SIXTY DIVORCES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22818, 27 August 1937, Page 15

SIXTY DIVORCES

UNDEFENDED CASES

SEPARATION CHIEF GROUND AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE ARRANGED BY LETTERS About GO undefended divorce petitions were dealt with by Mr. Justice Ostler and Mr. Justice Fair in the Supreme Court yesterday, all being granted with the exception of one or two, which wero > adjourned to a later date. By far the most common ground for seeking divorce was separation between the parties for more than three years. The results of a marriage that had ; been arranged by correspondence with a man in England were outlined in tho case of Violet Pago (Mr. Robinson) against Ernest Montague Page. The petitioner said they were married in October, 1932, in Wellington, and i stayed at a hotel for threo days after- j wards. Her husband was under the j influence of alcohol all the time. " 110 | threatened to - give me a good hiding i and made constant demands for j money," sho said. She gave him money, 1 and later went to England to get him j more money. When she returned she j persuaded him to como to a flat in j Auckland, but 110 stayed only three days j and was drunk tho whole time. He j threatened her with violence. She had j tried to find him since lie left, and had 1 an idea he was in Sydney. A decree nisi i was granted 011 the ground of desertion, j Smoking Disapproved i "Being rather strict religiously she! took a serious view of my smoking," i said David Mcßobie Jameson (Mr. Rob- , inson) in support of his petition for j divorce from Phyllis Henrietta Jameson j (Mr. Bennett), 011 tho ground of deser- j tion. They wore- married in October, ; 1931. Ho said- she had discussed his j affairs with members of his staff, and objected to his speaking to female members of his staff. She left him in the month following their mar- ' riage and had not returned. A decree nisi was grunted. >- On the ground of a judicial separation existing since May, 1934, Dr. Neil McDougall (Mr. Singer) sought divorce from Minnie Evelyn MeDougall, to whom he was married in December, 1923. Petitioner stated that there were two children of tho marriage. A decree nisi was issued. Orders Ignored On the ground of tho respondents' failure to comply with an order for the restitution of conjugal rights, decrees nisi were granted to the following:— Ethel Oughtofi (Mr. Skelton) against Alfred Victor Oughton;" Rita Elizabeth Torrance (Mr. Keegan) against William Torrance; William Patrick Ryan (Mr. Dickson) against Margaret Blythe Rvau; John Alfred Hegman (Mr. Milliken) against Dieudonnee Sissons , Hegman. . , - The petitioner having proved adultery against .the respondent in the following cases, His Honor issued decrees nisi:—Francis Leopold Carleton (Mr. v. Leonard) against Lena Jessie Carleton (Mr. Townshend) and George Ainge Walter; Arnold Taylor (Mr. McLiver) against Evelvn Winuifred Taylor and Albert Ward Hyde; Annie Evelyn Thomas (Mr.'Matthews) against Lionel Thomas; Wilfred John Rattray (Mr. Glaister), against Sybil Gwendoline Rattray and Darcy Constable. Oases of Desartion Desertion was successfully pleaded by the petitioner as the ground for a decree nisi in the following cases: Harriet Margaret Simmonds (Mr. Matthews) against Arthur Percy Simmonds; Amv' Alexandra W r right*(Mr. A. Hall Skelton) against Cecil Ephraim Wright (Mr. L. J. Stevens); Emma Doar (Mr. Webb) against John William Baguley Doar; William Henry Raw! Ellis (Mr. Matv thews) against Alma Ethel Elizabeth Ellis; Ivy Bletchford Turner (Mr. Burt) against Victor Edward Turner; John Boyd 'Marshall (Mr. Rogers) against Clara Elizabeth Marshall $ Frederick Richard (Mr. Newberv) against Esther Fletcher; * Mary Douglas Allan (Mr. Robinson) against David H.vnd Allan; Winifred - Frances Boulter (Mr. Milliken) against Colin Henry Boulter. Separation Sequels Decrees nisi were granted to the following petitioners on the ground of a separation existing for more than three years:—Acnnio Theresa Holmes (Mr. Baker) against Jeremiah John Holmes . * (Mr. Dickson); Margaret Nathalie ' Moore (Mr. Lennard) against Francis Moore; Phoebe Josephine Wilson (Mr. Webb) against Henry Arthur Edward Wilcon; May Gordon Freeland (Mr. Skelton) against John George Freeland (Mr. Simson); Elsie Amelia Carr (Mr. Robinson) against Harry Carr; Ernestine Gordon (Mr. Nutsford) against Arthur William Goraon; Annie Lillian Jordan (Mr. Nutsford) against* Harold .Arthur Jordan; Victor Napier Storev (Mr. Jordan) against ■ Bertha Elizabeth Storey (Mr. El- > warth); Doris Morrison (Mr. Matthews) against Kendall Morrison; Gabrielle Eva Day (Mr. Harris) against Charles Day; Henry Patrick Moor (Mr. Nutsford) against Alice Muriel Moor; Ivy Eileen Byrne (Mr. El warth) against Leslie James Patrick Byrne; Muriel Jasmine Sarlett (Mr. A. Hall Skelton) against Clarence Harold Sar- . Lett; Frank Richard Russell (Mr. Bone) against Elizabeth Honora Rose Russell; Thco George Shandley (Mr. Dick- , son) against Murnie Dorothy Shandley; Frank Ogilvio Carbines (Mr. Walker) against Eliza Jane Carbines; Eva Mary Brady (Mr. Spcnce) against .- John Thomas Augustus Brady; Myrtle Vera Frill (Mr. Dickson) against Harry Frill; Catherine Boyd Beaks (Mr. A. C. Stevens) against Cecil Arthur Reaks: Ada Fannie Moir (Mr. Jordan) against James Moir; Betsy Beatrice Rebecca Lidgard (Mr. Matthews) against Leslie James Lidgard; Charles Hendl (Mr. Robinson) against Isabel Durand Hendl; Eva Dorothy Coe (Mr. Nutsford), against Alfred William Coe; Bernard Godfrey McGinn (Mr. Nutsford), against Thelma El:?a- ---' beth Robertson McGinn.