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Otago Witness, Issue 3576, 26 September 1922, Page 26

The necessity for contracting parties to obtain medical certificates before marriage wins brought out in what Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S M.. called a “pitiable case,” at the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court. An elderly man was applying for the cancellation of maintenance orders in respect of his children in State homes. Tt was stated that both the man and his wife were weakminded, and that out of the 10 children of the marriage nine were inmates of homes for the mentally deficient. They would cost the State £16.000 to bring up. The Chinese detective force is a secret body, and the best, organised in the world. They have an eye upon every man. woman, or child, foreign or native, in China, and, in addition, watch over each other.