RUNAWAY VICAR.
LEAVES-HIS WIFE £20. 'UNCONTROLLABLE IMPULSES.' By Tele«rM>fr-Prcss Association— Oonyrfiht London, February 0. Dr. Rumbold, of Leeds, states that since the Rov. Albert Ifnight, the vicar of Hunslot, who has left for Australia with a school teaclicr, sustained concussion of tho brain in a motor accident ho has boon subject to periodical attacks of uncontrollable impulses'. Sir J. W. Taverner, Agent-General for Victoria, states that Victoria will probably recoup from KnighFs money the 'oost of the assisted passages which were secured by Knight and his female companion. , London, February 7, Knight left his wife only .£2O. An application to the Victorian Government, dated November 21, for an assisted passage, states that Knight was brought up to farm work until manhood, and that ho was then a clerk until 1912, which ho spent in poultry farming.. The Rev. Mr. Cobbett, Knighfs curate, states that a blank marriage certificate is missing from tho church books. Miss Suifell, a friend of Knight's female companion, states that Knight said ho thought the parish would provide for his wife if he was bolioved to be dead.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1669, 8 February 1913, Page 5
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182RUNAWAY VICAR. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1669, 8 February 1913, Page 5
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