A CLEVER DEVICE.
Recently the wife of a citizen of Wellington, over-elated at a turn for the better in her husband’s prospects, developed such a strong tendency towards dipsomania, that the section of the Act which provides for the incarceration in a Lunatic Asylum, of persons so afflicted had to be brought into force. The constable charged with the duty of arresting the lady, learned that the form which her insanity took was that of extreme extravagance, and that amongst other of the lady’s requirements was a magnificent mansion, commensurate with her husband’s increased means, hit upon the plan of presenting himself in the capacity of house agent. The lady cheerfully entered the cab in waiting and, on being conveyed to the Mount View Lunatic Asylum, instantly offered a rental of £95 per annum, and took immediate possesion. There was both tact and kindliness in the proceeding.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2566, 11 June 1881, Page 2
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147A CLEVER DEVICE. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2566, 11 June 1881, Page 2
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