BRITISH AFFAIRS

Southland Times, Issue 19522, 23 May 1922, Page 5

BRITISH AFFAIRS

EARL AND WIDOW A LOVE ENTANGLEMENT (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association). (United Service). LONDON, May 20. The young Earl of Kinnoul, aged twenty, has sailed for South Africa, it is alleged as the outcome of a love entanglement. According to the story he told interviewers, he met Mrs Elsie Dulcie Trewartha, otherwise known as Miss Surle, a widow, aged 25, a few weeks ago, and as the result of the acquaintance went to a registry office, but the registrar informed him he could not marry them without the consent of one of his guardians, as he was a minor. The Earl declared he meant it for a joke, but when the Registrar wanted to see his birth certificate he thought the joke had gone far enough. Earl Kinnoul added that he liked the lady, but had no intention of marrying her. Hp* was paying for the joke, because his mother was packing him off to South Africa. Miss Surle told an interviewer that she certainly did not regard it as a joke, and was amazed to think the Earl did. They had a real round of pleasure together, and found each other most congenial company. They kept their engagement secret. She gave notice of the marriage at the registry office. She did not know the Earl was a minor, and described him as George Hay, 23, insurance agent. She expressed her determination of sailing for South Africa by the same boat as the Earl. The Earl’s mother, in the meantime, took steps to prevent thie. She told interviewers that if Miss Surle joined the steamer the Earl would walk off. She described the affair as a silly boyish escapade. The Earl had told htr he never intended to marry Miss Surle. The Earl’s party joined the steamer with stacks of luggage, keeping a sharp look-out and prepared to leave if the lady appeared. Miss Surle failed to appear before the steamer sailed for South Africa. It is stated Mi® Surle left by night boat for Paris, with the alleged intention of meeting the Earl at Madeira. MR LLOYD GEORGE. BESTING IN TILE COUNTRY. LONDON, May 21. Mr Lloyd George has gone into the country. He will return for a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. He is unlikely to make a statement regarding the Genoa Conference until May 29 WAR GRAVES. IUSTRAUAN MONUMENTAL SECTION DEMOBILISED. (United Service). LONDON, May 20. The Australian monumental section attending to soldiers’ graves in France and Belgium has been demobilised. Probably the work will be completed by civilian labour. Meantime it is reported that some monuments are in I ad condition and threatened with collapse. Some were never properly finished. Nothing has yet been done in connection with Mr Hughes's proposal to spend a quarter of a million in erecting a memorial at Villers Bretonneux. Peasants apparently assuming that the scheme has been fibandoned, are commencing to grow crops on land acquired by the Commonwealth.