Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1930, Page 82

i ::m: j mmwu ; Dinah the Cat. and the scene occurred whieh at the beginning of this tale, and far. big chief; (Signed) 1 pray you, Chancellor, give some heed ' To the angry mew of a Tabbie in need. At least estadlish me on the mat It was on the day following the dispatch With a family allowance. pped Bill for his official interview with That Rufjus the Cai has got a riee. Threepence a day until he dies! Bome-us, too, on top of that— But what about me—Dinah, the Cat? But my dependenis are many, from near What's this 1 hear? : : m. : : un w ® row alongside. What she sald is mot re- sshcan is now the official tomb of the mice. ‘The Rufuses of the treasury have been ear- sied on the official pay roll for as long as men ik AT mafiam B R But 4 cents a day. was the pre-war pay, and the cost of living has risen since the war, and wages and salaries on all sides have been notched up to correspond. In the civil service they have which con- tract and expand according to the index figure , the grandest hunt- ingntmthemmvolmeoldat.tm in addition to the basic salary a complicated system of cost-of-living bonuses, of the cost of lying at fixed periods. Now, the present Rufus, 11 mdd . mmmmwmwmm f m i i mu of this minute and poem that some unknown , his terms and the subject his ch;mcter of service and his pay cropped up at one of o s al Rufus needed was a raise of pay. trees. The consensus of opinion was that 4 cents a day was insufficient to provide a hunt- offices and corridors like a small breeze through ing cat with the sustenance he ought to have discussion passed through the rambling treasury spoke of it to Warren Fisher, his function, the meetings of departmental chiefs. Thereafter of Rufus Wh for even In a matter of 2 cents of the nation's money the rigid procedure laid down must be strictly observed: therefore, an official minute s went into the Jords of the treasury; Pm’l‘LY, “It is desired to bring to the notice of .their 8 ¥ ] i H ! i 1 High Ra ng. Junk Industry Has §i 13§ Lt bn s 4% mmmmmmuu 43 34%¢ Airmail Value Shown. Present estimates indicate that $500,000,000 worth of scrap iron and steel is recovered each , skimmings, drosses and ntheraources. This metal, known as secondary year from sweepings Theuight’suwhmludoutinam. 3 : | > . mlmm m&mmmmm uwmm vhneomemmtryhomumdmnm hand softly opened the door of the chancellor's phere of dogs and horses and have no nonsense uncfimmcmmsnd,vm: friendly intent, | 3 4 uum mm..m m about them. She heard about Treasury Bill and Onenfiltme!wndhmumabed bided her time. 7S. G 15 years the Federal Government which were car- alone, as; inereased from the 700,000 the service, in 1918, rm Engineering teaching Fa I“Eu u'nenotthhm wnrkhs mm e MMnm mwmumw uMmm“nmm 12531 i bf i 158 i us i mm % i En wm“m mmmm M MWWMMWMWNW mm