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— [PER I'UESS ASSOCIATION.] B'RvEACH. OF PROMISE. Auckland, May 14. In the Supreme Court, lima Eileen Pe'gler claimed £501 from Georga T. Coxhcad, farmer, for breach of promise of marriage. About a mont'i bofore the date fixed for the marriage defendant broke off the engagement, offering no excuse. Defendant's counsel denied the statement by opposing contneded that Coxliead's family had been agreeable to the engagement only so long as it proved a bar to defendant being compelled to go to the war. and that their attitude changed on tho -introduction of the Military Service Act. Counsel said that defendant finding hifl affection waning had taken the course of breaking off the relationship rather than risk marriage in tho circumstance®. This, counsel suggested, was an honorable course. The jury awarded plaintiff £200.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 15 May 1917, Page 2
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