CORNISH WEDDING DISPUTE.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 206, 28 August 1920, Page 19

CORNISH WEDDING DISPUTE.

TAXI OR HORSE CARRIAGE, AND A BREACH OF PROMISE. ] "Which shonld it be: A taxicab wedding or a hridal white horse wedding? Failure to settle this delicate point appears to have been the main reason for a breach of promise action heard at the Cornwall Assizes. Miss Mary Elizabeth Hosking. living with her uncle and aunt a* Halfepown (near St. Ivesi, sued Mr. .lohxf Osborne, a farmer, of Zennor. .Penzance. It was stated that they had known each other from tbeir childhood, and had "kept company" since February. 191 S. When it came to fixing the wedding, Mr. Osborne was all for making It a joy-day, and wanted the whole party to go to chnrch stylishly, with that touch of modernity that •taxi-cabs always afford. .Moreover, a "beano" at Redruth waa to follow the But the bride's mother and other relatives objected to the innovation, and said so. Why -not have hott&e carriages, as usual, they asked. Miss Hosking had resented family interference in the plans, and there were passages in consequence between the parties, peace was restored for a wbUe, bnt the trouble broke out again. One day ilr c Osborne called on hi* sweetheart and said, "Are you going to xk married or not?" To this she replied, "Yes, by onr own arrangements, and not those of other people. If we can't we mnst go our ways." Tbe wedding day was settled, and In the interval the defendant's mother met Miss .HosJcing and said, "\iy Johnny shall not put his foot in a motor car." After this tbe defendant did not go to »cc his sweetheart again, and the day fixed for the wedding came and went, and Mhjs Hosking assumed that he had postponed t_te event to please his mother. A sum of £50 was awarded as damages.