(By Telegraph. BLENHEIM Aug. 27. The divorce case Lucas v. Lucas, and Radd, co-respondent was heard to-day. The petitioner is a storekeeper at Blen heim and the co-respondent who is a married man with seven children is a butcher in Blenheim. After discovering their intimacy the wife separated from her husband and went to live in Nelson with her mother. No opposition was made to the petition by the respondent or co respondent. The case was adjourned till Monday for the production of another witness.
ADVANTAGES OF IN SURANCES.
(By Telegraph.) HAWERA, Aug. 27. Donald Ironside who was killed on the railway on Thursday had just completed arrangements for insuring his life. He had been accepted by the Government agent as of first-class life, but he wished to put it off for a month or two and strangely enough one of the arguments Used to convince him of the wisdom of in suring at once was that any day he might tumble off the engine. There was some informality in the necessary papers owing to a miscalculation by the dept, which was to have been rectified on Wednesday, but though it is doubtful whether the trans action was actually completed, govern ment have decided to pay the amount of the policy (£200) less the first payment, which was to have been made in Septem ber.
SERIOUS FIRE AT BLEN HEIM.
