PRICE OF BRIDEGROOMS
Canon Manuel of Madras has been speaking in Leeds Town Hall, and among the odd things ho had to say was the fact that in parts of India it is the custom for a brine or her family to pay for a bridegroom. Apparently prices vary a good deal, for, though a good bridegroom may be had for only ten rupees, a well educated one costs HOO rupees. The most expensive husbands of all, it seems, are graduates of an English university, a B.A. fetching 1000 rupees, a doctor 2000. It is a quaint tribute to English universities, and Canon Manuel handed on tho information with a smile.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23103, 30 July 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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111PRICE OF BRIDEGROOMS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23103, 30 July 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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