A PEER’S SHACK

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 December 1926, Page 5

A PEER’S SHACK

DIVORCE CASE EVIDENCE.

CHORUS GIRL’S OBJECTION.

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (By Cable —Press Assn.—Copyright.)

(Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, November 30.

Lady Cheylesmore, formerly Nora Parker, an Australian, is petitioning for divorce from her husband, whom she married ill 1914, When a chords girl, almost fresh fi-Onl Tasmania.

The purpose Of the present a.?;ion is to .establish the domicile Of the parties, hs the husband lias filed a petition for divorce in Canada, while the wife filed a petition ill London, declaring her husband’s domicile to be British. t After the war, Lord Cheylesmore purchased a ranch in Alberta, saying it was a man’s country, and he would not return to the empty London club life, for a King’s ransom. Counsel, however, stated that Lady Cheylesmore always understood that the life in Canada was temporary. The couple for a time lived in a ten by twelve foot shack, with no covering on the bedroom floors, no washstand, and no' water laid on. Lord Cheylesmore's relations with his Wife were strained because she was childless. At her husband’s request, she underwent treatment by various doctors, but was unable to bear him a child. Mr Marshall Hall, on behalf of the wife, sharply cross-examined Lord Cheylesmore, for the purpose of showing that he was trying to get rid of her because she was childless, and his mother objected to the marriage. The case was adjourned.