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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 75, 30 March 1914, Page 6

Sitting in divorce this morning, his Honour the Chief Justice (Sir Robeit iStout) heard the undefended case of' Willinm Clarke Willson v. Esther KlifcU' both Willson (respondent) .and Herbeit Murray Xorris . (co-respondent). Ml 1 . Young appeared for the petitioner; ihe respondent and the co-respondent did not appear and were not represented by counsel. Petitioner stated that his wife left lam in 1901, and it was shown that she had since been living at Petone and other places with the co-respondent. There was one child of the marriage, of which petitioner had got possession. His Honour granted a decree nisi, with costs on the lowest scale against the corespondent. The State nursery at Tapanui is seemingly not to be closed, as has been reported, telegraphs the Dunedin correspondent of this journal. The Hon. Mr. Massey, Bpeaking of the head of the department controlling it, said he had pleaBilre in stating publicly that the nursery wbb in a state •of perfection that was a credit to the man in charge. There had been some talk of doing away with the r.ursery. Although he was ttot in b position to say definitely what would be de» termined ultimately in connection with the nursery, ho would like to say that & better posftJbn could not be obtained. Perhaps the boi] waß not particularly adapted for young trees, but he thought thut the Department would have to consider very seriously the nuestioti of allowing the nursery to remain at Tapanui. He congratulated the settlers on the prosperous condition of their district, und rS* ferred comprehensively to the general prosperity of the Dominion. In all his experience as a farmer he had not known a more satisfactory year than this one from the agricultural point of view, and prospects were never brighter for the primary industries of the Dominion. Hejeferred to the growing demand for New Zealand produce irom Canada and the United States, and mentioned that it was the intention of the Government to ask Parliament to vote £15,000 towards making displays of the Dominion's , products at the ( exposition in connection with the opening of th? Panama Canal.