CAGED BRIDES.
In some parts of New Britain, the natives have a custom of placing girls in strict seclusion before marriage by imprisoning them in cages for several years. The Reverend George Brown describes how on one occasion he inspected a number of these cages. The atmosphere inside of them was hot and stifling. He says: "The cage was quite clean, and contained nothing but a few short lengths o£ bamboo for holding water. There was only room for a girl to sit or lie down in.a crouched position on the bamboo platform, and when the doors are shut it must be nearly or quite dark inside. They are only allowed to come out once a day to bathe in a dish or wooden bowl placed close to each cage. They are placed in the cages when quite young, and must remain there until their marriage.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 23 August 1911, Page 2
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