Convict Husbands.
A consignment 00 women will (says a Home paper November 25th) be despatched infa few days from Bordeaux to Noumea at'sae expense "of the State, and " on the distinct nnder standing that on reaching their destination they must contract 'marriage 'with"*' those convicts whom the looal authorities wish to reward for good conduct by conferring wiv"^s upon theni. 'It should be eScplaih* ed at opce that -these women have not been pressed into the service. Although ■• old' 1 Wender^ the^ ; are going to' Notimea^f. their ; own iree will to setUe 1 ' down as or% respectaole convicts'' Wives.'? The 'm'atich^makiiig is hot altogether con>pulsor^ permitting the VnyQß'eipectant to make their choice^ m rotation, ' from a ceitain number of good-conduct men, the peculiarity of the transactiqn being, that any element of eeti^imentality is, under the circumstances; wholly ignored. :
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 56, 30 January 1883, Page 3
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138Convict Husbands. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 56, 30 January 1883, Page 3
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