Two Victorian old age' pensioners surprised the Rev. Mr Peunicott, Christ's Church, Melbourne, the other day by waiting on him with a request that he would marry them. The man is seventy-three 5-eare, and very decrepit. He was for five years in the Benevolent Asylum, but now "gets 10s per week pension. The woman is seventy-one years of age, was for twelve months in the asylum, and has a pension of 7s per week. Mr Peunicott, knowing both the parties and the manner in which they lived, considered that such a union was not desirable, and he interposed at least a temporary barrier to the union by demanding a fee quite beyond the reach of the old couple.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 2091, 20 August 1901, Page 3
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