"LAND OF SAVAGES."

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 211, 7 September 1927, Page 9

"LAND OF SAVAGES."

POET DISLIKES DOMINION.

'LEAVING FOB A

WIFE WANTS MAINTENANCE.

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent) CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. "Poets are as badly treated in this land of whit* savages and All Blacks as they are feted, laurelled and crowned in Merrie England." Geoffrey Wladislos Vaile Potodd de Montalfc. after expressing the foregoing opinion in a letter to his wife, announced in another letter that he waa leaving for Samarkand. But he is still in New Zealand, and his wife wants Mm to maintain her and their little girL Giving evidence in support of her application for restitution of conjugal rights/ Mrs. de Montalk said that after her marriage she lived in Auckland with her husband, where he had a milk round. He compromised with ids creditors and she lost £1000 of her own money as a result. Later they came to Christchureh and lived at Merivale, after which they went to Hoon Hay, where de Montalk said that he intended to build a noose.

"The Countess d< Montalk," For a time they lived in a garage on the property, but he made no attempt to go ahead with the construction of the house, except to build its foundations. Since then he had not maintained her. At Hoon Hay her husband wrote poetry in an endeavour to earn a living. She went to see the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Women and Children, whereupon de Montalk informed her that he was going away, and did so in his motor car.

After a letter had been sent to him requesting him to make her a home again, she received two letters, produced, in one of which ha referred to her aa the Countess de Montalk. She was still anxious that her husband should return to her.

Law Clerk Aa Well-

Mr. Justice Adams, reading the papers before him, said that aa the respondent was a poet and had been employed in a legal office, possibly he was engaged in the preparation of pleadings. Perhaps some indulgence could Dβ given to a —n who, in one of his letters, could describe Ghristehurch as the Holy City. "I see he intends to leave for Samarkand," said his Honor, glancing at a letter. "Yon had better get him served." Mr. Bachelor: Yes, we, propose to do this immediately. The wife's application waa granted.