HIGH ADVENTURE
A little while ago, an advertisement In a Capetown newspaper offered to six men and their wives the chance o* living on an island in the South Seas. Scores of people applied for this privilege, and the advertisers are now contemplating accepting a dozen men «,nd their wives. Among the applicants were a doctor and a wireless expert. It is hoped that a man with practical knowledge of farming will apply, and It is expected that the new colonists will sail in about four months. Each couple is expected lo provide £3OO, and all are under solemn obligation to lead a busy, useful life for ihe common good. Their home will be in one of the Marquesas Islanus. a thousand miles from the nearest trade route. *
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23512, 28 May 1938, Page 5
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128HIGH ADVENTURE Otago Daily Times, Issue 23512, 28 May 1938, Page 5
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