UNHAPPY UNIONS
BROKEN ENGLISH HOMES. SPECIAL COURTS SUGGESTED. London, Jan. 17. Afore than 2,000,000 married people are living apart in Britain. Separation orders amount to 20,000 a yehr. More than 4000 men were imprisoned last year for non-payment of maintenance dues. The figures are given by Lord Snell, formerly Under Secretary for India, who emphasises the subtle influences which arc undermining British family life. “The English home, of which wo arc alwa proudest, is in danger of breaking up,” ho says. “We are doing nothing to stop the rot.” Lord Snell n-~-" that the only remedy is the estn’ lishment of courts of domes tie relations similar to those in America.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 37, 27 January 1932, Page 5
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