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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 52, 25 November 1929, Page 2

About 10 p.m. in one of Auckland s suburbs a constable on duty was advised that a man was assaulting his wife further along the street. When the constable reached the scene of hostilities, the husband made a serious accusation against his wife, who replied in anything but modest terms. In support of her vehement pronouncement she delivered a terrific blow on her husband’s jaw. and he fell backwards and struck his head heavily on the concrete. The man in blue pointed out to the hysterical witc that she would have to be arrested—a remark that, together with the sight of her prostrate husband, had a sobering cltect. A bystander, one of many who stood ;<t gates and peered from surrounding windows, was called upon to pick up the man and squeeze him hard around the abdominal parts to restore breathing. Signs of consciousness were soon eviden.. - Addressing him, the apologetic wife blamed the “law” for the unseemly scene. Embracing her, the man indignantly glared at the constable, and. walking a'vay with her. said she was the best in all the world. “That’s the husband _ and wife problem we are always up against, said the policeman, as he strolled away on his beat. _