DIVORCE LAWS
EQUALITY OF THE SEXES.
(Rec. April IG, 9.30 p.m.) - London, April 15. Mr. A. Randall moved in the House of Commons in favour of legislation cmliiKl.viiijt a majority report of the Divorce Commission; rocommonding live new grounds'for divorce, namely, desertion, persistentcruelty, drunkenness, incurable insanity, and life imprisonment. An amendment by Mr. R. favouring sexual equality in divorce and opposing'changes in the law which would hnyo the effect of impairing the permanenco of the marriage tie was carried by 134 votes to 91.—Imperial News Service.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 173, 17 April 1920, Page 7
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