SAMOAN MARRIAGES.
Marriage is fashionable at Samoa, and some Aucklanders who go there are very ready to take unto themselves . temporary wives. On this subject we find the following in the London Echo : "jKing Tamasese, of Samoa, who has graciously consented to the marriage of his daughter to M. Brandeis, the German Minister accredited to his Eoyal person, would be likely to esteem the honour of the alliance less highly could the wire but enlighten his Pacific Majesty upon a circumstance which is now exercising the Divorce Court at Berlin. There was a Madame Brandeis, who was left at home when M. Brandeis went out to Samoa." N
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Observer, Volume 9, Issue 549, 6 July 1889, Page 17
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108SAMOAN MARRIAGES. Observer, Volume 9, Issue 549, 6 July 1889, Page 17
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