TWO POUNDS A WEEK.
YOUNG COUPLE TO MARRY. Sidney Coomber, aged 19, a motor mechanic, lately obtained the consent of tho North London magistrate to marry a girl, aged 18. Coomber had summoned his parents, who had withheld their consent to the marriage, and said lie was in regular work, earning £2 a week, and the girl was earning £l. Mr. Coomber said he did not consider his son was earning sufficient to support a wife. Mrs. Coomber supported his view, adding: "It will mean poverty for him."
Tho girl's mother said she was pro pared to furnish a room for the young peoplo, and tho magistrate remarked: " 1 cannot possibly refuse iny consent. It would not bo right."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20722, 15 November 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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119TWO POUNDS A WEEK. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20722, 15 November 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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