WIFE'S RETURN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 282, 29 November 1938, Page 10

WIFE'S RETURN.

AFTER A HOLIDAY.

PETITION BY HUSBAND.

MARITAL TROUBLES IN COURT.

The wife went for a trip to England in January under an arrangement that she should return in June, but she did not return till October, said Frederick Charles Merritt Sliortt, registered medical practitioner (Mr. Wallace) in petitioning before Mr. Justice C'allan in tho Supreme Court to-day for a decree against his wife, Rita Mary Abigail Shortt, for the restitution of conjugal rights.

Witness said that when Ins wife returned her manner towards him was cool. She pot home on a Friday and on the following Monday she left. He wrote asking her to return and got a reply that she intended going to England.

His Honor said a decree -would be made for restitution, but as the matter had been hastened in view of the wife's expressed intention to sail for England, it was only reasonable that she should have ample time for consideration. The period of the decree would be 28 days. AN ILL-STARRED VOYAGE. Petitioning for a decree against his wife, Blanche Thomasina, for restitution of conjugal rights, Archie Gordon Stewart, farmer, of Mangere (Mr. Haigh), said they were married in December, 1937. and in February last they left Auckland for a trip to South Africa. On the boat his wife became strained and excitable, and declared her intention of not going beyond Sydney. Her parents' home was in Queensland. There were heated arguments, and she eventually said she would not live with him at all. She left the ship and went by herself to a hotel in Sydney. She said she was going to Melbourne, and finally he returned to New Zealand. He communicated with her by letter and she agreed to return. He sent her passage money for a first-class ticket back to Auckland and £10 expenses, but she did not come back on the boat she had mentioned. Later he found she was with a concert party in New Zealand, and he wrote asking her to return home. A decree waa made for restitution of conjugal rights within 14 days. Happened at Rotorua. Married in 1926, she had lived quite happily with her hueband, Sidney George Smith, at Matamata, Wellington and Auckland, said Beatrice Emily Smith (Mr. Singer) in asking for a divorce. There were three children of the marriage. A change came into their matrimonial harmony when her husband got a position in Rotorua. Shortly after they went to Rotorua her husband got into the unusual habit, for him, of going out by himeelf in the evenings, and he neglected her and the children. Eventually she became suspicious and followed him and saw him meet a woman. In June last they agreed to separate. She came to Auckland, and accidentally she met her hueband here with the same woman, and when faced with the position lie admitted misconduct with her. After having heard other evidence of admission* by the husband, hie Honor granted a decree nisi, with costs against the respondent. Agreed to Separate. Mona Maie Hilton (Mr. Singer) was granted a decree nisi against Brian Weybourne Hilton on the ground of separation of more than three years.

Louise Bouzaid (Mr. Noble) was granted a decree niei against Sydney Louie Bouzaid on the ground of desertion. Petitioner said her husband got into trouble in 1929, and after lie came out of prison lie made no attempt to provide her with a home, with the result that she had to live with her mother.

On the ground of separation for more than three years, Annie Elizabeth White (Mr. Singer) was granted a decree nisi againet Matthew White.