to be Established in Great Britain London, July 7.
Replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day regarding maisons tolerées in Hongkong, Singapore and the Straits. Settle, ment, Mr. J. H. Thomas, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, announced that the constitution of a general advisory body to deal with social hygiene was shortly being established under the chairmanship of the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies; namely, two Members of the House, including Lady Astor; two representatives of the Council for Combating Venereal Disease, and representatives of the Wat Office, the Admiralty, the Minist of Health and the Colonial Office—Reuters
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