DIVORCE AND DAMAGES AWARDED
In the Supreme Court at Pal- . merston North on Tuesday a jury awarded damages amounting to I £300 to Edward James Eveleigh, farm labourer, of Opiki, against I Harry Eveleigh, co-respondent in a suit for divorce brought by Edward j Eveleigh against his wife, Nora | Benison Eveleigh. Mr. Justice; ' Johnston, who presided awarded a j decree nisi, to be moved absolute j after thrge months to • the peti- j tioner, the question of the custody ! oi the children being deferred. , Mr. A. M. Ongley appeared for the petitioner. Neither the action for divorce nor for damages was| defended, but Mr. F. G. Opie ! represented the . respondent in j , connection with tlie question of j ! the custody of the children. , Eveleigh married his wife in j ; 1929 and there were six children of j the marriage. In 1945 thev were! living at Te Hoe in the Waikato! district, sharemilking a herd of 120 j cows. Petitioner's cousin, Harry ! i Eveleigh, arrived back in New! Zealand from overseas, wnpre ne had been a prisoner-of-war. He ; was invited to stay with the Eveleighs and he remained with them ;six weeks. When he left Mrs. j Eveleigh and the eldest son left iWith him.
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 August 1946, Page 3
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