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SCREAMING HANDBAGS. A handbag that screams when marauding hands are laid upon it is the latest device lo frustrate, the activities of the bag snatcher. This curious invention .is said, to al-
ready received the inspection and approval of Scotland Yard authorities so we may hope before long to see it on sale in our stores. According lo description, the bag emits a shrill srrearn, rising in crescendo and more piercing Ilian the cry of a woman in distress, the moment it is snatched. As the yell is continued for some considerable time, police and honest
citizens arc afforded ample oppnrt uni I y uf waylaying llic snat'clier. It would be ini ere si ing lo know how the bap distinguishes between I lie. clnlcli ol' thievish lingers and Ihc affeel-ionalo grasp of its lawful owner. A lapse from such nicely of discrimination mighl lead to Iho most distressing consequences for the bag’s mistress.
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19430, 3 December 1934, Page 5
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157A NOVEL IDEA Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19430, 3 December 1934, Page 5
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