NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 62, 6 December 1907, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

[BT TKLEOIIArH.—FIIES9 ASSOCIATION.] ...♦.' - ' DIVORCE COURT. THE ACT OF LAST SESSION. '■ " , Chrlstchurch, Decombor 5. At a divorce sitting of tho Supromo Court to-day Mr. Russell appeared in support of an application for a dissolution ofjiiarriago, ■■'•.' tho ground alleged being tho failure'of tho respondent to,comply with, an'order for tho [1 restitution of conjugal rights. His Honour d said that he had not soon'-tho Act of last s session. He supposed it had to bo sub--0 mitted for tho. assent, of His Majesty, but the Act was cortainly intended to do away with that sort of thing. ' Mr. Russell said ; > ho did not think tho Act had any retrospec'i' tivo' action. His Honour said ho thought ;-' there was a reservation to the effect that r tho Act should not projudico any impending proceeding. Ho understood that from a Press report, but if : the assumption was ■ wrong tho decree would bo void, and Mr. ' Russell would have to apply to havo it 1 rescinded. In tho meantime, ho.wouldtako .' the law as ho found it at present. In j granting tho decree, His Honour said that that form of rc'ady-mado desertion had at--3 tracted the attention of, Parliament, but 1 until tho law was altered parties, were en--1 titled to tho advantages of the system. In the Divorce Court to-day, before Mr. 1 Justico Ciiapman, Emily Tait petitioned lor tho dissolution of her marriago with Samuel Fullorton Tait, on tho ground of desertion. 1 Tho parties wero married in July, 1878, at i Chrietchurch, and the petitioner , said her ■ married life was unhappy owing to respondj ont's drinking habits. He loft hor finally in . .January,' 1900, making no provision for nor. I A decree nisi was granted. , Emily Jane Winton was granted a decreo . nisi against George Winton, who had dis- . appeared eight years ago,- and of-whom no ; traco had been found by the police: . . Decrees nisi were also granted in tho cases . of Lilian Rowlands v.. William Rowlands, tho wife's petition, on tho grounds of adultery ' and cruelty; Annio Prceco v. Charles Henry , Prcece, de-sertiori; Albert Movey v. Helen I -Movey, adultery ;■ Gcorgo Hi-'Burtr. Mar- { garet Burt, desertion; Anna-Mary Charlton , v. John Robert Charlton, adultery; Peter , Good v. Elizabeth Good; desertion; Ada \ Elizabeth Irvino v. William Irvine, dosertion. I ■':. LOAVERING THE RECORD. . : 'MAORI'S FINE; PERFORMANCE. ■ : •■ .'.'■.-' Chi-lstbhurch, December 5. •■■ ' The Maori,, on her trip froni .Wellington to i Lyttelton, established a.' record by making • tho trip in Bhr: 57min. -.The time from, heads ' to heads Was Shr. ISmi.n., and the average I speed.of the run 10.56 Knots, notwithstandi ing- the fact that a dense.fog necessitated ; half nnd. reduced speed' for: aii hour and a i. .quarter. ~j r . ['' PRICE OF KAURI INCREASED. \ i Dunedin, December 5. *, Tho. price of first-class kauri timber :n 1 Dunodin has advanced 'four''.shillings per , ,' 100 ft. as from December I. ■' "•'■' '•' : ;. ■ THE NAPIER FIRE. ' Napier, December 5. ': Tho shop in Hastings Street, occupied by ; Mr. J. M'. Phillips, confectioner, which was ' gutted by fire last night, was owned by Mrs. Abbott, and. was ', insured/for. £300 in. the Northern...' Rico's ■'.confectionery •. shop was owned ,by the School Conimissioners and. in-. ' siired for. £100 in the Alliance;: ■■'••. : BIG STATION SOLD. l ' .' Blenheim, Decombor 5. Tho largest private land sale in Marlborough camo oif yesterday, James Bell disr posing of Weld's Hill ahd Upton Downs, in Upper Awatero, to a- Christcnurch syndicate for about £120,000 as a going concern off tho ' shears. The area is 50,600 acres, carrying ' } 30,000 sheep. ./.