EARL’S DAUGHTER

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 27 November 1924, Page 5

EARL’S DAUGHTER

THROWS A MILK JUG. HUSBAND’S ALLEGATIONS STRIFE IN HIGH LIFE.

BY CABLE--PEESS ASSOCIATION-COPYEIGHT

LONDON, Nov. 25. There were surprising references to violence in a society divorce case in which Ouseley Rowley is seeking a divorce against his wife, who is a daughter of the Earl of Dundonald, on the ground of her alleged misconduct with Major Edward George Clarke. The wife is cross-petitioning for a separation on the ground of her husband’s cruelty. Cross-examined, he admitted quarrelling with his wife after the birth of their second child over a hotel bill she had incurred.

Counsel: Did you strike her? Rowley: No; she threw the milk jug, teapot and marmalade over me before I could leave the room. I was drenched and had to pay £5 for the damage to the Avails and crockery. Roivley declared that in a quarrel outside hie Avife’s sick room three nurses had to hang on to the Earl of Dundonald’e coat tails to prevent him striking witness.

Lady Rowley, in giving evidence, said her husband had a most awful temper. . He was very angry after the birth of the first child, which he declared ivould be A r ery expensive and upsetting to him. He often swore at her and threatened to knock her down. When her husband informed tradesmen that he would not be responsible for her debts she paid them by pawning her jewellery for £9OO. It ivas her husband Avho attacked her at the breakfast table over a hotel bill. She admitted she threAV a jug,, at him, and added: “I aim sorry I missed him.” Her husband left her the same day. He locked her in an hotel room and took off their child.