A. remarkable breach of promise case was heard in Lbndon on April 2nd. The plaintiff,, an elderly man named Friday, returned from Illinois last autumn, and renewed an old acquaintance with a lady named Avery, living near Maidstone, whom he had not seen for 19 years. He was out of health and had no money; she had just received a legacy of LI 100. He proposed marriage, and she accepted bis off r, but two days before the appointed wedding day she refused to go to church with him until he had executed a marriage settlement. He positively declined to have an interview with her lawyer, and brought an action for a breach of promise, which resulted in a verdict in his favor for L2O. He four 100 ton guns purchased of Sir William Armstrong and Go. by the British Government are to be appropriated to the defence of Malta and Gibraltar,two to (each station. Thu price to bp paid for each gun Uffct&ted to bhl<l6,2Qo.
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Kumara Times, Issue 836, 5 June 1879, Page 4
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