DIVORCE CASE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 18116, 5 June 1919, Page 2

DIVORCE CASE.

heavy damages claimed. [Pee pßJssa Association.] 1 ■ ' 1 WELLINGTON, Jun® 4. A divorce case involving a claim for damages amounting to £4OOO was commenced to-day. The petitxoner w Albert Ernest Orlando Wellington ttrooks, ouiiding contractor, of le Ure Ore, Masterton. the respondent beang Cecilia Mary Myrtle Brooks, and the co-respondent Donald M Kenzi , HiUend, Bideford. Mastertoni. The grounds of the petition were adultery. The parties were rnamed in 1901 in Taranaki, and there had b <»n four children of the union. Between Octeber, 1915, and December, 1918, it was all 'E d that respondent had been guilty “•£•«*** d* .jra-ufcrtTjj*. places, including ms farm. ret'M«"* r . as a contractor was frequently away from home, and the misconduct, said counsel, took place in his absence. The respondent claimed two more children than were, mentioned m the petition, but it was conthat the two were not the chi’dren of the petitioner. Tbo «- snnndent bad ■ admitted adultery. M’lOnsiie was a wealthy man. worth -T30,000 or £4O 000. and to respondent he gave now a £lO note and now a £b tiete, gifts of which respondent used to boast. .