THE MARRIAGE BOND.
A WIFE'S DESERTION WELLINGTON, March 25. Francis Joseph Lyons, a bricklayer's labourer, applied at the Supreme Court to-day for the dissolution of his marriage with Ellen Lyons. There was no appearance on behalf of the respondent. The parties were married at Auckland on December 10, 188 S. There are three children of the marriage, ail grown up." The petitioner's wife left him seven years ago, and is now living in Auckland. She wrote to the petitioner stating that sne had no intention of returning to him. She was glad to be away from the wind and dust of Wellington, and to be living in a clean city In 1908 she sued her husband for maintenance. He went to Auckland for the hearing of the case, which" was dismissed. His Honor the Chief Justice held that the desertion had been proved. He made a decree nisi on the usual conditions. .
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Otago Witness, Issue 2924, 30 March 1910, Page 26
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152THE MARRIAGE BOND. Otago Witness, Issue 2924, 30 March 1910, Page 26
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