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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 139, 13 June 1881, Page 3

The following new marriage service for divorced persons is proposed in an American paper, the independent. The persons to be married anew to second partners being present, the minister — after certificates of the divorce or divorces have been tendered to him — shall say: "Who giveth the indemnity bond to the minister, to secure him in case there should be any trouble growing out of this little affair':" This question having been answered by the execution then and thereof a good and sufficent bond, let the persons take each other by the hand, and let the minister say to the bridegroom, calling him by name: "You — take (his women to be your more or less lawful wife, and you promise to render to her the duties that society expects of you in this relation, until some incompatibility of temper arises, or until the present arrangement is regularly dissolved by the Divorce Courts. Thus you promise — though, if you don't choose to keep your wodr, I do not see what in the world is going to be done about it." Answer: " With this understanding, I do." Then let the minister cay to the bride : " You, , take this man to be in a certain sense of the word, your lawful husband ; and you promise, having taken all necessary precautions to secure your property in your own right, to show a due respect to the conventionalities of society until incompatibility or divorce shall part you. Thus you promise " Answer : "It strikes me as safe to do so." The minister then pronounces the parties as husband and wife according to the words of the statue, and the service concludes by the payment of. his fees. A friendly Bociety iv the Wairarapa Valley has expelled one of its members owing to a committee having held that certain charges had been proved. The charges were that, being a married man, he had eloped with another man's wife, and left his own wife and children destitute and unprovided for. The Native Lands Court concluded its sittings at Masterton on Tuesday. The Star says that as the final act in the dusky drama about 16,000 acres of the native reserve, Tararua Mountains, were acquired by the Government, Mr Booth paying down £200 in four bundles of £50 each. A smile of intense satisfaction overspread the countenances of the audience as the bundles of notes were presented. Of course the £200 has to be distributed over the members of the tribes according to their respective claims, and while some will be able to pocket a few pounds clber3 will receive, as the price of their heritage, the magnificent sum of one penny.