DIVORCE DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 281, 28 November 1938, Page 9

DIVORCE DAY.

IN SUPREME COURT. SIXTY CASES QN LIST. DECREES GRANTED BY JUDGES More than 00 petitions for divorce were on the list for hearing in the Supreme Court to-day, and throughout the morning two judges were busily engaged in getting through as many of the petitions as could be heard, as the afternoon had been reserved for partheard civil actions for damages. In all, just on 50 divorce decrees were granted. BEFORE MR. JUSTICE CALLAN. After Twenty-five Y?ars. On account of friction with his wife and children, of whom there were three, (reorge Herbert Bathe, farmer, of Putaruru, agreed with the wife to separate after 25 years of married life. .So he explained to the Court in petitioning for divorce on the grounds of separation for more than three years. He was represented by Mr. Coates. Petitioner said that he left his wife on a farm which she had drawn in a land ballot and which he had brought into production, to the capacity of 130 cows. He took half the stock to a nearby farm which he owned, with the wife's consent, and in view of the labour and expense which he had put into the wife's farm, and the fact that, with the help of the boys, it was self-supporting, the wife did not require further maintenance from him. They entered into an agreement accordingly in 1933, and had been apart ever since. A decree nisi was granted. Ground of Adultery. His wife left him after they had been married 14 years and took a fiat, said Ernest Wilfred Candwell (Mr. Kalman) in petitioning for divorce from Rebecca Candwell on the ground of adultery with John William Crawford. Petitioner said the wife took a Hat in Ponsonbv, and one evening he watched the place, in company with another man, and saw Crawford enter the place. He and the man obtained entry after having waited some time. They knocked on the door without being answered, and then witness put up a window, whereon the wife switched on the light and let him in, but Crawford had disappeared. When informed on that occasion that divorce proceedings would follow, the wife just said, "Go ahead," proceeded witness. Later she went to Waitara, and wrote to one of their two children requesting that her letters be addressed to Mrs. Crawford. Another witness, who served the papers, said that admission was made by respondent that she was living with Crawford. A decree nisi was granted with costs against co-respondent. Went Away With the Maid. Married in Australia, they had livec in New Zealand for 25 years, said Hannal Marshall (Mr. Giesen), in petitioning foi divorce from John Marshall on th< ground of his adultery. Witness saic that when they were living in Dunedin and her husband broke a leg, it wai necessary to have as a full-time eervan> a woman who had been acting a« part time servant. Subsequently the husbant went away with this woman. Witness said that later she got her husband t< return home, in 1030, but after six week;

he went away again, and she found that he had gone back to live with the other • woman. A decree nisi was granted. Mistake Early Discovered. "I said. 'I think I have made a mistake,' and lie said, 'You have made a mistake if you think I'm going to keep you.'" This was the parting conver- I sation between Mary Elizabeth Smith (Mr. Dickson) and her husband, Christy Smith, at Wellington, in 1917, according to the evidence of the former in seeking divorce. Mrs. Smith said that in 1917 she had been working for some time, and had saved a deal of money. She took a.position in Wellington, where she met Christy Smith, then working at Trentliam military camp, and, after knowing him about two months, she married him. They both continued working, and met occasionally during a few weeks when she came to the conclusion she had made a mistake. When she mentioned it to her husband, she got the reply she had stated, and they agreed to part, and had not since seen each other. A decree nisi was granted. Husband "Carried On." They were married in 10-20 and had lived at Trentham. Eastbourne and Hunua. said Ella Mahood (Mr. Fraer), in petitioning for divorce from Malcolm Arthur Mahood on the ground of adultery. The husband had a farm now at Hunua. said witness, and in 1936 a married couple. Mr. and Mrs. Soper. were employed on the farm. She had reason to complain in 1937 of her husband •'carrying on"' with Mrs. Soper. As a consequence they agreed to separate. Evidence was given by John W. Marten, law clerk, that in September last he served divorce papers on respondent. when the latter admitted that he was living on the farm with Mrs. Soper. A decree nisi was granted. A Sudden Departure. He was living liappilv with his wife, whom he had married in 1909, and who had borne him four children, when he found on returning from one of his usual coastal trips that she had left him, stated Ixobert Adam McCarroll (irover (Mr. Short), ship's cook, in petitioning for divorce from Minnie Rosamond < irover on the ground of 1 desertion. Petitioner said that at the time she left him, in 1933, the wife 1 was in receipt of £16 a month from him. l>esides getting some money from ' the sons. While he was on a coastal voyage with his ship the wife packed up and sold the furniture and left her

J home. A decree was "ranted. Conjugal Rights. Petitions for orders for the restitution of conjugal rifrhts were granted as ' follows: — Frank Colledge (Mr. Henry) v. Edna Kate Colledge. who had pone to visit her parents in England and , de<-lined to return: Rupert Uariield Rogers (Mr. Dickson) v. Minnie Einert aid Rogers; Edith Maud Campbell (Mr. Dickson) v. William Arthur Campbell. 1 a seaman in the navy, who had objected to his wife going for a Sunday trip > with a party while he was at sea; '• Gladys Blanche Gray (Mr. Finlay) v. Rollo Gray.

