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heads ard speak vehemently in their! beards of "colossal graft" ani criminal waste" of money. Nor docs this bewhiskered oldest resident for "to the manor born" pessimist see any sunshine or relief from taxation in the "ins" who have tursiod the rascals "out." He says the worst is yet to come. Certainly, the old residents among foreigne: s who are not interested in contracts and who pay heavy income, property. business, motor car, postage ani Recently, the Education Ministry discovered 'a few passages in a primary school text book on ethics. The author of the lines leads, it is said, an immoral family life. The Minister strack out those passages, lest the younger generation should affected by the writer's life. The Government as well as society is jcntirely careless about the private ives of public men. "The Poor," says the paper, "are being cruelly deprived of means of living as well as opportunity for marriage on. account of the luxurious life in by the wealthy people. accounts for so many eases of suicide and other tragedies which are re" ported every day.
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