WAR AND DIVORCE
UPWARD TREND AGAIN London, Feb. 6. While the war has resulted in a large increase in the number of marriages, the trend which sent divorce cases rocketing in the last war is again i apparent. From 1914 to 1919 divorces < increased from 833 a year to 1082, and in the immediate post-war years the figures increased annually to a peak of 3458 in 1921. By 1931 the figures were on the decrease, but with the « passing of the A. P. Herbert Divorce 1 Bill in 1937 they shot up in the fol- ] lowing year to 7621. At the outbreak ' of this war there was a big fall in < divorce petitions. At present, term by term, the numbers are increasing again. During the forthcoming Hilary term there are 1700 cases for hearing, compared with 9.33 a year ago. It is significant that in the last war the increase in divorces did not become marked until the fourth year This time the graph has made its" first big upward move at the end of the ' second of war.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 111, 14 May 1942, Page 3
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