Various Causes. On the ground of desertion, Maria Haslip (Mr. Matthews) was granted a decree nisi in respect to her marriage with Rueben Haslip. Decrees were granted on the ground of separation for more fhan three years as follows: —Nora Ivy Fleming (Mr. A. K. Turner) v. Simon Fleming: Abigail Amos (Mr. Haddow) v. Xorman McLeod Amos: Robert (Jeorjre Richardson (Mr. Xutsford) v. Mary Richardson; Isabel Laura Jones (Mr. Goldwater) v. Thomas Henry Jones: Clara James (Mr. Singer) v. John Arthur James. Failure to comply with orders for the restitution of conjugal rights was the ground on which the following decrees were granted:—Vincent Jerome O'Halloran (Mr. Xutsford) v. Marie (Jabrielle O'Halloran; Ralph Walter Frank Sanft (Mr. Goodall) v. Louisa Ivy Sanft; Frederick Henry Ware (Mr. Conlan) v. Alice Gertrude Ware. Stanley Bright Hemmings (Mr. A. L. Spence) was granted a decree nisi against Florrie Abina Hemmings on the ground of her adultery with Henry Maurice Palmer. BEFORE MR. JUSTICE FAIR. '•In 1934 he left me and took his personal belongings." said Elizabeth Ellen Farland (Mr. White), who applied for a divorce against Harold Alfred Farfand on the "round of desertion. They were married in 1903 at Christchurch. and then came to Auckland and lived at Epsom. The only reason that her husband gave was that they were not too happy together. A decree nisi was granted. Married in 1925. Alice Amelia Agnes Littlejohn (Mr. Singer) nought a divorce from James Percy Littlejohn on the ground of desertion. They came to Auckland in 1032. when he got a position at h freezing works, but it lasted only a short time. Since 1933 she had lived with her parents. A decree nisi was granted. Evidence that her husband was now living with another woman was jriven by Lionise Johnston (Mr. Holmden). who applied for a divorce against Herbert Lee Johnston on the ground of adultery. They were married in 1913 and lived together until 1925. Petitioner said that her husband then began to pay attention to other women. It became unbearable. so she left him. A decree nisi was granted. Unhappy Marriage. On the ground of adultery. Albus William Charles Thomas sought a divorce from Doreen Myrtle Thomas. Joe Cox was cited as co-respondent. Petitioner said they were married in 1928. Towards the end of 193."» he had to go into hospital for an operation. She did not come to see him in the hospital, and when he got out he found she had left him. He found that she had been associating with other men. When he asked his wife, she refused to speak to him. Petitioner produced a birth certificate to indicate that a child had been born to respondent in 1936, and that corespondent was its father. A decree nisi was granted. "We were married in 1927 aiWl lived happily until 1935,"' said Roy Edwin Mason, who sought a divorce from Violet Laura Mason, on the ground of adultery. Petitioner said his wife became friendly with another man and eventually went to live with him at Whangarei. A decree nisi was granted. , Failed to Return. A decree was granted in the following ] petition on the ground of failure to comply with an order for the restitution of conjugal rights:—George Thomas, Anstis (Mr. Singer) v. Pamela Avery j Anstis. Other Causes. Decrees were granted in the following petitions nil the ground of mutual agreement of separation which has been in force for more than three years:—H. Cyphus Richard Mitchell (Mr. Elliott) v. Lillian Mitchell, Arthur Clarence Dalton (Mr. Bainbridge) v. Bessie Dalton Hine Alix Elliott (Mr. White) v. George Elliott. Kathleen Eulalie Martin (Mr. •Iohnston l v. Thomas Andrew Martin, Monica Ivy Goodall (Mr. Hall Skelton) v. Burnham Olando Goodall, William Joseph Stanley P.room (Mr. Hall Skelton) v. Margareta Broom. Lorna Winona Cave (Mr. Bennett) v. Alfred Mark Cave, Doris Isabella Russek (Mr. Elliott) v. Edmund Gregory Russek, Winifred Theresa Baker (Mr. Adams) v. John Henry Drysdale Baker, Jessie Roslyn Midgley v. Richard Samuel Midgley, Hugh Galbraith (Mr. Bennett) v. Myrtle Frances Galbraith, Eileen Inglis| Irving (Mr. Anderson) v. Alexander Edward Irving. Conjugal Rights. Orders for restitution of conjugal rights were made on the applications of Sydney Dorrington Jones (Mr. Bainbridge) v. Phyllis Ivy Jones; Albert Edward Maslem (Mr. Anderson) v. Alice May Maslem.