A regard for t.he conventions sonielimos proves a drawback, as the Registrar <'f Marriages at Ashirarton. found on Wednesday morning. A happy couple had come in to be made man and wife, but there was no ono on tho premises who could act as a witness. A coatless individual was called in from the street (relates the "Guardian") to do the necessary duty, and the Registrar, having due regard to the fitness of things, lent the man his own coat, donning himself the robes of office. Thi business concluded, the witness depart-' ed, hut, evidently being absent-minded, he forgot to return the coat, and the Registrar was loft to bemoan its lobe, thouah be Rtill hoßca for its return, ,
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2356, 12 January 1915, Page 4
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119Untitled Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2356, 12 January 1915, Page 4
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