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    South Australia - Social Matters

    Marriage and Divorce

    An Anecdotal Essay on Marriage and Divorce

    (Taken from Geoffrey H. Manning's A Colonial Experience)

    Marriage

    Introduction

    According to a code of conduct instituted in Rome in the fifth century 'father's consent' had to be obtained by a daughter who wanted to marry before she reached the age of twenty-five years. If the father was deceased approval had to be forthcoming from the mother or near relatives. If a conflict arose between competing suitors, and the woman through 'modest sensibility' declined to choose, 'an assembly of relations was ordered.'

    Then the district magistrate had to determine with their help which was the most suitable among the rivals for selection as the husband. Moreover, if father refused his consent on irrational grounds the local magistrate was entitled to dispense with the consent and allow the marriage.

    By 1844 the institution of marriage was, to some minds, a place within which the happiness or misery of millions was wrapped:

    In 1896 a sceptical observer of the state of 'wedded bliss' passed on the benefits of his observations to interested readers:

    A comment on 'Marriage and Morality' in 1898 was an indictment of the law as seen through the eyes of a perceptive citizen:

    A declining marriage rate was of concern at the close of the 19th century and a bachelor poured forth his woes:

    Another young man of the same ilk put the blame squarely at the feet of the female of the species:

    Marriage in the Year 2000

    Before concluding my meandering on the subject of marriage I proffer the following projections, albeit with 'tongue in cheek', as to the state of holy matrimony one hundred years hence: 'Progress will be slow until 1942 when a "King William Street" murder will be perpetrated by a drunken husband of his wife, (a member of parliament and unable to obtain a divorce), who is in love with a cabinet minister.

    'At this time "semi-detached marriages" are recognised, wherein husband and wife live separate lives with their own careers, seeing each other only occasionally. In 1948 sexual instruction begins in schools and welfare centres are established by 1949, when an Act removes restrictions on the employment of married women; the wearing of a wedding ring and the use of the husband's name is already beginning to die out.

    'In 1955 "Masculinists" try to force through the House of Assembly a law forcing women to bear as many boys as girls - for by that time sex can be controlled and there is a fear of feminine mothers producing too many daughters. Two years later divorce by consent becomes law, and drunkenness, invalidism, desertion and penal servitude are recognised legal causes.

    'The Bishop of Adelaide and other church leaders are so enraged they go on strike and vacate their positions of power - no one takes any notice and they all return to their unconcerned flocks within a fortnight.

    'In 1968, helped by a Royal experiment, trial marriages become legal and in 1971 the first laboratory-grown child comes into the world. But psychological fitness cannot make up for lack of affection and parental care and most of the children are dead by their fifth year.

    'In 1973 a Second Contracts Act is passed to meet the need of prolonged separations; for example, during travel and the following year the State becomes guardian to every child born. Not until 1981 does sterilisation of the unfit begin.

    'Science plays a powerful part. Airplanes at 500 miles per hour destroy much unhappiness caused today by separation of husbands and wives; birth of equal numbers of boys and girls becomes a leading social principle; women no longer lose their attractiveness or grow older earlier than men, and in 1977 a queen bears an heir, when 62.

    'Yet the final ideal achieved in 2000 is not much different from those marriages that are happy today. The monogamy that was never forced upon society has become the majority's voluntary choice! For it is found that a trial marriage robs the permanent one of its glamour and is conducted in a cynical expectation of failure, and the frequently divorced find that their careers lags behind those of the simpler-living. By 2000 promiscuity has become a fifth-rate pastime practised by a lethargic people of small mental capacity or occupation.'

    Conclusion

    Although, as a clergyman rightly remarked to me one day, a wedding is one of the most interesting things there are, and in our township no one seems too old or too busy to go, if possible, and see the ceremony; indeed, marriage from an abstract point of view has not yet been put in its proper position.

    Such superior men as Shakespeare, Walter Scott, Tennyson and others have all tried to give the world thoughts on the subject made in the light of their own ideal, but the world is apt to look upon these truths as the rhapsodies of romantic minds - it is well that they cannot be said to be the mere sentiments of women.

    No, the true ideal of marriage has not been based upon any evanescent feminine fancy, but it has been founded on the great doctrine of reciprocity taught by Confucius. Without reciprocity where is morality? Well may Shakespeare say, 'From loveless marriage base adultery springs', for where, as the Chinese philosopher taught, is the logic of a relationship in which the two factors are wanting in an essential quality?

    Society mothers often regard the prospect of a daughter's marriage merely as a means for her obtaining exhaustless chiffons and an establishment of her own. Is it astonishing that such an inverted ideal of happiness fades as the pleasure of mere luxury palls? Where is the reciprocity in such a relationship?

    Far be it from me to think that girls' heads should be filled too early with ideas of a possible husband, but the fact must be faced that 'nature abhors a vacuum' and if no ideal be placed in the empty frame of the fancy-free, it is liable to be filled with false representations of any ignorant girl or woman with whom she comes in contact, and she is thus liable to fall down and worship the first image that presents itself.

    Who has not seen a girl a captive to the wiles of her music master? She is shy of telling her parents of the charm the man has for her, she becomes enslaved to her fancy, and whilst the mother is still boasting of her daughter being impervious to the attractions of the other sex, her heart is taken captive and it is only after marriage that the clay feet of her idol are discovered.

    Divorce

    In the days of early Rome the law provided that a woman found guilty of marital infidelity was to lose half her dowry and a third of any other property, as well as being transported to an island. Conversely, a man found guilty of such an offence was fined an amount equivalent to the value of half his property and to transportation. 'but the guilty parties should not be transported to the same island', the law naively provided.

    In those far-off days the grounds for divorce were much the same for men and women and included 'a strong suspicion on either side of infidelity or of the party being engaged in criminal or treasonable practices, keeping the company of wicked characters or using or threatening personal violence. The mode of effecting a divorce in early Roman times was nothing more than a mere manifestation of will, testified by such simple words, spoken or written, as 'Manage your own affairs for yourself.' By the fourth century 'after Christ' divorce only became valid when the causes were judicially proved.

    Divorce was recognised in early Anglo-Saxon law and 'in the case of infidelity the husband took all the property. Otherwise the wife, if she retained the custody of the children, took half the property; if she did not retain the children she took the share of a child, and if there were no children she took her own property.'

    In the 'old days' it was laid down that the husband 'hath by law power and dominion over his wife, and may keep her by force within the bounds of duty, and may beat her, but not in a violent or cruel manner.' This evidently provided for nice, gentlemanly clouts, which probably developed in power and frequency with time. It was also contended that the male was a much superior creature to the other sex.

