LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 152, 28 June 1911, Page 6

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

.(BY A BARRISTEB-AT-LAW.) WIDOW M.—You should apply to the Defence Department. P-AINT.—If your house is condemned by che Health, Depar-pnien-t you will be given an oppoivunity of purting*'your case -berore iue magistrate ueiore it can. be pulled down.

WORRIED.—As a minor your contract to buy the pouy is -without 'binding force, and you eaiiuot be obliged to. accept •mc annual nor to nay for if.

ENSCIU.—(I) You cannot now compel the piano dealer lo give you a copy v£ -the tune-purchase agreement, hut you might have stipulated 'before the purchase that such a copy should be supplied- If you approach vie dealer in conciliatory spirit he will produce the agreement to you and allow you to niake a copy of it. (2) A little reflection will show you that 'the law costs should he paid by you. If you 'break your contract and thereby compel legal, proceedings it is not unreasonable that you shall he asked to pay 'the cosfts caused 'by your default, li you, suppose the breach to have been 'the seller's, and you had had to institute proceedings 'to have the agreement carried out, you will realise at once who in such case would have been 'looked to to pay the costs, and why.

IGNOHAN'OE.—If the land, trespassed on is not your property you cannot eject the trespasser. You may, however, inform 'the Marine Department of what is taking place, and ask to have the campers removed, as they are dainagiug rue foreshore.

MAILLIW.—Yes, notice may be insisted on by boardinghouse keepers from hoarders about to leave. It Is not a matter of previous understanding, but of common fairness of dealing for which the law provides.

'PENSIONER.—If the pensioner is getting hoard and lodging as well as 5/ a week, the reduction of the pension was in accordance-with law.' But where is the ground of complaint? The pensioner has about 13/ a week to spend on himself over and above his board and lodging. What percentage of working men hare as much?

AN INQUIRER.—It depends on your business. No 'boy or girl under 14 may be employed in a (factory without the written authority of the inspector.