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Seculiar Divorce Cass.

Wellington, Saturday. A peculiar divorce case was heard by the pliief Justice this morning. Margaret Josephine Dunn, formerly., a schoolmistress, sued for a divorce from Walter Essen Cross, of Welling ;>;ton, on the grourd of the latter'i "" bigamy. • The evidence showed hi —been married in Londoi 1875 to a wife wh< is still alive and testified, 'ii ' Court. It farther appeared he ha told Miss Dunn when he marriec her he had another wife, who died There was no appearance of Cross,anc a decree nisi was granted, to be made absolute in fourteen days. . < The Vacant ChristchurchSeat. Chbistchubch, September 18. The representatives of the Libera Party have asked Sir Robert Stout t conte3t the seat vacated by M Perceval. Sir Robert has replied that he will send a definite reply tomorrow. TongaaNewa. . • Auckland, September 17. Arrived —Wainui, from Tonga Among the passengers is George Tnkuaho, Native Premier of Tonga, who comes to see about the revision and printing of the Tongan laws. p®^ i Evgty thing is quiet at Tonga, and are settling down peacefully the Wesleyan and Free Churches. The Mormon leaders have arrived from Samoa to buy land, and settle down to convert Tongans to the Mor mon faith.