A Scandalous Case.

Manawatu Herald, 25 May 1895, Page 3

A Scandalous Case.

' ii* * Bays, the Napier Mm i — Napier reßwenla will doubtless be horrified to le^rn that a man has actually bartered 'away his wife to a local cabman >f or three drinks. But such is the "cifukf^ . ; The transaction wag not jj^^ly.poihplimentary to the lady, who,' however, has no disinclination Iftf pide by tte arrangements entered into between her lord and master .and.jthe substitute. The lady in question figured in the Police Court % short time ago in a maintenance G^se against her husband. Another wery strange thing in connection with this scandalous affair is the disposal of.ea.o&hild, < the fruit of the marriage* T^P'fcrt rifl 1 of such an etwumbranee it was ' deemed expedient to entrust him to some natives, who will be free to use their own. discretion -as to the sort of education iie ; is to receive. This reaflsi^lrke a seventeenth century tomance;: ; b]dt is nevertheless perfectly true. A parchment embodying the surrender of the wife and child was drtfwto up, and the three drinks stipulated upon having been drunk, the agreement was duly signed. The disconsolate wife is 'now enjoying ample solace in the arms of one of our..J:ehus, while the quondam husband finds the gap caused by her absence adec[uately. , filled by the absorption of thg alcohol referred to. flfaat. Jga«hr?w;'j»wni«lafe* «boul^'^re possible' in -tho latter end of the nineteenth century is a disgrace to qaj jnuch ' v^ujnted .(Qiyili^atlqn , \V e blPe.v4.the , police are pow-evless in a oaßeh!«f* this- description, but- surely something should be done with regard to the future welfare of the child. We would like to ask how many of our be^gvolent citizens would entrust theit offsprings for educational puj^oaes to the tender care of Ma4irfß*:^.e,j|rusji this matter u ndiW .^QWe^ to drop.