    It is recorded that he was 'stronger in intellect, in force of character, and in physical strength, and, therefore, better able to struggle against the opposing circumstances, both in the winning of foods and attacks of enemies, and so to govern and rule... Nature plainly dictates that it is the duty of the husband to cherish and protect his wife, and that the wife on her part should yield, not only love and tenderness, but even obedience...'

    By the mid-nineteenth century 'the law, with great propriety, regarded any attempt to dissolve the marriage tie with great jealousy, but conceded that occasions might arise where parties joined in wedlock could be separated. To meet these cases divorce of two degrees was legalised - a simple separation or absolute dissolution... which left the liberated parties free to marry others:

    'The Law of Divorce' was commented upon in the Advertiser, 14 December 1886:

    General Notes

    "Marriage Laws in South Australia" is discussed in the Register,
    7 December 1839, page 5b,
    11 January 1840, page 6d,
    9 May 1840, page 5d,
    22 August 1840, page 6a,
    5 September 1840, page 2e,
    15 May 1841, page 2f,
    9 October 1841, pages 2d-3b,
    20 and 27 November 1841, pages 2b and 2c,
    26 March 1842, page 2b,
    1 October 1842, page 3b; also see
    Observer,
    16 March 1844, page 3.

    Information on Jewish marriages is in the Observer,
    30 May 1846, page 5a,
    6 June 1846, page 8a.

    "Mixed Marriages" is discussed in the Register,
    9 and 27 September 1848, pages 2b-3e and 4b,
    7 October 1848, page 3e,
    22 November 1848, page 2c,
    Register,
    23 January 1889, page 7d,
    Express,
    5 September 1911, page 1h.
    "A Mixed Marriage" (Roman Catholic and Protestant) is discussed in the Register,
    13 November 1926, page 8g.

    "Marriage, Its Nature, and Claims" is in the Register,
    2 March 1850, page 4d.

    "Law of Marriage in SA" is in the Register,
    6 October 1851, page 3a-d,
    Observer,
    26 January 1856, page 1c (supp.).

    A letter in respect of "The Amended Marriage Bill" is in the Observer,
    6 November 1852, page 7a.

    "The Law of Marriage" is in the Register,
    22 and 25 January 1856, pages 2b and 2d.

    "Husbands and Wives" is in the Register,
    25 August 1856, page 2c.

    "Registration of Marriages" is in the Register,
    22 December 1855, page 2e,
    Observer,
    22 December 1855, page 1e (supp.),

    "The Late Irregular Marriages" is in the Register,
    12 December 1856, page 2e,
    "The New Marriage Bill" on
    8 September 1857, page 2c.

    "The Marriage Law" is in the Register,
    18 and 20 February 1857, pages 3g and 2h.

    "The Law of Divorce" is in the Register,
    24 May 1858, page 2e,
    8 September 1858, page 2d,
    "Matrimonial Causes Bill" on
    19 and 20 October 1858, pages 2e and 2d,
    15 November 1858, page 3e,
    25 April 1859, page 2f.

    "Social Questions" is in the Observer,
    23 October 1858, page 6d.

    "The Matrimonial Causes Act" is in the Observer,
    30 April 1859, page 6c,
    "The Marriage Law Amendment Bill" on
    9 June 1860, page 6f.

    "The Marriage Law Reform Movement" is in the Register,
    17 December 1860, page 2g.

    An amusing account of a "Bush Wedding" is in the Register,
    12 August 1861, page 3h,
    Observer,
    17 August 1861, page 3d.

    "Heartless Desertion" is in the Observer,
    31 October 1863, page 1d (supp.).

    "The Marriage Law" is in the Observer,
    1 and 22 August 1863, pages 6c and 1a (supp.),
    "The Marriage Question" in the Register,
    9 May 1864, page 2f:

    "Consolidation of Marriage Laws" is in the Register,
    25 July 1866, page 2d,
    8, 13 and 19 September 1866, pages 2c, 2b-3h and 2b,
    7, 8, 14 and 21 December 1866, pages 3g, 2b, 2b and 2c-3g,
    25 May 1867, page 2c.

    "The New Marriage Bill" is in the Chronicle,
    3 November 1866, page 4d,
    Observer,
    22 December 1866, page 3c.

    "A Plea for Bachelors" is put in a humorous letter to the Register
    on 18 December 1866, page 3c.

    "Bachelors and the Marriage Rate" is in the Register
    on 18 and 22 July 1899, pages 4f and 10e:

    "Romantic Elopement" is in the Register,
    5 June 1867, page 2d.

    "Threatened Revolt of Women Against Marriage" is in the Express,
    7 November 1867, page 3d.

    "Property of Married Women" is in the Register,
    4 March 1869, page 3f,
    Express,
    8 March 1869, page 2b,
    Chronicle,
    20 March 1869, page 6c.
    An editorial on perceived anomalies in the Marriage Act is in the Advertiser,
    16 March 1880, page 4d and
    on the law relating to married women's property on
    28 June 1880, page 4f; also see
    Chronicle,
    14 October 1882, page 5b,
    31 March 1883, page 5c,
    18 August 1883, page 5c.

    "Mammoth Wedding Cake" is in the Register,
    8 July 1870, page 5d.

    "Wife-Beating" is in the Express,
    12 February 1875, page 2b,
    "Wife-Desertion and Wife-Beating" in the Register,
    21 December 1875, page 4e,
    Observer,
    25 December 1875, page 13b,
    "Recent Cases in the Divorce Court" in the Chronicle,
    28 July 1877, page 5a; also see the
    SA Figaro,
    3 November 1877, page 4b.

    "Happiness in Wedlock" is in the Register,
    24 November 1875, page 4f.

    "Marriage and Mortality" is in the Express,
    1 September 1876, page 3b.

    A poem entitled "To Persons About to Marry" is in The Lantern,
    20 July 1878, page 6.

    "Brutal Husbands" is in the Advertiser,
    10, 12 and 15 July 1878, pages 6g, 7g and 3g,
    "Husbands and Wives" in the Chronicle,
    20 July 1878, page 12e.

    "Marriage Rights and Wrongs" is in the Register,
    15 July 1878, page 5g,
    "Husbands and Wives" on
    21 November 1878, page 5f.

    An editorial on marriage is in the Advertiser,
    3 August 1878, page 4f:

    "Some Social Aspects of Early Colonial Life" is in the Register,
    26 October 1878, page 5f,
    "Some Present Aspects of Colonial Life" on
    1 November 1878, page 6b.

    "Weddings and Tinkettling" is in the Register,
    8 April 1879, page 6f.

