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Wethered's Championship From Our Own Correspondent, Edinburgh, May 16.
In the Roman Catholic Church of Shotts, near Lanark, the marriage took place of Mr. Owen M'Kenna to Lady Pleasance Elizabeth Rous, eldest daughter of the third Earl and Countess of Stradbroke. The bridegroom is 24, and the bride is about the same age. Mr. M'Kenna is a wireless officer in the employment of the P. and O. Shipping Ca., and it was during a voyage of his ship from Australia to India that he met his bride. Lady Pleasance stayed in the house of Mr. M'Kenna's parents: for the 21 days required by Scottish Law, and was received into the Roman Catholic Church before her marriage. Mr. M'Kenna, Snr., is at present cmployed as a waggerier at the Baton Colliery, Shotts. His son, prior to becoming a wireless operator, was also employed in the mines.
The Earl of Stradbroke, who has been Governor of Victoria since! 1920, owns about 10,000 acres of land. He is an A.D.C. to the King. He has held many public offices in England, principally in the county of Suffolk. He was also prominent Freemasonry, being Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria, Australia. When residing in England his home is Bonham Hall, Wangford, Suffolk.
The suggestion that the marriage had not their consent has been contradicted by Lord and Lady Stradbroke, who have just arrived in London from Australia. "We would have been at the wedding had we reached England in time: We gave our daughter a pearl necklace with a diamond clasp as a wedding present, and we sent a telegram of congratulation from Marseilles.'""
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