HIGHEST ON RECORD
DIVORCES IN BRITAIN MORE WIVES’ PETITIONS (Eke. Tel. Press Assn.) British judges last year dealt with 4638 divorce petitions, _ which is the highest since official statistics were lU'st compiled in 1908. dissolving no fewer thaii 3925 marriages, of which 2271 were on the petitions of wives. Sir Ivo Geikie-Cobb, chairman of the Marriage Law Reform League, says the main reason for the increase is that a wife can now sue for divorce on equal terms with a husband.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18252, 22 November 1933, Page 5
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