    "Drink and Divorce" is in the Register,
    27 December 1880, page 4g.

    A Maternity Relief Association is discussed in the Express,
    10 January 1881, page 2d,
    5 June 1885, page 2c,
    2 June 1886, page 5g,
    3 May 1887, page 3b,
    5 June 1885, page 5b,
    Observer,
    8 April 1882, page 30c.

    A lecture on midwifery is reproduced in the Observer,
    7 May 1881, page 820e.

    "May Women Woo" is in The Lantern,
    30 April 1881, page 2.

    "A Baby Show" is in the Register,
    24 December 1869, page 3a,
    Express,
    4 and 21 June 1881, pages 2e and 3b,
    Chronicle,
    25 June 1881, page 7c;
    sketches are in the Pictorial Australian in
    September 1889 pages 132 and 136,
    "The Baby Show" is in the Chronicle,
    25 June 1881, page 7c,
    The Lantern,
    25 June 1881, page 7,
    2 July 1881, page 7 (poem),
    Express,
    23 and 24 October 1889, pages 5b and 3f,
    Observer,
    26 October 1889, page 31b:

    Sketches are in the Pictorial Australian in
    September 1889 pages 132 and 136,
    photographs in the Observer,
    9 October 1920, page 24,
    21 May 1921, page 23.
    "The Baby Competition" is in the Register,
    16 May 1921, page 3c,
    Advertiser,
    18 May 1921, page 13h;
    information on and photographs of competitors in the 5CL Baby Competition are in the Chronicle,
    31 March 1928, page 16; also see
    29 October 1931, page 34,
    Observer,
    9 April 1927, page 33.

    "Women Before and After Marriage" is in the Observer,
    30 July 1881, page 42b.

    Information on the Maternity Relief Association is in the Register,
    11 November 1881, page 5c,
    6 April 1882, page 5b,
    19 September 1883, page 4g,
    22 May 1884, page 5b.

    "Needlework - A Word of Warning" is in the Register,
    14 November 1881, page 5d.

    "Why Our Girls are Not Married" is in the Observer,
    26 November 1881, page 25a,
    "Young Men" on
    21 January 1882, page 20e,
    "The Conceit of Married Men" on
    10 February 1883, page 42d.

    "Matrimonial Statistics of the Colony" is in the Register,
    9 December 1881, page 4g,
    Observer,
    17 December 1881, page 20e.

    "The Marriage Law" is in the Register,
    9 and 14 June 1882, pages 4g and 5a.

    "Divorce Suits" is in the Register,
    3 May 1883, page 4d.

    A breach of promise case is discussed in the Observer,
    8 November 1879, page 11c,
    7 August 1880, page 227e,
    16 September 1899, page 54d,
    Register,
    8 April 1884, page 6a,
    4 December 1890, page 7g,
    19 October 1895, page 4f.
    "Matrimony and Breach of Promise" is in the Register,
    23 March 1899, page 4e,
    9 July 1907, page 9d; also see
    The News,
    16 November 1933, page 10e and Law - Miscellany.

    "Husband's Liabilities for a Wife's Debts" is in the Register,
    23 May 1884, page 4h.

    "Wife Desertion" is in the Observer,
    10 May 1884, page 37b.

    An editorial on debts incurred by wives is in the Advertiser,
    23 May 1884, page 4f.

    "A Distressing Story" is in the Express,
    10 and 12 July 1884, pages 4a and 3g.

    "A Tragedy of Married Life" is in the Register,
    13 and 18 June 1885, pages 4f-5f and 7d.

    An editorial on debts incurred by wives is in the Advertiser,
    23 May 1884, page 4f.

    An editorial on deserted wives under the heading "Woman to the Rescue of Woman" is in the Chronicle,
    28 November 1885, page 5b,
    Observer,
    29 November 1884, page 27a.

    "Marriage a La Mode" is in the Observer,
    4 July 1885, page 42b.

    "Marriage and Frivolity" is in the Register,
    24 February 1886, page 7d.

    "The Rights and Liabilities of Married Women" is in the Register,
    16 April 1886, page 4g.

    "The Law of Divorce" is in the Advertiser, 14 December 1886, page 7e:

    A poem titled "The Bride" is in The Lantern,
    13 August 1887, page 19.

    "On Getting Married" is in the Register,
    10 February 1888, page 3h.

    "Divorce Law Amendment" is in the Register,
    9 September 1887, page 4g,
    Observer,
    17 September 1887, page 25c.

    The divorce laws are discussed in the Express,
    4 and 9 August 1888, pages 3e and 2b,
    Advertiser,
    3 August 1888, page 3g,
    1, 5 and 10 September 1888, pages 5f, 5d and 7d,
    "The New Divorce Bill" on
    17, 18 and 25 September 1888, pages 5f, 7b and 6d,
    Observer,
    1 August 1888, page 24e,
    8 September 1888, pages 5a-35b,
    13 and 20 October 1888, pages 24e and 24d,
    Register,
    1 November 1888, page 7g.

    "On Getting Married" is in the Observer,
    4 February 1888, page 43b,
    "Liability of Married Women" on
    11 February 1888, page 25b.

    "The Baby Show" is in the Chronicle,
    25 June 1881, page 7c,
    Express,
    23 and 24 October 1889, pages 5b and 3f,
    Observer,
    26 October 1889, page 31b:

    A poem titled "Married and Done For" is in The Lantern,
    2 February 1889, page 17.

    "Courtship and Marriage" is in the Observer,
    29 June 1889, page 8a.

    "Who Make the Best Wives for Working Men?" is in the Observer,
    3 August 1889, page 8a.

    "The Reports of Divorce Trials" is in the Express,
    18 September 1889, page 6d,
    "The Anderson Divorce Case" is reported in the Register,
    21 September 1889, pages 4f-5a,
    Chronicle,
    14 September 1889, page 21c.

    "Divorce Extension in Australia" is in the Register,
    6 December 1889, page 4g,
    "Divorce in Australia" on
    10 April 1890, page 5b,
    "Women's Revolt" on
    19 July 1890, page 5b.

    "The Revolt Against Matrimony" is in the Advertiser,
    23 February 1891, page 6d;
    an editorial on marriage appears on
    18 October 1892, page 4e:

    "Mothers as Matchmakers" is in the Observer
    24 October 1891, page 8c.

    "Women's Suffrage and Marriage" is in the Chronicle,
    5 December 1891, page 5b.

    "Serious Hindrances to a Wedding Ceremony" is in the Register,
    27 February 1892, page 5a.

