CHILD MARRIAGES
A CAUSTIC DESCRIPTION.
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DUNEDIN, May 30.
A .barbaric law savouring ;inore of India than of enlightened New Zealand was tlie caustic description applied to the IaAV fixing the minimum age of marriages at icmales 12 years,- and males; 14 years, during the annual meeting pi the Society for the Protection of Wob men and Children,, last evening. In reporting that the marriage age should he raised to 10 it waa- stated that cases of child, marriages usually' occurred Avhei-e a young girl Avas seduced by a hoy or a man, the usual result being unhappiness. Apart from which, no Government should condone the offence, and save the hoy or man from the consequences of• his criminal act. A recent case was cited where a man between forty and fifty married a girl of 15 to avoid a criminal charge.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 May 1933, Page 6
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145CHILD MARRIAGES Hokitika Guardian, 30 May 1933, Page 6
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