AN INTERESTING MATRIMONIAL EXPERIMENT.
i ' -. . + •A consignment of fifty women was to despatched in December from Bordeaux to Noumea at the expense , of the Sta c, and on the distinct under- . standing that on r reaching their destination they must contract- marriage with those convicts whom. the. local authorities wish to reward for good conduct " by conferring wives upon them. It should be explained at once that these women ha vo not been pressed into the service, Although i "old offenders," they are going to Noumea of their own free will to settle down as .respectable convicts' wives. Hojw the match" making will hb car--ried on .is at ., present unexplained. Perhaps the pe.rso.ns most interested will be allowed to choose their partners; perhaps, to avoid heart burnings, the lottery system will be resorted to., Were the principle of open competition and love making admitted, the most frightful consequences might ensue, considering the imperfect civilisation of-, the settlement. ■' Ji these difficulties are avoided France will deserve credit for the heroic manner in which sne nas at length set herself to the task of increasing the population of her Colony.
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Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1227, 31 January 1883, Page 2
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188AN INTERESTING MATRIMONIAL EXPERIMENT. Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1227, 31 January 1883, Page 2
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