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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 November 1941, Page 6

“In assessing damages for facial disfigurement it must be borne in mind that this was less important for a man than for a woman, and less important for a middle-aged or elderly woman than for a young woman still unmarried,” said Mr Justice Callan during the hearing of a case in the Auckland Supreme Court. “For some reason, prospective husbands through the ages,” he added, “have been largely influenced by the face of the lady, which, as the years go by, they find among all things to be of least importance.”