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Mataura Ensign, 15 May 1912, Page 5

Siam is one of the few countries which boasts of a corps of women police. The members of this Amazon guard are all old and ugly. They wear a uniform, though they are not armed. Their chief duty is to act as gatekeepers of the inner, or women's, palace at Bangkok. They folloAv any stranger who enters the palace and remain with him until he takes his departure. They see that there is no mischief done, and that no one makes love to the Royal wives and Court ladieg. The palace has some difficulty in ivcn these guards, as the work is hard and ! !••• pay poor.