DIVORCE COURT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1443, 2 May 1905, Page 2

DIVORCE COURT.

.{Pec Press Association.)

Dunedin, last night. In the Divorce Court, in Yates v. Yates, wife’s petition, a deoree nisi was granted on the grounds of adnltery.

In the case of Wilson v. Wilson, husband’s petition, a decree nisi was - granted, to be absolute after three months. The parties had been married at Lyttelton. There were six children. About 1899 things did not go on well, and his wife sometimes stayed out at night. Returning to the house unexpectedly one day, the husband fonnd a man there, and chased him, whereupon the wife cursed him and left the house within an hour, going to live in the same house as tbe man referred to. They subsequently left Dunedin, and three years ago he received a tetter from Melbourne demanding money. Recently she returned and asked to see the children. Her name was in the passenger list of .a steamer whioh left for Melbourne on Sunday. Corroborative evidence was given by a son. In the case of MoMaster v. MoMaster, wife’s petition, the respondent, James MoMaster, of Mangamatoe, butcher, did not appear. The parties were married in 1876. Misbehavior of the husband ted to a separation. He agreed to pay £1 per week, but only made one payment and cleared out. A decree nisi, to be made absolute in three months, was granted.