“THE LYTTELTON TIMES.” LONDON AGENCY. TITESSRB R. B. BRETT AND SON, 134, Fleet Street. London, E.O. 4. Copies of Papers and Full Information as to Advertising Rates oan be obtained at above address OL
That a girl should b© married at five, end he a widow long before she reaches h£r feeds seems to us unbelievable, yet thousands of such cases happen in India every year. Attempts have been made from time to time to have the practice of child marriage abolished, but with little success. The system forms part o*-' the Hindoo religion, and changes 1 are to be made with great caution.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16927, 29 December 1922, Page 6
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