DRUNKENNESS AND DIVORCE
In two successive divorce cases which came before the Chief-Justice, Sir Robert Stoat, at the Supreme Court to-day, the principal grounds of the petitioners were, habitual, drunkenness. This led his Honour' to remark : "These cases ara another indication that one-third of the divpVcßs granted—one-third at least—are directly due to drunkenness." In reference to one respondent his Honour said : "This man is employed by the Harbour Board. It cannot understand how a public body would continue to employ a man who is always drunk. The board will say that it has no way of telling, but it must know. Drink interferes directly with efficiency, and I don't care what any silly people may say to the contrary."
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 140, 10 December 1918, Page 7
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119DRUNKENNESS AND DIVORCE Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 140, 10 December 1918, Page 7
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