OVERSEAS BRIDES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12718, 13 August 1919, Page 7

OVERSEAS BRIDES.

1500 LEAVING ENGLAND FORTNIGHTLY.

Nearly 1500 British girls are leaving England for Canada every fortnight as the wives of Canadian soldiers. They travel free of charge in transports with their husbands. About 9000 brides, it is estimated, have gone to Canada this year. The total number of girls in' Great Britain manned to Canadian soldiers during the war is estimated at •32,000.

“ The girls are a fine type,” said an official of the Canadian Emigration Department. ‘‘They hail from Sussex to Aberdeen- Many are country-bred with 3* knowledge of farming that will bo useful in Canada.. “ Many girls engaged to men who nave gone back to Canada also apply for passports. These are granted onlv if the girls can furnish satisfactory evidence that they have been engaged for .wo years and that the men intend to marry them.''

A considerable number of English girls are going to the United States with American soldier husbands- Others are nppivmg for passports to the TJ.S, to join men to whom thev sav thev became engaged in England. The American Consular Service !s takiiicr the most caieful precautions to ensure that none of these girls snail fall into wrong hands and they will consent to vise applicants’’ onh - affew havi "s Ascertained trom the immigration authorities in th» CCS that the men to whom the girls SSi. t0 K ° * ro WilHng and abl « to keep A suspicion that an attempt is being TTnUed + raC c End, ' sh sfrls to the U med States fo r nefarious purposes hms caused the American Consnl-Geue-ial to f'nuilnme American Consular officers m the United Kingdom requests' 16 " exercise “very great