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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1968. TE
Days Of The Licensed Brothel
Rome, April-1.
ABOUT 560 licensed brothels in Italy must close
doors by midsummer and more than 3,000 prostitutes will join the ranks of Italy's unemployed.
Then the "caso chluse" (closed linuses) will be closed in tnet un well as in vanie, A law passed by a vote of 385 to 113 in the Iiation Chamber of Deputies (lower house) on January 20 will bring op
of sinte. controlled, prostitution to
Estd.
cro
By ROBIN
MANNOCK -
The new law Is a personal. victory for a tin-year-old former bankadakkara schoolmistress, Senator Angelina
probibit brothels.
Are Numbered
Issued WETO
general election of 1952 annul- Once they had been
with cards, their names tea all pendingt begislation:
op-entered.in a special register and To the dismay of the ponenta of the "Merlin Law", they were branded ̧ns prostitutes Like Senator was triumphantly for lite and were not allowed
Gho re-elected.
ra-introduced į porsports.
which her bill to the Senate,
Brothel-keepers were required
afl second time in 1955.
their civle to surrender passed it
Again the bill languished in rights, including the right to chamber canmittees, and faw vole, to hold pubile office or to Observers here gave t much act as the guardian of a minor, chance of becoming low before and to pay a fee of 200,000 ilro the general elections due in the (4115) a year for permission to late spring of this year would run a brothel, have killed it a second time.
Then the Christian Democrat
Under the "Merlin Law," the police will no longer be allowed to keep registers of prostitutes. But the prostitutes any that they believe that the pollee will "still" keep their names on a file and that old records will not be des troyed to allow them to start a new life with a clean police re- cord.
Refused
Merlin, who, for nearly tendreds of encouraglug letters Members of Parliament, most of year, has lought what
often from inmutes of ilconsed seemed to be losing battle to brothels, prostitutes interviewed whom were believed to oppose the "Merlin Law" as private behind the closed shutters of the citizens, formed a surprise all
were once with the Communists and Senator Merlin, n Socialist largest brothel in Rome
not enthusiastic about the new Socialiste, their bitter political who was imprisoned by Musse law, In and tabled her first bli la
enemies, to rusure that the bill brothels in August It the law turned them out of reached final vote during the AUDpress 1948, was horrified by the the houses they would continue life of this Parliament, prison-like nimnosphere of the to follow their profession in the
The only outspakten opposition Many Rirects, they said.
"And when came from the Neo-Fascists and state-controlled houses.
on the extrane only we go into the streets the public Monarchists brothel-keepera, she said,
right ollow Inmates to leave the house wal's
1," sald
the House. But a num- for half an hour a week and, middle-aged girl. This iber of Christian Democrat mem- They complain that former
believed to have prostitute, have been bers were unlike streetwalkers, they, can-
the only profession WC know. not refuse a client.
Who would give us work? Who added their votes to those of certiflentes of good conduct by Without this certi- the 04 Monarchists and Neo- the police. would given prostilute
any-
Fascists who voted against the fente, It is difficult LA Ferrt Re thing to cat?"
bill in the final secret ballot, honest Job in Italy, where more than 1,500,000 Able bodied werkers are unemployed.
Shocked
T
After visiting three brothels, Senator Merlin reported that she was shocked by the humiliation and degradation of the daily life of the pruslilutes."
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They were openly sceptical about the finel of 100,000,000
re-(£57,500) created by the! "Merlin Law" to re-educate and rehabilitate former prostitutes.
→About 1,000 licensed prostitutes who work outside the brothels To which Signor Renato Tozzi streetwalkers will lose their legal right to ply their trade under the new law.
Condivi, a Christian Democrat Parliament, who PIMPLEST #POTST
'EBKAMEL Member of cancels as it heaks. Get a handy Introduced the "Merlin Law" in today? Twa kizes available ; the Chamber of Deputies, added: tube fruiti leadin Dispensaries and
"Licensed prostitution permits. Stores.
the owner of a house of,ill Samie to sell the body of another person and gives the brothel- keeper rights to that body and a percentage of the transaction."
