NEWS OF THE DAY.
Onr reports of yesterday’s meeting of the Education Board and the- first day’s proceed ings at the annual meeting of the Druids’ Grand Lodge, and Mastorton notes, appear on the fourth page. His Excellency the Governor, who is visit ing the Otago Lakes, was yesterday at Glen orchy, at the head of Lake Wakatipu, The Hon Mr Cadman is expected to arrive from Auckland this week. He will probably be accompanied by the General Manager of the Railways, Mr Thos. Ronayne.
Full details' of the principal contents of this week’s issue of the New Zealand Mail will be found‘set forth in an advertisement on our front page tq-day. A curious case came before Mr Martin, S.M., yesterday, when Robert Sutherland was charged with baring deserted his wife. The facts, .'-which ‘were admitted, showed that on defendants deserting his wife she insti tuted-’' proceedings for a divorce, but on bearing that -her husband was dead she married another-:man, and bad children by him. This man/ijas since died, and she then heard her first--husband was alive, and sought to recover support from him on the ground that she was a destitute person. The question for His Worship to decide was whether Sutherland was liable • for her sup port under the- Destitute Persons Act, she being a destitute person, although at com mon law she was not liable, as she bad technically committed adultery. Mr Skerrett appeared for tlie husband, and Dr Findlay for Mrs Hia Worship withheld his decision until Friday.
