Single...and he could buy 150 wives!A man who can buy 150 women is still single.Reveli, 24, a Solomon island native seaman, won £60 a wife-meant 150 wives.Reveli promptly returned home and began eyeing the most beautiful belles on the island.He was all set to propose to a few-say 50-when the administration stepped in.They put £5000 of his money in trust until his seaman's contract expires in 12 months' time. (This stops him marrying.).The other £1000 was banked and he was banked and he was given a bank book so he could get used to spending money. August 11, 1954.

Single...and he could buy 150 wives!A man who can buy 150 women is still single.Reveli, 24, a Solomon island native seaman, won £60 a wife-meant 150 wives.Reveli promptly returned home and began eyeing the most beautiful belles on the island.He was all set to propose to a few-say 50-when the administration stepped in.They put £5000 of his money in trust until his seaman's contract expires in 12 months' time. (This stops him marrying.).The other £1000 was banked and he was banked and he was given a bank book so he could get used to spending money. August 11, 1954.
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