ROBBING THE SOLDIER.
'-^^ — ♦ " WOMEN WHO BLEED MEN. SYDNEY, July 5. In a case of alleged bigamy, before a Court m Adelaide yesterday, the Judge remarked that there was too much of women marrying simply for the. sake of drawing ; the pay of absfent soldiers. His Honour's remark came amid a good deal printed m the newspapers about the need for warning our recruits, especially those , from the country, against the wiles *and snares of modern' pelilahs who rob strong men not of their hair but of their money. There appears to be good reason to believe that there is an extensive ensnaring of susceptible young soldiers by clever women, "who, by pretences of swearing love and devotion, attain their sole purpose — the assignment to them of a portion of the soldiers' pay. In most of such cases the beguiled young warrior is led to believe that the money so assigned and drawn during his absence 19 being devoted to the building up of a cosy little home for the time of his return -and marriage, i We are assured that there are women who are drawing part of the pay of four or five gone-away soldiers, all of whom have been promised marriage by the same enchantress.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14046, 17 July 1916, Page 11
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207ROBBING THE SOLDIER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14046, 17 July 1916, Page 11
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