DIVORCES GRANTED

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 237, 6 October 1944, Page 7

DIVORCES GRANTED

UNDEFENDED PETITIONS

Undefended divorce petitions were heard before Mr. Justice Fair yesterday afternoon. On the ground of separation for more than three years decrees were granted as follow:—Harry Thomas Metcalfe (Mr. I. Simson), v. Stacey Victorine Metcalfe; Nancy Kathleen Gallagher (Mr. Hogben), v. Jack Hugh Ernest Gallagher; Daphne McKinlay McGee (Mr. Hogben), v. Donald Alfred McGee; Ladas John Morris (Mr. C. A. Snedden), v. Gwennyth Morris; Agnes Annie Wrathall (Mr. C. A. Snedden), v. Lionel Oswald AVrathall; Annie Elizabeth Arns (Mr. Elwarth), v. Frederick Clifford Arns; Leslie Edward Williamson (Mr. Elwarth), v. Annie Catherine Williamson; Marjorie Alice Mephan (Mr. G. Skelton), v. Harry Vincent Mephan (Mr. Sullivan). Decrees granted on the ground of respondent's failure to comply with orders for restitution of conjugal rights were:— Marjorie Rosina Brunton (Mr. I. Simson), v. Kenneth Leslie Brunton; Graham Mervyn Simpson (Mr. C. A. Snedden), v. Kathleen Linda Simpson (Mr. Hubble); James Smith Leslie Johnston (Mr. Elwarth),, v. Alice Johnston. . On the ground of respondent's adultery decrees were granted in the petitions: Robert John Lloyd Miller (Mr. C. A. Snedden), v. Kathleen Theresa Miller and Douglas George Emirali; Florence Marjorie Bateson (Mr. Elwarth), v. Harold Cameron Bateson; Olga Luxford (Mr. Sullivan), v. William Jack Luxford. On a petition by Wilfred James Andrew (Mr. Elwarth) for divorce from Mary Jane Andrew on the ground of desertion by the wife, who went to England on a holiday in 1925 and had not since returned, or since December of that year corresponded with her husband, a decree nisi was granted. Restitution Petitions Petitions for the restitution of conjugal rights granted by Mr. Justice Northcroft yesterday were:—Arthur William Benjamin Berryman (Mr. Sullivan), v. Molly Jean Russell Berryman; Lionel Clifton Edlin (Mr. Sullivan), v. Gladys Mary Edlin; Dorothy May Matthews (Mr. Sullivan), v. Leonard Noel Matthews; Phyllis Lilian Spong (Mr. Sullivan), v. Arthur Thomas Spong; Gladys Catherine Furdie (Mr. Sullivan), v. Robert Purdie; Eric Leigh Fulljames (Mr. Sullivan), v. Alice Annie Fulljames; Rennie Arthur Porter (Mr. Robinson), v. Minnie Grace Mary Porter; Clarence Peter Virtue (Mr. Goldwater), v. Thelma Inez Virtue.