MARRIAGE.
A WOMAN’S REVELATIONS. [United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copy right. ] LONDON, Jan. 15. Miss Carol Morrison, first woman solicitor, speaking at the Fabian Society irevealed the widespread 'habit among young women of marrying in order to get what was really a life pension. She said:—“They have no children. They do not want them. Then they tire of looking after their husbands and so they accuse them of cruelty and apply for a separation. There ai'e many Magistrates who grant these women the maximum allowance of forty shillings weekly, when a man’s income is only three pounds.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1930, Page 1
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97MARRIAGE. Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1930, Page 1
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