Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), Thursday 17 December 1942, page 20


Undefended Divorces

Orders nisi for divorce were granted to the plaintiffs in the following undefended actions during the week: — Ivy Dorothy Levy, of Commercial road, Port Adelaide, against Henry Fernand Levy, of Clarendon street. East Melbourne, Victoria, on the ground of living apart

for five years under a court order. Ada Daphne May Loxton, of Hutt street, Adelaide, against George Murray Loxton, of Percy street. Prospect, on the ground of adultery with a woman unknown. Ethel Frances Baker, of Richmond street, Kensington, against Norman Leslie Baker, of unknown address, on the ground of desertion. Lucy Elizabeth Fradd, of Dunn street, Semaphore, against Chester Fradd, of unknown address, on the ground of desertion. Mavis Jean Aust, of Bridgewater, against Arthur Henry Aust, of Daly, street, Adelaide, on the ground of adultery with Valerie Annie Lines, of King William street south, Adelaide. Norma Denison. of Park street, Hackney, against Albert Denison, of Bacon street, Hindmarsh, on the ground of adultery with a woman unknown. Doris Catherine Scahill, of Brougham place. North Adelaide, against Allan John Scahill, of the AIF, of Queensland, on the ground of adultery with a woman unknown. Eva Eileen Christina Battye, of Jetty road, Glenelg. against Samuel Battye, of Jervois avenue, New Hindmarsh. on the ground of desertion. Kathleen Amy Gurr, of Wilson street, Prospect, against Reginald Gurr, of Rotorua, NZ. on the ground of desertion. Hilda Blanche Dick, of Kentori street, Adelaide, against Albert Thomas Dick, of Glen Osmond road, Parkside, on the ground of adultery with Dora Coombe, of Glen Osmond road, Fullarton. Ida Myrtle Mountstephen, of Littlehampton. against Ronald Garnet Mountstephen, of Daly street, Kent Town, on the ground of adultery with Joyce Aust, of Daly street, Kent Town. Lily Maria Pope, of Goyder street, Erindale, against' Sidney Barton Pope, of Kensington Gardens, on the ground of adultery with a woman unknown. Ruby Grace Maynard, of Carrington street, Adelaide, against Melvin Reginald Maynard, of Seven Hills, on the ground of desertion. Caroline Eulalie Hicks, of Adelaide, against John Hemson Hicks, of unknown address, on the ground of desertion. Bernard Frank Twite, of near Olary, against Margaret Lillian Twite, of unknown address, on the grounds of desertion. Arthur Murray Hopcraft, of Port road, Alberton, against Isabella Maude Hopcraft, of Hamilton place, Adelaide, on the ground of desertion. Mabel May Hill, of South terrace, Adelaide, against Clifford Lindsay Hill, of Parramatta road, Forest Lodge, Sydney, NSW, on the ground of desertion. Richard David Stevens, of William street. Norwood, against Doris Edith Stevens, of Carrington street, Adelaide, on the ground of desertion? Robert Frank Johnson, soldier, of the AIF, against Rita Irene Johnson, of Victor Harbor, on the ground of adultery with a man unknown. In the case of William John Eustice, scaffold rigger, 'of South terrace, Adelaide, against Despa Maude Eustice. of Beulah road, Norwood, on the ground of alleged adultery with John Creasy, of Gray street, Norwood, judgment was reserved. Hugh O'Reilly, of Peterborough, against Margaret Alison O'Reilly, of Rosamond street, Norwood, on' the ground of desertion. Dorothy Winifred (or Dorothy) Scott, of Frew street, Adelaide, against Herbert Harold (or Herbert) Scott, of Newbon street, Nailsworfch, on the ground of adul

tery with Jean Stockwell, of Wakefield street, Kent Town. Elsie Gertrude Skinner, of Anzac Highway, Everard Park, against Philip Napleton Skinner, of Essex street, Goodwood, on the ground of desertion. Laura Louisa Grosser, of Compton, against Charles Alexander Constantine Grosser, of Fifield, NSW, on the ground of desertion. Ethel May Walters, of Williams avenue. Dulwich, against John Walters, of Angas street, Adelaide, on the ground of desertion. William Edmund Curtis, of Piccadilly, against Ellen Curtis, of Gouger street, Adelaide, on the ground of desertion. Gertrude May Meldrum. of Dorset avenue, Colonel Light Gardens, apainst Eric Clare Meldrum, of Salisbury, on the ground of desertion. Mary Jane Carpenter, of Quorn, against Arnold John Carpenter, of Hawker, on the ground of desertion. Ernest Wyndham Wheaton. of Barmera, against Nellie Wheaton, of Young street, Kent Town, on the ground of desertion. On the ground that it had been improperly obtained, an order nisi for divorce granted Annie Allen, of Grote street, Adelaide, alleging that her husband, David (or David John) Allen, of Pirie street, Adelaide, had deserted her, was rescinded.