A movement is being set on foot Imre to establish a gymnasium and reading room for young men. A meeting will shortly be held, when the scheme will be more fully discussed. ‘‘ I belong to an old-fashioned union,’ said a Conciliation Board witness yesterday. “I am married.” At the annual meeting of the Hew Zealand Cricket Association held at Christchurch, Dr. Peerless, of Wakefield, was elected President. An Ohio man, sued for breach of promise of marriage, put in as a defence that the girl when he proposed to hei weighed ten stone, and he abandoned her because she did so. She says that her large weight spoils her chances of getting any one else, and that as it accumulated while she was waiting for him he is guilty of contributory negligence. *.** Subscription to the MOTUEKA STAR : —Three Shillings and Sixpence a Quarter, which may begin at my ~
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Motueka Star, Volume I, Issue 23, 29 October 1901, Page 4
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