    "Wife Beaters and Their Punishment" is in the Register,
    12 January 1893, page 3h.

    "The Marriage Law" is in the Advertiser,
    22 February 1894, page 4f,
    "Marriages With Open Doors" on
    23 February 1894, page 4f,
    "Is Flirting on the Increase?" on
    31 March 1894, page 4g:

    "Hasty Engagements and Early Marriages" is in the Register,
    31 March 1894, page 4h.

    "Why Men Do Not Marry in Australia" is traversed in the Advertiser,
    9 April 1894, page 4f:

    "Marriage of Divorcees" is in the Advertiser,
    18 June 1895, page 4f,
    "Tomfoolery at Weddings" on
    25 March 1896, page 7e.

    "Protection of Married Women" is in the Advertiser,
    4 and 22 August 1896, pages 6g and 4f,
    Observer,
    3 October 1896, page 30e.

    "A Widows' Right Bill" is in the Advertiser,
    5 August 1896, page 4e,
    3 September 1896, page 4f,
    4 November 1897, page 4g.

    A satirical poem titled "The Doctrine of Marriage" is in the Observer,
    8 August 1896, page 25b.
    "The Bishop and Marriage Laws" is in the Advertiser,
    14 August 1896, page 4f,
    "Age in Marriage" on
    7 November 1896, page 4i:

    "Some Failures in Marriage" is in the Register,
    6 October 1896, page 4g.

    "Husbands and Wives" is in the Register,
    1 February 1897, page 4h.

    "Hasty Marriages" is in the Register,
    19 March 1898, page 4e,
    Observer,
    2 April 1898, page 13c.

    "Warning to Bachelors - Marry and Escape Insanity" is in the Register,
    10 June 1898, page 3f.

    "Why Do Women Prefer to Remain Unwed" is in the Register,
    17 June 1898, page 3c.

    The inaugural meeting of the SA Mothers' Union is reported in the Register,
    22 June 1898, page 7g; also see
    29 August 1905, page 5f,
    4 September 1917, page 7e.
    A history is in the Advertiser,
    28 July 1937, page 10f.
    Photographs are in the Observer,
    29 November 1913, page 31.

    Comment on "Marriage and Morality" is in the Advertiser,
    15 September 1898, page 10c:

    "An Interesting Marriage [at the Deaf & Dumb Church]" is in the Register,
    21 September 1898, page 4f.

    "Our Marriage Laws" is in the Register,
    10, 14 and 19 November 1898, pages 6h, 6d and 10i,
    3 and 10 December 1898, pages 8f and 4b.

    "Bachelors and the Marriage Law" is in the Observer,
    5 August 1899, page 41c.

    A court case headed "Is Marriage a Failure?" is reported in the Observer,
    19 August 1899, page 15c.

    "Hasty Marriages" is in the Observer,
    2 April 1898, page 13c.

    "Matrimony and Breach of Promise" is in the Register,
    23 March 1899, page 4e.

    "Bachelors and the Marriage Rate" is in the Register,
    18 July 1899, page 4f.

    "Our Marriage Laws" is in the Register,
    8 August 1899, page 2i.

    "The Way Out of Unhappy Marriages" is in the Register,
    10 August 1899, page 4e:

    "Our Marriage Laws" is in the Observer,
    26 August 1899, page 55d,
    "Cruel Husbands" on
    26 August 1899, page 55e.

    "Fathers, Mothers and Children" is in the Register,
    28 September 1899, page 4d.

    "Marriage and Divorce" is in the Register,
    2 July 1900, page 6f; also see
    16, 18, 19 and 22 October 1901, pages 8g, 6f, 5h and 6g,
    5 November 1901, page 3h,
    4 December 1901, page 8a,
    2 and 4 May 1910, pages 4c and 9f,
    16 November 1912, page 14e.

    A sermon on matrimony is reproduced in the Register,
    15 October 1900, page 6h; also see
    17 October 1900, page 3d.

    "Wives and Wages" is in the Register,
    28 January 1901, page 7d.

    "Why Girls Marry and Why They Don't" is in the Register,
    28 March 1901, page 6c.

    A cartoon titled "For Natural Love and Affection" is in The Critic,
    14 December 1901, page 53.

    A federal divorce law is the subject of editorial comment in the Advertiser,
    3 September 1901, page 4b.

    "Wives and Wages" is in the Register on
    28 January 1901, page 7d,
    "Breach of Promise" on
    11 May 1901, page 4c,
    "Marriage and Breach of Promise" on
    9 July 1907, page 9d,
    "Hell and Matrimony" on
    8 August 1901, page 7i.

    "Marrying and Marring" is in the Register,
    30 November 1901, page 6f; also see
    27 and 29 March 1907, pages 7i and 7h,
    1, 3, 9 and 13 April 1907, pages 3c, 7d, 8c and 10h.

    "Home Life" is in the Advertiser, 10 July 1902, page 4c:

    A cartoon titled "At the Hall v Hall Divorce Case" is in The Critic,
    9 August 1902, page 14; also see
    30 August 1902, page 15.

    "The Law and the Lady" is in the Observer,
    30 August 1902, page 27d.

    "Large Families or Small" is in the Advertiser,
    2 April 1903, page 4b,
    "Mothers and Their Duty" on
    12 May 1903, page 4c.

    Letters in respect of divorce legislation are in the Advertiser,
    20 January 1904, page 7h.

    "The Declining Birth Rate" is in the Advertiser,
    11, 16, 19 and 26 March 1904, pages 4c, 4c, 9b and 6g,
    3 December 1906, page 6c,
    Register,
    1 September 1904, pages 4d-6c.

    "Judicial Separation" is in the Advertiser,
    19 April 1904, page 4e,
    "The Mirage of Marriage" on
    4 June 1904, page 13a,
    "Married Woman's Rights - An Interesting Case" on
    16 September 1904, page 9d.

    "Marriage Fees" is in the Register,
    31 May 1904, page 7g,
    6 June 1904, page 3h.

    "Young Girl's Marriage - A Sad Story" is in the Register,
    18 June 1904, page 5b.

    A proposal for "Temporary Marriages" is discussed in the Advertiser,
    5 November 1904, page 6c.

    "Wanted - A Maternity Home" is in the Register on
    7 December 1900, pages 4f-6c; also see
    8 December 1900, page 7h,
    8 February 1901, pages 4c-6b,
    30 March 1901, page 5f.

