STORY IN HIGH LIFE.

Kumara Times, Issue 469, 28 March 1878, Page 2

STORY IN HIGH LIFE.

A telegram from Sydney in the Melbourne Herald says :—Another development of the scandal in high life, telegraphed a few days since, was made public this morriiUih It will be remembered that the daughter of the Governor of one of the Col mies received attentions from two Cabinet -Ministers, when it was discovered that the favored one was already married to his i servant, and the other declined after | that to consent to his Attentions being j regarded ns serious. This gentleman I (the. Hou. Gew. Thorne, the then | Premier of Queensland) subsequently [ married Miss Uniacke, the daughter of I a Melbourne merchant. He suhseI quently resigned the- Premiership, and announced his intention to leave for England in the Lusitania with his bride. Pursuant to this announcement, I Mr and Mia Thorne went on board the : steamer in question on tlje day ap- : pointed for her to sail from Sydney. I There was a great crowd of'persons on board seeing their friends off. The ex-Premier of, Queensland and his wife were accompanied by a large number of acquaintances of both sexes Just as Mi Thorne stepped on : board, Supreme Court Bailiff-Thomas made known his presence, arid politely intimated that he was there to execute a, writ at the suit of Kate Keenan, barmaid at Lennon’s Hotel, Brisbane, who had instituted an action against the hun. gentleman for breach of promise of marriage. The writ was intended to prevent the departure of Mr Thorne. His arrest created a great flutter on board, especially among the ladies. Fortunately, Mr Thorne’s friends were with him, and there was no difficulty in obtaining the necessary l>onda that he would meet the suit. They eutered into bom Is for costs and damages, and Mr Thorne was then released, and proceeded on his voyage.