Mary Pickford.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 May 1922, Page 3

Mary Pickford.

imJKKTS Ob' PHKsSS ASSOCIATION'. I ItV TKI.KCIt.U’II —l’Klt PItKSS ASSOCIATION] W Kill , I NGTOX, * May 30. i 111 consequence of various references to .Miss Mary Pickford that have appeared from time to time in tlie press ! tallies recently, Mr A. Davies, flier representative in New Zealand! referred tlie statements in tliem to Ids principals in United States, and lias received , tlie following cable from Denis O’Brien of New York. (Attorney for Mary Bickford! : . ! No suit concerning Mary Bickford s ; marriage or divorce' lias ever been brought or decided in the courts of New York State. Consequently there could be no decision. A suit has been brought in Nevada, hut has been oh- '■ j exited to on the grounds that Nevada has no jurisdiction over the parties to the suit. Judge f-angan decided m favor of Mira Bickford and an appeal | was taken and is now pending, but no decision has been rendered as yet. ] Should a decision he rendered against Miss, Bickford, the disc would then go i to trial on the facts and decree in her ' divorce case is absolute, until set aside by the. last Court which could not he : finally determined for several years. > Hence the reported statement in the I newspapers appears to be elenilv libellous, .

The Press Association understands much annoyance and loss have been caused by the cables relating to Miss Pickford’s marriage affairs and regrets in view of Mr O’Brien’s statement that anythin" should have been published which •"•'ld l-e c mstroed as detrimental to her.