MARRIED UNDER PROTEST.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1923, Page 1

MARRIED UNDER PROTEST.

LONDON. Son!. -Jit. A iiroto-iing bridegroom was tin* roi'.i.r;it figure ul it marriage at ( hclsea register office, King’s-road. S.\T. Tl„. !a handsome woman of •j«s. laid mailt' the arrangements atul the bridegroom tv as deserined as a Civil Servant, two years younger. When the registrar asked him In renea! th,- words of the ceremony alter him the bridegroom. turning to his bride, said, "Po yon slid want t his farcieal marriage to take place r Quietly the hrido replied, "hs. ' Then, thumping en the table, the bridegroom said. ■•You still insist before these people that T shall go through with this abominable farce:" Again the hritle answered. ‘’Yes.” and turning to the official, the bridegroom said. "1 am ready, registrar: marry us." In a cold, crisp voice, as if attending to a business transaction, the bridegroom repeated the words after the official and the bride did likewise. Then the bridegroom pushed the ring to the tip of the bride’s finger, leaving her to adjust it. The bridegroom signed the register, picked up his bat, and with the words ‘ Good-bye walke<l out of the office. Offering no explanation for the strange scene, the bride signed her name and left the office alone.