DIVORCE FIGURES
BIG INCREASE IN BRITAIN. (United Press Association- By Electric Telegraph.—Copyrig/it.) LONDON. February 5The amazing growth of divorces in Britain is shown in the latest figures. Last year’s decrees were over 5,000 compared with 577 in 1913. Divoice is far more frequent- in the country in every class. More petitions were undefended. The biggest increase occurred since 1926, when matrimonial cases firtly became triable at the Assizes Court, avoiding the former delay and expense of having to go to the Divorce Court. London. Since the Act forbidding full press reports of divorce eases, the annual average is 3545 compared with 2773 just before the Act.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 February 1931, Page 5
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106DIVORCE FIGURES Hokitika Guardian, 6 February 1931, Page 5
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