■.)!' a \ .:\y.'■"-■■;. i-Yes." wris the roply, ■"■ '■ " '■" '•' ■ '••• r-T! :-:A<ua of Hie rttiniioiv ii' >ye dkiu:t."