    On 2 September 1901 at page 7i of the Register is a letter headed "Is a Young Man Married a Young Man Marred?":

    Not surprisingly this declaration created a spate of dissent; see, for example, Register, 4 and 5 September 1901, pages 8f and 3g:

    Also see Register,
    7, 10, 13, 18, 24, 26 and 28 September 1901, pages 3g, 3h, 3c, 6h, 6f, 4h and 4c,
    1, 3, 12, 17 and 22 October 1901, pages 6e, 4h, 8h, 3i and 6h,
    24, 25, 28 and 30 April 1903, pages 3e, 3g, 8g and 4c-6h,
    2 May 1903, page 10c:

    Also see Register, 4, 6, 8, 9, 13, and 14 May 1903, pages 3d, 6g, 6f, 4h, 6i and 6f:

    Also see Register,
    4 July 1903, page 9f,
    9 December 1903, page 4f.

    "Young Men and Maidens" is in the Register,
    30 April 1903, page 4c; also see
    2 May 1903, page 10c.

    "The Duty of Motherhood" is in the Register,
    9 May 1903, page 4b.

    "The Divorce Question" is in the Express,
    30 September 1901, page 3g.

    "The Law and the Lady [in re "Divorce"] is in the Register,
    26 August 1902, page 4d.

    "Marriage and Clergymen's Fees" is in the Register,
    6 June 1904, page 3h,
    "Wives and Work" on
    28 and 29 March 1905, pages 8a and 3c:

    "Wives and Work" is in the Register,
    29 March 1905, page 3c.

    "Why Women Do Not Marry" is in the Register,
    23 May 1905, page 7f.

    "Women and Divorce" is in the Register,
    6 June 1905, page 6h:

    "Improvements in Marriage - What Will Happen in the Year 2000?" is the subject for conjecture in the Advertiser, 22 January 1906, page 9c:

    "Why Men do Not Marry" is in the Register,
    10 May 1906, page 3c:

    "About Old Maids" is in the Register,
    28 March 1906, page 8g.

    "The Story of a Bigamist" is in the Register,
    2 June 1906, pages 7c-9g.

    "Divorce" is in the Register,
    9 June 1906, page 6c.

    "A Matrimonial Advertisement - What It Led To" is in the Register,
    11 September 1906, page 7c.

    "Why Is Marriage Unpopular?" is in the Register, 4, 8, 13, 14, 15 and 18 May 1908, pages 5f, 3g, 3e, 3g, 9h and 5c-6c.

    "Nagging" is discussed in the Register,
    12 January 1907, page 6e,
    19 April 1913, page 14e:

    "Nagging Wives" is in the Advertiser,
    7 March 1925, page 10c.

    "Is Woman Superior?" is in the Register,
    16 February 1907, page 6c.

    "The Best Age to Marry At" is in the Advertiser,
    18 March 1907, page 9a.

    "Proposals of Marriage - How They are Made" is revealed in the Advertiser,
    1 April 1907, page 6e,
    "Should Marriages be Arranged?" on
    2 November 1907, page 8d.

    "A Plea for Small Families" is in the Register,
    25 April 1907, page 4b.

    "Marriage and Breach of Promise" is in the Register,
    9 July 1907, page 9d.

    "Dancing and Divorce" is in the Register,
    30 July 1907, page 7b.

    "Discourses on Marriage" is in the Register,
    27 August 1907, page 5d.

    "Degrading Marriages" is in the Register,
    31 August 1907, page 8d.

    Lists of wedding presents are in the Observer,
    8 and 29 February 1908, pages 35b and 35e.

    "Why is Marriage Unpopular" is the cause of conjecture in the Register,
    3 April 1908, page 6e:

    "Reform in Divorce" is in the Advertiser,
    27 April 1908, page 6d.

    "Marriage" is in the Register,
    24 July 1908, page 4c; also see
    28 July 1908, page 7i,
    "Ideals of Marriage" on
    3 October 1908, page 8e,
    "Why Don't the Women Propose" on
    23, 24, 26, 28 and 31 October 1908, pages 3d, 11c, 3f, 3e and 4f.

    "Marriage - The First Year" is in the Register,
    10 November 1908, page 7a.

    "How to Make Your Wife Happy" is in the Register,
    4 January 1909, page 6d,
    "Youngest Daughters - Do They Make the Best Wives" on
    16 March 1909, page 7e,
    "Bad Husbands and Good Wives" on
    30 March 1909, page 9g,
    "When Should Men Marry?" on
    20 March 1909, page 8d:

    "Marriage Problems" is in the Advertiser,
    1 May 1909, page 12f:

    "Deserters and Maintenance" is in the Register,
    21 May 1909, page 8a-h.

    "Society and Divorce" is in the Register on
    26 July 1909, page 4d,
    "How and When to Marry" on
    25 September 1909, page 12c.

    "A Wife's Duties" is delineated in the Advertiser,
    28 August 1909, page 14e,
    "The Business of Marriage" on
    6 November 1909, page 10e.

    "The Law of Divorce" is in the Register,
    20 October 1909, page 8i.

    "Marriage and Babies" is in the Register,
    13, 16 and 18 November 1909, pages 15d, 4h and 8g.

    A School for Mothers Institute is discussed in the Register,
    11 November 1909, page 5h.
    The opening of a School for Mothers is reported in the Express,
    11 September 1911, page 3i;
    an annual general meeting in the Register,
    21 September 1912, page 13g,
    Advertiser,
    21 September 1912, page 17h; also see
    Register,
    24 January 1914, page 16f,
    17 September 1914, page 4e.
    An annual general meeting of a School for Mothers is reported in the Advertiser,
    21 September 1912, page 17h; also see
    The Critic,
    1 April 1914, page 9.
    A photograph is in the Observer,
    28 December 1912, page 28.
    "School for Mothers" is in the Register,
    19 February 1918, page 4h,
    15 October 1918, page 4c,
    22 September 1920, page 8c,
    20 May 1921, page 9a,
    25 March 1922, page 6c-g,
    6 and 7 April 1923, pages 8d and 11d,
    4 June 1924, page 8d,
    10 March 1925, page 4d,
    27 April 1926, page 4h,
    15 June 1926, page 8d.
    "School for Mothers - Reducing Infantile Mortality" is in the Observer,
    28 May 1921, page 31e; also see
    Register,
    6 April 1923, page 8d.

    A proposition from men on the West Coast at Denial Bay and near environs explaining that is was a place "Where Men Want Wives" is in the Advertiser, 28 December 1909, page 4f.

    "Mind and Matrimony" is in the Register,
    23 October 1909, page 12c,
    "More Marriages, but Fewer Babies - Why?" on
    16 and 18 November 1909, pages 4h and 8g,
    4 December 1909, page 6f,
    "More Babies Wanted" in the Observer,
    4 December 1909, page 48d.

