CHILDLESS PEERESS

Taranaki Daily News, 2 December 1926, Page 10

CHILDLESS PEERESS

PARTIES SEEK DIVORCE. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. London, Nov. 30. Lady Cheylcsmore, formerly Nora Parker, an Australian, is petitioning for a divorce from her husband, whom she married in 1914 when a chorus girl almost fresh from Tasmania. The purpose of the present action is to establish the domicile of the parties, as the husband filed a petition for divorce in Canada, while the wife filed a petition in London, declaring her husband’s domicile to be British. Afterwards Lord Cheylesmore purchased a ranch in Alberta, saying it was a man’s country, and lie would not return to empty London club life for a King’s ransom. Counsel, however, stated that Lady Cheylesmore always understood that his life in Canada was temporary. The couple for a time lived in a 10ft. by 12ft. shack with no covering on the bedroom floors, no washstand, and no water laid on. Relations with his wife were strained because she was childless, and at her husband’s request she underwent treatment by various doctors, but was unable to bear him a child. Sir E, Marshall-Hall,- on behalf of the wife, sharply cross-examined Lord Cheylesmore for the purpose of showing that lie was trying to get rid of her because she was childless and his mother objected to the marriage. x. The case was adjourned.