UNMARRIED “WIVES”
SOI; I) I lilt S A UOWA NC Kl LONDON Oct. 2G.—Lnd'y Astor, <onservative M.P. tor Plymouth, protested in the House of Common,s yesterday against the unmarried “wives” of soldiers getting the same allowance as a legal wife. Mis L. Hore-Bclisha, War Minister, ■cxjilained that if an- unmarried woman ihad been living with a* soldier lor six mionths before he enlisted and was wholly or substantially maintained by him on a permanent domestic basis,” .Who would get the usual wife’s allowance. Lady Astor; Does the Secretary for War think that is conducive- to decent married life? _ Mr. Here-Deli si ia :t think it is lair if or the dtacent treatment of the sol,dier in the circumstances. Ladv- Astor; Dees he not think that it will ho very difficult for some oi these young men, il they know that bj living with a woman for six months they "can get the same marriage, allowance as for a wile? No answer was given.
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 269, 11 December 1939, Page 1
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163UNMARRIED “WIVES” Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 269, 11 December 1939, Page 1
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