WIFE'S WEDDING RING.
REQUEST TO GUARDIANS.
A HUSBAND'S LAST WORDS.
'A man aaked the Lewisham Board of Guardians yesterday to give him his wife's wedding ring, which had been taken from her when she entered a mental hospital. He protested that the ring ghould never have been removed, and added: "I desire that the ring should be returned to mo before I leavo this building ''
The Chairman (Mr. C. G. Bryant): Do you know that it was taken off on medical grounds ? Applicant: That may be. The chairman said that it was the custom in such cases to romovo rings, and a ■wedding ring wa3 a wife's property. The applicant said that ho wanted it ior purely sentimental reasons. He did not wish to ask the rnedicai superintendent of the institution about it, but would give his word of honour that the ring ahonld be given to hia wife. The board told tlio man that they were prepared to write to tlio medical superintendent, but that they could not accede to his application. Applicant: Then that ring shall never ■go on my wife's tinge!' again A Member: Now, sir; be a sport. Applicant: Those are my last words
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20081, 19 October 1928, Page 19
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198WIFE'S WEDDING RING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20081, 19 October 1928, Page 19
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