SUPREME COURT

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25884, 17 August 1949, Page 8

SUPREME COURT

UNDEFENDED DIVORCE PETITIONS A decree nisi, on the grounds stated, was granted the petitioner in each of the following undefended petitions for divorce heard before Mr Justice Northcroft in the Supreme Court yesterday:— Separation.—Maud Emma Waldock (Mr E. S. Bowie) v. John Robert Waldock; Emmeline Joyce Farrell v. Michael Edward Farrell; Maurice Paul Nottingham (Mr C. S. Thomas) v. Mary Sowersby Nottingham; Walter Antil East (Mr R. Twyneham) v. Vera Myrtle Gladys East; Peggy Best (Mr E. P. Wills) v. Arthur Arnold Best; Horace William Harkess (Mr B. J. Drake) v. Elizabeth Harkess; Joseph Mathew Nolan (Mr V. W. Russell) v. Caroline Barbara Nolan; Edna Marieana Gerrand (Mr C. S. Thomas) v. Arthur Nelson Gerrand; Helen Marjory Whyte (Mr E. W. White) v. Donald Howard Whyte; Marjorie Doreen Kelso (Mr R. A. Young) v. William Kelso; Joan Margaret O’Brien (Mr A. N. Mackay) v. Michael Francis O’Brien; D'Arcy Clinton Hill (Mr D. I. Mac Lean) v. Alice Matilda Hill; Arthur Leslie Vail (Mr R. A. Young) v. Lillian Ida Vail; Jean Hooper (Mr R. Twyneham) v. William Francis Frederick Hooper; Ethel Doreen Pouncey Webby (Mr R. A. Young) v. Harold Bernard Webby; Oline Chryssie Rasmussen (Mr R. H. Bowron) v. John Roland Rasmussen; Evelyn Daisy Scott (Mr J. H. Polson) v. John Heinrich Harvey Scott; James Gilmour Long (Mr C. S. Thomas) v. Elsie Florence Long. Failure to comply with decree for restitution of conjugal rights: Otto Francis Denson (Mr K. A. Gough) v. Elsie Evelyn Denson; John Revington Dann (Mr C. V. Lester) v. Monica Macpherson Dann; Henry Washbourn Neave (Mr R. Twyneham) v. Doreen Melba Neave. Adultery.—Elfreda Maude Campbell (Mr G. G. Lockwood) v. John William Camp? bell: Henry Frank Kelcher Vaughan (Mr G. G. Lockwood) v. Mona Elena Farrell Vaughan and John William Campbell, named as co-respondent; Fred Eric Lindbom (Mr B. J. Drake) v. Shirley Patricia Lindbom and Morris Richardson, named as co-respondent; Coira Lois Cormack (Mr C. S. Thomas) v. William Henry Cormack; Herbert Wallace Nickoils (Mr P. H. T. Alpers) and Patricia Catherine Nickoils and David Barbour, named as co-respondent. Desertion. —Roland Francis Peter Jones (Mr R. A. Cuthbert) v. Lily Jones; Kathleen Blanche Mayes (Mr R. A. Young) v. Nelson Mayes. Restitution of Conjugal Rights Lawrence Angus McLachlan (Mr C. S. Thomas) petitioned against Sylvia Melba McLachlan for restitution of conjugal rights. A decree for restitution within 14 days was granted. Annie Myrtle McLaughlin (Mr P. H. T. Alpers) petitioned against Kenneth Gordon McLaughlin for restitution of conjugal rights. A decree for restitution within 21 days was granted.