WELLINGTON.
This* day. « Id the Divorce Court case of Monk ton T. Monkton, His Honor refitted with regret to grant a decree nisi. He considered the case to be of an unprecedented nature, but the present law ga*» him n» option-: cruelly in, the eye of the law'not having been proved. He expressed a hope that tbo case would be the means of amending the Deceased Wife's Sister' Act, which deprived a woman of remedy in such cases a« the present. A fire broke out this morning at four o'clockin v shed belonging to the Tramway Co., containing chaff cutting; machinery, which was completely destroyed. The damage is estimated at between £400 and £500. There was no insurance. The cause is unknown, though circumstances are suspicious.
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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5073, 18 April 1885, Page 2
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126WELLINGTON. Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5073, 18 April 1885, Page 2
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