A BRITISH CREW WITH FIVE WIVES APIECE.
Mr Storey, the member for Sunderland, has (writes " An Old Hand," in the Liverpool Daily Post),a rather curious business in hand, A little while ago.there waa a wreok on the coart of Sumatra, and somo native has in captivity tho orew of the vessel.' He wanted £IO,OOO ransom, but is very kind to the men. A part of his kindness is to grant them an allowance of five temporary \tive3 apiece, As soon aa this interesting fact was known tho real wives of the orew, chiefly Jiving in the neighborhood of Sunderland, % beoame, naturally enough, greatly excited. ** They are now moving heaven and earth, and especially they are moving Mr Storey, for an expedition to be sent out for the "resoue and retirement" of their husbands. Perhaps they would be willing enough, these Amazons, to form part of the expedition; and if they did it would he a bad look out for the Sumatra spouse's superior as they are in point of numbers. Your readers, now that Tokar seems to have surrendered, maj&tf well be on the look out for a new agit ( ™> in the interest of the injured Sunderland wives who are our own flesh and blood, which tho Soudan'garrisons are not.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1724, 1 July 1884, Page 2
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210A BRITISH CREW WITH FIVE WIVES APIECE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1724, 1 July 1884, Page 2
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