RELIEF FOR WIVES.
SEPARATION FROM CRUEL HUSBANDS. BILE BEFORE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. (By Electric Cable—Copyright) (Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association) (Received Feb. 26, 8.66 a.m.) London, Feb. 26. In the House of Commons, the Hon. Joynson-H icks, Secretary of State for Home Affairs, introduced a Rill to enable a wife to obtain a separation on the grounds oi the busband’s cruelty to her or her children, even if the cruelty did not force her t) leave him.
The Bill also includes within the term of “habitual drunkard” those addicted to the drink habit.
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Feilding Star, Volume 3, Issue 471, 26 February 1925, Page 5
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