THE KISS OF GEORGES.
■ ■ j NO LONGER NECESSARY. FRENCH CUSTOM ABOLISHED. SHAKE HANDS AND BOX ON. U»y Cable.—Prese Association.—Copyright.) (Received 11.30 a.no PAIUS, January 21. French boxers, before and after a | light, kiss each other noisily. It has j become the custom to perform the salute | resoundingly so that the whole audience may hear. The Boxing Federation haa decreed i that kissing must cease, and the hand- j shake common to the Anglo-Saxon ring , substituted. j The Federation lias arrived at this ' decision to alter a French custom on the ground that kissing is unhygienic, and contrary to the preservation of decorum. (A. and X.Z. Cable.) i
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Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 18, 22 January 1924, Page 5
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107THE KISS OF GEORGES. Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 18, 22 January 1924, Page 5
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