IS IT FLOUTED?
So far no Minister has been drawn on the subject of the challenging statement made by the Australian priests that no attention is being paid to the recent amendment of the New Zealand Marriage Act—that, in fact, the Ne Temero decree is still in operation in this Dominion. The subject, however, |Was raised yesterday in the Legislative Council by the Hon. M. Cohen, who gave notice of a question asking if the attention of the Government has been directed to the recent cablegram from Sydney, in which the Ne Temere decree controversy was revived. If this was all, the Leader of the Council could satisfy the requirements "of the question by a simple affirmative, but Mr. Cohen is also asking if the Registrar-General of Marriages has reported to the Government any instances of priests of the' Roman Catholic Church, or the clergy of any^ other religious denomination.' "flouting or trpating the enactment .with supreme contempt."
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1922, Page 7
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158IS IT FLOUTED? Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1922, Page 7
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