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"Times” and Sydney “Sun” Serviceo. A LIBEL CASE. LONDON, May 21. Miss Violet Schmitz obtained, before the King’s Bench Division, £SOO damages against tbe publishers of “ Modern Life” for undefined libel. The paper, referring to tbe dress worn by Miss Schmitz at the Dance Club at Brighton, said: “ Its absolute transparency left little to tho imagination. It was a bit of a scream. The more modestly-minded guests literally held their breath.” Miss Schmitz gave evidence that the dress was made by her usual dressmaker, under her mother’s superintendence. NOT A CLASS SUBJECT. LONDON, May 21. The Education Committee has decided that sex hygiene should not be a class subject, but that pamphlets should bo distributed to, girls leaving school.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16558, 23 May 1914, Page 11
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122NEWS BY CABLE. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16558, 23 May 1914, Page 11
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