WEDDING FIASCO.
BRIDEGROOM DISAPPEARS. NO LICENSE SECURED. ALL THE GUESTS ASSEMBLE. Christchurch, Wednesday. As a wedding repast it lacked an essential qualification—there was neither bride nor bridegroom to grace it! So there was no toast list, no speech. There was nothing except cakes and other tasty tilings. It happened at St. Albans. The wedding was announced and about 80 guests invited, but on the day of the ceremony the intended husband could not be found. He had not given any hint that he intended to escape the performance of his contract, but the girl’s parents became suspicious. Inuvestigations by them revealed the fact that he had not even taken out a marriage license. It was then too late to prevent the guests from attending at the church where the ceremony was to have been performed. As the guests arrived they were told to assemble at the place where the wedding feast had been set. There they learned that the wedding was definitely and finally “off.” They consoled themselves with the refreshments.
The man and the girl have lived next door to one another for some time. They had been engaged for about 18 months. It is reported that the man has disappeared from Christchurch.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2459, 27 July 1922, Page 4
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204WEDDING FIASCO. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2459, 27 July 1922, Page 4
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