Compulsory thrift is now the rule in one Chinese army. The rate of saving is 10 per cent of the rate of pay, and ranges from Is 2d a month for privates to £3 10s for generals.
The smallest coal mine in the world is in the Ruhr district of Germany. It was started five years ago by six unemployed miners, whose office is a disused Iramcar. Although believed too small to be a paying proposition, it has shown a profit each year. v
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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 7107, 16 March 1933, Page 7
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