WEDDING PREVENTED

Taranaki Daily News, 30 April 1931, Page 7

WEDDING PREVENTED

DRAMATIC INTERRUPTION. BEST MAN’S OBJECTIONS. A wedding ceremony was stopped dramatically in .the Methodist Church at Ballarat last Wednesday. Air. J. Young, who was best man to his brother. Air. T. Young, who was to be married to Aliss Williams, objected to the service being performed. As the clergyman was about to begin Young declared in a loud voice: “In God’s name and in God’s House, I object.” The church contained a large number of friends of both parties, and they were astounded by the outburst. Air. J. Young then turned and almost collapsed on the church floor. The minister quickly ushered the bride and bridegroom, the bride’s father and the best man into the vestry. There they Were asked if there was any legal reason why the ceremony should not Ije completed." The best man said he had reason to believe that his brother did not love the bride sufficiently to be wedded to her, and he had acted in their interests. , • t The minister expressed a desire that the ceremony should be completed, but both the bridegroom and the best man objected, and an announcement that the wedding had been postponed was made to the friends and guests in the church. Miss 'Williams was taken to her home. The next day she was suffering considerably from shock. Alany costly presents had been received, and a wedding breakfast had been arranged. Air. Jack Young said in an interview that ho had acted “conscientiously, in the best interests of his brother and Aliss Williams.” It was later stated that Air. T. Young and Aliss Williams had made new arrangements for their wedding.