SOME INDUCEMENT

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 103, 3 May 1934, Page 13

SOME INDUCEMENT

FIRST-CLASS FOR A WIFE

A number, of petitions for the restitution of conjugal lights, all except one, made by husbands, came before the: . Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) in the Supreme Court today. In each case after the- petitioner had given evidence his Honour was careful to ask the petitioner if .hexhonestly and sincerely wanted his wife back, and if he had a home for her. The answer in each case, as it always is, was "Yes." Having asked this question of one young man whose wife had left him and is now living in Australia, and having received; the assurance that he definitely wanted her to come back to him, his Honour said he would grant the. decree sought, the order to be complied with within a certain period after'service, but he stipulated that the petitioner would have tb; deposit with' a shipping company sufficient money for a firstclass passage for his wife from Sydney to New Zealand. Counsel f6r-the petitioner "asked if he might be allowed to inquire if it . would do just as well if money was deposited for* a second-class passage.' The Chief Justice suggested that if the petitioner genuinely wanted his wife to return to him, the difference in. the cost of a first-class passage and a second-class passage should not be of great moment. "Besides," I want to offer her some inducement to Teturn," said his Honour, smiling. "I mean, I want him to offer her some inducement."

Counsel: I understood, your Honour.