The Divorce Bill.
Tin;r,i; is am w 1) vnic Dili I eVn I'arliam nt at prc-tnl, winch soim-v, h,.t amends the existing Act. .Mr JVb- in moving ils second reading said " that tin- biU had i ecu introduced in constiiuenoc cl n ease which b d been brought ia foie Jud;v liichnioiid at V o;lingtou, when the .India- had expressed lnregret that tin- law at pn -eiit did not rWea-e ay.-niig eirl fr-.m the la- (o her lius'eand, because the adultery 1 -roved bad been more committed wi;li tin- (i: t- r *-1 tin wife." It i- a pity that this bill b, n-d of a wider ami comprehensive -'lnnne'er. Provisions suoiiM 1--intioduced into ii to grant a div-ur-,- in the case of one of the partii to a mailing.- be. Coining iiu'inabiy insane or getting sentenced to inn risoniaciit tor life i r a crime. Wo ,M not bowovir agree with Mr Stew,ail -, su./ge-. tion " that a manied couple, having' no children, and wi-hing to p.irute, simui-i I - granted divorce upon making two m chnalions beh-ro a Judge of the Snpicmc Court, an int< rval of six months < InpMii;* between the Hist and second drciaiaih-n.” Thai is decidedly going too tar. When a 0-111-1; cotiph; once marry, tliey should stick to eich olh- r whctlier they have any children or not as the result of the inuiriagc.
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1706, 13 July 1885, Page 2
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228The Divorce Bill. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1706, 13 July 1885, Page 2
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