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Show AN EDITOR WANTED. About tour years ago the Kin of Buriuah wished to stait a newspaper, in the vernacuhir and in English, and forthwith consumed an eminent British ollicial, then in liurmah, abc-ut the matter. His majesty said there need be no trouble about minor details, he would see to them himself; what he wanted was a competent English editor, edi-tor, with Atifjo-lndian experience, to whom a thousand rupees a month would be paid. His majesty added that lie would only make one stipu lati'-n, namely, that the editor should pledge himself to follow with constant approval the line of policy adopted by the court, that nothing displeasing to his majesty should appear in the journal, and that iu the case of these being infringed the editor should be-lorehand be-lorehand sanction his liability to receive re-ceive 500 strokes on the sole of the loot with the 'Vitickak wukk" whatever that may mean. The capital cap-ital ol the Burmese is still in want of a newspaper. |