DIVORCE
yHE great increase in the number of divorces in England is again arresting attention. Amendment to the present law is being talked of, and it is expected that this amendment will be in the nature of breaking down what is termed the “secret divorce.” There can be no secrecy about divorce. Divorce, when it occurs, is a self-evident fact. The only question is whether newspapers and publications .which can usually he classified as undesirable, should be permitted to purvey to the prurient public the intimate details of the lives of persons who desire to no longer live together. Publicity of this kind is degrading to the readers and it is distressing to the portion concerned. It is an effective bar to a more desirable condition of life to sensitive people, and it afflicts with pain the relatives of the parties. Little good is served by giving publicity to divorce court doings. Much hurt is inflicted. The cure of the present unsatisfactory condition of many marital ventures is not to be found in coersive publicity but rather in inspiring people to regard aright the sanctity of marriage both before and after that relationship has been entered into.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 234, 2 October 1929, Page 8
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197DIVORCE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 234, 2 October 1929, Page 8
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