DIVORCES GRANTED

Waikato Times, Volume 130, Issue 21737, 25 May 1942, Page 4

DIVORCES GRANTED

MOST CASES UNDEFENDED Only two of the divorce cases listed for hearing in the Supreme Court, Hamilton, today before Mr Justice Johnston, were defended. John Howard Sorenson, of Otorohanga (Mr J. F. Strang) sought dissolution of his marriage with Alexa Edna Rita Sorenson (Mr W. J. King), but he asked leave to withdraw the petition and allow the counter petition to be proceeded with. This request was granted. Evidence was given of the marriage at Waikino in 1933. the birth of a child the following year, the husband's absence in Sydney for six months, and the issue of a separation order in 1937. A decree nisi was granted, the wife to have custody of the child. The other case listed as defended was that of Sydney Francis Strange, hairdresser, Cambridge (Mr R. W. Bennett) against Lena Ivy Strange (Mr J. F. Strang). The parties were married in 1935 at Kawakawa, living afterwards at Kaikohe. Auckland. Te Awamutu. Hamilton and Cambridge. Mrs Strange, it was alleged, had not complied with an order for restitution of conjugal rights made in February, 1942. No evidence was called for the defence, and a decree nisi was granted. Undefended Cases Decrees nisi were granted in the following undefended cases:- -Thomas Joseph Cook. Hamilton (Mr R. W. Bennett) v. Kate Elizabeth Cook: Samuel Arthur Smith, Hamilton (Mr R. W. Bennett) v. Violet Ethel Smith; Ada Alice Taylor, Te Puke (Mr A. L. Tompkins) v. George Alexander Taylor; Violet Caroline O'Brien. Rotorua (Mr R. A. Potter) v. Charles Daniel O’Brien; Mabel Eva Hvnrs. Matamata (Mr J. F. Strang), \. Michael Patrick Hynes: Ina Gladys Armstrong. Frankton (Mr J. F. Strang) v. David Lcnard Armstrong; Elsie Maud Workman. Whakatane (Mr W. J. King) v. William Charles Henry Workman; Amelia Jean Powell, Cambridge (Mr W. J. King) v. Charles Edward Powell; Enid Holmes Herrold. Rotorua (Mr H. J. McMullin) v. John Henry Herrold; Kathleen Maud Curran. Hamilton (Mr A. L. Tompkins) v. Stanley William Curran; Gladys May Hands, Hamilton (Mr N. S. Johnson) v. John William Hands; Ruby May Ellen Belcher, Otorohanga (Mr F. O. R. Phillips) v. James Leslie Belcher; Robert Frederick Nunn (Mr W. J. King) v. Eileen Isabel Nunn; Rebecca Evans (Mr W. J. King) v. Samuel Wilfred Evans; Anderson Cross Purser, Te Rau-a-moa (Mr N. S. Johnson) v. Ellen Fawcett Purser. An order was made for restoration of conjugal rights within 14 days, in the application by Gladys Elsie Kendall, of Hamilton (Mr W. J. King) against Claude Kendall, also of Hamilton. Uy special arrangement neuter’s World Sen ice, in addition lo other special source* I ol information, is used in tlic cumpuaiiou of the overseas intelligence published m u ,is issue, and nil rights therein in Au*tialia and New Zealand arc reserved, sucu oi tne < able news in this issue as is 30 headed has appeared In the Times and i* .<> sent to this paper by special permisuon. It should be understood tnat tn« opinion is not that of the Tunes uuleas npressly stated u he so.