    "For Helpless Mothers - Where the State Aid Steps In" is in the Register,
    12 January 1910, page 8g.

    "Divorce" is in the Register,
    2 May 1910, page 4c.

    "Marriage and Divorce" is in the Advertiser,
    11 August 1910, page 8c,
    "Eugenics and Marriage" on
    5 and 12 November 1910, pages 12e and 9g,
    "The Age to Marry" on
    10 December 1910, page 11g.

    "The Marrying Age" is in the Register,
    2 September 1910, page 6h,
    "Bachelors" on
    24 January 1911, page 6c,
    "A Departed Festival - St Valentine's Day" on
    11 February 1911, page 8c.

    The first annual meeting of the Babies' Aid Society is reported upon in the Register,
    27 April 1911, page 3f; also see
    27 April 1912, page 15g,
    30 April 1919, page 4i,
    15 October 1926, page 6d.

    "Domestic Economy - Husbands and Wives" is in the Register,
    6 May 1911, page 15e.

    "Marriage and the Unfit" is in the Register,
    9 May 1911, page 6e,
    "Domestic Economy - Husbands and Wives" on
    6 May 1911, page 15e,
    "Women's View of Divorce" on
    18 May 1911, page 7c,
    "Divorce Made Easy" on
    12 June 1912, page 6c,
    "Mothers" on
    11 May 1912, page 14f.

    "Women's View of Divorce" is in the Register,
    18 May 1911, page 7c.

    "Marriage - The Roman Catholic Standpoint" is in the Advertiser,
    24 January 1914, page 21d.

    "Mother's Day" is commented upon in the Observer,
    20 May 1911, page 45d,
    17 May 1924, page 60c,
    Register on
    10 May 1913, page 12f,
    9 May 1914, page 14e,
    8 May 1915, page 6b (8b?),
    13 and 15 May 1916, pages 8c-9a and 4h,
    11 and 13 May 1918, pages 6d and 5c,
    10 May 1919, page 8d,
    8 May 1920, page 8f,
    13 May 1922, pages 8d-9b-11b,
    10 May 1924, page 8e,
    8 May 1926, page 10g,
    Express,
    14 May 1923, page 4f,
    The News,
    6 May 1927, page 6e,
    Advertiser,
    17 February 1932, page 18c.

    "Girls and Marriage" is in the Express,
    11 July 1911, page 4c.

    "Record Marriages and Births" is in the Register,
    13 July 1911, page 4f.

    "Women or Wives" is in the Register,
    23 September 1911, page 12e.

    "Marriage and Nationality - The Position of Women" is in the Advertiser,
    19 March 1912, page 10i.

    The opening of a School for Mothers is reported in the Express,
    11 September 1911, page 3i;
    an annual general meeting in the Advertiser,
    21 September 1912, page 17h.
    A photograph is in the Observer,
    28 December 1912, page 28.

    "Divorce Made Easy" is in the Register,
    12 June 1912, page 6c.

    "The Housewife Athlete - Her Manifold Duties" is in the Advertiser,
    28 September 1912, page 21d,
    "When a Woman Marries" on
    31 December 1912, page 8e.

    "The Baby Bonus" is in the Observer,
    9 November 1912, page 52a.

    "Mother's Day" is commented upon in the Register on
    9 May 1914, page 14e,
    8 May 1915, page 6b,
    13 and 15 May 1916, pages 8c-9a and 4h,
    11 and 13 May 1918, pages 6d and 5c,
    10 May 1919, page 8d,
    8 May 1920, page 8f,
    13 May 1922, pages 8d-9b-11b,
    10 May 1924, page 8e,
    8 May 1926, page 10g,
    Express,
    14 May 1923, page 4f,
    The News,
    6 May 1927, page 6e,
    Advertiser,
    17 February 1932, page 18c.

    "Nagging" is in the Register,
    19 April 1913, page 14e.

    "Day of Divorces - Three Unhappy Homes" is in the Register,
    13 March 1912, page 5c.

    "Bachelors and Blessings" is in the Register,
    10 August 1912, page 14e:

    "Divorce Laws" is in the Register,
    16 November 1912, page 6e,
    "Broken Homes" is in the Observer,
    8 March 1913, page 47e.
    "Unmarried Women" on
    29 March 1913, page 14e,
    "Early Marriages" is in the Register on
    6 October 1913, page 6b:

    Photographs of a Mothers' Union are in the Observer,
    29 November 1913, page 31.

    "Uniform Divorce Laws" is in the Register,
    21 October 1913, page 6d,
    "Wages and Wives" on
    19 December 1913, page 6c,
    "Declining Marriage" on
    5 March 1914, page 12d,
    "Husbands - Reflections Upon Them" on
    9 June 1914, page 8c.

    "Early Marriages" is in the Register,
    6 and 7 October 1913, pages 6b and 9f.

    "Wages and Wives" is in the Register,
    19 December 1913, page 6c.

    "Marriage and Divorce" is in The Mail,
    21 February 1914, page 8b,
    "Should She Obey?" on
    26 September 1914, page 4e.

    "Declining Marriage" is in the Register,
    4 March 1914, page 15d.

    "Disillusionment of Marriage State" is in the Register
    20 June 1914, page 6e,
    "Wives and Their Ways" on
    24 June 1914, page 13a,
    "Choosing a Wife" on
    25 July 1914, page 11a.

    "The Dangerous Age - For Married Men" is in the Advertiser, 17 October 1914, page 5g:

    "A Boon to Mothers" is in the Register,
    30 January 1915, page 8c,
    1 February 1915, page 11d.

    "Women and Courting" is in the Register,
    12, 14 and 17 August 1915, pages 5c, 13a and 8d.

    A Greek wedding is described in the Register,
    24 June 1915, page 5g.

    "Problem of Marriage - Archaic Notions of Morality" is in The Mail,
    18 September 1915, page 8b.

    "Men, Women and Marriage" is in the Register,
    11 January 1916, page 4c:

    "Unhappy Marriages" is in The Mail,
    3 June 1916, page 10h.

    "Births and Marriages in War Time" is in the Register,
    19 January 1917, page 5c.

    "Marriage by Proxy" is in the Register,
    18 and 19 December 1916, pages 4d and 7d,
    "Men, Women, Morals, Marriage and Divorce" on
    29 January 1917, page 9g,
    7 February 1917, page 4i,
    "Matrimonial Laws" on
    16 March 1917, page 6b,
    "Women and Marriage" on
    26 and 28 March 1917, pages 6b and 6d.

    "The Marriage Market - Too Many Girls" is in the Advertiser,
    2 June 1917, page 9b.

