DECREE NISI.

The Herald, Melbourne, 9 April, 1912.

Made Absolute By Death.

One of the passengers by the

steamer Koombana which is supposed

to have foundered, with all on board,

during a hurricane on the northern

coast of West Australia, was the 

petitioner in a divorce suit heard in 

Melbourne early this year. He alleged

that his wife had been unfaithful to

him, and he based his allegations on

certain letters which he found in his

wife's desk, and on certain oral 

evidence. A decree nisi was 

pronounced.

The petitioner, who was a traveller,

after spending some weeks In 

Melbourne went to West Australia to 

resume a rather extensive business

connection which he had established

in the northern ports of that State.

He took passage in the Koombana, 

and when there were only a few days 

to run for the making of the decree 

nisi absolute for the dissolution of the

marriage the first wreckage from the

Koombana was discovered. The law,

however, will still take its course, and

when the necessary time expires the

order nisi will be made absolute in

the same way as if the petitioner were

still alive.

Sobering.