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NZ Truth, Issue 877, 16 September 1922, Page 12

' „ , , 'K3X ""*"" *"'""" """"" lease drawn up as original is .quite valid and binding. Wages, Pensions, Etc.: Q.: Person engaged to work at certain place to which his employer pays his fare. After working for a week he is dismissed. Has employer to pay his return fare? — "Enquirer." A-: Apart from agreement to that effect cannot see that employer bound to pay worker's return fare. Q.: Deceased soldier left his sister as next-of-kin. Is she entitled to brother's gratuity? — "McC." A.: Impossible to say on the facts given who is entitled to gratuity. That she was left as ~next-of-kin by her brother does not of itself entitle her to the gratuity. His gratuity, as part of his estate, should go to the person entitled under his will, or, if he died intestate, m accordance with the provisions of the Administration \ Act' or Statutes of Distribution, whichever are applicable. Legal: Q.: Who pays the costs of drawing a lease— the lessor or lessee? — "J.K." A-: Unless lessee makes some arrangement to the contrary he must pay the costs of a lease. Q.: Could a son take action against a father to compel him to contribute towards the maintenance of his mother? — "Tutu." A.: Yes; the Destitute Persons Act provides the machinery for such a claim. Q: (1) To what height must neigh bour cut .toack trees just inside his boundary fence and which keep suii off adjoining occupier's house? (2) Must person prevent roots of trees spreading on to his neighbour's property?; — "Boundary." A.: He is not bound to cut back the trees at all; (2) no; but neighbour