AGE OF MARRIAGE.
BILL TO RAISE IT TO 16. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, May 6. A bill to raise the legal age for marriage to 16 years for both sexes was passed through all its stages in the House of Commons on Saturday -without opposition. Only the Royal assent is now necessary to make it effective. Hitherto the legal age for marriage in England has been 12 for girls and 14 for boys.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 106, 7 May 1929, Page 7
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73AGE OF MARRIAGE. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 106, 7 May 1929, Page 7
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