MEN WHO MARRIED

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 June 1916, Page 3

MEN WHO MARRIED

CURIOUS CASE IJN FIJI. £>uva, May 23. Two l'ijians, who had signed) a contract to serve a butcher lor one year, were brought Lietoro tho police the other day, chlarged with being married. Mr Barker, of isunderiaud's butchering establishment, charged a man named; Luki with having "since ho signed on taken 011 a wite and refused to live on the premises.'' The P.M.: Tho masters and servants ordinance does not entitle you to deprive men of their liberty. If he likes to get marriedi you dan't interfere. Mr Barker: But this man signed on as a single man. He was single when he signed on. Tho "P.M.: That does not prevent him getting- married afterwards. I have known many cases in which tnen entered employment as single men and then afterwards fell under the fascination ui some woman and simply had to get married. Even Europeans are affected that way. Mr Barker: He is suppobod to Be at work at live o'clock and he does not get there until a quarter to six. The P.M.: Ah; 1 see. The offence is ho comes too late to his work. Mr Barker: Yes. The P.M. (to the interpreter): Tell this man thai the complaint is that he is paying too much attention to tils wife instead of to the business, which is unfiair, because tiunderland and u>. are paying him. The defendant: I can't sleep at Sunderland's bedauae there are too many light*. P.M. (to Mr Barker): Why can't his wife live on the premiaasi' Mr Barker: It wouldm't do—one among fourteen. iLuki was ordered to be at work at the proper iima in future. — Sydney Sun. -