A Romance In China
Two Chinese, who had been engaged* for 50 years, have just got married in Changhsiang, China. Chen Min-pa, aged 18, asked Miss Nieh, aged 11, to marry him. But after they had plighted their tro h her fiance had a fight with his father and ran away to become a soldier. For 50 years he never returned and though friend’s besought Miss Nieh to forget him she remained faithful o his memory, hoping that one day he would return. Now, a high officer in the Kiangsi army, he has returned and married her.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 427, 7 May 1937, Page 3
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97A Romance In China Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 427, 7 May 1937, Page 3
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