    "Husbands and Wives" is in the Register,
    2 January 1918, page 4c,
    "Marrying in Haste" on
    2 February 1918, page 6c,
    "Matrimonial Problems - A Chat With the Registrar" on
    26 April 1918, page 7e.

    "Problem of the Birth Rate" is in the Register,
    21 February 1918, page 5g.

    "Safeguarding Motherhood - Regulation of Midwives" is in the Register,
    4 March 1918, page 5b.

    "The Cost of Divorce" is in the Advertiser,
    31 August 1918, page 8g,
    1 October 1918, page 6g.

    "Divorce Laws" is in the Register,
    27 and 28 September 1918, pages 9e and 6c,
    "School for Mothers" on
    15 October 1918, page 4c,
    6 and 7 April 1923, pages 8d and 11d,
    4 June 1924, page 8d,
    27 April 1926, page 4h,
    15 June 1926, page 8d,
    "Marriage and Divorce" on
    28 September 1918, page 6c.

    "Motherhood" is in the Register,
    8 May 1920, page 8f.

    "Brides and Their Dresses" is in the Advertiser,
    25 June 1920, page 6g.

    "Future Home Makers - What Girls Should Learn" is in the Express,
    29 June 1920, page 2d.

    "Making Good Wives - Plea for Domestic Training" is in the Register,
    30 June 1920, page 7a.
    Also see Domestic Servants

    "Is Divorce Too Easy?" is in The Mail,
    20 November 1920, page 2g.

    "Making Good Wives - Plea for Domestic Training" is in the Register,
    30 June 1920, page 7a,
    "Are Marriages Made in Heaven" on
    30 March 1922, page 6c,
    "Helping the Mothers" on
    3 June 1922, page 4e.

    "Merry Marriage Bells" is in the Register,
    11 February 1921, page 5d.

    "One Day in a Working Life [of a Housewife]" is in the Observer,
    3 December 1921, page 2a.

    "Are Marriages Made in Heaven?" is in the Register,
    30 March 1922, page 6c.

    "Helping the Mothers" is in the Register,
    3 June 1922, page 4e.

    "Wives and the Law" is in the Register,
    16 August 1922, page 6d,
    "Uniform Divorce Laws" on
    5 September 1922, page 6e,
    "Divorce Court Reports" on
    7 and 8 September 1922, pages 6d and 6e.

    "Empty Cradles - Birth Rate Still Declining" is in thew Observer,
    13 January 1923, page 15c.

    "The Marriage Service - An Unfair Contract" is in the Advertiser,
    23 March 1923, page 12e,
    "Promoting Marriage" on
    8 May 1923, page 13g,
    "The Divorce Laws" on
    18 June 1923, page 6a.

    "The Coming of Father's Day" is in the Register,
    17 and 18 May 1923, pages 8e and 7g,
    "Marriage and the Pocket Book" on
    16 June 1923, page 7g,
    "Landing Husbands in Smart Society" on
    14 July 1923, page 10e,
    "Sex Equality and Divorce" on
    20 July 1923, page 8e.

    "Love, Honor and Obey - Woman's Vow Discussed" is in The Mail,
    14 July 1923, page 1f.

    "What is the Best Marriage Age - Plea for Older Men" is in the Register,
    26 November 1923, page 12h,
    "Divorce Laws" on
    14 August 1924, page 8c,
    "Does Man Fear Woman" on
    20 September 1924, page 8d.

    "Mothering Mothers - Practical Philanthropy of Mrs Napier Birks" is in the Register,
    19 February 1924, page 6d.

    "Husbands in the Household" is in The Mail,
    1 November 1924, page 1f.

    "Wives and Deserted Wives" is in the Register,
    3 December 1924, page 10f.

    "Forcing Girls to Marry" is in The Mail,
    9 May 1925, page 20a,
    "Courting Expenses - Suggestions for Sharing" on
    26 September 1925, page 1g.

    "Divorce Condemned", by the Bishop of Adelaide, is in The News,
    13 May 1925, page 10d.

    "Allowances for Needy Mothers" is in the Advertiser,
    23 and 24 September 1925, pages 15c and 12e,
    "Motherhood - South Australian Statistics" on
    23 October 1925, page 15c,
    "Women and Marriage" on
    3 December 1925, page 17a.

    "The Uses of Widowhood" is in the Register,
    8 December 1925, page 8d.

    "Marriage and Careers" is in The News,
    20 January 1926, page 4b,
    Register,
    30 September 1926, page 12g.

    "Marriage and Modern Women" on
    27 March 1926, page 7c,
    24 April 1926, page 7c.

    "Marriage Laws - More Stringency Desired" is in the Register,
    24 April 1926, page 11e.

    "Australian Marriages - Slow But Sure Decline" is in The Mail,
    6 March 1926, page 11d,
    "Marriage Laws in South Australia" on
    4 September 1926, page 1a.

    "The Divorce Laws" is in the Advertiser,
    27 March 1926, page 18f:

    "Women Better Single" is in the Advertiser,
    13 April 1926, page 11h:

    "Marriage Laws - More Stringency Required" is in the Register, 24 April 1926, page 11e:

    "Ethics and Divorce" is in the Advertiser,
    12 June 1926, page 14c,
    "The Divorce Laws" on
    30 June 1926, page 19c,
    "Divorce Law Reforms" in The News,
    10 April 1926, page 4c,
    "Marriage Laws Condemned" on
    23 April 1926, page 1d.

    "Unmarried Mothers" is in The Mail,
    18 September 1926, page 2b.

    "The Maintenance Bill" is in the Register,
    7 December 1926, page 8f,
    "The Modern Marriage" on
    14 May 1927, page 5g,
    "Marrying in Haste" on
    17 May 1927, pages 8g-9e,
    13 June 1927, page 13c.

    "Marriage Service - Revision Approved" is in The News,
    4 February 1927, page 4e.

    "Marriage Laws - Women Ask for Greater Stringency" is in The News,
    16 May 1927, page 1d,
    "The Marriage Laws - Some Amendments Sought" in the Observer,
    21 May 1927, page 44c,
    18 June 1927, page 59d.

    "Premature Marriage" is in the Advertiser,
    17 May 1927, page 12i,
    "Marriage of the Unfit" on
    4 August 1927, page 12h,
    "Celibacy or Marriage" on
    29 August 1927, page 11i.

    "Marriage and Divorce" is in the Register,
    18 June 1927, page 8d.

    "Women and Marriage" is in The News,
    26 August 1927, page 9c and
    "Divorce Anomalies" on the same day on page 10d.

