RICH SOCIETY GIRL

Opunake Times, 23 July 1937, Page 3

RICH SOCIETY GIRL

WEDS CHILLIE When Mis Monica Allan. ( a wealthy 22-year-old Scottish heiress, "secretly" married Robert M. Sutherland in the little Ar- { gyllshire church of St. Conan's, on the banks of the Loch Awe, all the world's stories of the rich princess who weds the handsome suitor came true. Mr Sutherland, who is 36. and handsome, was once a Highland ghillie in the employ of Miss Allan's father. The bride first met him six years ago when she was on holiday at the family's Caithness home, Dunheath Castle. There the ghillie taught her fishing and shooting. Romance followed. .

Only recently Miss Allan b"n«?ht the lonely island of Shuna which lies off the coast of Argyllshire coast. On this "Treasure Island," as Miss Allan described it, the couple will live. The bride inherited her fortune from her father, the late Mr Charles E. Allan, who was a Glasgow and Belfast ship-owner. She declares she dislikes London social life and cocktail parties, and much prefers an open-air life.

No "Obey" Promise All arrangements for the wedding were kept private, and neither the church officer of St. Conan's nor the people of Loch Awe knew about it.

The Rev. Adam Anderson, of Glenorchy, officiated. The only other persons present were Miss Allan's mother and stepfather, Mr and Mrs Charles W. Tennant, of Stratton House, Piccadilly, London, and Miss Allan's chauffeur and maid. The word "obey" was omitted from the bride's vows.

Mrs Sutherland and her husband afterwards set out by car on a honeymoon" tour through the Highlands, and few who saw them recognised the girl wearing blue trousers and blue jumper as a bride.

At Fort William she said with a smile: "Our wedding was beautiful and quiet. We shall be perfectly happy, for Bert and T are ideally suited. We're off now to some spot which we shall not mention —for honeymooners don't tell—and afterwards we'll settle down on Shuna.

"We shall make our own electricity, and lay a telephone line to the island.

"We loathe society, and will visit London only when we cannot help it. Our mutual interests extend even to playing the bagpipes."