NEWS BY MAIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1923, Page 4

NEWS BY MAIL.

• LOVER’S FAIRV TALES. LONDON, .Tuly 12 At Manchester Assizes yesterday Miss Lily Proctor, 23, typist, of Met-bourne-stroct, Blackpool, was awarded CloO damages for breach of promise against Albert Morgan, 25, electrical engineer, of Blackpool. It was stated that they jointly sent out invitations to the wedding. Presents and furniture arrived at the gill’s house, and on the day liefore the wedding she found that the furniture was only hired and that no ntrangements had been made for the ceremony. Telegrams were sent to llie guests and the presents returned.

Morgan, said he loved the girl and told her the untruths to make her believe he had done everything necessary for the wedding. NEPTUNE’S “BAR HER.” LONDON, July 12 The King and Queen at Dunfermline yesterday visited a number of institutions whieli the late Mr Andrew Carnegie had presented to his native town. They had a long talk with Mrs Carnegie, the widow of the bone (actor. After planting some trees in a park the King spoke to a naval veteran named Philip Barton, who was ship’s barber in the Bacchante when in 1880, the King, then a midshipman, “crossed the line” for the first time. “I shaved your Majesty, as Neptune’s barber, when crossing the Equator,” said the old fellow, at which the King smiled and shook him by the hand.