One <if tho many problems which the British census officer had to solve in conned inn with the census was the translating of the quaint terms by which numerous trades are known. There were returns from men claiming ‘‘loafing - ’ ns their trade. They are not tramps, but makers of artificial flowers. Then there were “pig-lifters,” who work not. on farms, but, in blast furnaces; “totters,” who do not tot. but collect rags and bones; and “slubbers,” who work in the leather tm.de. And in which section did they place the “sloshers,” the “wipersout,” and the “placers”? TUSSICURA For all complaints of the Throat, Lungs, or Bronchial Tubes TDSSICUHA is the sovereign remedy. 2s 6d.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18324, 15 August 1921, Page 8
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114Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 Otago Daily Times, Issue 18324, 15 August 1921, Page 8
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