However, to all intents and purposes, it operated as amarriagebureaufor educated and/or intelligent people.
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It is a sort ofmarriagebureauwith its own dowry system.
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Themarriagebureauwas fined £375 and the widows received £100 each in compensation.
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They visited what they described as "sympathetic" bureaux—those sympathetic to the cause of people seeking the service of amarriagebureau.
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The unsatisfactorymarriagebureauis a problem that we should face.
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The marriage lasts happily for three years, husband and wife end up working in themarriagebureauin a home they adore.
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If anything, the laws encouraged more passing, particularly in railroad stations, on trains and in marriage bureaus.
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