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The Melbourne -World is responsible for the following : — '* A most romantic cast- of courtship and marriage, m which the principal actors are well known, bnt of widely different status, has just come about. The l>ride and bridegroom were j bMh ei;st while residents of one of the most substantial seaside aud rural town 1 of Victoria. The bride is a daughter ot k professional man, and the briilegrooin a jockey. Both were young, neithei being upwards of twenty years of age. The lady left her western home about a week or so ago, ostensibly with the intention of meeting friends m Melbourne, and, wilh them, proceeding to Tasmania for a chatigu. She left home by steamer, reached Melbourne m safety, and m a few days her parents were astonished at receiving a telegram to say that their quiet daughter had been married to a jockey."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 9, 9 December 1884, Page 2
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149NOTES ON CURRENT EVENTS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 9, 9 December 1884, Page 2
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