CIVIL MARRIAGES INCREASING
“Civil marriages are becoming more popular over the country generally,” states a Condon registrar, Who attributes the increase to the fact that a civil marriage is less expensive than a religious ceremony. - “I do not think,” the registrar said, “that the increase in the number of civil marriages reflects a slackening of the religious beliefs of the people.” From 1919 to 1924 the proportion of civil mairiages was 24 per cent, of the total.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12618, 1 December 1926, Page 9
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77CIVIL MARRIAGES INCREASING New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12618, 1 December 1926, Page 9
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