THE MATRIMONIAL CASE.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1625, 30 April 1875, Page 2

THE MATRIMONIAL CASE.

( To the Editor of the Evening Stab.) 7 Sir,—With reference to Mr. Hannaford'." ' claim on me in connection with his matnmonial agency, referred to|inJlast nights Star, M I wish to place the true facts before the pub'-1 lie. In JNovember last I wrote to Mr. Han"!, nafords in connection with his matrimoniall agency asking him to introduce me to \a > : respectable woman with a view .to getting ■ married ; which he accordingly did, and the 3; wedding came off in Auckland, on the 17th. I of January. The sum agreed upon for Mr. M Hannaford's services was £6, which I paid,T together wifh £1 for a carriage, which Mr. ,7 Hannaford thought proper to engage to take 9 himself, an uninvited guest, to.the wedding. This £7 Mr. Hannaford agreed to allow to stand ever till the sth of February. Then 7 it was paid. Mr. Hannaford, however, de->:; mauds £3 55., which he Bays he lent my. I wife, but which she denies. The paragraph published yesterday represents that I object 1 te paying on the ground that I am not satis- ■ fied wiih my wife. This is untrue, viz.,,',: ground of defence being, as already stated,:that Mr Hannafsrd's account has been settled. The case will come on next Friday, when I shall be able to prove by witnesses that the charge was an attempt at extortion. .... —I am, etc., James McCkaith, Northernj Wairoa. M