BISHOP AND DIVORCE
CRITICISM -OF THE LAW
r. "We must refuse any longer to submit to a law which cuts at the very •root pfc family life in New Zealand," said Bishop "Ch'errington, Bishop of Wkikato, when'referring'to tho lieed for overcoming evil, in .the course of anaddress at the public mooting under the auspices of the Church;o£ England rMen's Society, held in' the- Scots. Hall, Auckland, on Thursday evening (reports the "New : Zealand Herald"). He said they'should press for the removal fromthe Statute Book of a lavirwhieh "permitted the divorce, after three years, of people who grew tiredof eaeh.othor. Air of them recognised" that in tho first years of a man'and woman's married life therb might be difficulties. Ho was not one to assert that there was not.a way of dealingivitli'those.difficulties as they arose; • That, however^ .was a different, thing from having it known that if they grew tired of each other they could.part. •,. :
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 19, 22 July 1932, Page 9
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154BISHOP AND DIVORCE Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 19, 22 July 1932, Page 9
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