THE ELEVENTH HOUR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20306, 13 July 1929, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE ELEVENTH HOUR.

SHOCK FOR A BRIDE. WEDDING ABANDONED. As a result of a dramatic intervention l>y the polieo at Middlesbrough registry otfico .1 fow weeks ago, nn intended inarriago did not take place. When the bridegroom arrived with his bride ho was called aside by police officers who were waiting and was questioned hy them. Tho ceremony was then abandoned, the bride and her friends leaving tho registry office. On tho register form tho man was described by a certain name, aged 28, and as a bachelor. It was, however, alleged flint his real name was not that given and that ho was already married. His intended bride was employed as a club stewardess and aged 20. The man was a frequent visitor to tho club. Tho girl had been keeping company with him for fifteen months and had never had a suspicion that ho was married. " As soon as wo got into tho registry office." tho pirl explained, " ho was questioned bv tho police officers, and T was then told that tho wedding could not take placo. I immediately returned homo am! he accompanied the officers to tho polico station. That was the last T saw of him." 'fhe wedding party, to which sixty iruests had been invited, had to bo abandoned.