NEW BACHELOR TAX
Wiry IT LIMITS MATRIMONY BELGRADE, Fob. 14. The now Jugoslav bachelor lax is having tliG effect of increasing) instead of diminishing the number of .bachelors. The explanation is that Hie custom of nnvintr for n UriVlo still prevails in the villages of Macedonia. Tlie purchase money, together with "ifls for the bride's family and numerous extras, 1 frequently absorbs _ a consider, able wiin. The new tax, it. is contended. will iinp'jvarish ihe bachelor to such an extent that he will not be able (o afford a bride. The better wav, it is urged. wo"ld be to forbid the buying of bride*.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17436, 7 April 1931, Page 12
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104NEW BACHELOR TAX Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17436, 7 April 1931, Page 12
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