A CHINESE BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.
As a proof that yfche Chinese are imitating iii some respects the habits and customs of the " barbarians," and are approaching a- high state of civilisation, the Mount Ida Chronicle gives the following : —".A Mongolian storekeeper in a mining township not a hundred miles from Naseby, becama enamoured of a f.ir ana attractive * barbarian,' of the age of «sweet seventeen,' at whose feet many presents were oft bestowed. The marriage- was arranged to take place about Christmas' time, "and matters so far appeared to have ran smoothly, and would probably have done so but for the accident of a young, if not handsome, swain from the ' Land o' Ca fees' appearing on the scene, who , wooed* and the «winsome lassie 1' The recipient of the many and valuable gifts turned her back upon the Floweryiander, and gave her heart and hand, in. the. orthodox fashion, to the son of Scoria. The result is that the disap) >ointed ' heathen,' in order to sooth his wounded.feelings, has placed the matter in the hands of a Mimb of the law,' who wjll sue for breach of promise of marriage, with heavy damages—the first case of the kind, we believe, that has happened in history."
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Kumara Times, Issue 667, 16 November 1878, Page 2
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207A CHINESE BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. Kumara Times, Issue 667, 16 November 1878, Page 2
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