LOTTERY FOR A WIFE.
If New Zealand was not so prejudiced against g'annbliuig, it 'might settle the matrimonial problem in a brace of shakes. See how they do the thing in Russia. Every year, in a certain township, there as a (lottery for a wife. The promoters of the lottery select the young woman who has to be drawn far. She is then ordered to remain constantly at.home for ten days to receive the visits of candidates for her hand. 'The sale of 5000 tickets at a rouble each is controlled by the Municipal Council. As soon as they are sold the lottery takes place, and the winner has the .right to marry tlie young 'woman and her fortune of 5000 roubles. She can, however, refuse the man who has drawn, the lucky number. In ithis case she. has to divide hei> ifcrtune ,with him-. Since the lotteries were established refusals have : been. rare.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10689, 16 July 1912, Page 4
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154LOTTERY FOR A WIFE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10689, 16 July 1912, Page 4
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