A bank clerk who married in 1934 without his bank's permission, had his secret discovered after three years and is to be sacked this month, it was revealed on April 29 at a Scottish bankers' conference in Glasgow.
The clerk works for the Worth of Scotland Bank in the Aberdeen dis inet. His name was not given,.states the "Daily Express.
/Mr. Alexander Kelly, secretary of the Scottish Bankers Association, said: "Before his secret marriage the clerk was earning £140 a y his wife £60. This made their ines, come £200. [Scottish bank employees are forbidden to wed if their income is under £200 a year.)
The couple have now a daughter and the bank have turned down all the man's claims to have the matter reviewed.
Mr. Kelly added that the clerk did not tell the bank of his secret marriage, but in 1937 he applied for permission to marry and this was granted.
He went with the woman who was then his wife, and they were married purely to regularize the matter from the bank's point of view.
Some time later the clerk made Wheelers could play in making it a success. Mrs. Chen spoke most interest ingly in English and Chinese on the lines indicated by the Vice-Chairman.
At the conclusion of Mrs. Chen's speech, which was received with acclamation, Mr. L. T. Yuan was introduced to the meeting. He said that it gave him great pleasure to be present that day, for, apart from the eloquence Mrs. Chen had brought to her subject, she had provided them all with a great deal to consider from the Safety First Traffic point of view. Mr. Yuan felt that, with so many young people present, they had ample opportunity not only to pass the information on to their schoolmates and friends for the benefit of all concerned.
Mr. Yuan said he was particularly pleased to be able to support the Wheelers' president, Mr. Kyat Tong as they had been schoolmates 40 years before and had not met since until that morning. In conclusion, Mr. Yuan wished to Congratulate the Police Department and particularly Assistant Commissioner Baker on their inauguration of this most necessary campaign, which he wished every possible success.
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