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IN DIVORCE

UNDEFENDED CASES Mr Justice Northcroft was occupied m tlie Divorce Court in Christchurch yesterday with a number of undefended suits. Mrs Winifred May Burns, of Dunedm, obtained a decree nisi against her husband. Stanley Reginald Burns, on the ground of his adultery with Daisy Aletha Galt, single, an employee oi the respondent. The parties were married at Auckland in 1917, and there were three children of the union. Petitioner said she became suspicious of her husband’s behaviour in 1941, and eventually an admission of adultery witn her husband was obtained from Galt. That year her husband left for Christchurch, while she remained with her daughter in Dunedin. Since then they had been apart. Mr Mark Hanan appeared in support of the petition. Denis Albert Thomas Swain (also known as Rene Lestocq) obtained a decree nisi from Millicent Louise Swain on the ground that his wife refused to comply with an order for the restitution of conjugal rights which was granted on February 25, 1943. The parties were married in 1936, and subsequently parted. There was no issue of the marriage. Mr K. G. Archer represented the petitioner. Leonard Gordon Paul Flower petitioned lor the dissolution of his marriage with Myra May Flower on the ground of separation. To his counsel, Mr R. T. Bell, petitioner stated that he was married In Hokitika in 1939, and the parties had separated in 1940. There was no issue of the marriage. A decree nisi, returnable in three months, was pronounced. Florence Gertrude Tutton obtained a decree nisi on the same ground in her petition against Albert John Tutton. grain merchant, of Rangiora Mr J. T. Watts represented petitioner. The parties were separated in 1938, and had not lived togethe; since. There were two children of tiie union. This ground was also advanced by Mr M. W. Simes on behalf of Jack Ernest Maybury, radio production supervisor, in Ills suit against Nellie Catherine Maybury. of Wellington. The parties were married in 1927, and had not lived together since 1937. There were two children of the marriage. A decree nisi was pronounced. Charles Henry Darnell Llndon (Mr A. W. Brown) received a decree nisi on the same ground from Rose Harriet Llndon, to whom he was married at Rangiora in 1930. Before the birth of their only child in 1932, said petitioner, his wife had refused to live with him, and she had since declined to return. Separation was also the ground for the petition of Mary Jessie Elizabeth Howe (Mr C. S. Thomas) against Arthur Garnet Howe, harbourmaster, Hokitika. The parties were married in 1929, and separated in 1939. There was one child of the marriage. A decree nisi was pronou .ced. Separation Suits Mavis Ruth Hickey (Mr C. V. Quigley) obtained a decree nisi on the ground of separation from her husband, William Matthew Hickey, slaughterman, of Petone. The parties married in 1929 and separated in 1938. There was one child of the marriage. Avril Elizabeth Niblock (Mr C. S. Thomas) advanced the same ground in her suit against John Alexander Niblock solicitor, now serving in the forces The parties were married in 1933 at Christchurch and separated in 1940. There were two children of the union. A decree nisi was pronounced. Lotitia Bidwood (Mr C. V. Quigley) proceeded against Alfred William Bidwood, laboinct., ol Blenheim, for the dissolution of their marriage on the ground of separation, and obtained a decree nisi. The parties married in 1932 and separated three years later. Eileen Hilda Rogers also secured a decree nisi from John A. Rogers, »o whom she was married at Stoke in 1916. There were three children of the marriage. The parties separated in 1932. William Chisholm Martin, labourer of Christchurch (Mr C. V. Lester), in his petition charged his wife, Annie Elizabeth Martin, with adultery with Huia John Baxter at Redcliffs, There were four children of the marriage, which took place in 1925. When he went into camp in 1941. said petitioner, his wife had gone to live with Baxter. Corroborative evidence was given by Joy Martin, aged 15. daughter of the parties. A decree nisi was pronounced in petitioner's favour; he was also given the interim custody of the three younger children, Samuel McNicholl (Mr K. G. Archer), who married Catherine Munro McNicholl at Paisley, Scotland, in 1926, and came to New Zealand three. years later, was granted a decree nisi on the ground of respondent’s adultery with James Hamr ond. There was one child of the marriage. Merle Constance Scarf informed the Court that she had returned to her homo at Riccarton on March 7, 1943, and found her husband, Richard Thomas Scarf, misconducting himself with a woman. The parties were married in 1940. and had one child. Mr C. S. Thomas appeared for petitioner, who obtained a decree nisi on the ground of' her husband’s adultery. A decree nisi, returnable in three months, was granted to Elizabeth Ellen Lawrence, of Christchurch, against her husband, Archibald Andrew Lawrence, who had committed adultery with Jean Harding in September. 1941. The marriage had taken place on September 13. 