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NZ Truth, Issue 405, 29 March 1913, Page 7

A woman raroly admires a man after he begins to associate with hor husband In a friendly way. Tho desire to become a bigamist has always been creultcd t<> the "brute." who finds hl;4. flrrtl pl^ngo Into matrimony has landed him In anything but pleasant waters. Queensland has just established a record by convicting In one WCOk two Jodie*, who evidently thought a couplo of husbands not 100 great n burden to have to onduro. especially as they had tho common sense to dispense with the onn beforo taking on the othor. Urave wom*n l«» risk i»o much to a«aln havo iho i>l«i*uro of going through th»s tnarrlftKo cwemony! One© In tiuualty onoußh for tho woman who ha» weighed tho marrltHl Htntc m the balanco and found It wanting.

roborativo of Mr. Harp's charges ot flogging for trivial offences, but a personal grievance concerning tno cause of h!n leaving the ship was considered beyond tho scope of the inquiry. It was shown lhal one lud had recelve<l a flogglng of SIX CUTS for having half n packet of cocoa m M* possession, another got six for missing ft boat, a third received nix for swearing, a fourth the usual hatf-dosen for sneaking provisions, a similar «)os« to .1 ! }wi who went Into the boat-shed out of the rain, and six was awarded a lad who broKo a lamp kIo*«. it" afterward* deserted. Early In Septembw wven Im>.v3 were flogged on tho one day. On one occasion a boy was ordered the full doxen. At the ninth he Hunted, but he got the balance next day. "Truth" understand* all these floggings were administered cb the bare buttock*, and that eighteen months has passed since a b«y wns itogged over hi* clothe*. The agon of lh« boys run from H to 10 year*. A doscrip-