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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25TH, 1924.

GREAT XMAS SALE

LADIES should Call and Inspect our Wonderful Display of

FRENCH BEADED

BAGS

Just brought out to the Far East for the First Time

FROM

PARIS

We are also showing at Reduced Prices specially for the Xmas Season

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BOGUS MARRIAGE CONSPIRÁCY. FOREIGN WOMEN WHO PAY,

CONTINENTAL "GANG

At the Old Badley last mouth Archibald Arthur g. 39, clerk, was sentenced to three years penat servitude for biga

Gusly marrying two renchívomeni. Mr. Traves cinaiphrey's, prosecuting, maid, that kind was married in August 1918 and the ugankus marriages were contracted with a momen of een other Last February and Banten.

The object the marriages was to

Fenable: these women to Pure as tab wives of british subjects av 10 11 Jiey were convicted and recommend for deporta tion they had poor dubbally certicates and escape being goat back .tn their own country.

It was well known to the, police that a gang of men who were waking money out of these women were regularly en- gused, in this rathe in London. In the present case Kung was paid to marry the women and they bad actually obtained passports as British subjects and were now in France.

Detective Sergeant Berringer said that with Chief Inspector Savage he had been engaged in examining this conspiracy, which was of an extensive character. King had been previously convicted of embezzlement and of living on the in- moral earnings of two women

Оп the latter occasion the judge said he was sorry King's physical condition did Lot permit bill

to receive corporal punishment. King had obtained flats, for other Frenchwomen, and the detective of said he was satisied that he was ope the principal members of the conspiracy. Judge Atherley Jones, in passing sen- tence, said the offence was one that struck at the very roots of our marriage laws. It constituted a grave danger to a serious offence the public and was Against the State.

The gang to which King belonged has been tramcking in these marriagies for the past three years. Investigations by Scotland Yard detectives have disclosed that many

undesirable women have been saved from deportation by sach marri Ages.

The master mind is believed to be living in Paris and to have agents in various Continental towns. These agents get into touch with women of undesir able character, and after they have paid to the beadquarters sums ranging from obtained for £100 to £500, passports are them. They are then conducted to Eng land and put into touch with a man who will marry them. In this way they be Their treatment come British citizens, on reaching Great Britain depends on the amount of money they have paid. Flats are obtained for them and intro- ductions are arranged. The marriages are usually very hard to detect. In many cases, where it is urgent that the marriage should take place soon after the woman has landed, false residential qualifications are given to the registrar when the applies for a licenen.

LOTTERY FOR A BABY.

In Palazzolo, a small" place near Ber- gamo. in Italy, a curious lottery for a baby has just taken place. Some days azo a baby girl just bour was found by the roadside and takin to the town, where, after the child was Erst attended to by a midwife, it was handed over to the local head of the Carabinieri, u rough old scldier who did not know what to do with the foundling. He and his soldiers did what they could for the com- fort of the baby, which, however, became The an encumbrance in their station. Carabinieri chief decided to convey the bahy waif to some institute, but mean while a number of the inhabitants had taken an interest in the little creature, and objreted to it being removed from dozen workmen's the parish. Half a families were willing to adopt it, where- upon the commander of the Carabinieri hit upon the idea of lottery for the child. This was duly accepted by all, tickets were drawn, and the lot fell to local mason called Cesare Zerbini, who has a wife and several children. Ee was delighted with the result, and will adopt the baby girl as his own daughter.

BIG DOGS IN FAVOUR.

WOMEN TIRED OF TINT FETS.

The Birmingham dog show, which was held last month in Bingley Hall, demon- strated the complete recovery of the larger breeds from the setback of the war. Not for many years has Birming- ham seen such impressive entries of St. Bernards, Newfoundlands, mastiffs, wolf-

d others of the noblas

types long list of judges included nine women, and their realm was by no means confined to

miniatures, drawing room

and they adjudicated on bloodhounds Borzois, as well as pugs and Pekingese

Women are giving increasing attention to big dogs, and for this two reasora are suggested that they want them guards and that there is a tendency to tire

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toys The show provided some charming con- trasts. The heavy-weight in magnif cent St. Bernard, champion St. Sebasti

only an Pouri, a playful giant, scaling 5lb. short of it stone, and at the other extreme is a young Yorkshire terrier named Lilyhill Little Dorrit, weighing

about 2lb.

The bulldogs included some of the grandest specimens in the country." £800 has been refused for the champion Dunscar Draftsman, he was probably the most valuable dog in the show. The Newfoundlands were greatly admired, and the champion dog, Siki was a mas Bive black specimen weighing 1st."

Not for a long tme have so many good bulldogs been seen, and the breed is said to be regaining favour. There were no fewer than 555 rough and smooth haired fox-terriers.

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