SUPREME COURT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2933, 20 November 1916, Page 9

SUPREME COURT

DIVORCE CASES

'A sitting of the Divorce Court was held on Saturday morning, tho Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) presiding. A decree nisi was granted to Robert James Roulstou (for whom Mr. H. F. O'Leary appealed.) apiainst Mabel lloulston. Tho petitioner in Jiie evidence stated that the marriage took place in 1903, and about twelve months later his wife left him and lived with a farmer at Ashourton as tho later's wife. After the death of tho farmer,. which' took nlace aboiit a year ago, respondent came to Wellington, and asked tho petitioner to take proceediiiKS for tho annulment of tho marriage. Lack of means was tho solo reason why the petitioner did not take proceedings earlier. Tho petition of Elizabeth Maud Goodall, for tho dissolution of her marriage with George Henry Goodall, was based on. misconduct with her sister. The parties were m_arrie.d in 1907, and in 1914 were living in North Melbourne, when petitioner left her husband owing to trouble caused by her sister. 'Tho petitioner returned "to New Zealand, and in July, 19.15, sho went to live with her husband, who had also returned to_New Zealand ; they lived together in "Auckland until May of this year. In Starch' last petitioner's sister came to Auckland and there was a recurrence of the trouble. There were three children of tho marriage. A dccreo nisi was granted and petitioner was granted interim custody of--the children. Mr. H. F. O'Leary appeared for the petitioner. '• ■ ARBITRATION COURT INTERPRETATION OF AN AWARD. The Inspector of Awards at Wanga« nui recently sought an interprotatiol of an amended award in the matter of tho Wellington Bricklayers' Industrial Union of Workers and the Wellington Builders' and Contractors' Association and others, in respect' to suburban work. The interpretation of the Arbi■'•"SipW Court'has been filed, tho questions and answers thereto being as follow:— Is it permissible for an employer to pay tram fares to and from a suburban job once each way daily, in !ieu-of paying travelling time?— Yes. '■■ Is the payment of 6Jd. per mile, or 'jart of a mile payable the whole of the distance from the Post Office, if i the .work to be performed is situated two miles'or more from the Post Office?— Yes. BANKRUPTCY COURT \ The Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) presided at a short sitting of the Bankruptcy Court on Saturday morning, when tho adjourned application ' of Harry Vivian Gazzard, for discharge was again mentioned by Mr. A. W. Blair ; A'representative'of the Evans Bay Timber Company was present and opposed the discharge, and finally the matter was adjourned for six months in order to give the bankrupt who is at present in Queensland, an opportunity of replying to the objections of tho opposing creditor'.. * . MAGISTRATE'S COURT Mr. .L. G. Raid. S:M., presided in tho Magistrate's Court on Saturday morning. Isidore Jacobus was fined 10s. for insobriety. For committing an indocent act, Thomas Moore was fiucdTlbs., and 1 on a similar chafgo Matthew Hogan was fined. £1. , ■ .. • • ~ James Mordant, - who was. doomed to be a rogue and vagabond,' was convicted and ordered-to come up for sentence; when called on. Horace .Graham Rutter was charged attempted suicido, but it was sworn tl.ja.t_ he had taken poison through a mistake, and'the information was dismissed.