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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21940, 14 November 1936, Page 12

Mr A, W.,G. Newman, who offers his services 'to prospective travellers as an adviser on European tours, is now at the office of Bums, Pbilp and Company, Ltd* Prudential Buildings, Wellington. The advice is offered free of charge. Kidnapping has become a flourishing business in troubled North China. Profits on each victim are small, but the volume of business is great Twenty cents (about 4d) is the average which a "kidnap broker’* pays for a child, although some children have brought as little as Id. Most of the kidnailers. however, are paid with packets of heroin and receive no cash. The '‘racket** is said to be organised by Japanese, Koreans, and Chinese operations are carried out Tientsin. Peiping, and East ISqml autonomous districts. ‘‘Brokers'* give ’ the kidnappers drugs and tbeja Collect what they can from the peate* 1 * oftbe stolen child. The ran* twmerally from a couple 1 of' to several pounds, though now JpgpSHft tharf la « richer haul.