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Closing of the licensed brothels wit mean a sharp drop close the earnings for the prostitutes, Italy began to licensed brothels in 1948 when quently on much as 390,000 lire whote gross incomes are fre- Signor Mario Scelba, the Iron- fated Minister of the interior in (170) a week in houses where
late the
Signor Alckle · de the tariff ranges from 150
(1/0d) to 10,000 re (£5.153), the Gasperl's Caulitet, ordered
The house takes between 66 police to refuse applications to
ord open new brothels and to cancel and 60 per cent of this,
about 3,000 lire existing lleences when the own deducts
(£1.14s) a day for board and cra died.
Judging.
one
Licensed streetwalkers and More than 100 brothels were Keeping a house is a proẞt- 30,000 to 40,000 closed in this way and the num-able business. The heirs of the an estimated
medium-sized will be her of Beensed brothels dropped owner of Clandestine prostflutes
from 724 in 1940 to about 500 brothel in Rome pold death inble to up to eight days" STL- prisonment and a maximum ane today. At this rate, observers duties totalling 300,000,000 fire of 2,000 lire (23 shillings) restlinaled, the last licensed bro- (£172,000) on his estate when they are caught by pollée viee the In Italy would have closed he died recently, squads after the law comes into its doors In 1990.
Under the "Meria Law" licensed brothel will have to close at brothel-keepers will henceforth be liable to terms of imprisonment of from two to six force. years. and lines off
10 up 4,000,000 lire (£2,300), which ere doubled-it the girls have been forced 10 become pro- stitutes, if they are under 21 years of age, or if more than one prostitute is found in the house.
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Ensetment of, the "Mertin Law" after ten years came as a many linkiona, who shock to looked upon the bill as a juke and Senator Merlin as less fanatic.
(upper
harm-
Opponents of the "Merlin Law belleve that closing the The number of new special | Urathets will have a disturbing Identity ends issued to licensed prostitutes was limited to 200 year. Any girl over 18 years of nge could apply for a card',
effect on family fe Italy. inthers discreetly siver Many their growing sans towards the brothels in an attempt to dis- courage ardent young men from trying to seduce girls from respectable families.
Seduction is a dangerous game
At best, the
girl's where it was received without status. Under the 1931 law pro-rate father will force the young enthusiasm. The Governmentstitutes were required to carry man lato a wedding. In southern delnyed the bill in committees their special identity cardy und Italy and Sicily, it may be the
oth wice-weekly beginning,
deadly blood Although Senator Merlin and I died in a tangle of Par-submit
feud-China Mail Special. claims that she received hun-liamentary red lape when the medical examination.
The law regulating prostitu- lion was passed by Mussolini In The Senato
house) 1031. It treated prostitutes and These penalties also apply to passed the bill in 1952 and sent brothel-keepers as persons out-
to to the Chember of Deputies, side society, with a special legal in Italy. white slave traffickers and any person who therwise ex- ploits prostitutes.
Faces
Over The Man
Went Red
'Who Never Was
Cape Town, April 1.
A PEACE-TIME counterpart
of Britain's war-time "man who never was," was recently discovered and unmasked-in South Africa,
London "man
for East Brital's
who never | Parliament war" was an officer who died in ¦ City, a former public servant
for Secretary
Native Britain, while hostilities were al ond their height during World War | Affairs, heard of the story and II, and whose body, with false the mysterious Mr Locksmith's
name
mentioned. Identity papers and other faked
Parliament. documents, was launched from a
and
Dr. Smith was criticising the submarine
subsequently
the Service washed ashore in Spain in
during a Public carefully worked out scheme to debate on Part Appropriation Bill which is concerned with "deceive the enemy.
South Africa's safeguarding Southi Africa's "mon who finances until after the General never was turned out to be a Election due to be held on April vastly different character. H010,
WIS
UNANSWERED
In
was
is James Locksmith, an earnest, The half-empty, House well-groomed well tailored looking bored when Dr Smit a public servant, who wears balding, whlie-haired man with grey the and carries a brief case. osoft voice and a quiet manner,
He has been appearing in bla i asked a question. advertisements in newspaper and magazines as the one-time Junior clerk from a post office in Vredefort, a town in the Orange Free State with a llated population of less than 000, and the Minister of Justice, Mr C. F who now satoguards the public Swart, he referred monies, aimounting to £205,000, father's two unanswered letters 000, belonging to the South and asked "What happened to
Jaines Locksmith?"** African public.