-•' j ! REGISTRY OFFICE FEES. ' ■ Christchurch, December 5. ! .'Dissatisfaction is expressed by Christ- ■ church registry office ..keepers mowing -to v the fact that the; scale of■ remuneration allowed ' them is limited to that specified for obtain- ' ing employmont in which the salary is £1 per ! week or over.- It is contonded that a liignor ! scale should bo arranged to cover salaries ! of £2 or over, and to deal with cases where ! situations are .procured for skilled workmen, station managers, and others. . CHAMPION RUNNER. I ' ' Napier, December 5. j Private intimation has been received that . A.' B. Postlo, world's ehanipion runner, who I defeated Day. the Irish champion, is 'about; > to visit the Dominion, arriving At the end I of January..' This opens a-world's tour at , the conclusion of'which Postle retires. Ho ' is willing to run anyoilo in 'tho' Dominion up '. to 440 yards. ■ ' '■'■"; ■ THE ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF AUCK- ■' LAND./ ' r '" Auckland; December 5. 1 The Anglican Bishop of Auckland (Dr. r Neligan) loaves by tho Waikaro.oh Saturday ; week for Wellington, where ho joins tho ; Tongariro for London. Archdeacon Calder r will act as Commissary'during the Bishop's 3 absence until ho himself loaves, for . Home, 3 probably at the end' of March. Canon 1 Mao Mii will thenceforth officiate as 3 Commissary until the Bishop's return, l which will, it is oxpected,' be about tho end l of 1008. . .■ ,'-'■ .'■ ' ' ' SUPREME COURT SITTINGS. •. ' i '■;.'■■ Blenheim, December 5. ' i Tho Supreme Court ■ sittings were opened 0 yesterday, Mr. Justice. Cooper,. presiding, f There arp only threo criminal casos. True t bills wore-returned in each., A man named '- M'K.onzie; charged with indecent assault on n a girl, was found not.; guilty.. ':. Robert Burgess, charged with robbery with e violence, was acquitted. The criminal busie ness is now' concluded. ■ ■ . 1 SHEEP-BROKING TRANSACTION. " . • Tima'ru, Decombor 5. f An.important case has just been decided s hero, in connection .with a transaction in " sheep. H. Woodley;su«l Campboll Bros., ■" of Goraldine, for £500 damages for failing I to look after 3000. lambs sold by defendants t to plaintiff, forfonyard delivery. The sale a was made■ last yoar,,just before tho drought, • and defendants claimed to havo done all that 0 possibly could bo done to keep the lambs in' °~'condition., . Prices fell,. and as Woodley, ■i, failed tako delivery, at tho specified time,' 'V the,Campbells resold.the lambs at his risk,! ■-'.' successfully claiming,on him to make up the S difference (£1057) between tho prices realised » at this sale- and what ,Woodley had agreed to " pay. AVoodley. now.,.,plaimed £500, on the ? ground that'the Campbells, had failed to comlf ply with the terms of sale agreed , upon. The. t case was heard before- ,'jijdge Haseldon and a u .' i ur y> who gayo a ; verdict for defendant. t HOME FOR INEBRIATES. r ■■•-.•■ Auckianil, December 5. r At tho invitation of Major Rackham, of )- the Salvation Army, the Hon. G.eo. Fowlds, i- Minister for Education, and .Public Health,, u proceeded this morning on a visit of inn spection to thp new homo for inebriates at u Bell's Island, the s.s. Ruru being "cliaro tered for the occasion. Speeches,wcro made e by Messrs. Fowlds, Kjdd, and Poolo, M.P.'s,' s and others, eulogising the Army work in V. reclaiming the fallen.'-,'.'', £ ■ ' A POLL CARRIED., ), ! Masterton,'December 5. is- The Trust Lands Trust took a poll of voth ers to-day for the purpose of raising a loan ;! : of £10,000 for building on the trust sec:s tions. - The poll was carried by 154 to 47. )t '•',-. ——