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REGISTERING A CHILD
Dispute Concerning Fatherhood
An important judgment of the Full Court today defined the duty of the registrar-general in regard to birth registrations. The case was an application for a writ of mandamus to compel the registrar-general to amend an entry respecting the birth of a child, of which the applicant denied being the father, by deleting his name from the register.
Mr. Justice Draper, in concurring in the judgment, said that the registrar had refused to amend the register because he thought that he would illegitimatise the child, but the registrar’s reason and conclusion were both unfounded.
The Argus
Rowland Sinclair glared at the revolver that supported the bishop’s proposal of marriage.
“No…,” he replied, before he had fully considered the advisabilit
