MODERN ENGAGEMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 29 March 1926, Page 9

MODERN ENGAGEMENTS.

And Commercialisation

JUDGE’S SCATHING REMARKS.

Cable —Press Association- —Copyright. AuStrall-vi ni.fi N.Z. Chl>l« Associating. (Received March 28, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 26.

Another Jewish breach of promise ca>o in which Mr Justice Macardie adjudicated, was responsible for lurthcr comments on tlm commercialisation of modern engagements. The evidence revealed that in Jewish circles anybody introducing a young couple who subsequently married was entitled to a commission, the extent of which depended on the financial situation of the married

couple. Mr Justice Macardie, in summing up in the case under notice, said it cast a vivid light on modern social conditions and, matrimonial ideals. It bad an increasing bearing on family life, and the welfare of the nation. The law seemed to disregard tiic spiritual, ethical, and sociological aspects of marriage, and for the purposes ol trial engagements were degraded to the .status of mere commercial bargain. Juries were compelled to undertake the unfortunate task of assessing a man’s worth in the marriage market. He could not help thinking that tlm task was similar to that ol assessors In the Eastern slave markets.