HOBART DIVORCE COURT
Decrees Nisi Granted In ll
Undefended Suits
Eleven decrees nisi were granted by I Mr. Justice Crisp in undefended peti- tions for divorce in the Supreme Court at Hobart yesterday. A number of decrees nisi were made absolute.
COLLIDGE V. COLLIDGE.
- George Philip Collidge, 101 Davey St., Hobart, was granted a decree nisi in his application for divorce from Eva Louisa Coliidge on the ground of desertion. Mr. M. F. Sorell (Dobson. Mitchell and All port) appeared for the petitioner.
Petitioner said he was married to re- spondent on July 19, 1932, at Hobart Respondent was a widow with five children, and after marriage they lived at Lenah Valley. Arguments arose over the children, over his work, and the fact that his wife used to collect his wages. She gave him only 2s a week and sometimes not that. There was one child of the marriage, and she did not want the baby, which was now with his mother. While she was in the General Hospital following the birth of the baby, her attitude towards him was hostile, and she made arrangements to give up tile lease of the tea rooms at Lenah Valley and to store the furniture. She left him on July 8, 1933, and went to Claremont. She refused to re turn to him.
Alice Florence Collidge, mother of the petitioner, also gave evidence.
The petitioner was granted the custody of the child