WOOING BY POST
LENGTHY LOVE-MAKING
LONDON, November 12.
For 1.7 years l Mr Bert. Pennyrouth. hotel chef of Wallacia. New South Wales, never missed writing a weekly letter to Miss Laura Fletcher, of Carlton, Yorkshire. Now those letters have ceased’ as Miss l Fletcher left England this week by the Jervois Castle, bound for Australia. Mr I’ennyrouth’s patient postal wooing is to be rewarded.
Seven-tea years ago they met at Bradford, Yorkshire, and a. friendship sprang up. But. before it had' time to ripen, Mr Pennyrouth left for Australia. The friendship did not end. however, as witness the weekly letters.
When bis parents died, Mr Pennyrouth “popped the question” by post, and Miss Fletcher, convinced of his constancy, decided that the answer should be “Yes.” Now. she has said good-bye to her relatives and friends and has set, off at Cupid’s behest for a new world of romance. Miss Fletcher has been assured that a letter will be waiting for her at each port at which the boat calls. Mi; Pennyrouth -Fas'wooed the bride-to-be for 17 years, but. the courtship is to end 1 in a hustle. Miss 1 Fletcher has taken her trousseau and’ is to be married from the ship immediately cm arrival.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 December 1937, Page 12
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