CHILD MARRIAGES.
THE ENGLISH LAW. WOMEN PLEAD FOR AMENDMENT. London, November 9. Women from many prominent organisations pleaded with the Home Secretary immediately to abolish the law by which girls of 12 and boys of 14 may legally marry in England. They urged that Britain was lamentably behind other countries and a bad example to the world. They urged that no boy or girl under 36 should marry, and pointed out that already 30 under 15 and 292 under 16 had married in recent years. The Home Secretary declared that the question was very difficult. In many cases of girls under 16 there were urgent reasons, and any prohibition was likely to meet with an outcrjf. Lady Astor described the Home Office circular in this connection as feeble and disappointing.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3718, 17 November 1927, Page 4
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130CHILD MARRIAGES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3718, 17 November 1927, Page 4
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