LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 65, 17 March 1915, Page 8

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN.

(BY A BABBISTEB-AX*a\W.) ■ ■ - ' v ' : -;•;..: Letters of Inquiry wHl.be answered every Wednesday in this column. As tar, as •?■ ■ oosslble they will be dealt -with in mm order in which they are received,- at» - replies will be inserted with the least possible delay. " -' - SETTLEMENT.—My advice la 'that yon should leave the employment H you do not get your wages, Norsuch legal -•,- advice as you mention could have-beiU given by a solicitor: Your. employer s first duty Is to-pay the men whj.*«e.. blm their time and labour.. Jf. you and your mates cannot get your .wage.. instruct a soUcltor put.a' ctarg| m against the money in the owner for whom the work la=. beias. done. ■ -■ . . -.. ". ". i./ .. B.M.—You may. leave-you -home, ataay ' time and take your children." If joor husband interferes with-the chl-dtw ) write again. It will be nve'vears after .. leaving before you can,gat A_ divorce.. ' WAGEB.—I do not tuiiiir tne tola agtiP* v sion is paid in advance, but -To" »»£ learn by inquiring at the .Ppasloai Office, Customs' Buildings,' Street. ... ' _- * ■■-.■■ ■ BEES.—If the bees are annoying: e'niufb. to amount in law to a nuisance, an; IBjunction may be-obtained; to-preveat - • their being kept alongside-tte r ro»&;, PATENT. —I think yon are responsible Oe" . | the fine, and not. the agent. ;lon cannot get a return of the fee. ' U.Z.B.— Tour only way. to get the. ehfidraa • back is to go to Sydney and 'take.taeit '' or sue your wife there for the' possession of them. Onr own- courts have ■■* . , ! jurisdiction over your wife iWlatiM* ' is' out of the country. ' - --j -~_\\ TOBY'S you can it. is. go>^ ; the court and inform tha Clerk that . -you wish to confess jndgmant on.ybur ' summons for £1 10/, and casts on that sum. He will write out a confeasloa , for you, which you will sign. = If-ytm prefer, you may pay into court the' 3*y and costs. ".-.'"■ - ' ■■-'•: ":. . MECHANIC.—A must produce all'aecoanta: to. 8.. Also B may sue A'for- hls'lois if the boat was wastefullyaold.--•':• r ANXIOUS.---You ' may issne a.siuunjoss against A for the amount remaining due. Possibly ; yon may cahre; tna agreement If .you wish,-but 1 cannot say positively unless I see the agratmeat. " -: ■■ ! . ... - . .. .. _. k .- .- E.J.8.—1 think It Is .likely to : be?;»if»iait , the .by-laws'. You should inform tlia. health authorities. 1 cannot undertaka to advise cm by-law cases' unless-t-orve-sponaents .send mc -a copy of ;lbe-:bjr-" I laws in question In each case..-.'' '. • ANXIOUS.— The suite • will -remain .-«• l seller's until your. last 'instalmeptyto paid, and may be seized by Kiiri"..-'Yo«r > proper remedy,.in case of• damage snfr fered by you, Is to sue for theTamouat -, ; of your loss, but in such a esstC.aa . , yonrs there would be no chance.of sop . 1 cess. ■ ' ' '•, ~--.■'.•■ I §81 ' CABP.—Ton say yon "received" 'the ''bsth' from the firm. The expression'is'-Tagt* I If yon bought tbe bath and the.; chirja is for its delivery, 1 think yon wiUhirt - to pay, if the amount is reasonab.e," as- . less the seller agreed to deliver at ta« price agreed on; JOHN.—I think you come under the Act. i You may get a cony from the Woven*" ; , ment Printer, Wellington. Send 2/.ta stamps, and he will return the eicesv '< it any. ! EUBEKA.—(I) Don't give a bill for tbo"» '.- ; than you can pay lv the three mouth*. Give a second Dill payable iv. sjj months for the balance you are\li*w to bo short at the end of tbe first thret months. (2) If tbrce mouths'., hong was agreed on. that Is all r°|i-jj\ff- lgive, and no bouus can be claimed -ay the mortgagee. '- • • '.* SHIP, .LONDON.—A list of passenger* who arrived lv Xew Zealand' In; iSH ' ■ appears as an appendix to "Early Ne* Zealand" (Brett's Historical ..Series). . which you caa * consult at the..ft?* Public Library. -•''.•; ' '__ ' C-' :-} : - : i.-- . , V : -*!-: ' ONHANGO,—You may snoot at signt <M" otherwise destroy any -pig, Sow,".°r poultry trespassing on your 'fenrea ..... lands, provided that you notify-W.:;: owner. In writing, at once, descri'ilng . the animal or bird destroyed. So P?'|* * notice is necaasary. After allowing l™. ' owner 4S hours to remove the carcase!. i bury them. You should not make" any ; use of the carcases. Also. yon "w > claim compensation fir ftms «WB"----dastroytd.