It is said that 7000 separation orders are grunted by the magistrates in England eV Under trie Oaths. Act, whiclvcame into operation in the Old -Country on January lrt, the practice of. "kissing the Book is likely to become ob»lete. The public, the "British Medical Journal" says, may ell have been teg" to suspect that kiss,n. the Book' insanitary practice er having real such notices as the fol-lowing:—"Much-kissed Testament. Mr J A. Charsley, 'of Beaconsfield, • Bucks, one of; the oldest" coroners in England, is resfgnme the appointment. Mr Charsley iuurrftl ais possession a Testament which hasv*<ien used at inquests in the division of Bocks for over 100 years."
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Greymouth Evening Star, 4 February 1910, Page 3
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