WIFE'S MAINTENANCE.
ORDER VARIED BY COURT. "The straight-out truth is that I was not looking for newspaper notoriety," said William Frederick Swan when asked in the Supreme Court yesterday to explain why ho had consented to a maintenance order that he subsequently found ho could not, keep up. Tho order was for £2 a week in favour of his wife, Fanny Swan, from whom he is now divorced. Swan sought a variation of tho order from Mr. Justice Smith, but this was opposed by Mr. liico on behalf of tho wife. Swan said he had not had regular employment since November Inst, and was now earning only 3Gs a week and about Jul in commission. Of that ho was giving £1 to his father and £1 to his wife. He denied Mr. Rice's suggestion that he was prepared to let his father keep him and his wife keep herself. His Honor temporarily suspended the order as long as Swan paid 25s weekly to his wife, anil gave liberty to cither party to apply to have the position reviewed,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20716, 8 November 1930, Page 14
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178WIFE'S MAINTENANCE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20716, 8 November 1930, Page 14
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