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WHAT'S ON
TONIGHT
ROXY & BROADWAY: "Cattle Empire." Joel
McCrea in a Western KING'S & PRINCESS:
Jean
"It Happened In Rome." A colourful carnival of fun. HOOVER & LIBERTY: "Until They Sail."
Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Nowman and Piper Lauric in a drama. 9.30 p.m. "Merry Andrew." Danny Kaye in a comedy.
STAR & METROPOLE: "Love In The Afternoon." Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn and Maurice Chevalier in a romance,
A Chinese picture. ALHAMBRA: "Scarlet Doll." LEE & ASTOR: Cantonese Operas. ORIENTAL: "Lucky Jim." Iari Carmichael
another comedy.
in
MAJESTIC "Desert Rats." Richard Burton and
Jumes Mason.
CAPITOL: "Night Passage." James Stewart and
Audie Murphy.
HITZ: "Loving You." Elvis Presley in another musi-
çal.
Audio And Enterta
RADIO HONGKONG
Evening
Mr Swart stiffened and looked Members, his desk. up Icon schising the mysterious, looked inquiringly at the Minister- Advertisements showing the inco James Locksmith's coreer handsomu Mr Locksmith are Included a period in the Depart- part of a campaign to recrul!ment of Justice. young people into the Civil
3.30 Mr P. K. le Roux, the burly Service and they describe his Nationalist Chiet. Whip lolling Prime meteoric rise from the Vredefort in the seat of the most ofice to à senior position in | Minister, who is ill, became the Audit Department where he thre and gripped the edge of "keeps an uncensing vigil over the desk.
speading of all public the
Dr Smit took his time, licked monies."
his finger, and turned over A South African father, page in tiis notebook.
lp Mr understanding from the advers | "where
Mr tisement that
Locksmith now?" he asked. worked in the Awill actually
Me Swart replied this time. "Judging by his name," Ze Department, wrote to him nak ing for his advice as to whether said, in the Department of
Prisons."
hir son should enter the Public Service or go to the University.
The letter was returned by
Post Once
marked "Addressee Unitown"
Personally Parade: 7.15, ame Henry Jerome Show: 150 Billy May and hit Preventing Serenade: Orchestra 1.45. The Blows Time Of Jane
anki
Armilage: 8. E... Time Signal, Lucky Do Listen
Bignal and the News: 0.00, Weather Requests presented by LINE- gharita; Recital by Michel Schochial
Announcements Forecast. Laps Interlude: 8,18, The Tops In Populaa (tenor) and Suzanne Dando
with prana): 7.30. Time for Jerk Muale presented by Nick Kendall Hobis Day (final): 750 Weather 230, Diamond Muso Show: 9, Wife Report 8. The Bignal, The New For Sale" By David Tutaoy Based
Tebekov 8.16, Commentary: 6.16, Firal Hearing On Ben Dr Roald Decent; Mertua Mer hind whe Fred Warins and the Pennsylvandam | Melody: 10.30-On, Night Stand; 11. Dale With Dreamland; 11.30 Prode Locksmithee Chab and Orchestra: 9,
To Midnight; 11 Milll, "God Baye The Smal; Wednesday Theatre: Double
Eric | Queen," Clés Down. - Bile"Sealskin Trousers" by
by Linkiries: "The Lovely Volo
Asquithi Froduced by Synthes port: 10 Tine Bignalhe Stews werd Aintre Cernetor: Bo Werther i
lome News from Britain: 10:16. The
Tips
urd
TELEVISION
Children's Ilour—“Car- "Roelly," said Dr Smit, "this Viema Symphony Orchestra: 10.45 tomma C.. Uncle David Presenta
10.06, 16 Blogy of Twirly Mo advertisement is the sort of Music from Latin Am
News Rel: 1158, Pino Recital Corpon"), come Bones the
thing that brings the. Publicar lepas 11 Time Signal, 530, The Adventure
by Gulomar Novaes: 1L30, Com Service into disrepute.".
