Under the Act of 17Sd, which introduced the adhesive stamp for patent medicines, it was made a capital olfonce, “as in cases of felony, without benefit of clergy,’’ to forge medicine stamps or. other Inland Revenue Tax stamps. In that year a man was hanged for forging a hat stamp. The authorities of the Swiss Canton of Ticino have enforced a law prohibiting dancing except during I.ho first three months ol the year. Jtvory hall will have to receive police authorisation. Persons under sixteen arc forbidden to attend dances; those between sixteen and twenty must be accompanied by their parents.
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Evening Star, Issue 19634, 13 August 1927, Page 10
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100Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 Evening Star, Issue 19634, 13 August 1927, Page 10
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