Cabby Clergymen.
Hew the taxi nrrgb.t have eontrilwted to the rosiwe of Gretna Green elopements if suffered by the law to survive into the motoring age? The thought is suggested by the role of * eaSman in Tie latest utstan-‘e o( *ue lih. iiltses re- • ilting from SrotTsh easy mrrriig*. It is not very romantic, except t. those who and ■‘romance'’ in anything at all irregular. Jena, being the man’s friend, performed the marriage in a Dumfries house. When the husband dmd the Northumberland and Durham Miners’ Relief Fund rejev-ted the widow's dam in the a'tsenee of a marriage certificate. Happily, the law has enforced recognition of evidence prov ng the Scottish marriage. and she pets her money. Qu-»-ti'-ned as to her busband's nationality •he answered. "Presbyterian.'’ It was a wry free kirk that made unit'd “P b'ter-'sn*' of the pair.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 12, 20 March 1912, Page 9
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140Cabby Clergymen. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 12, 20 March 1912, Page 9
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