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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 3291, 25 January 1929, Page 5

Scheming women on the lookout for 'husbands have had their attention x j drawn by a Paris newspaper to an old ! law passed in 1770, which has never |been repealed. It reads: "Anyone who I entices into marriage a male subject of His Majesty by means of rouge,'*, or scent, or artificial teeth, or false hair, shoes with high heels, crinolines or false hips, will be prosecuted for fraud and the marriage-will be declared null and void." An official report from Oslo, Norway, states that the Norwegian Parliament has decided that the Government grain and flour monopoly, which, was repealed last year, shall be re-established at an early date. Under the monopoly the Government becomes the sole importer of wheat, rye, barley -and oats, and all products thereof. It also has the right to take control .of and work all flour mills. Foreign grain will only be' purchased after the entire stock of domes- . tic production has been used, but. ar-~ rangements are made to hold a reserve ' of approximately one year's requirements in the country on the basis of a war-time ration, .