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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28
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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28

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      Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 - Various Various

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      July 28th, 1920, by Various

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      Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, July 28th, 1920

      Author: Various

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      Language: English

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      PUNCH,

      OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

      Vol. 159.

      July 28th, 1920.

      CHARIVARIA.

      The public will not stand for increased railway fares, says a contemporary. They have had too much standing at the old prices.

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      Mersey shipyard workers have made a demand on their employers for five pounds ten shillings a week when not working and seven pounds a week when working. This proposal to discriminate between the men who work and those who don't is condemned in more advanced trade union circles as savouring dangerously of capitalism.

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