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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 157, 5 September 1866, Page 3

Major Warburton,, who started about three months ago on an exploring; expedition - i'o ~- the northrw^stern part ofthe' contid'entyin 1 that unknown countjry "at :jthe back-' of .thp- • Great Australian Bight, .arrived at. Mouni' Margaret on the 17th of "J^uly.'' News was '' received in Adelaide that -the whole*- /par^*' * were safe and well.' Major Warbur^n.wa^' : ' \ to start for the exploration -of No Man's Land. An earthquake is reported^to have occurred . in the' Gurneracha district, y N;>S.'-W,,' 'at hi.' quarter past 10 p.m.' on the 24th .ultimo: A^ large meteor, nine inches in diaifcife'te^' with a tail 50 yards long, in the easfeii'. sky -was observed to burst with, & tremendous, report. The new Divorce Act, whi.ch7was recently passed, has been printed. It con tains" several' r * important proyisiohs7 a dissolution of .marria§4/ha h s';b(Eien' ih the practice of ordering across /or" 'annual payment to be made to a wife^; built h'asha^pfen'ett frequently .that a husband,,^^has had.np/propety on which such an order could be maieie. The court is now empowered to makejnrorder for monthly or weekly pay meKt/'' aiid if the husband is unable to continue -such payment, to discharge or modify the order,"-or to suspend the same wholly or in part, • In- rcertain cases; relief may be granted" .oil reapoh^ dent as if a petition had been filed , seeking such relief. A decree nisi for a" disisolh'tt'on of marriage isnotto.be absolute for six^oatbs, unless a shorter time is specially fixed. The act has immediate' operation", and is now in force. According to the Lancet,' the cholera is reappearing on. all. sides. On the 26th and 27th of May more than IOO' deaths occurred at Djeddah. Numerous„cases. have occurred at Nantes, Rotterdam, and Altenburg. 35 deaths occurred on board -the stedmer -Peruvian on her passage, from Liverpool to NewYork, and 20 cases with IS deaths "on board the same vessel subsequently whilst in quaran* tine. Another steamer*, the Union;,- from Liverpool to New York, j.ad 26 deaths during her voyage out. Several cases are reported in the most unhealthy parts' of laverpobl, and one death, after a few hours' illness, at Marsh, near Huddersfieldi "- • ■■''••-'■■-•-