Later, The father then wrote to the Secretary of the Public Servies secretarios
asking for tho | Apeaker's Commission
addres present: Lochainith.
Alcials
bay, behind chair
in
Сто
the Down. the seen adver
non-
of Mrfidying two magazino Bereedived notisements showing the
txulot Mr Locksmith.
writing a long
raply.
·That might have been the and
of the matter? But Dr D. La ? manórendum. - Chin Smit, United Party Member of 'Epecial,
Minil
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“TAS, Newiesel) 2. Alread Hitchcock Presenta John Forsytyk and Cloris Laachiman in "promon Hloh“ (5%. Repeat of the Programme Copperti || 550, - starring “Adolphus Meriousin Two 50,- Nirletty |"An Eye Fut: An ental: a. Children's Corner Paris Sewer Blory" Hariton". Bride
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From
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AUSTRATI NEWSLETTER
Sydney (By Airmail), ·
COME Friday and the greatest show on earth once more opens for business and in 10 days and eight nights there is little doubt that the turnstiles will click to the tune of more than a million customers.
The Royal Easter Show this but an unofficial mess by a top to be as avish. publle servant is that none Is year promises A well organised and as costly of the luft of which kings are -an those that have gone be made. fore,
r
The army has also established at most danger flood units spots and a radio warning net-. work has been perfected."
Doing all this has cost more The job is Australia's Oficial Representative of 60-square mile than peanuts, experts estimating Christmas Island, 1,000 miles that well over £2 million ho out in the Indon Ocean and 50 far been spent on the pro- northwest of Perth.
Christmas 'Island hius " of less than 3,000
samme.
-Sad StoryTM
As bushfires and drous wept the State a few shor! months ago there was a fear that the agricultural displays would slump, but the rains came, the melons and pumpkins swelled as ordered (helped, il 19 hinted, by copious Infusions population of water) and the man on the made up of European, Chinese, land will come into his own Muinys and Indlihs.
The baddest story in Aus again.
The job of being "king" over tralian civil aviation history when The drought and the fires them is worth £2,300 a year, was recorded this week
plus perks worth made it harder though.
something Mr C. A. Butler resigned Jike another £2.000-a pretty chalman of Butter Air Trans- he attractive proposition looking port, a company of which
Easter Show
art it from the Euless of an was the founder, and which ho hotel lounge a big city had built into the country's particularly when It Is ati for greatest Intra-state air service. Ond organiser travelled free.
Having lost a long, protracted 40.000 miles through the State looking for big big pumpkins A Public Servico spokesman and costly fight against Ansell- ANA interests, Arthur Butler applications received so and mighty large marrows, Held is Mr Paul Bushell, who ad- far range from types who look not the type of man to run along playing second fiddio in mitted that this year he found upon the Job as placing them the company that was so much ff more difficult gotting the in the bly shot category in an
a part of his life. At 09, bo da- right produce than ever before, cutpost of the Empire, to cided to get out, and so great As well as travelling, he guesses "Sanders of the River" ides his knowledge of aviation he made
hundreds of phone men, to others who just want and all tlungs connected with,
to get away from it all.
it that Australia will be missing calls.
Tomething, if some live vire "District after district has What the Government is show does not snop him up. had to back out of this year's looking for is a man who has show with stories of drought, lived in the arean, who speak
Arthur Butler started out flood, ball and fres. They Malay, who knows Public with nothing but a knowledge and have been loft either with bare Service routine, who has a ton of aircraft engineering acres or with stuff not up to show standard."
But finally the produce--lic cattle, horses, goats, machinery and all the rest of the well- grocmed conglomeration worth some £5,000,000--has started to reach the city and 4,500 workmen, scattered over the Showground's 72
Acres, are worldg day and night to have the last nail driven home, and the last touch of paint applled by Friday.
