MARITAL MISFITS

Northern Advocate, 18 May 1934, Page 8

MARITAL MISFITS

DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS AUCKLAND COURT SITTING. numerous petitions;. (Special to “Northern Advocate.”) • AUCKLAND, This Day Over (>() petit ions tor divorce were heard at the Supreme Court. Two judges, Mr Justice Hardman and Mr Justice Ostler, presided, and all the cases were disposed of in a little more than two hours. Failure to Comply.

Failure to comply with orders for Hie j restitution of conjugal rights wore Hie grounds on which the following decrees wore granted; —Tsmay Nadine Humberstone (Mr Henry) against .'Bertram Hrrcld Hnmberstone; Percy George Manning (Mr Millikcn) against Cocilia Elizabeth Manning; Conrad Delcasso (Mr Fraer) against Sophia Louise Delcasso; j Arthur Cyril Tunes (Mr Dickson) against Edna Myrtle Tunes; Geoffrey Eastham Faulkner (Mr Haddow) against-Mabel Hannah Faulkner; Donald Leslie Clotworthy (Mr MeLiver) against Mavis Henrietta Clothworthy: Richard Victor Melvcown (Mr Mat- | thews) against Alice McKeown; Eveline j Phyllis Biair (Mr Haddow) against j John Blair. Restitution Orders. Orders for Hie restitution of con- ; jugal rights were made in the following eases: —Cyril Bernard Wathin (Mr Bayly) against Iris Sibyl Wafkin; Henry Robert Swan (Mr Meek) against Alma Florence Swan; Pearl Ellon MeGerty (Mr Fleming) against Ernest John MeGcrty; Thomas Patrick Carv i 11c (Mr Sneddon) against Vivian Genesta Carville; Phillip James Wesci'n (Mr R. J, Coates) against Winifred May Western; Eliza Lynch (Mr Oliphaut) against Robert Francis Lynch; Ivy Josephine Scott (Mr Hart) against Arthur James Scott; Reginald J George Hodges (Mr Singer) against I Gertrude Eleanor Hodges; Dorothy Aileeu llollings (Mr Singer) against Walter Roland llollings. Partings Decreed. The existence of separation agreements or separation orders led to decrees being granted in the following cases: —Emily Waitoa (Mr Kirkor) against Roto William Waitoa (Mr Jordan); Jessie Hoyland (Mr Giescn) against Edward Hoyland; Norman Bartholomew Craddock (Mr Clarke) against Mary Lavinia Craddock; (Mr Allan Moody); Alice Lydia McFadgen (Mr Gatenby) against Ernest Edward McFadgen; Frederick James Foote (Mr

L. A. Turner) against Elsie May Foote: j Daisy Agnes Agate (Mr DuggaiD against Ernest Joseph Agate: Ethel j Daisy Maxwell (Mr Walker) against Sydney Reginald Maxwell; Isabella Antonovich (Mr Tong) against M. Antonovich (Mr Urqubart); Joan Knowlton Green (Mr Norlhcroft) against Peter Thomas Green; Isabel Sarah Mansill (Mr Northcroft) against Arthur Marmaduko .Mansill (Mr HarM; Isabel Victoria Bradbury (Mr Bono) against Amos Bradbury; Margaret Ellen Topps (Mf Dickson) against. William Edward Topps; Florence Marline Hicks (Mr Singer) against. John Robert Hicks; Archibald Wilson Clulee (Mr Singer) against Janet Cjjubb Clulee; Gordon Leslie Taylor (Mr Hubble) against Nancy May Taylor; Robert Freeman Nankivcll (Mr Fraer) against Kathleen May Nankivcll; Sydney Francis Strange (Mr Hart) against Roseby Strange; Eileen Norah Cox (Mr Hubble) against Bartholomew Cox; Ellen Ormand Earl (Air llolmdoni against Percy Clarence Earl; Ivy Beatrice Condoll (Mr Schramm) against William Condoll; Elsie Wilhelm iua Alary Richmond (Mr Towle) against Howard Parris Richmond; Helen Marjorie Worthington (Mr Holmdeu) against William Richmond Worthington. Grounds of Desertion. On the grounds of desertion. Hie following decrees wore granted Gladys 'May Walker (Mr Allan Moody) against. John Percy Walker (Mr Oliphaut); Christopher Stephenson Kcllett (Mr Singer) against Gertrude Kcndrow : Kcllett; Edmund Sainsbury (Mr Matthews), against Violet Isabella Rose Sainsbury; Martha Ann Taylor (Mr Singer) against Arthur Taylor; Mi Duo Biincow (Mr Matthews) against Albert Blincow; Bertha Edith Roberts (Mr Dyson) against John Albert Roberts. Cruelty Alleged. Habitual drunkenness and cruelty by Godfrey Onus was alleged by Ethel Kate Orms (Mr Matthews). The parties were married in 1921 and the marriage was a success until 1925. Then respondent commenced drinking habits which grew worse, and lie was frequently drunk every night in the week.. As his condition became worse lie commenced to ill-treat her. On several occasions she had to go to the police for protection. In February last year she was forced to leave her home, an 1 in April last obtained a separation order. The application was adjourned pending authority being submitted on a legal point raised. Adultery Charges, Adultery was the ground on which George Thomas Clifton Curby (Mr Matthews) obtained a decree from Emily Franees Curby. Petitioner, who was married in 1923, said that from someI thing he hoard in November, 1932, ' with a party of other men he went to •a relief camp at Clevedon at night. ! Adultery was also the ground in the .following cases: —Lillie Alice Powell (Mr Hart) against Richard Powell: 'Harold Naylor Beckett (Mr Towle;, I against, Berlha Evelyn Beckett; Isaac Walker Dods (Mr .Schramm) against Olive Dods.