MARRIED BEFORE SIXTEEN.
'. far tsi «en trn. — i'bkss associatioh.} CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. A man aged twenty-five years was suc-d in court to-day for the maintenance of his -wife, agod eighteen years, arid child. The -woman said she was married before she was sixteen of ago. Tho magistrate remarked strongly on any mother allowing her daughter to be married at such an early age. Tho man earned 30s a week. The magistrate ordered that his wages' bo divided with his wife and child.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 119, 21 May 1907, Page 6
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82MARRIED BEFORE SIXTEEN. Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 119, 21 May 1907, Page 6
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