DIVORCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 214, 6 September 1912, Page 2

DIVORCE.

SPIRITS AND SPIRITUALISM. (Bj Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON", this day. In support of her petition for a divorce from her husband, Krnest Frederick Buckthought, some peculiar facts were related in the Supreme Court yesterday by Catherine Grace Buckthought. The parties were married at Stratford in 1801. The respondent was at that time a butcher. They lived for twelve year 3at various places, chiefly being in the hotel line of business. After thjfi the husband became somewhat erratic in his movements, and had a habit of leaving his wife for weeks at a time to shift for herself. Eventually they landed in Masterton, whero Buckthought developed Spiritualism badily. He sailed out of the houik; at midnight on ope occasion, and a.fter that the petitioner had on more than one occasion to take court proceedings against him for maintenance. He also went in for spirits as well as Spiritualism, and between the two had no time to look after his proper duties. On one occasion, when he flitted in a hurry, he said he had been having an interview down the ' street with his' mother's spijit" concerning who. "wae going to rise, and who was going to fall." He also had a habit of consulting tht epirits—the non-material ones—about the attitude of his neighbours, and this accounted for many of his sudden : changes of residence. Since he had left heT permanently, the petitioner had supported herself. The Court granted a decree on the ground of desertion. Mr. ' E. H. Northcraft appeared for .the peti- > tioner. i