DIVORCE PETITION

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 21, 25 July 1939, Page 4

DIVORCE PETITION

JUDGE'S COMMENT

'UNSATISFACTORY FEATURES'

(Special to the "Evening Post.")

PALMERSTON N., This Day.

"There are unsatisfactory features about this case and I want to look . further into," said Mr. Justice Blair iin the Supreme Court yesterday when . presented with a petition for divorce. . Perusing the deed of separation on which the petition was based, his Honour observed that there was no provision made for the maintenance of the two children of the marriage, 'and the petitioner, the husband, informed the Court that they were in the care of the State. His Honour: Why haven't you kept * them? Petitioner: I was exempted on account of ill health. His Honour: What do you want a divorce for? Is it to get married again and have another budget" of children for the State to keep? What about your wife's maintenance? Petitioner: I have paid £1 a week when in work. His Honour: And when not in work somebody else has to pay. Petitioner: Yes. Petitioner said that both he and his wife had been tubercular patients in a sanatorium. His Honour: And the State has been looking after the children ever since. Petitioner: That is the position, sir. His Honour (to counsel): Both these people are tubercular and I don't know .what he wants a divorce for. It is very unsatisfactory and I want to look into it. Maybe he is entitled to a 1 divorce. Decision was reserved.