PECULIAR AUCKLAND CASE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 207, 29 August 1912, Page 7

PECULIAR AUCKLAND CASE.

TJOO NOT'__!^OW'S'OTrr , ' A _>e-__h_r«__se-ig likely-to*e irrrfoMed in the Am_3—d Poßce Court in theoourse cf » day or two. In Decemtxir last there aErived in Aucldand a rtmned and delicate woman,, with three lifcße chibiren. She expected: ber husband (who h_d preceded her from Canada) to meet her. Awdotts inquiries were without avail, and for months she did not know wbefi«er ber faHsbaml was dead or alive. Her sooty iandß coon gave out, and ehe Jiad to Kppea-l to the Salvation Army fbr a-sistaoce. Tbey fonnd a iiome for the w.omaa and her chiMr-n for some Weeks,, and then the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board had to undertake the respoos_]ffity of the family's upkeep, for- the mother, worried by the disappearance of her husband, became in, and since, the be-jinning of the year she has heent an invalid, relying solely upon the Boald for help. Meantime the H_rvutiou Army officials tmdertook to search Australia for the mtesmg husband. A photogcaph was ins<jrted in; <tfoe "War Cry,' and provided a kwy wherewith to •orve the mystery. A fellow passenger to New Zealand .by the same boat informed the Army people that the person advertised for "had: been very sweet on ja. girl on tbe ship, and had manned her at C3nistcmireh." A copy of the marriage record s was obtained from Hiri-teh-rcn, and the allejjed .btgaanist was traced- Dy ttoe Army officials to MelhcHirme- TheOharitatile Aid Board officials then stepped, in, ar_d the man was apprehended on a charge of wife desertion, and. brongirt. back to .____fcSand. On amval he was corrfrontod by those wlho clahoed to be his wfSr. and chnldTen, but denied to *herr feces that he had ever seen . them before. "■Madam, I do not know yon," ffaiy his reply, in the preseT-- of Major To«__ier, to the heart-broken appeal of the woman who claims to be his wife. A charge of bigamy has not yet been pnrferred against the man, but it is understood that the police are awaiting further information from Christchurch. =