VIEWS ON DIVORCE.
BIG DA-MAGES ADVOCATED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Bee. December -1-1, 10.20 p.m.) , . London, December 14, Sir Edward Carson, Iv.C., M.P., in giving evidence before the Divorcc Commission, said it would be a great mistake to increase divorce, facilities. The damages awarded in divorce cases were,. he thought, often entirely inadequate. A wealthy man, with an incorno of .£20,000 per annum, should be mulcted. ill It was unreasonable that a guilty, husband should bo left in possession of the greater part of his income. INFLUENCE ON BIRTH-BATE.' London, December 13. - The Rev. W. I. Carr-Smith, formerly rector of St. James's, Sydney, giving evidence before the Divorce Commission, said that so far.as Australia was concerned no hardship was imposed upon poor people in getting a divorce^ The decline in tho birth-rate, witness considered, was greatly attributable to the facility with which divorce was obtainable.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1000, 15 December 1910, Page 5
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144VIEWS ON DIVORCE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1000, 15 December 1910, Page 5
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