FINES FOR MARRIAGE.
FIFTY POUNDS PENALTY. OLD-TIME BACHELORS' CLUB. Tho Bachelors' Club in London, which lias a membership of over 1000, has celebrated tho 50th anniversary of its foundation a few weeks ago. It had been the intention of the club to commemorate tho event by giving a ball, but owing to delay in finishing certain structural alterations in tho new premises in South Audlev Street, London, this was postponed. In tho early days of tho Club a fine of £SO was incurred by any member who married. Later tho fino was reduced to £5, but now tho rule is not enforced. " Actually, howover," said the secretary recently, " nearly all members pay the £5 willingly as a price for marriage." Tho club came Into being at a ball given in July, 1880, at Kensington House by 84 bachelors. Tho invitations stated that guests were " to have tho honour of meeting the, Frinee and Princess of Wales.
On the following day the Morning Post devoted three columns to a list of ihe guests and a description of the scene.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20656, 30 August 1930, Page 2 (Supplement)
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178FINES FOR MARRIAGE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20656, 30 August 1930, Page 2 (Supplement)
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