NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2685, 19 January 1924, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

A wedding service at SI. Luke’s j Church, Wanganui, recenlly ended prematurely, owing to Ihe bride's ; 1 refusal to say “I will.” The Inide- > groom thereupon seized his Iml ■ and left the church. The girl had ' twice previously declined to proceed ' l ’ with the marriage, Iml yielded to her 3 lover’s persuasion. She remained 1 to see her brother married, a doub- ■ lo ceremony having originally been • arranged. Nor o little exeileim-iil was oaus- ’ ed by the presence of a fair-sized 1 shark at Plimmerton lasi Sunday. The popular holiday resort is at ■ present crowded with visitors, in- - eluding a good many from the 1-01111-e try districts. Bathers have, of f coarse, been numerous, and the preR senee of a shark was not noticed t until Sunday morning. Notwit-li- " standing the fact. Unit an exceed ’• ingly heavy sen. was running, it kept well along the shore, coming e so close that many bathers were aR harmed. There wen- many midoe terred, however, and the visit of the y unwelcome intruder did not seriouse Iv affect the number in the surf, y Plimmerton has been l ire from pre--0 vious visitations. —Exchange. In the Dunedin Police Court a ’> young man, aged 2-), was charged " with abducting a girl under sixteen. ' Tlie police said the parties were married in Australia, subsequent to " (he alleged abduction. There was, 1 however, a matter «»I false declar'd otion, the girl having given her age ' 5 as 21 .years. The charge was laid on the information of the father. £ Counsel for accused -aid the par,v cuts now realised that ihe accused was a decent young man. and desired to make it up with him. The c girl’s home life had been of an 1111e desirable character, and the accus- ' ed had taken her away. The po- " lice were granted a remand for further inquiries to be made.