THE HONEYMOON LINER

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 121, 15 February 1919, Page 5

THE HONEYMOON LINER

WAR BRIDES FOR CANADA. The "wives' liner" Minnedosa recently sailed from Liverpool for Quebec. Every berth, was occupied by returning soldiers and women and children, the latter the advance guard of some F0,000,-who are going back to Canada during tho nex't few months. To many couples, parted after a h'asly wedding during a memorable seven days' leave, it was their honeymoon journey. A bright-looking London girl, arm in arm with her Canadian husband, said sho had never been away from home 'before, but she was not afraid. They were going out west fanning, and she meant to work as hard as she did in a munition factory. "Wo had lo work jolly hard there." she s.:iid. It is said that Canadian soldiers are marrying British girls) at the rate of 1000 per 'month, so that the cry is for still more -steamers to carry them to their new homes. Conditions on which free passages will be provided for wives and families of officers and other ranks and intended wives of . other ranks of tho Regular Armv serving overseas (R.G.A., R. 8., A.5.C.,. R.A.M.C., A.V.C., A.0.C., and A.P.0.) include: Officer husbands must be holding a permanent commission in the Regular Army. Ranker husbands must be serving on a permanent engagement and be on the married establishment. Husbands-elect must bo serving on a permanent engagement and must satisfy their commanding officers .that there is a bona fide intention to marry. They must also agree in writing that, in the event of the marriage not taking place, tho cost of the journey both ways may be recovered through his accounts. . Passage* can only b« provided (o North China,- Hong-Kong, Singapore, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, South Africa. 'Egypt, Sierra Leone, Malta. Gibraltar, Jamaica, Bermuda, and the foreign countries . to. which military attaches are accredited.