TWO POUNDS A WEEK
YOUNG COUPLE TO MARRY Sidney Coomber, aged 19, a motor mechanic, lately obtained the consent of the North London magistrate to marry a girl, aged 18. Coomber had summoned his parents, who had withheld their consent to the marriage, ami said he was in regular work, earning £2 a week, and the girl was earning £l. Air Coomber said he did not consider his son was earning sufficient to support a wife. Airs Coomber supported his view, adding: “ It. will mean poverty for him.” The girl’s mother said she, was prepared to furnish a room for the young people, ami tin* magistrate remarked: “I cannot possibly refuse my consent. It would not be right.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 425, 17 November 1930, Page 2
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118TWO POUNDS A WEEK Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 425, 17 November 1930, Page 2
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