GROUNDS FOE DIVORCE.
EXTENSION IN BRITAIN.
LORDS VOTE' FOR BILL.
Australian and N.Z. Gable Association (Reed. 9.5 p.m.) LONDON, Mar. 13:. Though the '-Church rallied its full forces in the House of Lords against Lord Buckmaster's Divorce Bill, says the Daily Express, the Bill was read a second time by 88 votes to 51. The Bill extends the grounds of divorce to include three years desertion, cruelty, habitual drunkenness, insanity, and imprisonment for life. The debate was unusually animated, and the House was crowded. Lord Buckmaster's speech was most moving. Lord Daryngton, president of the Church Army, moving the rejection, based his opposition on literal interpretation of Scriptural texts. He declared that the Bill was contrary to Christ's teaching. The Archbishop of Canterbury threw his weight . against the Bill, emphasising that hard cases were not typical and were not evidence that the mass of the people wanted grounds for divorce extended. Lord Haldane thought that such a large change could only be made if public opinion was behind it. Personally he supported the second reading. He announced that the Government was leaving it to Parliament to decide.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18657, 13 March 1924, Page 7
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187GROUNDS FOE DIVORCE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18657, 13 March 1924, Page 7
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