A JEWISH CUSTOM.
COMMISSION ON MARRIAGES. Lond°n, Mar. 27. Another Jewis breach of promise case, in which Mr Justice Macardie adjudicated, was responsible for further comments on the commercialisation of the modern engagement. The evidence revealed that in Jewish circles anybody introducing a young couple who subsequently married was entitled to commission, the extent of which depended on the financial situation of the married couple. Mr Justice Macardie. summing up the evidence in the breach of promise action, said it cast a vivid light on modern social conditions, and matrimonial ideals which had an increasing bearing on the family welfare of the nation. The law seemed to disregard the spiritual, ethical and sociological aspects of marriage, and for the purposes of trial, engagements were degraded to the status of a mere commercial bargain. Juries were compelled to undertake the unfortunate task of assessing a man’s worth in the marriage market. He could not help thinking that the task was similar to those of an assessor in an Eastern slave market.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 87, 29 March 1926, Page 5
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172A JEWISH CUSTOM. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 87, 29 March 1926, Page 5
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