"A COMPLIMENT TO LOWESTOFT" (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON, 17th June. Some amusement was oaused at Lowestoft Town Council meeting a few days ago, when the Town Clerk read a letter from a man in Wellington, addressed to the Mayor, asking Mr. Barnard if he would find a respectable young woman, as the writer was looking for a wife. The writer said he had been stationed, in Lowestoft as a stoker in H.M.S. Havelock during the war, and that he liked the town immensely. Major Humphrey ; "I move that the matter be left in the hands of the Mayor." The Mayor : "Do you agree to that, Mrs. Harris?" (Laughter.) ' A Member: "Perhaps some of the councillors have some marriageable daughters." . Mr. A. E. Taylor': "The writer does not give his qualifications." Mr.' D. Young: "It is a compliment to Lowestoft." • ■ It was agreed that the letter be received. Bp»rrow» «n» said to bo »blo to livo 40
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 31, 5 August 1925, Page 16
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Page 16 Advertisements Column 2
Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 31, 5 August 1925, Page 16
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