1939. and there was no issue of the union. Mr C. S. Thomas appeared for petitioner.. Adultery was the ground for the petition of William Mercer (Mr E. S. Bowie) against his wife, Lilian Mabel Louise Mercer. Charles Edward Gee was named as’ co-respondent. The parties were married in 1925, and there was one child of the marriage. Gee, said the petitioner, came to his house as a boarder, and subsequent!:, his wife left him and joined the co-respondent in Auckland. He was granted a decree nisi. Evidence was given by Mrs Edith .Florence Carr for her son, Edward Victor Hastings Carr (Mr A. W. Brown) (who is now serving in the Middle East), concerning his petition on the ground of adultery against his wife. Martha Beryl Carr, and naming Rolf Baxter as corespondent. The marriage took place m January, 1939. The respondent, stated witness, had subsequently admitted that Baxter .’as the father of a child born in January, 1941. A decree nisi, returnable in throe months, was granted, Peter Sydney Enting, who stated that his wife had been an inmate of a mental hospital since 1935, and that (here was no hope of her recovery, was granted a decree nisi against Eileen Mary Enting. on the motion of Mr G. G. Lockwood There were two children of the marriage, which took place in 1924. Mrs Christina Farrier (MrC S. Thomas) petitioned for a divorce from Ernest William Farrier, to whom she was married on December 29, 1920, on the grounds of separation. There was one child of the marriage. The parties separated in 1937 and had not resided together since. Separation was also the ground In the petition of Annie Thelma Doris DalzLl against Ernest Mcrvyn Dalziel, a soldier now serving overseas. The parties were married in 1937, separated that year, and had not resided together since, A decree nisi was granted. Mr A W Brown appeared in support of the petition of Rita Violet Simpson against Robert Simpson, a soldier serving overseas, on the ground of separation. The parties were married in 1935 and three years later agreed to ' separate There was one child of the union. The petitioner was granted a decree nisi, also the custody of the child. Following her marriage In Glasgow In 1928, stated Rachel McCartney (Mr Roy Twyneham), her husband, John McCartney, had lived on the "dole" until she decided to come to New Zealand in i 938. Throughout her married life she had supported herself. There were no children of the marriage. A decree nisi was granted on the ground of separation. George Wallacey Armltage, machine worker, told the Court that soon after his marriage in 1914 he settled at Feilding, and there his wife, Maggie Armitage, complained that she did not like country life. There was no issue to the marriage Petitioner told his counsel, Mr A. W. Brown, that he returned from a contract in the country and found her gone, and his household effects disposed of. Since then he had neither seen nor heard of her, though he had made repeated attempts to ascertain her whereabouts. He was granted a decree nisi. Margaret Jane Ramshaw (Mr C. S. Thomas) stated in her petition that she had married George Robert Ramshaw at Blvdie, England, in 1921. and there had been three children of (he union. The parties agreed to separate in 1939 and had not resided together since. Petitioner was granted a decree nisi. On the ground of non-compliance with an order for the restitution of conjugal rights, Richard Sidney Robert Dixon, farmer, of Darfield (and a former soldier), was granted a decree nisi against Joanne Walcott Dixon. To Mr W. R. Lascellss who appeared for petitioner). Dixon stated that he was married in 1939, and soon afterwards went overseas. In May, 1942. he secured an order for the return of his wife, who had refused to live with him again. Ernest Louis Bain Pemberton (Mr C. S. Thomas) secured a decree nisi in his petition against Bernice Margaret Pemberton on the ground of separation. The petitioner, a schoolmaster at Geraldine, was married In 1938. The fallowing year the parties separated, and had not lived together since. There were no children. Mr K. G, Archer appeared for Thomas Edward Ward, who petitioned for a divorce from Helen Howie Ward on the same ground. The parties were married in 1928, and there were two children nf the union. In 1934 they agreed to separate, and thev had not resided together since that year. The same ground was advanced in the petition of Albert George O’Neill (Mr J. T. Watts) against Mary Ann O’Neill, to whom he was married at Granity in 1930, There were no children of the marriage. The parties separated m 1939. The petitioner was now In the Roval New Zealand Air Force. For Bernard William Walker, who petitioned for a divorce from Marjorie Emily

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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23963, 2 June 1943, Page 4

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IN DIVORCE Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23963, 2 June 1943, Page 4

IN DIVORCE Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23963, 2 June 1943, Page 4

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