BREACH OF PROMISE
PROPOSED CHANGE IN LAW I Uailcil Press Assoeuit ioii - ll,v Electric iVle«ni|>li ~('n|n rig U I LONDON, 1 .Utli November. 1 With the object of protecting iinpul- ' sive males against "gold-diggers" who have not sulfered damage, Mr W, S. Liddall, Conservative M.P., is in trod uej ing a Bill to reform the breach of proi misc legislation. lie contends that when a girl has | spent money on her trousseau or relinquished her employment in the expectation of marriage, or lias been engaged for six or seven years, she sus tains damage if the marriage does not eventuate, but when a man, suddenly i infatuated, becomes engaged in a few i weeks and finds soon afterwards that ii jis a mistake and that'it is better to | part he should be protected from vic- | timisation. This would prevent subsequent divorce and possible trouble to j parents on both sides. No steps have been taken to amend ' the breach of promise legislation since 1870.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 17 November 1937, Page 11
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