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Otago Witness, Issue 3995, 7 October 1930, Page 25

“ When missionaries enter the homes in India, "they are met with a deluge of questions,” eaid Miss A. Smith, in the course of her address on missionary work in Southern India, in St. Mary’s Hall. Timaru. the other evening (states the Herald). “The first three questions invariably are: ‘How old are you?’; ‘ How much pay does your husband get?’; and ‘How many children have you?’” Miss Smith remarked that such questions were not considered rude in India. “ Thev were astounded,” she said, “ when I told them I was not married. They asked if I' had no father or mother to look after me, and one person said: ‘ Did your father ask every man in the town, and would nobody have you?”’—(Laughter).