"King"
Easter is a pretty tricky time
guts.
of personality and a mile of plenty of what is known today
oct-in fact a pretty large order one way and the other.
Winter
He made a solo flight from England in 1031 a year when anyono doing it was either a hero or mad; then he earned a living of a sort giving joy rides at 5 or 10/ a head. Christmas Island was pro- viously controlled by the Brilish Next he fashioned a landing Government from Singapore, ground out in the wild northwest the Butter but has now been ceded to NSW and began Australia. Now Zealand and Transport Servier, which Initial- Australia will pay Singapore ly serviced the outback towns Just on £3,000,000 a year for of the State and did more than most people reallaed to put phosphate royalties.
heart in the country areas,
With the coming of winter, authorities have been looking to He grew and prospered and their food defences and now then entered the Interstate nel
Melbourne and believe that we are better pre- with flights 10
ever before,
as far es weather is concerned,pared to meet the rabis than Brisbane. He cut many and just to be on the safa alde the BAS Society, has taken out tala Insurance policies totalling £100,000.
Rivers Rotorious for flooding have been dredged of siit for the first time ever, thus doepen
filled have ing channels that have
over the years, which has made or an Indian Ocean Island that river beds lower, and more able is Australia's newest terrliory, } to handle the volume of water,
Dozens of Australians applied to bo virtually "king"
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Malaya, Adon, Egypt, Aroat Brl. Newtain & Europe, Moon.
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trillo.
out of flying and drastically reduced furcs, and so fell foul of the big boys of ANA and TAA and which, finally lead to his clash with Ansett,
He leaves BAT with the knowledge that alone he created a mighty atriino and at the same me built up one of the tightest and loyalist teams of employees any man ever had.
Many, it is said, will follow him into the wilderness,
Hilton Hotel?
Sydney City Council has re- ceived plans from the. Hilton organisation for a luxury hotel | costing close on £3 million to be built in the centre of Sydney.
Millionaire Mr Hilton docs not intend to build the hotel. He suggests that the Council bulld the site is near the town hall and on council owned property--and pass it over to his world-wide organisation to run. #G figures suggest that bo would return the Counell close on £600,000 a year..
The plans, beautifully drawn and prepared, provide for 400 bedrooms in 17 floors with
Thailand, India, Pakistom. Lg roof nightclub and three base (Kuwait & Bahrain Parools direct), menta for 250 cara. Noon.
Australia, New Zealand, Noor. Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Gor
via many, (Switzerland danoa),
THURSDAY, APRIL 3 Hy Air ~LM08,'*. *,m.
Feking. Shanghel, Hankow, Kun- Nout ming. Hothow, 850 .875,
I am Macao, atacao, e pana China, Irople's Republic, 6 p.m.
•Descarria, Australi, “Now
Zemani, zion, India, Africa, Great - Britain, Europe, 1 p.m. Pharpines 1 pim. .V.B.A., .p.m.
By intraco
phine, People's Trepublie, D.LÍM, biacao, 1 fam Cambodia, 1 p.m. Rabaul, Ap Macab, 4 Dama
DENKBAL HOLIDAY
APKIL
• Thailand, Cambodia, Burcsa, Indla, Endo-China, Lane France, 10 J (apesa, Okinawa, Kocen: -10 am.
SUNDAY, APRIL 4 By Surface
Macro, 1 pa.
*.
GENERAL HOLİDAY MONDAY, AFULL T BABY, BUITREN China, Peépíím. Repúble, 9 ati, Macao)1 Km.
Macao, FEEL
TUESDAY, APRIL ́E
China," Purple's Republic, d am.
· NACHOS
р
the where
The Hilton plan is that hotel should be bulit stands today what is known as: the Queen Victoria Bullding, a rambling architectural eye-same so often condemned that its ina. lalda is nirutted with pillars to
prevent it collapsing.
It is, howover, the", picked position of Sydney and experts land alone is worth say tho more than 21 million:
The Lord Mayor, Ald, Jensen, "showed. Council the... plana "
Information", much it in a pretty into bet that Mr Hilton will not i do businem inɛthis siram,
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