THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE.
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PATHETIC DIVORCE; STORY. WIPE WHO VANISHED. HUSBAND AWARDED DAMAGES. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received Nov. 5,2 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 4. A pathetic story has been unfolded in the .Divorce Court. Harold Berry, a civil servant, was awarded £BOO damages against a man named Wakelin, now living with Mrs. Berry in New Zealand. Wakelin came to England with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces and was Billeted upon Mrs. Berry,. whose husband was in France. A year after the Armistice Mrs. Berry 'suddenly vanished, from her home. Petitioner traced her to Tilbury and discovered that Wakelin hhd paid her fare to New Zealand. He overtook his wife at Toulon, but fail-: ed to persuade her to return. Still insistent,he followed her to New Zealand, where he saiv Wakelin, and found he had great affection for his wife. Later he wrote to petitioner: “I have gone too far. Seeing you and the pity of it nearly drives me to distraction. ; You will never know how highly I think of you for your sacrifice.” Mr. Justice Duke granted the petitioner the custody of the boy, aged 7\ years, and a girl of four, who are now in New Zealand with Mrs. Berry.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 November 1924, Page 9
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