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NZ Truth, Issue 250, 9 April 1910, Page 6

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Jog for ..jJfrk arc aged perppfTicult m the autJnd Andrew linxls his ■jlirtablc. He was ar- ■■■■■• .t- 1 'recently 'at too in- | was dragged from '■.'.-, fiCliristehurch to show iji't pay up aerreais J by Lawyer Don^ 'jriTvxv. m the vtitness4be had spent 67 years . Jii plane!. Lnfortu- ■' ■ "■ . jftv ed his eoTitri iutions - j'ctrj; bevaupe he Jad to rd. ant! his iiicrra't.'ng dis- .'•■■ /^jake suitable v/orl left Ajij', "I'm not afcle to

jfollow the horses now,"" fie said. The--"horses" mean the animals attached tothe plough. He had to go scrub-cutting, and sometimes made about 15s a week. ,' He 'had to take some scrub-cutting conitracts at 3s Gd an acre, and his Wor.ship surmised that it depended upon how thick the scrub was. He hadn't applied for a ■ pension, he said, but there was nothing against his obtaining one. The missus was once a hotel-keeper m Soathland. She sold , out for £300 and bougfat a store m Ctiristchurch. She pasted with that also, and took a trip to the elderly country. In Palmerstoii North an order was" made by consent for the payment by Andrew of 10s a week, and he kept it up for three months, wjien lie fell behind m his contributions. Magistrate Bishop-: Do you drink? Andrew : No. Information from the Masterton police, stated that Andrew came into town and put up with a man flamed Jack Lee. Clark : That is correct. • His Worship : He had a woman living with him.?— lt was his wife. It says that her name was Jane Cairns ? — That is her maiden name. 1 Andrew said that he Had rented the house m which Lee and Jane resided, and had obtained furniture valued at £5 or £6. •Why did you get that furniture ?— He promised to pay me back. You told the police the woman Cairns was an old friend of yours ?— I knew her m Christchurch. You know that she is a woman of bad character ■?— I heard her character was bad. And that is why you left her ?— Yes. ' Andrew stated that he had returned the furniture to the people who supplied it... Mrs Jane Clark stated that she also would be 67 next month. She was very respectably dressed m black, and didn't look', poverty-stricken. They had been married since 1866, she said, and had five youngsters, three of whom were alive. For seventeen years she had been separated fromSAawlrew, who had given her nothing, with the exception of £5 three years ago. She was getting ' a pension now, and had been washing and scrubbing. She found her energies waning, however. The SJVI. remarked that the husband was no longer young. Do you want mG "to 'send him to gaol •?" he asked. "iSou; can use ywur own judgment." she' replied. "He's a man who gees r ama.y, and I don't see him again until lutn when arrested. m reply to the S.M., Sub-Inspector Mc&rath said that Andrew had £4 on him when artestedf In reply to Mr Donnelly, the old lady said that she paid 10s a week rent, and another aged female-' contributed 4s a week for the use of a room. Her married daughter helped her sometimes. His Worship remarked that if Clark agreed to pay £3 of the money m his possession the order would be susoended, and tbe man could make an application ►for the old age pension. This was agreed to.