HUSBAND LEFT HOME
WIFE GRANTED DIVORCE After 20 years of married life Peter Joseph Henry Walker left home, according to his wife, Grace Mary Walker (Mr. Hall Skelton), who sought dissolution of her marriage, in the Supreme Court today. Petitioner, who alleged desertion, said she was married on July 5, 1905, and she and her husband had lived m Christchurch and Dunedin, and finally settled in Newmarket some years ago. There were six children. Her husband was addicted to liquor and was habitually drunk and left her without maintenance. He had been left £l5O in 1925. but had spent every penny on racehorses and liquor. A decree nisi was granted. ORDER NOT OBEYED On the ground of his wife’s failure to obev an order for restitution of conjugal rights, Harry Kirby (Mr. Finl iv) was granted a decree nisi against Eleanor Kirby. The parties were marrieii in October, i
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 930, 25 March 1930, Page 11
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149HUSBAND LEFT HOME Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 930, 25 March 1930, Page 11
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