GERMAN BRIDES FOR AUSTRALIANS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2309, 30 July 1921, Page 1

GERMAN BRIDES FOR AUSTRALIANS.

The following letter from Germany has been received by the editor of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, who publishes it under the heading, “Any Applicants?” —“Dear Sir, — You will please excuse the liberty I take in addressing you in the following matter: On account of the unhappy war, in which more than 1,800,000 Germans lost their lives, a still greater number of young German ladies are deprived of the opportunity to find a husband. This calamity, if 1 dare call it l!m>, is still increased by the fad that, owing to the extraordinary dearness of household furniture and the scarcity of apartments, matrimony lias become a luxury and a privilege of the rich in 1 his country. In their distress, our young ladies look over to Australia in the hope of finding there the conjugal happiness, for which reason they appeal to all Australian bachelors, who cannot find a match over there, and who are desirous to contract matrimony with a well-bred young German lady, to approach them on this subject. The linguistic dillieulties should he no obstacle, as our ladies are mostly acquainted with the English language. The German ladies asked me to he their interpreter in assisting to lind them an Australian husband, for which reason applicants are requested to apply to my address. T should feel grateful to you for bringing this letter to the notice of the readers of your newspaper, and tender you my anticipated thanks.”