SUPREME COURT

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27224, 16 December 1953, 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 McGregor in the Supreme Court yesterday:— Adultery—Shirelv Madge Columbus (Mr F. P. Hill) v. Bruce Kevin Columbus; John Charles Haworth (Mr V. G. Spiller) v. Lois Natalie Haworth and Felix West named as co-respond-ent; Carlisle Hill (Mr A. C. Brassington) v. Eileen Hill and Alfred Trevor Benton named as co-respondent; Agnes Elizabeth Macrae (Mr K. J. McMenamin) v. Patrick Duncan Macrae; Michael Jerimiah Turner (Mr K. W. Frampton) v. Joan Margaret Turner and Ronald Campbell Drury named as Vera Agnes Nesbit (Mr R. A. Young) v. Neville George Nesbit; Colin Curreen (Mr R. W. Edgley) v. Doris May Curreen and George Robert Moffatt named as corespondent; Yvonne Anslow Gibson (Mr E. M. Hay) v. William Thomas Gibson.

Separation.—Patricia Anne Adams (Mr A. B. Hobbs) v. Maurice Frederick Adams: Catherine Forbes Mitchell (Mr P. H. T. Alpers) v. Robert Niven Mitchell; Eileen Lilian McKinstry (Mr K. L. Heney) v. Robert Alexander Lee McKinstry: Hugh Eric Frew (Mr A. K. Archer) v. Eileen Frew; Eunice Ellen Jessie Perrin (Mr H. P. Smith) v. Oswald Edward Perrin: Alexander William Fergus (Mr A. W. Brown) v. Ailiffe Marie Fergus; Joan Henrietta Erikson (Mr J. G. Leggat) v. Karl Wilhelm James Erikson; Sadie Albertha Snook (Mr J. G. Leggat) v. Henry Snook; Grace Malvena Stuart Turnbull (Mr J. A. Johnston) v. Cecil Geoffrey Turnbull; Margaret June McDonald (Mr R. A. Young) v. Clan Ranald McDonald: Barbara Jessie Banks (Mr H. J. Kennedy, of Ashburton) v. Thomas Bernard Banks; Herbert William Burrows (Mr J. R. Williams) v. Fanny Minnis Burrows; Thomas Ernest George Mark (Mr E. M. Hay) v. Valerie Helen Mark: Ronald Philip Aschen (Mr B. McClelland) v. Una Elsie Rose Aschen; Dallas McLachlan Hart (Mr S. R. Dacre) v. Marjory Hart. Desertion. —Delcia May Quigley (Dr. A. L. Haslam) v. William John Quigley; Lawrence Reginald Haar (Mr D. W. Russell) v. Margaret Mary Haar- Stella Myrtle Lambert (Mr R. A Young) v. Colton Lambert: Anna McWilliams (Mr M. G. L. Loughnan) v. Edward Everett McWilliams. Failure to comply with decree for restitution of conjugal rights.—James Thomas Airey (Mr A. W. Brown) v. Edna Amuri Airey; Muriel Marguerite Webb (Mr J. G. Leggat) v. George Geddis Webb; Allan John pawson (Mr J. A. Johnston) v. Lyane Margaret Pawson: Lester George Tyerman (Mr R. S. D. Twynehaffi) v. Catherine Tyerman.

BANKRUPTCY DISCHARGE Ernest Harold Swallow, a manufacturers’ representative (Mr V. G. Spiller), was granted a discharge from bankruptcy by Mr Justice McGregor in the Supreme Court yesterday. His Honour said that, as there had been a conviction under the Bankruptcy Act it was mandatory that the discharge be suspended. He would make an order for discharge but it would be suspended for one day.