SEVEN YEARS, COURTSHIP.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 31, 5 February 1910, Page 15

SEVEN YEARS , COURTSHIP.

DAMAGES FOB BKBACH OB" PBOMieat

Mr Herbert Rlch*nUon, aged ■Ztxtxtj , clerk in a Manchester bank, was sued fa ' damages for breach, of promla* of i by Miss Elizabeth. Alice HoUie, aged 2t who with, her sister keeps * boerdtnghOßl | at Blackpool,. and the action being uad*i fended, came before the Sheriffs Court ail Preston in, December for assessment «f *»*■£ On the platatHTs bebaU it nu a*a*ae that she aad Mz BAchaideoi*. met aem» years ago«.t Blackpool, where he <nf tbea employed tn. a .branch of -die 'bask. Iβ May, 1904, he proposed marriage, -~\ oa ■being accepted, said they must wait oatU his salary had been Increased, as tit* baa|f directors would not allow Wβ to until be was in receipt of £150 par He Tiaited the .girl's home each £venißf for five years, and took liar on, trip* ta Leeds, Bradford, Southport, tdverpoui, Douglas, and other places. She did not gm to his house because he told, her his fattet was "impossible," and objected, to hi* eons? getting married. Two years ago, it wae further stated, fivt defendant was transferred to Manchester and subsequently Miss Hollis received from him fifty letters and eeventy-seve» post cards. He also visited fcer at Bl*cfc pool every week-end for a time,. and the* to ayoid expense he weat fortnightly. .-..-: 'LOVE iKiDSOLLDS SKATING. At this time the roller ek&tine crexe hs# arisen (the opening ete*en«a.t eoatiiinedl and the-defendanffl one Idea was to become a good roUer skater, so that he cooid skate with the young woman. He wrot* to her: ' I am so very eorry I am not improvise, I tried my luck laet evening ana ralsea a hnnp the size of a fire shllling piecfe at the back ot my aead^" A later letter said: "Tery sorry to say 1 have■ glvea nVrolla skating." Last WMtsuntide the defendant faQea to make his usual visit to Miss Hollls, an« she wrote inquiring the reason. The defe». dant replied: "My. reason for not coming over this week-end is, that I have been, a base dei ceiver, as I have been paying great attentlon to a Manchester young lady during ta* last twelve months, and I have : alwoye told you a lie. I know this will cause yoa a certain amount of but I iiope yo» ■ will soon get over it. ... I know t shall be kicked from pillar to post wfcen Z come to Blackpool, but I wonld ratlie? undergo that than take you to the alta» and lot love you, and then cause another scandal by deserting you." The defendant's solicitor epoke In mltlg* tion of damages. The jury awarded the plaintiff £123.

A group of Belgrade women have p9» titioned the authorities to prohibit gambling under severer penalties tlian those now in force. A number of men, in reply, are now petitioning fur the compulsory closure of all shops on the pie* that they are a greater source of clomertie discord an 4