WANTED A DIVORCE

NZ Truth, Issue 1240, 5 September 1929, Page 3

WANTED A DIVORCE

Domicile Problem Baulks Wife

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Melbourne Rep.) "Good old Aussie. Once an Aussie, always an Aussie.. There is no home like the old home," John Joseph Coghlan ; told his wife as - they; wandered from town to town m New Zealand. MR. JUSTICE MACFARLAN m the Melbourne Divorce Court decided that such patriotic expressions were not sufficient to establish that Coghlan, thoiigh living m New Zealand, still retained his Australian domicile. Therefore, his wife, Isabel Mabel Coghlan, of Kinto^e Street, Canterbury, ( lost her chance: of freeing herself from marriage bonds which had become irksome. Mrs. Coghlan is 56. and her wandering- husband, who is at present living at Levin, New Zen land, is 60. They were married on June 1, 1897, and- have no children. Mrs. Coghlan is; employed as a travelling saleswoman by a Sydney firm. She said that her husband was often out of employment, chiefly owing to intemperance, and she had to work to keep the pair of them. In December, 1901, they went to New Zealand, and for the next seven or ..eight years they wandered about the Dominion, visiting m turn Invercargill, .Christchurch, Wellington, A Stratford, Eltham, Kaponga and Opunake. y In February, 1911, they arranged to come to Melbourne, but just before the boat /sailed"'. Coghlan said he was not going; but would follow her. During the ensuing eight .months he sent her £1. She went back to New Zealand and found him .at Hawera. They came to Melbourne m 1914, and remained till 1916. Mrs.: Coghlan, tired of wandering about and keeping her husband as well as herself, came back to Melbourne m April; -1927. and eventually obtained her present position. Mr. Justice; Macfaiian allowed Mrs. Coghlan to withdraw her petition. "The Gamble of- -Life," for princes or clods, Is losing the stakes m taking the odds. "The Gamble of Life," is scramble and strife, Hustle for dollars and pleasing a wife. '•The Gamble of Life," as seasons come round. Is greeting the weather m language profound. A "The Gamble of Life" brings us colds to endure, , Then comes Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.* -