LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 304, 23 December 1943, Page 3

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN

to pay interest. a sufficient fence Is a seven-wire fence. FOUNDER.—I can see no objection to a meeting ?L th o e m?sr r i ansKr p-H to S the society by their decision. The m f'*f. i f! &S" co o rnp. e r l i y ses ar not ma onirVc y e r s a . «£ mittee members. POP EYE.—The buyer must supply a statement and declaration to the Land Sales Committee. The consent which has to be obtained is a consent not only to the sale but to the purchase, and accordingly both buyer and seller must join in the application for consent. M E —No doubt the Court will order the guilty party to pay the costs of the proceedings. Unless, however, he has means you may have considerable difficulty in ever obtaining pay' ment I do not think that it 15 really necessary for you to do anything at present. Tho circumstances may make it unnecessary ever to take the proceedings. ANXIOUS MOTHER.—(I) You may recover the money from your son as money lent to him. (2) There is nothing in your letter to indicate that your son will not receive his extra allowance on his discharge. GEORGE.—The girl should apply to the Court for consent. The parents are notified of the date on which the application will be considered by the magistrate, and the magistrate will give due weight to their reasons. I should say from your letter that the application is well worth making. MAG.—(I) No further pension is payable either to the widow or to her children. (2) Your letter does not make it clear whether there was an agreement to separate or whether the wife merely deserted her husband. In either case the husband may petition for a divorce, and unless the wife shows that the separation was brought about by the husband's wrongful acts, he should obtain a divorce. The wife will be able to obtain a divorce only if there has been three years' separation, but not it she has deserted her husband.