MAORI'S DIVORCE.
"LIKE KAISER'S DAUGHTER."
Marriages, it appears, are not always made in heaven; toinclimcs they are arranged by— friends. A. Maori woman who appeared in tho .Supreme Court yesterday to asi , ' divorce from her husband stated that they had been married in J' nl ' c ' l ' and tliat her husband had left her in June of the same year to live wit'li another woman. .... . Mr. T. M. Wilford (petitioner s counsel): Why did he go to tins other womnn? , , . Petitioner: liecauso he loved her. Judge Sim: Well, why didn't ho marry her instead of you? Mr. Wilford: Ho was forced to marry litis woman. , . , , . . Petitioner: His people forced him to ln ifr' V Wilford-. The match was made by his people. It was like the match made for the marriage of the Kaiser s daughter.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1762, 29 May 1913, Page 4
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136MAORI'S DIVORCE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1762, 29 May 1913, Page 4
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