BRITISH DIVORCE LAWS.
d - WESLETANS AND MATRIMONY. ds 3n a By Teleerapn--Press Association-Oopyrlght. ig- London,- November 30. Giving evidence before the Divorce bo Commission, tho Eev. John Scott Lidgctt,' >r- on bohalf of the Wesleyan Church, said ed that auy change in the existing law " s should achieve a strengthening of revcrn ° ence for tho marriage contract, on Hβ favoured equality of the sexes, and on declared that he had never known a c divorce case among Wesleyans. ic- ____. *s POSITIVIST VIEWS. ' , of London, November 30. Jn 5 Mr. Frederick Harrison, in evidence bo'on fore the Divorce Commission, said the tat Positivist Society, of which he is presi- .'* dent, was opposed to divorce. The Posi,JJ tivists believed tliat marriage continued he after death, and was indissoluble. They te- preferred that the law should remain as LT e at present.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 989, 2 December 1910, Page 5
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139BRITISH DIVORCE LAWS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 989, 2 December 1910, Page 5
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