£1 FOR A KISS.
“Wrestling” Case Decision To-morrow. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 10. Whether a sideshow exhibition at the Wellington Easter Show was a wrestling contest, and whether the conduct of a weman helping to run it amounted to offensive behaviour, are questions that Mr Page, S.M.,’ will answer in a reserved decision to-mor-row. are John Lawrence Baker, who is charged with holding a wrestling contest without a permit, and Doris Baker. It is alleged that the wrestling was concerned with an offer of £1 to anyone who could kiss a girl connected with the show, a condition being that her shoulders must be pinned to the mat. The charge against the woman was largely concerned with what was stated to be a hoax and characterised as very suggestive.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20276, 10 April 1934, Page 9
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130£1 FOR A KISS. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20276, 10 April 1934, Page 9
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