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Show HIGH COST OF WIVES AFFECTS AFRICAN BUYERS i LONDON, April 25. Lord (Dewar, who has just return-Jed return-Jed from central Africa, in giving giv-ing an account of his travels there, said the increased cost of living in the district he visited vis-ited was reflected in the higher high-er prices for wives paid by the natives. Whereas a fine, sixteen six-teen hands high wife cost four spearheads in pre-war days, she now costs eight j spearheads, Lord Dewar said, jand in the cattle districts, the price of a wife at present is eight cows instead of four. |