What is the minimum weekly income necessary for married happiness! The Kingston (Eng.) Bench recently decided that wedded bliss was highly improbable on £2 a week, and refused to sanction the wedding of a boy of 19 and a girl of 18. The Greenwich Bench thought a young couple could live happily together on £2 19s 2d a week. This is the wage earned by Albert Edward Conway, of Mill road, Lewisham, a lad of 20, whose mother objected to his marrying a girl of the same age, on the grounds that he was too young and would "run himself into poverty. Her objections were set aside by the magistrates, who sanctioned the marriage. It was stated that the couple would live with the girl's father. WHEN IN WESTPORT CALL ON &ILMJNNY and CO., The Ford KingTh«j wul tire you Service. Car# for Hire. 'Pfcoa* 1«5 and 186. *4525
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18680, 1 May 1926, Page 20
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