CHAMPION BEST MAN
WORLD TITLE CHALLENGED. NEW ZEALANDER’S RECORD. AUCKLAND, January 21. An Englishman’s claim to the title ot ‘■world’s champion best man." i s clia - longed hv friends on In half ol Mr V> • ■J. Bailie, of St. Albans, Christchurch. Against ’.t lie ff'higlishmaißs 22 appearances, Mr Bailie has officiated at no fewer than 29 weddings. On 25 occasions lie has been best mail, once lr‘ was groomsman, and he has act d instead of the father in giving three brides away. A "new, in brief" paragraph in the supplement of the “Herald ot Novem■ber 28, lias been the means ol making Mr Bailie’s record kTiown. The paragraph said : "Mr Alan \Yeither, ol Bournemouth, in England, lias acted as host man at 22 weddings. ! In* number of fiis appearances in the roly is claimed to constitute a record. Mr It. Lowrv, of Auckland, knew thafc be was about the tenth or twelfth on the list of grooms attended hv Mr Bailie, and that since then Mr Bailie had -olfirTa ted for many other I fiends. He enclosed the clipping with hs Christmas gr clings I" his best man. and asked for details. These came te hand yesterday with the record 'pmied XffSMMUMtBBaa/maßmßUKatßa «—maw
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1932, Page 6
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204CHAMPION BEST MAN Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1932, Page 6
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