The breach of promise case in which the defendant contended that he; broke off the engagement because his fiancee was suffering from tuberculosis resulted in the jury's disagreement in tho Kind's Bench Division. The plamtiii was' Miss Mabel Beatrice Portor, aged 24 and the defendant Mr Gerald Osmond Barnard. For Miss Porter it was argued that at the date ol _ tho broach "she' was not silvering from tuberculosis, and that tho defendant did not express surprise, when Ins fiancee told him she had been an a sanatorium. On tho jury disagreeing, tho parties were asked if they would accept a majority verdict, but they declined, and tho jury was, therefore, discharged.
Akaroa. with its mild winter climate, most health-giving winter seaside resort in Dominion. Try a holiday there. Motors from Christehurch twice daily. b
GET FIT AND KEEP FJT. The secret of good health lies in looking after yourself internally. A -lass of Stevens' Health Salt taken every morning upon rising will make you* fit and keep you fit. It quickly relieves indigestion, rouses up the liver and banishes constipation. Stevens' Health Sa.lt is a popular effervescent fruit saline that i« made in \ Tew Zealand. It costs far less tnan imported salts and. is far fresher. Try <t. Chemists am 1 stores.' •3s Gd n lioUle. °
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9652, 8 July 1919, Page 3
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