MARRIAGE IN CHAPEL
SPECIAL. ACT PASSED (Special Correspondent) ■ • LONDON, May 9. An Act of Parliament has been passed to make legal the marriage of two New Zealanders. They are Sheila Macdonald, of Dunedin, and Flight-Lieutenant Jonathan Neilson, of Haumoana, Hawke's Bay, who were married on April 7, 1941, in the Chapel of Ease, on the estate of the bridegroom's uncle, Colonel G. H. Anson, of Catton Hall, Croxall, Derbyshire. It was later discovered that the ceremony was not legal, as the chapel was not licensed for weddings. Although a license had been granted for the marriage in a parish church, none was granted for marriage in another place. The bride and bridegroom were told that the only way to legalise the marriage was to secure a special Act of Parliament. The Home Secretary, Mr. Herbert Morrison, issued a bill confirming the provisional order to make the ceremony valid.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 109, 10 May 1943, Page 5
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