MATRIMONIAL AGENCIES.
Matrimonial agencies, at which it is announced that wives will be provided and the marriage ceremony performed at fees ranging from 10s 6d upwards, are a feature of the Australian capitals. In the New South Wales Assembly the other night questions were asked respecting two of these, and the replies were some* what surprising. " Weldon's Matrimonial Agency" and "The Minister's Study" were the two referred to, and a Mr Rigg wished to know how many marriages (had ■: been solemnised andf- registered* ; W eldoji 's •; • : .; Agency during, ;; t^e : 'Welye'months ended. : Ju'no. 30 last, what was "the total number of each denomination," and what were the names of the clergymen who celebrated the marriages. The Colonial Secretary (Mr Brunker) replied that tho marriages celebrated at the agency numbered 464, but there was nothing to show the number in each denomination. The Eev W. T. Adams, Methodist Episcopal, appeared to have been the clergyman who performed the ceremony, in each instance. With reference to "The Minister's Study," Mr Brunker said that " ninety-four marriages had been celeberated there during the period named by Alfred James Clarke, Baptist minister, and 110 by Lorenzo Howard, Independent Baptist minister." '
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5667, 11 September 1896, Page 6 (Supplement)
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194MATRIMONIAL AGENCIES. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5667, 11 September 1896, Page 6 (Supplement)
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