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The Anglican Church firmly opposed efforts by Richard Seddon's Liberal government to reform the divorce laws. This 1894 cartoon shows William Cowie, the Anglican primate (archbishop), with a cow labelled 'Church Opposition' on a railway track. Heading towards them is a train, driven by Seddon and labelled 'Divorce Amendment Act'. Four years later the Divorce Act passed into law.
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Reference: A-313-5-003
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