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ANADIAN

RAILWAY

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8 DAYS

10 DAYS

5 DAYS

GoEMPRESS to America, Europe

Hong Empress Kong

of

Shong- hai

Naga- saki

Yoko-

Kobe

Leavo

Arrive

Leave

Leave

hama Honolulu

Leave Leave

Japan Jan. 24

Asia Feb. 8 Canada Feb. 21

Jan. 26

Feb. 10 Feb. 12

Feb. 23

Jan. 29 Jan. 31 Feb. 6

Feb. 14 Feb. 16 Feb. 26 Feb. 28

Mar, 7

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Van-

couver Victoria Arrive

Feb. 11 Feb. 25 Mar. 12

Air-conditioned equipment on C.P.R. Trans-Continental Trains.

Frequent Canadian Pacific Atlantic sailings to European ports.

TO MANILA

Empress of Canada on Friday, January 27th.

Canadian Pacific

Union Building

SPANS THE WORLD

Telephone

20752

G. FALCONER & CO. (HONG KONG LTD.) WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS, DIAMOND MERCHANTS,

UNION BUILDING (opposite G.P.O.)

Agents for:-ADMIRALTY CHARTS, ROSS' BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, ENGLISH SILVERWARE Direct from Manufacturers,

High Class English Jewellery

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 16, 1939

"Yard" And Traffic

In Husbands

Scotland Yard has launched yet another campaign against the "mock marriage" system whereby alien women obtain British nation- ality by becoming the wives of "husbands of convenience."

The Britons involved, are paid substantial fees to go to the altar. They are expected to separate from their brides for good immediately the marriage ceremony is over.

Not very much has been heard of this traffic for the past 12 months or so, but lately it has revived, owing to the large number of women from various parts of the Continent who are now flocking to this country, and who wish to avoid the risk of deportation in the future.

AGENTS IN SOHO

A new squad has just been set up at Scotland Yard to carry out a thorough investigation of the "mock marriage" system, and the result may be looked for in the police courts shortly.

Officers composing this squad have been, chosen for their know- ledge of foreign languages, and [their acquaintance with Soho and other aliens' quarters of London.

It is in Soho that this trade mostly flourishes, and it is here that several agents have set them- selves up to provide women with British most immediately on in Britain and in handsome fee.

all foreign husbands al- their arrival return for a

In the past, it has been mainly French, and Belgian women who have been thus supplied with "husbands."

But nowadays it is German women refugees who are mainly in the market for husbands.

How profitable these "marriages” are to the men who made clear during a recent case at the Old Bailey, when it was stated that an unemployed man was paid £35 and given a suit of clothes for "marry- ing" a German Jewess so that she might acquire British nationality.

As the man was proved to have committed bigamy, he received [four months' imprisonment.

During this trial it was stated that there is a well-known organ- isation in Bloomsbury where such. marriages are arranged almost daily, and the police believe that this is not the only one of its kind now in existence.

CYPRIOT BRIDEGROOMS Some months ago. there seemed to be a possibility that the supply of "husbands" would run short.

jects. Moreover, it is not such an easy matter to trace previous marriages to them.

While the new police drive is going forward, and is expected to produce good results, the Home Office is considering whether legis- lation to deal with these marriages of convenience can be introduced.

The Law Officers of the Crown, however, are extremely dubious over the possibility of evolving an Act which would deal with one specific class of marriage alone.

It has, however, been suggest- ed that the present law might be so amended as to render women of undesirable character or ante- cedents liable to deportation · whether married to British hus- bands or not.

It is probable that something on these lines will ultimately be pro- posed to the House of Commons.

LOCAL SHARE MARKET

Following is the list of changes and enquiries in local share quotations this morning:-

BANKS Hong Kong Bank $1385 b., $1415 s.

INSURANCES Canton Ins. $200 b.

Union Ins. $470 b., $476 s. China Underwriters 70 cts. S H. K. Fire Ins. $175 b. SHIPPING

Douglases $64 b.

DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS,

ETC..

H. K. Docks (Old) $183⁄41⁄4 5. II. K. Docks (New) $17.20 b.,

$1716/.30 sa.

MINING Antamoks Ps. 49% sa. Atoks Ps. .33% sa. Baguio Gold Ps. .27 sn. Benguet Consol. Ps. 13.90 sa. Coco Grove Ps. .49% sa. Consolidated Mines Ps, .003 sa. Demonstrations Ps. .23 sa. I. X. L. Ps. 62 sa. Paracale Gumaus Ps. 13 sa. San Mauricio Ps. 1.76 sa. Suyoc. Consol. Ps. .21 sa. United Paracales Ps. 67 sa.

LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS. H. K. and S. Hotels $6,70 b., $7 s. H. K. Lands $37 s. Humphreys $8% b.

H. K. Reaties $5.65 s.

PUBLIC UTILITIES Macao Electrics $17% b. Sandakan Lights $10.10 b.

INDUSTRIALS

H. K. Ropes $4 ́b.

STORES, &C. Dairy Farms $24 b. Watsons $8.15 s..

MISCELLANEOUS Entertainments $7 b. Constructions $1% s.

H. K. Govt. 4% Loan 6% pm. b. Marsmans Inv. (Lon.) s/- 16/6 b.

Then the discovery was made LOVERS' LANE

that Cypriots were equally eligi-

ble, since they are British sub- TRENCHES.

RENEWED

INDO-CHINA

The battle of Foxhall, Heath, near Ipswich, between a mystery trench digger and the couples who Lovers' Walk has started again.

use

STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD. The first lot of trenches trapped

To CHEFO0 & TIENTSIN

To SANDAKAN.

"Hangsang" 19th Jan. 5 p.m. "Hinsang" 21st Jan. 10 a.m.

To SWATOW, SHANGHAI CHEFOO & TIENTSIN.

"Mausąng" 16th Feb. 10 a.m.

To SINGAPORE, PENANG

AND CALCUTTA.

"Chaksang" 18th Jan. Noon “Kumsang”, 21st Jan. 2 p.m.

"Tingsang" 20th Jan. 10 a.m."Yuonsang" 28th Jan. 2 p.m.

"Fooshing"

**Talsang"

"Kwaisang"

"Minggang"

"Esang"

"Taksang"

22nd Jan. Noon

Ta HAIPHONG.

25th Jan. 4 p.m. '"Esang"

21st Jan. 3 p.n.

27th Jan. Noon "Taksang" 26th Jan. 5 p.m. 29th Jan. Noon "Tai Suon Hong"

1st Feb. Noon

8th Feb. 4 p.m.

To SHANGHAI, CHEFOO

& TIENTSIN

"Wosang"" 18th Jan. 7 a.m.

To KOBE & OSAKA, "Hosang"

"Suisang"

19th Jan, Noon

1st Feb. Noon

29th Jan. Noon

"Yatshing"

"Wingsang"

31st Jan. Noon,

2nd Feb. 5 p.m.

a number of cars used by courting couples. Then the sweethearts, and villagers, filled them up.

on

Now the ditch-digger has been at work again. All the trenches have been re-opened, and the earth each side flattened down, to make refilling more difficult. Some of them are even deeper than before.

“We still think that no one has the right to dig traps across a cen- turies-old right of way, and so we are going up with out shovels to fill them in again," one of the villagers said.

"And we are going to keep on filling them in until they are left alone. The Heath has been a po-- pular walk with young and old for So long as they are

JARDINE MATHESON&Co.,LTD. there, these trenches are a menace TELEPHONE 303IL GENERAL MANAGERS

land constant source of danger

everyone.'

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