A BRIDE OF SEVEN
* YOUTHFUL HONEYMOOfc'ERS. During the last nolico census at Tolcio, a married couple was discovered whose combined ages reached sixteen — a boy of nine having married a girl of seven. Theso youthful honey moonors arc not the only married children in tho city. According to a Japanese ncwsjvaner. census-takers discovered -14 husbands whose ages ranged from 10 to 15. and Ito brides who have not yet parsed their fifteenth birthday.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11251, 1 July 1922, Page 11
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73A BRIDE OF SEVEN New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11251, 1 July 1922, Page 11
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