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“MUSHROOM” THEATRICAL COMPANIES. AUSTRALIAN EVIL. A report on the questionaire sent out by the Geneva Conference, seekig world-wide information on the international white slvve traffic, is heng prepared hy the secietaij of the Sydney Theatrical Employees’ Union, Mr HuckM’by, who alleged that the root of the evil in Australia is the muslr.oom theatrical companies, which lure girls with promises of fanciful salaries, says the Sydney Sum,
The report, which will he made through the Commonwealth Attor-ney-General, Mr Latham, will say that, while it is difficult to prove that girls are taken away from their home States or to another part of Australia for this purpose,, it is significant that, in many cases, they finish up in some unsavoury slum, or are left penniless, to find their own means 'of getting back home.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 30, 6 February 1929, Page 8
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134DECOYED GIRLS Stratford Evening Post, Issue 30, 6 February 1929, Page 8
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