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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2608, 18 May 1877, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

Thursday. ' A meeting of the creditors of O'Shea was . held this afternoon ; ; liabilities, £29,000; deficiencies, £18,0 CD. It is proposed to. divide four - and - sixpence. The accounts showed a profit of £1,100 in 1875, and a loss,in 187S of. £7,000. A Divorce and 'Matrimonial Causes Court was opened to-day. Dr Buller moved for a decree absolute in the case of Grace v. Grace and Te .Ngahoa, of the Thames, but the case w;is postponed in consequence of an affidavit not having been filed in the Auckland Supreme Court. Mr Travers moved for a hearing and a decree nisiin. the case of Lloy.d v. Lloyd. It appeared from the setting out of the case on' Behalf of the petitioner, that the parties were married in Auckland, bat-did not live happily together, and thdi|»ititioner left her husband op account of his constant unkindness, and refused- to live, with him afterwards, "thoughhhe endeavoured fio get her to do so. He afterwards weint to California, and got married, and evidence w.as put.in to show that the respondent was the same Trevor Lloyd who had beMithe husband of the petitioner. After 1 'going: over.ithe grounds of argument, a decre»*wlf granted in the usual form.

A. Government G&zettc ,anibbiibe» tlta* the Governor in fCbuncij''ta^fixed fgis following schedule as to pay.and. trafel^g allowance of Armed 'i Ocmstabuliry«rfi> Sergeant-Major, 10s ; Sergeant, Ist elais, 9s 6d ; Sergeant, 2nd class, 9s>£*rgMgtit, 3rd class, 8s 6d; Constables, Ist class, 8s; Constables, 2nd class, 7s 6^ Con-stables,-3rd class, 7s; Detectivel, Ist class, 12s; Detectives, 2nd clasaj^Ls; Detectives, 3rd, class, 10s; non-commis-sioned officers and constables an-reserve divisions to receive Is per day*less than the above rates; The traveling allowance of non-commissfoned officer^ %Jand constables is fixed at 6s per diem.