A HAPPY PAIR.
Indiscreet marriages, says the Post, have always been and always will be celebrated, and there are cases innumerable on record where the twain that thus become one flesh have had a difficulty in gathering together enough capital to pay the marriage fees, and hive left the question of future subsistence out of the question altogether, relying on the proverbial kisses witbr out the least regard to the , bread and cheese associated. But one of the queerest of queer marriages took place a short time since in Wellington. An intending bridegroom waited on the Registrar, intimated his desire to be united,to the fair 'object of his affections, and proceeded to give the necessary preliminary particulars. One of the first questions was the name of: the bride elect, but the suitor could hot give either her Christian; or surname, her age, or any particulars whatever, and actually had to take a cab and make these necessary inquiries before the Registrar could proceed to fill up the certificate. This difficulty settled, the bridegroom again set out for the bride, the pair appeared, and the nuptial knot was successfully tied.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1152, 8 June 1880, Page 3
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196A HAPPY PAIR. Kumara Times, Issue 1152, 8 June 1880, Page 3
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