MARRIAGE OF MINORS
REFUSED UNDER NEW ACT,
(United Press Association—Copyright.) (Sydney Sun Cable.) LONDON, 10th February. The first decision under,the new Infants Act was <given by a Magistrate at Surbiton, who upheld a mother's refusal to consent to her nineteen-year-old daughter's marriage. The mother said it would mean poverty. The Magistrate agreed and said a nineteen-year-old suitor's earnings of 40a per week were insufficient.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 37, 12 February 1926, Page 13
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64MARRIAGE OF MINORS Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 37, 12 February 1926, Page 13
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