Heligoland asems to be, amongst other things, the Gretna Green of Germany, as will appear from the following remarks of a Pall Mall correspondent: “The first mate of the Oruxhafen, with whom I had a long talk, told me laughingly how sorry he would be if the island was ceded to Germany. * Because,’ he said, 'we shall get no more ohampiigno treats from the young couples going to Heligoland to get married.’ • Why do they go there to get married? ’ I asked. ' What, you don’t know? Why, when the parents won’t allow a marriage, the youug people have only to go over to Heligoland, where they don’t want any license or papers. We always spot them,’ he added, ‘ and when they come baok they have to treat us to a bottle of champagne. Last ye-r 93 couples wont across to get married at Heligoland. We shall all lose this little ‘ extra ’ now.’ ”
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 964, 22 August 1890, Page 31
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