    "November Bride Competition" is in the Advertiser,
    14 and 29 November 1927, pages 12d and 10d.

    "Divorces and Happy Marriages" is in The News,
    6 December 1927, page 8c,
    "Love, Marriage and the Modern Girl" on
    16 and 23 December 1927, pages 9b and 8c,
    "Late Marriages" on
    5 January 1928, page 8e,
    "Trial Marriages" on
    7 March 1928, page 7b,
    1 November 1928, page 10e.

    "The Baby Welfare Movement" is in the Register,
    21 February 1928, page 4c.

    "The Troubles of Bachelor Girls" is in the Advertiser,
    26 April 1928, page 10a,
    2 and 3 May 1928, pages 21d and 17c,
    "The Marriage Problem and Its Solution" on
    5 May 1928, page 13a.

    "Revaluation of Marriage" is in The Mail,
    21 April 1928, page 18e,
    "Plaint of Lonely - Bachelor Maid and Man" on
    5 May 1928, page 18c,
    "Divergent Divorce Laws" on
    23 June 1928, page 11a.

    "Divorce Laws - Broadening the Scope" is in the Register,
    31 August 1928, page 11e,
    3 September 1928, page 8c:

    Also see Register,
    13 and 26 September 1928, pages 10h and 10a and Advertiser,
    31 August 1928, page 11h,
    7, 12 and 15 September 1928, pages 12e, 21b and 19g.

    "Debts Contracted by Wives" is in The Mail,
    1 September 1928, page 1a.

    "Hints for Housewives" is in The News,
    14 November 1928, page 9c.

    "Should Married Women Hold Business Positions" is in The Mail,
    17 November 1928, page 1a.

    "Unsuccessful Marriages" is in The Mail,
    23 February 1929, page 3f,
    "Divorce Easier" on
    13 July 1929, page 1c.

    "Early Marriages - Reforming the English Law" is in the Advertiser,
    5 and 30 April 1929, pages 8h and 15h,
    1 May 1929, page 13a.

    "Marriage Rate Lowest Since 1918 - Depression Blamed" is in the Observer,
    13 April 1929, page 17e,
    "Churches Divided About Divorce" on
    8 June 1929, pages 8d-20c,
    "Marriage: False and True" in The News,
    6 May 1929, page 8c.

    "More Divorces In South Australia" is in the Observer,
    28 December 1929, page 25c.

    "Looking Ahead - Marriage in the Year 2030" is in the Advertiser,
    19 October 1929, page 11g:

    "Why Marriage Spells Freedom to Many Adelaide Single Folk" is in The Mail,
    30 November 1929, page 7a.

    "Adelaide Women Fear Easy Divorce laws" is in the Register,
    11 November 1929, page 28d.,p> "Mother and Child" is in the Advertiser,
    24 January 1930, page 18d,
    "Church of England and Divorce" on
    9 April 1930, page 18e,
    "Women and Weddings" on
    8 November 1930, page 11c.

    "Drudgery of Housework" is in The News,
    23 July 1930, page 14d.

    A marriage ceremony in an aeroplane "high above Adelaide" is reported in The News,
    16 August 1930, page 3d,
    Register,
    16 August 1930, page 2a,
    Observer,
    21 August 1930, page 52d.

    "Freak Marriages" is in the Advertiser,
    14 November 1930, page 18i:

    "Birth Control - Moral Obligations Considered" is in The News,
    20 November 1930, page 8e,
    "Ethics of Birth Control" in The Mail,
    6 December 1930, page 2d.

    "Marriage - A Career or Both?" is in the Observer,
    4 December 1930, page 50d.

    "Adelaide Women Discuss Their Ideal Men" is in The Mail,
    28 March 1931, page 3f,
    "Miss Adelaide and Her Boy Friend Dilate on Marriage" on
    23 May 1931, page 21b.

    "What is Wrong With Divorce?" is in The News,
    13 July 1931, page 6d;
    divorce and remarriage is discussed in The Mail,
    25 July 1931, page 8d.

    "Marriages in 45 Minutes" is in the Advertiser,
    28 July 1931, page 6g,
    "Business Side of Marriage" on
    3 November 1931, page 9h.

    "Save the Women", information on death in childbirth, is in The News,
    11 November 1931, page 6d.

    "Do Girls Prefer Single Independence" is in the Advertiser,
    17 November 1931, page 10f,
    "Wages or Babies - Do Modern Girls Prefer Marriage" on
    18 November 1931, page 8f.

    "Women Seek to Amend Marriage and Divorce Laws" is in The News,
    19 December 1931, page 4d; also see
    20 May 1932, page 6d.

    "Lowest Marriage Rate Since 1851" is in the Advertiser,
    19 January 1932, page 8e.

    "Beware Marriage Promise" is in The News,
    9 April 1932, page 4e - "An engagement may not be all caresses and congratulations!"

    "Should White Marry Black?" is in The News,
    10 June 1932, page 6e.

    "Tragedy of Trial Marriages" is in The News,
    9 January 1933, page 8f.

    "Motherhood, or a Career?" is in the Advertiser,
    29 December 1932, page 6e,
    "Economics of Matrimony" on
    26 August 1933, page 9d,
    "More Marriages" on
    27 April 1934, page 20f.

    "Golden Wedding Couples Tell Secrets of Happiness" is in The Mail,
    27 May 1933, page 17.

    "Art of Being a Wise Mother of 16-Year-Old Daughters" is in The News,
    13 November 1934, page 6e.

    "Divorce or Conciliation" is in the Advertiser,
    23 and 24 October 1934, pages 17e and 18e,
    "Marriage Laws to be Tightened" on
    15 October 1935, page 15f,
    "Our Marriage Laws" on
    26 June 1936, page 24e.

    "Divorce Laws Through the Ages" is in The News,
    9 December 1935, page 6f.

    "Labour Saving Devices and Housewives" is in The News,
    6 May 1936, page 10e.

    "Reconciling Couples in Matrimonial Disputes" is in The News,
    25 June 1936, page 6g.

    "Problems of Married Women and Work" is in The News,
    3 July 1936, page 6d,
    9 September 1936, page 1c.

    Information on The Marriage Law Revision Bill is in The News,
    6 August 1936, page 13f.

    "Uncommon Cases Under Our Marriage Laws" is in The News,
    8 October 1936, page 12f.

    "New Marriage Laws" is in the Advertiser,
    22 April 1937, page 12e.

    "Records of Mothers of Early Days " is in The News,
    6 May 1937, page 21d.

    "Changes in Divorce Laws" is in The News,
    27 July 1937, page 4d.

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