MARRIED WHEN NINE TO GIPSY BOY
1 — — y Rccei \ cl .Momiav, SJ. 10 p.m. SVIINKV, Sept. 23. Marrit'd :il uim* to :i gipsy bov and uovv u inotln'i- at 1 I Folleen St evonson says she is pi*rl'ei*i ly happy. In the divotci* coiut todav. Mr. .lustice Claney ret'used to amnil ihe niarriage. Spero (Peter j .'ohau, why has Maori blood iind was liorn in New Zealand, said he was ihe ftither of the girl and .app.lied lior the annulment of the inar- ' iffiige. XVhen tl;e eeremony took plaee Hoth parties were undei' legal '• iigfV* wliieh is 12' l'or a.'girl ari d .14 for ti hoy. He told the dnfl'ge lie htid inade ti niistake in tlie girl's age at tlie- ti'me. He litid also helieved tluit it was-to he ti gipsy murriage in whicli the parties do uot live togetlier till tliey are 13. The lmv tuni gir! gai e evidenee by atlidavit. She said that since the marritige she liad tniveiled all over Austrtilia witli her husi.juul who was now 17 and ti slum is.an witli ti gipsy tribe. He liad ti etir and nioney and she was happy witli her liiisi.and and baby and qnite satislied witli her life. The applieation was disniissed and Jolian ordered to pav all costs.
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Chronicle (Levin), 24 September 1946, Page 5
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