JOCKEY'S DIVORCE CASE
In order to allow her to visit Melbourne to carry out investigations recarding a divorce suit by her husband. David Hugh Munro, better known as "Darby" Munro, the jockey, Mrs. Ins Munro was granted £15 15s by the 1 Registrar in Divorce at Sydney last week. Mrs. Munro asked for not less than £63 15s interim expenses. The Registrar also ordered that a further £15 15s should be paid into court. Counsel for Mrs. Munro strongly denied the allegation by counsel for the petitioner that the case was being defayed to allow Mrs. Munro to .get her £12 12s a week, and that Mrs. Munro would not be within miles of Sydney when the case was called. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ■ "T.M."—Answer in article on this page. ' "Tas."—A "distance" in racing is 240 yards. In the early days, when most races were run in three heats, a horse had to finish within a "distance," otherwise he was debarred from running in the other heats. (••Constant Reader."—B.M., £8 Is; G.S., [ £6 J.s 6d; T.S.M., £ 1 12s.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 122, 25 May 1937, Page 13
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177JOCKEY'S DIVORCE CASE Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 122, 25 May 1937, Page 13
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