Journey Through Japan and China by Fletcher Jones
Melbourne businessman Mr D Fletcher Jones returned from the East aboard the Neptuna to study Dr Toyohiko Kagawa’s Japan in person. He lived among locals, noting poverty, cooperative banks, pawnshops, and a government backed unemployment fund. He also traveled four weeks in China, guided by the British Consul.
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D. Fletcher-Jones
Melbourne
Neptuna
Japan
Toyohiko Kagawa
Australia
Fletcher-Jones
Mr. Fletcher- Jones
Pletcherdones
Drwa
Kagawa
Hletcher-Jones
Mletcher-Jones
Mr. Fletcher-Jones
Fletcher Jones
China
Britain’s past cruelty spurred reform by Shaftesbury acts
A harsh portrait of Britain in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries describes child labor under the factory and mine systems. It credits noble Lord Shaftesbury and the Factory Acts of 1883 1934 and 1944 with ending abusive conditions, noting a later US tragedy of a collapsed tenement building that killed five.
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Britain
A. Tayon
Sunday Express
Queen Victoria
North of England
London
Lord Shaftesbury
Methodist Flower Show Items and Entries Listed
A dense list of flower entries and arrangements for the Methodist Flower Show scheduled for a mid August weekend in 1998. The catalog names many varieties such as Iceland poppies, sweet peas, pansies, marigolds, violets, ranunculus, primulas, anemones and more, with yardage like baskets and bowls arranged for effect and trophies for first class certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
Ranunculus
Primulas
Needlework and Cookery Classes Hold Fair Entries
Catalog lists classes for crochet and white work with items like afternoon tea cloths duchess sets doyleys pillow shams and trays. children’s needlework. a trophy for most points. Cookery includes bread loaves buns various cakes biscuits scones lamingtons and small cakes with prizes donated by local firms. Entries free and prizes include ribbons and trophies with values noted.
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IL J. M. Hall
Mackenzie & Sons Ltd
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Laconia
Challenge
Phe
DMC
D.amlc
Rond
Lawlies
S.W
O.S
Coorey
Indiana
Farma Nap
D.R
Police & Fireman
Wendy's
Donegal
Paton and Baldwins
Bond's A. 1
PEARS
D. Caee
Gent
England
New York
Methodist
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