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Hokitika Guardian, 7 January 1924, Page 4

THE .MARRIAGE BOND. LONDON, Dec. -I. Marriage registers disclose tlic interesting fact that since Iff 1-I the marrying age lias increased by five years. Formerly it averaged from twenty-two io twenty-three, whereas now it varies from twenty-seven to twenty-eight. This is due to several causes, including the housing difficulty. Young people's attitude toward marriage has changed fundamentally. Thee are no longer carried away by the picture of a rosy home ami end-li-s bli.s. They now stop to think, and usually decide to wait until they are a litile older, realising the gravity of their lesponsibilities. Girls are inclined Lo be lliebtier. Thov have .stub great opportunities in the modern whirl of 1 rivolities ilia! time ai" ball In relinqui-lt their freedom. .Men are i onsr-qm ntly more on litmus, .."id. as they do not reach good business positions until they are about twenty-eight or thirty. hoy-and-girl m in i: g- - have di-uppenred except in the richest ehis-e-. The combined ages are u-ually about sixty.