With these warlike preparations background, the struggle for life, intensified by the high cost of all foodstuffs, is still going on. clamouring Police, postmen, telephone-operators, all classes of labourers, are their separate demands. The members of the Provincial Assembly are: jot behindhand in their demon ind since they, fortunately, are in control of thelt own finances, they have coolly doubled their own salar-{es all round. The Chairman of the Assembly now draws $600 or 900)
per month instead of 450. strings, and each member receives. 720 strings instead of 360. The total cost to the province of this in-200 crease will be £8,000 string:
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